I had the craziest of dreams. Too bizarre to even process. It had LAX, but they were apartments, and also a weird intergalactic brothel where you could switch bodies with other beings. And like always in my dreams. Very large bathrooms with a ton of showers. A lot of rooms with showers. It’s always in my dreams. Weird hallways with too many showerheads.
More happened. But like all dreams, it’s fleeting. I suspect that the main character I talked to in the hotel was someone else with a different body.
I woke up late and exhausted. Bad August is coming to an end. And just like bad April, it won’t end that bad. I need more tours and more work.
I got an email for a tour in October. They seem really interested, so I’m sure I’ll get the deposit soon.
I had a tour on Saturday. I expected three guys in their 40s. I got a guy and two women in their 50s. I didn’t ask their age, but at least a decade older than me.
It was a lovely tour. I talked a lot like always. All the Tijuana history. All about Baja. I get better at it each time. Especially for older folk. I have to do a video of it soon.
I like touring older people the best. They don’t drink as much. They are more interested in history. They seem to love and be surprised by everything. And I get a nice tip.
Maybe I don’t have to quit being a tour guide. Just quit doing extreme tours. The tours calm down more each year.
Tijuana’s true Adventure will come to its natural conclusion.
I had a fantastic Friday. Thinking about it makes me smile. It was the dream Friday for a little teenage Matingas (and for adult Matingas as well). I played video games with my girlfriend and had an awesome time.
She’s not much of a gamer, but she did wonderfully playing It Takes Two. She gets stressed for no reason and mashes buttons, but when she focuses, it’s all solid, and it makes me proud of her. We’re around a third through the game and there is much more to go. And… I want to finish it. But It Takes Two.
We had a good Sunday that ended up in a stupid disaster because of my fault. Maybe that’s why I had the strangest of dreams, and I feel like this. It’s almost a two-year relationship, and you can say one wrong word and it all can go to shit. Freudian slip. Misrepresentation. Language.
I Googled what to do. I did what Google said before googling it. At the end of the bullet points, it said something that I was like, “Oh no, Google, that’s not me, I got nothing to worry about.”
Talking to Google. Talking to AI.
Same shit.
Horrible end of a Sunday for a great weekend I was having.
Last week of August… here we go. I don’t have tours this week… or any week except perhaps that one in October. If you want to tour with me… SEND ME A MESSAGE!
I have A TON OF MERCH. Well.. I made 24 shirts and 24 tote bags, and I’ve only sold a handful. And one of the tote bags I sold already ripped, so I’m going to replace it free of charge.
I’m keeping a shirt and a tote bag. I’ve been using the bag and it’s great! I wish there was a smaller bag inside the bag to keep small belongings. Or for a longer strap. But besides that, solid tote bag. And it’s been selling well. I need to do a photoshoot for that.
It has received a very positive reaction from people who have bought my things. I have to sell more. I have to deliver some today. I have to do more ads for it. Because I need to make money before I go to New York. And I need to make money so I can buy more merch so I can sell more merch!
The Aloha devil dancing with the woman is coming back by popular demand. But in a different color. I don’t want to repeat colors that often.
I’m thinking dark poop green, my favorite color. Like this shirt:
Making 24 shirts when I come back from New York. Making another 20 tote bags, but with the devil design.
That’s the idea.
Football season is upon us.
I’m satisfied with my team. My first pick was between McCaffrey and Henry… and… drum roll…
I went with Henry.
I wanted McCaffrey so bad… but I fear the disappointment. Henry was a more stable choice. And after that… like always, I went super running back heavy. I have so much running back depth! My wide receivers are solid but nothing spectacular. My quarterback and tight end are okay.
It’s a solid team. If I had a higher pick, I would have gone Barkley and been heavy on the Eagles. They are going to be in the playoffs again.
So… for the final weeks of 2025… I’ll blog and bitch about my fantasy team and about the NFL. What a silly sport and league. But I enjoy it.
I need to pay the league’s fee…
This is my team:
QB Jared Goff (late pick)
WR Tee Higgins (3rd pick)
WR Terry McLaurin (4th pick)
RB D. Henry (1st pick)
RB J. Taylor (2nd pick and sort of regret this one)
TE T. Hockenson (late pick)
W/R/T J. Williams (late pick)
K J. Elliott
Defense Houston.
And a solid bench with huge RB depth: J Warren, T. Bigsby, Charbonet, Pittman, Robinson Jr., and Allgeier.
Let’s see what the fantasy gods have for me this season.
Godfuckindammit!
I did the review for a new bar/burger place here in Tijuana called Forastero. TikTok immediately removed the video and said it went against community guidelines. Which it doesn’t. And I couldn’t save the video to my phone. Fuck doing that all over again… Just restore my video and let me download it!
TikTok. Stop being so pissy. It was a video of a restaurant. It didn’t show any sexual stuff or abuse of alcohol. Godfuckindammit!
I had breakfast. It was great. On Friday, I also went out with my mother-in-law and girlfriend. We went to a mariscos place downtown. They had a fantastic mangohabanero salsa. The place was so nice that they gave me a bag to go. I included it in my breakfast burrito. It was delicious. It’s making my mouth water just thinking about it.
The Forastero Review will be featured in the Tijuana Adventure Newsletter.
TikTok restored my video. I don’t have to do it again. Here is a picture of me analyzing the burger over at Forastero:
I reached 20k followers. And over 10.5k on Insta and 28.2k on the Tijuana Adventure page. And growing daily. I can legit say I have over 50k followers across my platforms.
No wonder I get recognized often. It happened at Forastero. Social media is and will continue to be a wild place. And it’s not good for mental health. I should go back to therapy.
Avenida Revolución is changing again. I did a video about it. It’s good for my tours. I’m not sure if I like it for the city. There is something about riding your car or motorcycle down the famous Avenida Revolución. It seems… generic. Like a new Santa Monica promenade. It’s going to be full of people panhandling. I can’t wait to see Elmo or a Naked Cowboy.
I’m sure there will be a lot of talented people as well. Many exist. Edgar the chalk guy Naitoreido is one of the best street artists in town… but I fear that it will also attract a bunch of shitty panhandlers with no talent.
Some city ordinances should be done, but none will happen. Tijuana.
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