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  • October 2023: CDMX Beers – Depeche Mode Shirtless – Support Me on Patreon!

    I have a new patron and I’m not sure who he is. That’s new. Thank you, stranger. I should believe in myself. Jackie Bryant’s blog is back after maternity leave. She is a fantastic cannabis writer and now, a motherhood writer.  I miss my mom. Jackie inspired me. Not only is her blog fantastic, but…

    Matingas
    October 4, 2023

  • September 2023: The Last of the Bumble Matches – Full Blue Moon Accidental Romance – Mexicali Cover Done, But Need More Gigs, and Tours

    Monday, September 11th, 2023. Never forget. It’s been 22 years. Where were you? I was in Middle School in Querétaro. No one in the classroom found out what happened until they went home later that day. I was pulled out of the classroom. My mom was in tears. My brother lived in New Jersey and…

    Matingas
    September 11, 2023

  • Late August 2023: Tinder 1500 Pesos Drama – Tours and Photoshoots – Muay Thai Training

    Typical of me. I’m waiting for the cover to drop. All the beers in hell is getting published next week. I already got paid. I already spent the money. And I’m just waiting for it. Instead of writing more. I have several articles in mind. The ideas are written on my whiteboard. I do nothing.…

    Matingas
    August 24, 2023

  • June 2023: Most Insane Bachelor Party and More Tours – Seafood Cover Story – Tripping Balls at the Baseball Stadium

    I’ve never done mushrooms in a stadium before. I love going to Toros. Going on shrooms… that’s something else. Like I said in my previous blog, life is going into insanity. It’s only been three weeks since I turned 37 and every weekend has been some crazy great shit. So great… that I decided I’m…

    Matingas
    June 5, 2023

  • May 16, 2023: 37th Birthday – So Many Tours, So Much Work – BorderKid Podcast and New Cover Coming Soon!

    Welp shit. I’m 37. For years, my birthdays have brought misery with them. It doesn’t feel that way anymore. May is always money. It’s been like that for a while. Before the pandemic, I covered Gator by the Bay and made good money during May. There are a lot of events. I get busy in…

    Matingas
    May 16, 2023

  • May 2023: Shirtless in Zona Norte (tour) – Baba Commandant and The Manding Band Concert (and tour) – Bisho has Diabetes, I’m Doing a Reality Show

    I walked shirtless at 3 a.m. from the Zona Norte clubs to my apartment. Her fake name was Arianna and she was a Zelda fanatic. She came from Monterrey to make money as she finished her Master’s in nursing, or so she told me. I was wearing my triforce shirt, matching my triforce tattoo. She…

    Matingas
    May 1, 2023

  • Mid-April 2023: KARma Quit my Job – Bachelor Party Tours – Zona Norte for the First Time in 4 Years

    It was snowing in the Chicago airport during my connecting flight back from Columbus, Ohio. Snowing in fucking April. That’s the title of a math rock song I wrote in college. Here it is. It’s one of my oldest YouTube videos. 14 years ago. Shit. In the airport I was thinking over and over: “I…

    Matingas
    April 19, 2023

  • April 2023: Atlanta – A Baja Fantasy – Beers Around the World

    Atlanta, I barely know you. But I like you. It’s one of my favorite shows: Atlanta, with Donald Glover. And I don’t mind the sports teams there. I don’t like them. I don’t dislike them. I like Atlanta. Fuck the airport though. That fucker stressed me out on Monday morning. The line to security was…

    Matingas
    April 5, 2023

  • Eternal March: Influencer Sellout – Book Presentation and More Travel – Warren, Ohio

    I’m good with words. I’m not very imaginative, I can’t create a new world. But I’m good with words and storytelling. I have friends who are horrible at this shit. They will tell you a story for more ten minutes that could be summarized in a few words. And the whole fucking story is that…

    Matingas
    March 29, 2023

  • Tijuana I love you, but you are bringing me down – Richmond, Kentucky and Spartanburg, South Carolina – Influencer Package

    Tijuana I love you, but you are bringing me down. Tijuana I love you… but you are bringing me down. I feel so stuck and alone. With nowhere to go but to the same place. And that same place is never the same. Tijuana is never the same. I leave for a weekend and nothing…

    Matingas
    March 17, 2023

  • March 2023: New Travel Job Started (I’m flying to KY) – Tony Tee Cover Story – Box of 50 Books for Sale and Photo Gallery

    It’s the last day of February, my brother’s unbirthday is today. Or is it tomorrow? Both? He’s a leap year kid. So he gets no birthday in 2023. He is celebrating on the 1st of March. I’ll post this on the 1st of March. I wrote a cover story. That’s how I survived February. It…

    Matingas
    March 1, 2023

  • January Recovered – New Job, New Book, New Life – Tours, Photoshoots, and Presentations

    I’m doing nothing but waiting again. It sucks. I got offered the job. I accepted it. I’ve done all the paperwork and tests. I’m still not scheduled to work. They let you know ahead of time, but it’s almost February and I have no idea what days I’m working or not. I’ve gotten four emails…

    Matingas
    January 24, 2023

  • Nothing but Waiting – Sad, Sadder, Yet Okay – LA Trip for Job Opportunity, LA Beers

    I’m doing nothing but waiting and I hate it. It was a busy weekend of work training and I liked it. I rather be busy. I’m waiting on the e-mail with the job offer. Or the job rejection. They paid me to drive up to LA, they paid for my hotel, and they paid me…

    Matingas
    January 10, 2023

  • 2023: Weird Start and a New Job – Of Houston and Houston Beer – Still a Writer, 50 Copies of Book in Español

    I need to write and I still don’t. I finished a Hunter S. Thompson book during my break. It inspired me to write. He repeats himself so much. I repeat myself so much. He made it seem easy. Just write. And that’s what I will do. But I have my new job in my mind.…

    Matingas
    January 4, 2023

  • New Year, New Job (I Hope) – Houston for the Holidays – Chase money, Not Love

    I’m dipping into what little savings I have. I don’t like it. Broke as fuck. But I’ll be alright. Heartbroken as hell. But I’ll be alright. It’s Christmas time. December disappeared like I said it would. The first week didn’t count. I was sick the whole time and the weather was shit. The second week…

    Matingas
    December 21, 2022

  • December: CDMX Beer Adventure, TikToking in La City – Querétaro Huapango Wedding – Tijuana Adventure en Español!!!

    December is flying by. And not in a good way. It started with my flight back from my adventure. And I returned ill. Very ill. It started the day before my flight. I was bedridden with diarrhea and a fever. Meds made me feel better. And I needed it before the flight. I was sick…

    Matingas
    December 8, 2022

  • November Before CDMX: TJ Cover Story (again) – SAD – Infinity Content

    I woke up before sunrise at 4 something a.m. It’s cold out. It’s cold in. My apartment is freezing. I’m SAD. Seasonal affective Disorder. It happens every winter and I fucking hate it. I hate daylight savings time. No reason for humans to do that anymore. And I miss her. I miss waking up next…

    Matingas
    November 19, 2022

  • November 2022: Halloween Traditional Album – Podcast Goes TikTok Viral – CDMX Soon

    Here we go again. Post 621. Can you fucking believe that?! November 2022. The year is almost over. I go to Mexico City for the last week of November. I’m covering my friend’s wedding in San Joaquin, Querétaro. I bought the plane tickets months ago. I’m not sure where I’m staying. I’m not sure what…

    Matingas
    November 3, 2022

  • Wallow in Sadness – Donatella Died, She Left – That’s Life, Sinatra Way

    I said life was like Sinatra. Life continues the Sinatra way. This time I’m down. I’ve done nothing for the past five days. Unless you count playing Overwatch 2 for endless hours and getting drunk doing something. Then… I’ve been doing a lot. Nothing productive. I took my car to the mechanic. He says she’s…

    Matingas
    October 28, 2022

  • Busy October – TikTok Addiction – Tours, Photoshoots, Love, and More

    Oooeee. October has gone very fast. I got a bunch of gigs. Mostly doing tours. But some photos. And more. I got popular on TikTok. I’m still with my girl and sometimes, the sun or light hits her in such a way, that I look at her and fall in love a bit more. My…

    Matingas
    October 19, 2022

  • Print Giveaway – Rock Cover, Rock Show – Ensenada Aches

    Owwww. Fuck. This the third morning I woke up to a sharp pain in my stomach. I want to puke. There’s nothing to vomit. I’ve been sick since Saturday night… It’s Wednesday morning. The pain renders me useless for periods of time. I don’t know how women do it. It’s just a stomach ache. I…

    Matingas
    September 28, 2022

  • Nothing in September, but Love – Looking for Gigs to End the Year – Ensenada Plan 2023

    I haven’t touched my cameras all of September… It’s already September 12th but the days have disappeared between heat, rain with heat, Labor Day long weekend, being with my girlfriend, and no gigs. August was great. There were a ton of gigs. It started with a tour, followed by some food photography in Rosarito, then…

    Matingas
    September 13, 2022

  • Playa Cocodrilo: Camping Adventure – Empty September – Social Media Blockade

    I have 0 gigs for September. September already starts tomorrow. I need to book photoshoots, tours, or write articles to be published. Or I’ll starve. I need to write. So write I will. My editor asked me to write about stuff. It’s stuff that I already wrote in my blog. I feel more flexible in…

    Matingas
    August 31, 2022

  • Tijuana Friday Drama – Media Salivates at Disaster – Bye Tj, Me Voy!

    Tijuana drama. Bye Tijuana. I’m leaving you. That’s what I keep saying. At least I bought my ticket to Mexico City. But that’s late in November. And it’s for a good friend’s wedding. This is my chance to take killer photos and make my wedding photography business grow. Also, a great chance to see all…

    Matingas
    August 15, 2022

  • August of Heat, Love, and Work – Tours and Shoots – YouTube Monetization, Subscribe!

    My girlfriend broke up with me on Sunday via text. She said she didn’t want to see me anymore… And then she showed up Monday morning in my apartment. I was in the bathroom when I got her text message if I was up. I said I was. She said she was outside… She tries…

    Matingas
    August 10, 2022

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