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  • Reddit Meet Success! – Great Saturday, NFL Lazy Sunday – Fergie, LiLo, Paris

    Saturday was great. After doing work, sending emails, and other stuff, I headed to the border to meetup with Reddit people. Reddit people. Reddit people. You never know what to expect with Reddit people. First guy was there before me. Brett was his name. He was cool. Basically what I expected. Someone around my age…

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  • Pepe Nacho Story Sent – Cross Border Redditor Meeting Soon

    Welp! I did it again. I pitched a story for the news section which limits me to less than 1,000 words (should be less than 800 or 500 normally). But… I wrote 2,300+ words. Sent it this morning to the editor that had no idea about the story, but that handles the larger sections (and the…

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  • Crappy Job Offer – Cover is Out!!! – Pepe Nacho Interviewed

    I received an email early  with the title “Blogging Opportunity.” They invited me to write for a webpage called “MyTrendingStories.” They complimented my blog, told me about their project, and invited me to be a part of it. If you type on a google search “my trending stories” the second option is “my trending stories…

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  • I Suck at Photoshop – Super Moon – My Cover Tomorrow

    Since years ago that I left the paparazzi agencies, I haven’t used Photoshopped. My agency licensed my PS use, as well as Photo Mechanic, and a few nice other paid applications. When the licensing got canceled, I stopped caring. I also stopped shooting. Photography was dead to me. I had a revival in photography just last…

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  • Tijuana Never Disappoints – Shooting Video for Cash – Marisa Tomei

    A friend from central Mexico said that “Tijuana nunca decepciona.” She’s been here for a few months and she is always amazed in how any night in Tijuana can turn into a crazy party. Tijuana never disappoints. There is always something to do. Something to see… eat.. drink… meet… listen…. Often I walk the streets…

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  • In the Wrong Dimension – Let’s Get Political – Trump

    Welp. Yesterday was a great day. I woke up to start working (kinda like today and everyday). Mornings are good for me. I finished and sent an article. It got published right away. Here it is! Shrek de Tijuana. Besides that, I got an email from the US consulate because apparently they want my opinion…

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  • Article Sent – I Didn’t Find Shrek – Work Weekend

    I already lived my weekend this week with my friend el Pelón. Two days and nights of consecutive party on a Monday and Tuesday. Insane that we pulled it off. Only in Tijuana can you just party until the wee hours in the morning during weekdays. Wednesday felt like Monday, but it was slow day,…

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  • Underdog Champions Cubs and Gallos – Fuck Me, It’s November Already – White Beard

    I’m missing Halloween already. Got to wait till next year :( It’s NoShave November and I forgot to shave in October and my beard is getting thick and white. I’m getting several white hairs in my beard that when playing the “guess my age” game, I lost and keep getting an older age than I…

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  • El Pelón – The Tijuana Life, Is A Good Life – Halloween #2 Too Much Party

    AHHH SIGHHHH What crazy last couple of days. My childhood friend and nearby neighbor, Andrei, aka El Pelón, visited me in Tijuana. I just dropped him off. Time to get back to reality. This is us at the border: Gallos Blancos plays the final against Chivas today. We both wore our Gallos shirt. El Pelón…

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  • Halloween/Jalogüin – Forever a Cow – Courtney Love

    Oh boy! What a week I had! The shitty part of the week. I’ve only written one article which = I’m not making much money. Especially because it was a food article and that’s almost no money. The best part… FUCKING HALLOWEEN. It’s so much fun. Pictures narrate my night better than I can with…

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  • My Earliest and Healthiest Tour – Especiales While Sick – Verne Troyer

    I had my earliest tour yet this Saturday at 11 a.m. I met with Michael, his fiancee, and his mom to get to know as many neighborhoods of Tijuana as we possibly can, since Michael is thinking about moving into town. We started with Playas, ate in Telefonica, went around Cacho and Chapu, far to…

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  • I Applied for a Job – Tour This Weekend – This Is The End

    I watched the movie This Is The End yesterday. I rarely watch movies. And if I do, they are stupid ones. I also saw the comedy roast of James Franco, which I’ve seen before but barely remembered. I saw almost all the actors in that movie. I liked most of them in person. They were…

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  • Weekend Was Amazing – Hating This Monday – Whitney Houston

    I used to loathe Sundays. They always made me feel so numb. But nah… now Sundays are alright. I enjoy them. They are a break. It has NFL. I can do whatever the fuck I want. Everyone hates Mondays. Very Garfieldesque. But I am hating this Monday. It’s so mundane. HARHARHARHAR After my awesome Thursday,…

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  • Unexpected Thursday Night – Busy Friday – Quest for Enchilados

    I had an unexpected Thursday night. I went out with a friend to watch SPORTS. Yep. Football and Baseball. LA Dodgers vs Washington Nationals. My friend was sure the Nats were going to win. He was wrong. I hate the Dodgers, but oh well, don’t care much about baseball. On the other tv, SD Chargers…

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  • Finally Laundry – Bisho the Contortionist – Getting Paid

    At the laundromat. I never used a public one in any city I have ever lived in, except Tijuana. This laundromat seems like it hasn’t changed in decades.   In college there was the basement laundry both Freshmen and Sophomore year. Not the same dynamic. Junior and Senior year housing came with washing/drying machine.  …

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  • Nice Cloudy Day – Uncertainty Finally Delivers Good News – Still Want More

    Hah! Finally! A response! I didn’t want to wake up this cloudy morning because of fear of the uncertain… but…  Yes. I am in a good mood because I got good news. And good news means I’m getting paid. I jumped like an idiot when I received the email less than an hour ago. I…

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  • Day 5 of No Response – Photography Gig and Beer – Still Uncertain Thus is The Freelance Life

    It’s been 5 days since I sent the story and no reply. Yesterday I sent another email asking again. Today is that special Tuesday, and it’s not only because tap Tuesday, but because today I send pay requests. Uncertainty makes me not know how much money I’m making. But I guarantee myself a few hundred…

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  • Reposting for Karma – Uncertainty Leads to Depression – Media Log 2011

    Welp. A weekend has passed and still no response. So my check for this week is uncertain and I am tired of that and it makes me sorta depressed. So I’m back to broke again. But I’m alright. I did some other work that will pay me alright. I can afford rent. And I still…

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  • Uncertainty Eats My Soul Away – Fried Chicken Friday – Writing Like a Maniac

    So… I’m basically posting in here everyday. And not only that. Working a lot everyday. This past two days I work in one article that was meant to be around 500-800 words long. But I got inspired and ended up writing 1,700. It is a different type of article too. I don’t think I ever…

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  • Early Morning Jazz – Blogging Everyday – Haitian Chicken Fight Song

    Charles Mingus Haitian Fight Song loops in my head. I played this song on my sophomore year in college. In fact, I met with the Mingus Big Band for a master class. The song starts with a bass solo. I was the bassist. I wasn’t good. The whole class was mostly focus on the intro…

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  • IAmA on Reddit was a Bust – Daily Existential Crisis – No Celebrity!

    Hey! I feel like writing a lot. Like I always do. But this time I can spew my non-sense freely without digging through my hard drive to post old pictures of celebrities that I took. I’ll keep doing that when the right person pops in my head. Or I’ll most likely continue the Monday tradition to…

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  • Post #100! – Let’s Party – Kim Fucking Kardashian

    YAY! I made it! Post #100. Incredible. I feel accomplished. And like I need to rest for such shitty accomplishment as narrate my weekly life and post pictures of celebrities that I took years ago. But I have so much work to do after I am done with this post. I didn’t do much writing…

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  • Sick Sweaty Good Week – Uncancellations – Lady Gaga

    It was a good week. Even though I was sick for half of it. It was more than a good week. Last week… my beer gig thing for San Diego Beer Week got canceled. Then this week… it got uncanceled. So now it’s back! I am the curator of Baja Beer day in San Diego’s…

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  • Job Cancellations on Post 98 – Toros de Tijuana Beisbol – Adriana Lima

    It’s cloudy. There might be rainstorms. I already missed it a bit yesterday, but I might get one of those awesome lightning pictures. It’s been quite some time that I’ve desired this. Probably my whole life. I had an inspired week. A weird week (like always). A meaningless and meaningful week. A lot of action.…

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  • Canceled Week – Cheeseburger Picnic Party – Lauren Bacall

    Last week was supposed to be amazing. I had this three day beer tour event invitation to just enjoy beer everything paid. It got canceled. Plans fell through, and I fell with them. My week was wasted in absolute nothingness. When I said I was going to work, I ended up frozen in time, procrastination…

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