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  • Touring a Canadian Journalist (Reason I Skipped Yesterday) – I Didn’t Know About the Redbeard Cover – So Much Going On (And I Don’t Know What to Do)

    I’m conflicted about today. And yes. I skipped the blog yesterday for a good reason. Right now, I wait for a journalist from NYC to call me to talk about a story she is looking to work on in late September. Let’s see what that is about. I fucking hate the phone. Alright. Emailed her…

    Matingas
    August 25, 2017

  • Enchiladas, Sangria, Weird Dreams, And Fight – Yesenia the Shirt Model – Throwback to High School (I Still Have the Shirt)

    I woke up from strange dreams after a strange afternoon. Not once, but twice. The first one happened around 2 am. I was dreaming that I was vomiting. Not word vomiting. Actual vomiting. I woke up and I was virtually vomiting. So I ran to the sink and spat out all the gross taste I…

    Matingas
    August 23, 2017

  • Dan Harmon Says Procrastination is Alright – Masterminds on Netflix (Reviewed) – Not Proud of this Word Vomit

    WOOO!!! I have a mountain of work and I love procrastinating. It’s how I do things sometimes…? I mean, I’m even procrastinating on this word vomit. It’s almost 1 pm and I just started. At least I’m done with my workout. But then, for some reason, I decided to watch Louis C.K. newest special again.…

    Matingas
    August 22, 2017

  • Second Day of Pictures and Editing Till Midnight – Friendly Cat (for 5 Seconds) and Shit San Diego Public Transportation – I Should Learn to Advance Edit

    Sunday. And I’m not skipping the blog. Mostly because the weekend wasn’t really the weekend. I worked all Friday afternoon and edited pictures till past midnight. I worked all of Saturday afternoon and edited pictures till midnight. Today. Today we will probably go bowling. The girlfriend is watching documentaries in the living room at a…

    Matingas
    August 20, 2017

  • Different Shots for Different Folks – Dozens of Pictures of a Sunset Under the Pier of Ocean Beach – Commercial Photography Failed (Client Unhappy), Exposure Porn Accomplished

    Alright! I’m tired and I got to work later today. Yesterday was long. And it started wrong. Photography. I’m good at the difficult one, horrible at the easy one. I’m actually not that bad, but now there is a second person in a row that is unsatisfied with my product photography. I never charged either of…

    Matingas
    August 19, 2017

  • Girlfriend Gets a Second Birthday – So Many Upcoming Gigs and Work To Do – San Diego Red Is Looking Great (and my article looks pretty there)

    Coffee Coffee Coffee. Gigs Gigs Gigs. Emails Emails Emails. Workout. Coffee. Coffee. Much work. Good thing. There’s a cheesecake in the fridge. My girlfriend had a second birthday last night at Caesar’s. Coffee coffee coffee. In an hour or so, some dude that makes shirts is coming over because he wanted some product photography. I…

    Matingas
    August 18, 2017

  • Shit Article Gets Rejected – Tijuana SMELLS Like Shit – Gloomy Days: Time to Take Pictures of Burgers

    Good morning word vomit! That’s like my good morning Vietnam… !!! Alright. I have an hour and a half before I have to leave to San Diego to take pictures of burgers. I made some calls yesterday and scheduled a couple of places for today. I realized now that some burger places are just burger…

    Matingas
    August 16, 2017

  • Procrastinated For a Year: Road Trip Story Part 1 (Minneapolis) Done – Photo Shoots And Forcing Myself to Write – Gloomy Work Days

    Coffee coffee coffee! Emails emails emails. That’s how my morning started. JOB OFFER from Indeed.com Check this shit out. “This will be an ongoing project; therefore, our budget is $6 per 500 words. All content will be expected to be original with no issues in passing CopyScape.” HAH! $6 for every 500 words. That means I…

    Matingas
    August 15, 2017

  • Pot Brownies and Vodka Pasta – Jurassic World Movie Review – Celebrity Throwback: Bryce Dallas Howard

    Monday, the middle of August and two-thirds done with the year. I wake up a little bit depressed and not sure why. It is probably my lack of productivity and the lack of desire to do anything about it. I was supposed to work on the weekend and I forgot about it. Didn’t get the…

    Matingas
    August 14, 2017

  • More Than 500 Likes on a Picture of Chicken – Gorditas Doña Toña, Yet Another Place I Could Review – Not Skipping This Sunday

    Day two of the street smelling like shit because the sewers are open. The shit smell filters into the apartment and into my nose. “It’s the weekend, let the shit run free!” That should be the CESPT’s slogan (the water commission). Who knows how long it will take for them to fix it. But for…

    Matingas
    August 13, 2017

  • A Dramatic Word Vomit – Girlfriend Rocky Future But Could be Wife – Editor Talks Shit About Me

    There is a foul smell coming in through my balcony windows. My street in Tijuana is again filled with sewer water. It’s not horrible this time. It’s just smelly. Tijuana is always a mess. My website’s memory is 85% filled. So I’m either going to have to delete old posts/pictures or move shit around or…

    Matingas
    August 12, 2017

  • Tijuana Adventure with Kosovo/Morocco-Canadians Success – Food Porn for Feast Part 2 – Yes. Get Hungry. I am.

    1:00 pm. Barely recovering from yesterday. Yes. The Tijuana Adventure did materialize. Yes. It was awesome. Repeated customers are the best. I didn’t even know he was a repeat customer until like 10 minutes after meeting. I knew he looked familiar. Then I couldn’t remember how our tour went or who were the other people.…

    Matingas
    August 11, 2017

  • Dull Day Without the GF – The Inside Pictures of Feast Part 1 (Tons of Food Porn) – Prep Kitchen, Campfire, The Crab Shack, and The Hake

    Yesterday was pretty dull. I guess it felt that way in comparison to the days I’ve been having. The Zigtebra/Lightworks weekend. Splurging at fancy restaurants. Celebrating my girlfriend’s birthday. Ignoring work. Yep. Yesterday was dull. This morning, I woke up feeling very refreshed at 6:30 am. It’s 8:22 am and I’m already on my second…

    Matingas
    August 10, 2017

  • Best Birthday Meal by Chef Oso at Tras/Horizonte and Festive Flower Apartment – FEAST Cover and Food Porn – Tijuana Adventure Outside Article and Plotagraph App

    Unleash the food porn! New cover for the San Diego Reader: That’s what I worked really hard two days in a row, almost three weeks ago. The results don’t show my effort, well, at least not on the online version. I have no idea how it looks on print. I have no idea how many…

    Matingas
    August 9, 2017

  • Cheesy Word Vomit for My Girlfriend’s Birthday – Yep. Cacti Was Her Present – Birthday Dinner and Drinks Tonight with Chef Oso

    It’s my girlfriend’s birthday today! And I have a bunch of mix emotions. For starters, I hate my birthday. We all know this from… almost every birthday I’ve had. This doesn’t mean I hate her birthday, it just… birthdays are weird. I’m not even sure what to write. I keep thinking about that it needs…

    Matingas
    August 8, 2017

  • Amazing Weekend of Great Food, Drinks, Friends, Pictures, and Music – Beef Wellington from Caesar’s and New Teléfonica Review – Zigtebra and Lightworks Leave Much Love Behind (and They Are The Celebrity This Monday)

    It was a great weekend. On the top 10 of weekends of the year or so. That would be an interesting challenge to remember. Whenever friends join in to come and drink and do merry. It’s a great time. And friends visit from all over. But first. Some usual word vomit. Yep. I skipped Sunday’s…

    Matingas
    August 7, 2017

  • Lightworks Gets Robbed of Shoes and Tequila, Now They Nap in my Living Room – Zigtebra Will Be Here Soon – Published About Border and Taxis

    Lightworks is already here. Fucker called me at 1:30 am to let me know he was coming from Ensenada. I was way asleep. I told him at around 4 am I’ll be up because my girlfriend gets up at that hour and I can let him in. Fucker didn’t come until 8:30 am. I spent…

    Matingas
    August 5, 2017

  • Zigtebra and Lightworks Double Show at Mous Tache!!! – Party Time with Friends from El Paso and Chicago – Weekend Looks Promising as Fuck

    Woo! Friday pay day! And I got paid a bit more than I was excepting! Now, this should be my pay every two weeks and I’ll be happy. And it’s not enough. I wouldn’t be able to live in San Diego with this paycheck. But it is good in Tijuana and a good paycheck to…

    Matingas
    August 4, 2017

  • Mazunte in 2 Months, Girlfriend’s Birthday Soon, Weekend Now – Boring Post and Random Visitor Spike – Lethargic and Fighting It

    My blog spiked with viewers yesterday. Actually, a single viewer. Well, more like 25 visitors and 156 clicks. One of those visitors read through a lot of my crap. And this morning it’s been 14 visitors and 47 views. Who is reading this crap? I’m not inspired at all. I was tired all of yesterday…

    Matingas
    August 3, 2017

  • New Border Same $5 Taxi – New Border and Paparazzing Tijuana Friends – Hungover from Beer and Bourbon (Bulleit Review)

    I woke up early feeling horrible. Hungover. I didn’t drink that much yesterday… Okay… okay. Maybe I did. It was Tap Tuesday and it started early. After finishing the word vomit, the article, emails, working out, and other work. I went out to do some more work with my camera. Right away bumped into friends.…

    Matingas
    August 2, 2017

  • Forced to Word Vomit by Choice – Marc’s Airbnb Pool Party – Getting Busier, Doing Nothing, Forcing Myself to Work

    It’s a gray day. And Bisho has a flea. He doesn’t have fleas. He has a single flea. A week ago I saw one and killed it. Didn’t see any fleas again. I just saw one and the fucker escaped my clutches. I checked Bisho’s stomach and couldn’t find more fleas (which is where they usually…

    Matingas
    August 1, 2017

  • Lunch with a Millionaire – Hanging Out with my Cousin from Guadalajara – CThM Anne Hathaway

    Alright! Monday! YEAH!! Time to work. It seems like Sundays of skipping the blog has become the norm. I wanted to change that. I thought about writing the blog post on the trolley but opted to read a book by Palahniuk (Lullaby). It’s an okay book so far. The least addicting from the few Palahniuk books…

    Matingas
    July 31, 2017

  • Taco Porn and Random Craft Beer Encounter – Pictures of Vicu Products in Casa Duhagón – Relax Today, Sunday Early Work

    1 pm! And I’m just starting the word vomit. AHH!!! It’s a nice AHHHH…. I haven’t been this relaxed in quite some time. Coffee coffee coffee. Workout. I’m on my fourth cup. I already did some workout but need more. And I need to shower. Pictures are uploading. That’s all I’ve done this morning. Went…

    Matingas
    July 29, 2017

  • 200 Pictures of Fancy Food (That Is In My Fridge) – Tons of Food and Flies, Awkward Moment, Dude I Know Offers Me Pizza, Super Nice Vietnamese Lady – Music with Brozo

    Hey! It’s noon! And I’m doing absolutely nothing as if it was my Saturday. It sort of is. I am done taking tons of pictures of food. And oddly enough, I sort of got burnt out. It’s an awesome gig, don’t get me wrong. They serve me food. I take pictures. Then I get to…

    Matingas
    July 28, 2017

  • Tons of Food Porn CHERMOULA – Word Vomiting Late at Night – Rob $tone Cover

    It’s 13 minutes before midnight. I just finished an edit of 417 photos drop down to 135, and edit the fuck out all of those. 4 restaurants. One afternoon. Holy shit. I can’t wait till I can share some pics. It has to wait. Until August 9th. The day after my girlfriend’s birthday. She sleeps…

    Matingas
    July 27, 2017

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