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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Long Exposure Selfie on the Cover (Again) -July is Over – OnlyFans Photoshoot
I feel the need to be productive because it’s Monday, so I type and type. Otherwise, I would be playing DotA or Fall Guys. I just lost a ranked match. Waste of time. I just won a crown. Waste of time. Same thing. Win or lose. Waste of time. But hey, it’s entertainment. This week…
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Fun Issue Cover – Tijuana Beer Tours – Not Fun: Missing Girl
(Monday) I want to write… but it’s difficult at the moment. I think my girl is missing… I had a great tour on Saturday. It was a bachelor party tour. College-educated people from all over the US. Childhood friends. College friends. Beer drinking friends. Vacation to San Diego and bachelor party for a day in…
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Drinking Beer with Don Cornelio for a Tv Show – Moving to Ensenada – Birthday Fun and TikTok
My birthday was great. It continued for days, basically until yesterday (a whole week later). Tony Tee got me tickets to go see Toros. He said it was my birthday present. He would have done it regardless of my birthday or not. Going to Toros with Tony is a blast. This time, Joe and Mayda…
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Birthday 36 – Astrophoto and Tennis in Anza Borrego – Exclusive Patreon and YouTube is Back
Hey!I’m 36 now!I’ve been saying that since the beginning of the month. Since the beginning of the year. As soon as the year turns, I assume the age I’m going to be. I assumed it so early, that I forgot and I thought I was turning 37. The math doesn’t check out. So yes. Thirty-six.…
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Romantic Ensenada Getaway – Cover Shoots, Tons of Shoots – New Website (Still Under Construction)
I did an awesome tennis photo shoot yesterday with a tennis professional and professor. My friend Yesenia took some of me playing tennis as she fervently gazed at the tennis pro. Here are some shots she took of me on my main Instagram: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matingas (@matingas_) The…
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Only Fans: Exclusive Matingas – Lil Jon Private Party – Sleeping in My Car, Busy March
It’s working! Somewhat! It’s working! I’m working. That’s what I mean. The idea of working every day is sort of going. I didn’t do shit yesterday, but that’s because I did too much on Tuesday afternoon and I was exhausted. I felt lethargic all day and was unsure why. It’s because I was tired. So…
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February 2022: Four Instagrams – Bilingual Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer – Ensenada Reader Cover
January 2022 is gone. I did 13 photoshoots in the first month of 2022. 7 of them were paid. 4 of them were for the Reader. The other three I got by myself. I now have four fucking Instagrams. The Instagram addiction is bad. I feel like it’s work though it is not and it…
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Post 601: Three Years Without Mom – Ensenada Research Has Me Broke – Photographer for Hire
It’s a shitty day. It’s shitty outside. It’s shitty inside. It was a shitty morning. It was a shitty night. I turn three years old today. It’s my niece’s fifth birthday. She’s a bundle of joy. She makes me happy. It’s the third year anniversary of my mother’s death. Shit. I thought I could control…
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Busy November, Nothing December – Bilingual Wedding Photographer Booking 2022 – Beer Cover and Top 10 Beers
I have nothing to do. So I’m cleaning my apartment. I wish I was on Ritalin for it. It helps a lot. It’s rainy as fuck out. My street is a shit river of sewer and rainwater like it always is when Tijuana gets like this. Not a little creek. Like a fucking river. I…
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Beer Cover 2022 Sent – Now We Wait – Gigs and Tours
You get a landing page! And you get a landing page! And I’m still missing so many landing pages. Landing pages for all my photography. Landing pages for my books. Landing pages for all! And people still view my Britney post and the one with the Beauty and the Geek the most. Also, the one…
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Food Photography for Ali’s Chicken – Event Photography for a Three-year-old – Landing Pages
I slept early yesterday and I woke up late today. It’s cloudy as fuck, which I like for pictures. I dreamt of my mother. It was simple and basic. She was doing the dishes. In this same kitchen of my apartment where I live right now. I only saw her back. I asked if she…
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Thunderstorm in Tijuana – Ensenada Trip – Taco Truck Cashier Person
So many days of nothing. Very few days with everything. That seems to be my days. In the next few days, I have a lot. Tomorrow, I work as a taco truck cashier man. It’s easy money. People tip a lot because it’s San Diego. And they feel bad for me because they think it’s…
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Mid-September Already – Food Photography Is Life – New Roommate, Blast from the Past
And holy shit! Just like that, it’s September. I didn’t post shit in August, and already halfway through the month and I haven’t written much. I had another cover in the San Diego Reader, here: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2021/aug/25/cover-unintended-baja-med-escapade/ In the beginning of the story, I tout myself as a food photographer. And that’s what I want to…
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July is Gone – All Instagram, Social Media Distortion – Photoshoots for Money Taco Paparazzo
July is suddenly gone. I don’t know what the fuck happened to me. I feel like a mammoth stuck in tar. I feel like I should be big and roaming around. Alas, I am not. I’m stuck in the same space letting time go by. I had one great Saturday. That was this last Saturday.…
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Big Bass, Want More Strings – June is Suddenly Gone – Tijuana Adventure en Español
Where did June go? Instead of June is Finally Here… June is suddenly gone. That’s a mathrock reference. Don Cab. Classic math rock. So good. I’m back to playing music. That has made me happy. I need a bass amp. My primo Joe gifted me his 6-string bass that he had in his closet for…
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Bills, Taxes, Adulting – More Shoots, More Covers – Pop-up Store, Showroom, Photo Sessions (at Nett Nett)
Holy fuck… I’m exhausted. And I haven’t even had breakfast. I just filed my 2020 taxes. And fuck. Taxes are scary. Especially when you are not sure what you are doing and you have to file freelance taxes from three different sources. And I paid for my car insurance. And I paid for some more…
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Shooting from the Air, Shooting from the Ground – Moody Monday – Babe + Sunset + Studio Lights
Dark have been my dreams of late. Not really dark. Weird. Weird dreams. Weird days. This last dream involved my friend Mora and Pablo. Not sure why those two were there. But they were. And in that dream, we were trekking a snowy mountainside that had ocean waves crashing on the side. A mix of…
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