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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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July 2022: Puppy Studio Cover – Thinking of Her – Food Influencer Gone Wrong
I’m happy but also feeling sad. I got sunshine but also debt in a bag. More gigs coming my way, more expenses to spend. It’s coming on. Everything seems to be going great for me. It’s so good, that I got that feeling of impostor syndrome. I work at a taco truck serving and sometimes…
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More and More Gigs! – All Type Content Creator, TikTok Addict – Disconnecting With Her Feels Great
Whoa. I swore I wrote something in June. But I haven’t. At all. Not even in this shitty blog. And June is almost gone. May was busy as F, and June continued. July seems like it will be the same way. It’s raining jobs! Alleluyah! It’s raining jobs… OH YEAH! Sing it. Not quite as…
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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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Empty April Schedule, Hire Me! – 19 Photoshoots Forever March – Hoppy Daze
It’s still fucking March. It’s the last day of March. But it’s still March. February went fast, March seemed like it lasted forever. I woke up early today. I got interviewed by Amelia, a journalism student from City, University of London. She found my Reddit Ask Me Anything about being a paparazzi. This Reddit post.…
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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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Second Cover: Ensenada Seafood and Beer Paradise – Procrastination Station – March Booking, Let’s GO!
It’s Monday. And like Garfield. I fucking hate Mondays. It’s gloomy out. It’s gloomy in. Though I look gloomy days. Sunset looks really promising. It’s a fucking shitty Monday. “It just sounds like you are procrastinating a lot.” That’s what my therapist told me. Sounds so obvious. I couldn’t figure it out. I’m fighting depression.…
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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…
