Thursday night, I went to New Jersey. That isn’t really a big deal, in itself, since I go to NJ about 4 times per week on average. This time, though, it wasn’t just a run across the George Washington to Fort Lee. I actually took NJ Transit (above), and went to a little town near Newark. Deep Jersey. Snooki/Jerseylicious Jersey. Hahahah. I was there to shoot an interview with the famed tattoo artist Jun Cha, who I errantly reported earlier this week operates out of NJ. He is really a dude born and bred in So. Cal. trained by the likes of Mr. Cartoon. Anyway, here are a few of the shots from the interview:
The dude does traditional So Cal black and grey, in photo-realistic style. If I were ever to get a tattoo (which I never would), this is probably the dude that I would hit up.
Back to the matter at hand.. We are supposed to be blasted by Hurricane Earl on Friday. Hurricane season is the time of year that I suffer the pangs of being a poseur, past-prime surfer. Last time I checked the surf report it was like, double overhead at Coney Island. CONEY ISLAND! DOUBLE OVERHEAD! Can you imagine getting a barrel at Coney? This is the one time of year where you are more likely to die at Coney by being swallowed by the ocean, than by getting stabbed while waiting in line at the Wonder Wheel. We aren’t even talking the point at Montauk. There is going to be some serious Mark Foo stuff going on out at that end of the island, this weekend. Last time I surfed double overhead, I was a 19 year old resident of the aloha state. These days I am a landlubbing surfboardless Manhattanite. So depressing.
On a less depressing hurricane season note, I watched my University of Utah football team eek out a nail biting season opener against Pitt, on Thursday night. How awesome is college football? I seriously love it.
Just when I could really really use a three day weekend, Labor Day comes along. We have a banger lined up, too. Some items on the agenda include: Party for TH opening a new store in SoHo; Multiple PJ visits; hanging out in the country (Rural CT); a long training run with tight amigos (also in the country); watching the GP race at Misano; a dip in the pool; a fun editorial shoot; and, some barbecue. Have a fantastic weekend, peeps. And if you end up surfing Montauk this weekend, don’t tell me about it. Because I may accidentally punch you, out of pathetic jealousy.
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8 responses to “Waiting for Earl to come through”
Love the picture from train station platform! Have a great weekend!
Oh cool!!! I love tattoo and all the work he has done look awsome! It’s really hard to find a great tattoo artist, you know?
Earl is getting close, right? Have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend!!
xo
Will you escape the rain in CT? Hopefully. I’d hate to hear that your BBQ was rained out on Labor Day. No threat of Earl here…it’s a sunshiny day (especially at Rice Eccles Stadium) Have a good one.
I’m feeling pathetic jealousy after reading this post. Too much radness. I can’t handle it. (Yeah, I just wrote “radness.”)
We’re landlubbing it up here in “sunny” SoCal. No surf, plenty of fog. Live it up for us this weekend! 🙂
damn, i didn’t know it’s misano this week-end. last week-end, the television that broadcast motogp in my contry didn’t transmitted it live so i just downloaded it and never seen it yet.
the dip in the pool sounds lovely. have a great week-end and may the best (motogp) man win!
thoughts i had while reading this post:
1. “CONEY ISLAND! DOUBLE OVERHEAD!” reminds me of “DOUBLE RAINBOW ACROSS THE SKY!” have you & reags seen this youtube wonder? here’s the link just in case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI
2. college football is one billion times better than nfl.
3. i wish i got to visit little PJ on my labor day weekend. give the nugget a smooch from us! is it weird if i truly believe that i’m gonna meet lil pipmeister one day? i’m gonna pretend i don’t already have our trip to NYC planned. but i’m a terrible liar.
4. you & your punching. you might as well do a fist-pump afterwards you jersey whore!
So, totally unrelated to your post here, but I need some new running music! What do you n Reagan listen to? 🙂
for whatever reason this post had me laughing…great shots at the start as well!