First day of the new year went something like this .

We were in bed pretty early lastnight , but still managed to watch the new year come in at midnight . We decided to go to the park and take a brisk nature walk .

After donning appropriately ridiculous outfits , my family took off from the fountain and headed east over the pedestrian bridge into the cactus garden .

Saw this awesome acid trip of a cactus .

Found an awesome little fairy cave

Amy meditated on a rock with Vaughn

And we found a really neat old tree that was hollow , so of course we got inside it . What else would you do . . .

then we went to the model train museum which is always rad . These little dioramas are amazing . I could sit here and trip out on them all day .

Overall , 2012 was pretty chill . Made a few new friends here & there , and lost a few . Did some really cool shit and did some lame shit too . . . I don't generally just take what life gives me and accept it regardless of whether I like it or not . I can't say that this coming year will be better or worse because I make my life into what I want it to be . I'm looking forward to another amazing year of moments to be a great father and be an amazing husband , and as good of a friend to the ones I love that I can possibly be . Make more art , play my guitar a little more often , take the time to really see and enjoy the people and things I surround myself with .

The really simple shit is what makes living really count . I hope if you read this that you had a great year last year and you go on to have a great year this year as well.

Lil Davey's digger sporty is for sale still , this time for $5500

Details on the link to the right . . . check it out !

Same Taste as a Shotgun

I was contacted a little while back , by a guy who told me that he liked my blog and my tattooing and thought I would be interested in reading a book he had written . His book is self published and so far has a small run of copies , and he asked me if he sent me a copy would I be interested in reading it .

It's always a little weird when someone goes out of their way to try and do something nice for a total stranger , but I like to do shit like that too , so I agreed .

I'm glad I did because it was a fun book and since it was written about a part of my hometown that I remember pretty clearly from my childhood , it made it interesting to me in a familiar way .

It's a pulp crime type of story about how part time bad guys , with the right motivation , can end up being good guys at the end of the day .

If you like to read about good guys and bad guys and strippers and the occasional crackhead getting their ass whooped , get ahold of this guy and get a copy of his book .

Thanks for the book man , It was a good read .

coulterjacobs@gmail.com

Time to rule the block

Yeah when I was a kid I had to wear cheap shitty plastic costumes like this . I guess it's just time let it run down hill a little . He may not know how awesome he is right now , but he will someday .

Silverado update #5

courtesy of my old buddy Derek Coon . Period correct gun rack for the back window . Better than any dumb bumper sticker for letting people know what you're all about & where you're coming from !

Here's what I did this weekend . It was easier than it looks too .

Even though I had to take it apart , and bring it from the house next door through my alley and reassemble it in my backyard . The people who design these things should get a pat on the back . It was fairly simple once the roof came off . Just slot A into tab B type shit .

Here's a couple of shots from the Coffin Chasers party

Saturday 29th of September , we're having a fancy art show at Avalon Tattoo II

That's the tattoo shop I work at down here in San Diego . It's going to be our 15th anniversary party and we're all doing some art for the show , as well as inviting tattooers from around the world to show some work too . Here's what I came up with , she's called a Fiji Mermaid .

Back in ye olden tymes they used to take the top 1/2 of a monkey carcass and attach it to the bottom of a fish carcass and drag it around in old timey county fairs & carnivals & stuff , and say it was a mermaid , from Fiji no less coz that sounded exotic and fancy . This is my interpretation of the famous cryptozooalogical monstrosity . I need to get it framed up and do some work on the background & all that , but here's a sneak peek for my bloggy homies . . .

Silverado update #4 , AKA Sexy full profile pic , just for fun . . .

Coffin Chasers MC party

I have some friends in this local MC called the Coffin Chasers . They started out a long time ago as a car club and over the years morfed into a full fledged motorcycle club . 2 years ago is the official date that they turned completely to the dark side and they're having a swinging shindig to celebrate !