coming out of the shadows

holy shit, has it really been more than 10 days since i last posted... ugg. to my faithful 4 readers, my apologies. i'm slowly extracting myself from the last few months of insane work. i'm off to boston for a little mini-show this weekend and then i'm home for a few months. i'm anxious to chill a bit.

i've kinda been in a self imposed hermit mode lately - i'm not sure why, but the onset of winter tends to do this to me a bit. even tho' i've been super busy at work, i've been horrible at returning calls/emails (especially to ray).... i'll be better soon - totally promise!

couple of random updates - phase 2 of the sleeve is complete - check it out:

phase 3 will begin sometime in december - linking the sleeve together with phase 1 & adding the tibetan prayer flags above the current bit. trevor @ steady tattoo is a god. a god i tell you.

last week i was in st louis for another mini-show (just two guest artists, 150 or so attendees, cocktail reception) - the show went amazingly well - really really nice.

this pic was taken about 30,000 feat somewhere over iowa. the twin cities is still snow free, and honestly - i'm ok with that - i'm just not ready for winter yet.... tho' it sure looks pretty from here.

while in st louis i took time out to see the gateway arch - yea, i played tourist for a few minutes (it's all you really need is a few minutes)..... on my way to see the arch, i stumpled on the above location - an old switzers licorice factory. i really love burned out buildings like this - shows some real history if you ask me.

i took shitloads of pics of the arch (it really is an engineering marvel), but this one is my favorite. i also took the elevator (lets use that term loosely) to the top. it's not the greatest view, but it's pretty fuckin' cool overall.