I'll have some more of our pics from our trip back to Colorado for Thanksgiving posted up soon. Hope everyone had a great holiday

 

Well... been awhile since I actually wrote some shit. Thanks for the E-mail Shonna... I'm slacking. So here's the story... Clair and I have moved to Vegas to open a tattoo shop. Now if I was feeling dickish I say mission accomplished and go get some sleep... or work on the web page... or business cards... and try and figure out why my stencil printer won't work with one of my new computers. But... screw that. I need to catch the rest of the world. As I write this I'm sitting in my living room watching Rodney Karington on Comedy Central. Clair is asleep in our room... nursing the first hangover she's had in weeks (she rarely gets drunk). She's going to her first yoga class in the morning..... more on that later.

Our new place is great. Big living room, full kitchen, washer dryer, mini gym, 2 hot tubs and a pool that's right out our back door. It's still kind of a mess because of all my stuff for the shop is still scattered. I really have to get all this shit cleaned up. Damn.

The move went pretty smooth. Clair's mother and her boyfriend moved us out. We took a U-Haul trailer and a big pick up. That's what the picks are of the motorcycle playing piggy back. I'm so thankful they hooked us up like that.

Since then.... our first month has been a hectic as all hell. I've jumped thru so many hoops to get everything up and running. Clair has stretched herself to the point of insanity. Shit around these parts is frazzled to say the least. I've had to go from one government facility to another and sometimes from place to place a few different times a day. Pearl at the health department and I are on a first name biases... and the Business license lady and I talked football like madmen. I've had 2 different walk thrus from the health department... one preliminary and one final.... stress stress stress. My parents came thru to help with the shop/house. I messed up with Clair though. I didn't really give Clair a chance to do the decorating and setting up the house, before I called in the cavalry with my folks. Not so much a good move to say the least. She wanted to set it up not only to say that she did it but also to prove herself to all our family and friends. I know she would do a great job... and I wanted to see her visions come to life. I guess I just need to learn a little self reliance, patience, and a whole shit load of humility and common sense. I fucked up left and right for the sake of not rocking the boat... guess these are the life lessons that I'm still learning. Funny. 5 years and 7 months sober and sometimes I still feel like a damn new comer drunk. Oh well.... one step at a time.... a little better... everyday. All I can pray for.

Clair and I are a little strained. The stress has taken it's toll. She's living in the big city for the first time... away from family for the first time.... and planning on going thru an entire winter without having to shovel snow off her car. I think that the biggest thing that we've faced aside from moving, parents, opening a shop, adjusting to city life.... is having to be together pretty much nonstop for weeks. I love being with her and I think she loves being with me, but when you get locked in with one person... it can become a little taxing. We've made it thru thus far. I think this is a testament to just how great we are as individuals... since neither one of us has killed the other. Anyways.... we are very much in love and I think our little bumps will smooth over when we get a little more of a routine going.

The shop is OPEN!!!! Holy shit, right? The shop is inside the Verona Spa at Tropicana and Decatur. I've been going crazy trying to get everything up and working. Thank god my Dad came down to help with the construction I needed for the health department. I have purchased two computers in as many months... not to mention the massage table, autoclave, ultrasonic, cleaners and inks and paints and tubes and supply's and printers and card stock and food and cables and monitors and poster and eventually I'll need to pay for the therapy and hospital stay to get rid of the ulcer and cancer. I smoke way too much lately. BUT!!!! BUT!!! BUT!!! BUTT!!! THE FUCKING SHOP IS OPEN!!!!!! Evilution Tattoos is running.... well.... up... maybe no so much running. I made our first appointment two days ago and today we made our first dollar. I can't believe.... I OWN A TATTOO SHOP.....HOLY SHIT! It feels weird just typing that.... fucking wow!!! Anyways.....

I'm finally starting to feel sleepy.... maybe I can crash for a couple hours before Clair gets up for yoga.... her first class.... and her first thing that she's doing one her own... 100%.... I'm so stoked for her. I think she'll have fun. She's amazing and I love her so much it hurts my heart thinking about it... in that really good way. I'm sorry I've neglected a lot of you over the last couple months.. Justin, Craig, Thom, Papa, Granny, Kaufman, Shonna, Kevin, Tara, Manny, Rick, Soph, Teddy, Shauna, Catlin, Mike & Kat, Reese & Jenn, Megan, Kaeli, Lauren, KK, Eli, Jeremy, Art, Ryan, Sean, Jig & Jil, About 15 people from MySpace... a but load for Inked Nation..... I'm sorry I've been such an ass. I love you all!! Thank your for the return love and support. I'll try and be better... and post up a lot more.....If you're board go hit up the shops web site.... www.evilutiontattoos.com