jet.black's journals

I haven't done a decent journal in a while, so here ya go.

My posse and I have been obsessed with The L Word lately.  I found season one for like $13 and bought it based solely on the amount of nudity I had heard was in the show, and as sad as it is to say I'm hooked.  I wanna fuck Jenny pretty bad, but for some reason Bette gives me the gnarliest boners...



The night before Thanksgiving the family was being insanely mushy and I had to share this gem with you...



Thanksgiving day was kinda hectic cause all the cooking happened at my house, but it was worth it.  We had soooooooo much food it was insane, we STILL have leftovers.  Here is my first plate with a mountain of mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, grilled asparagus, biscuits and gravy, Tofurkey, stuffing and green bean casserole...



Progress on my site, brokenteeth.org, has come to a bit of a halt.  I'm waiting for a check to come in to fund the first batch of shirts to get printed and I'm still waiting for another shipment of stickers to get printed.  Toothbrushes are here though! 

I've been playing Mr. Mom like crazy the past couple weeks.  I've been working super hard to keep the house clean and under control cause Audra has been super stressed out at work.  She didn't make as much money as she wanted on black friday so she's been hustling extra hard to try to make it up.  She gets her bonus tomorrow though and that's gonna cheer her up a bit cause it will be the biggest bonus she has ever received, adios debt!

This is Abby just being cute as usual...


So, it turns out that I'm a trophy wife.  A discussion broke out at Audra's store about trophy wives for some reason and after about 30 minutes of discussion it was declared that not only am I a trophy wife but I'm an awesome one at that. 

I got tattooed last friday with my dad.  It was kinda weird, but he sat like a champ and enjoyed watching me squirm while Oliver drilled this sweet Pushead piece into the back of my arm...



Lastly, I have a dear friend named Thanh whom I met when I worked at Urban Outfitters and about 2 years ago he moved to Brooklyn. He turned me on to UK hip hop and garage and lately I've been missing him really badly so I've been getting real grimey in his honor. I've been listening nonstop to "Playtime is Over" by Wiley and I've turned my myspace player into a little grime mixtape, so go check it out if you are curious.

That's all for now folks, I've gone laundry to finish.  Word.

This morning I was cleaning up around work and I found a dead rat the size of a small dog.  It was HUUUGE.

When we took out the trash and loaded up the trailer so we could make a trip to the dump we came across a bag that smelled like what I imagine a dead person shit smelling like.  It was quite a scene.  Two big tattooed dudes gagging back and forth for about ten minutes while Oliver stood and laughed at us and then I threw up.  A little got on my shoe which caused more gagging and so on and so forth.  My stomach hurts.

Tonight I'm going to see a The Wrestler and there is gonna be a Q&A with Darren Aronofsky afterwards.  I'm pretty stoked. 

The site is almost ready, so everyone should go check out brokenteeth.org and join the mailing list and what not

compoundradio.org is dead....

Everyone should listen to my show New Noise on compoundradio.org at 8 pm cst.  We've been gone for a while but we're back and it might be awesome.

Who wants to help me out by sticking these bitches all over your city?

So it's been a while since I've done one of these.  I've been super busy lately and I thought it was about time to update you guys.  I've been working on a bunch of new stuff for Thursday so if they play in a city near you go check em out and buy a shirt or two.  I've also been spending alot of time working on my own projects, that I will soon be sharing with all of you.  Well, who's up for some pix?  Here are some of the things I'm stoked about lately.


I was doing some thrift store shopping this past weekend and scored this sweet tiger head.  It's about 4 inches tall and cost me a whopping $2...



Here is a current picture of Abby.  She has grown so much and is my bff like woah.  If you don't know her story read back in some of my older journals...



This is Fred.  He rarely hangs with me, but Abby is trying to convince him that I'm a cool and fun dude so he decided to let me get a nice photo of him...



Oliver spent the last two weeks in LA and whenever he comes back from trips he often has presents for everyone except me.  Not this time though, he claims that he had to hustle hard to let the nice folks at Vans let him leave with this sweet Neckface hoodie for me.  It's so fucking rad and is the most well made hoodie I've ever seen...



Check the sweet chest embroidery...



New plugs in from Hong Kong.  There are no photos that can show how fucking gorgeous these are especially the purplish ones on the right...



Sweet Michael Sieben print I scored...



Audra had been bugging me to build her something to declutter the countertop next to the stove, so I cranked this bad boy out in an hour...



Just got these in the mail on tuesday from Temporary Residence.  This record is amazing and if your a fan of either band you will be blown away...



I've been working hard the past month to get my studio/office in good shape so I can actually hang out in there and get shit done.  It's still quite messy but I put in some heavy duty shelves and a counter/desk and it's awesome...



Here are some ghetto style stickers I've been toying around with.  This is the logo for my upcoming tshirt line called Broken Teeth.  I will be getting tons of promotional items in the mail soon and the site will be up in about a month, so get ready to give me all your money...

I AM SOOOOOO FUCKING STOKED RIGHT NOW!!!

I just received a phone call from Andrew of the band Thursday saying that they are going to purchase some of my shirt designs to be made for an upcoming tour with Rise Against!!!   This is some of the best news I've heard in a while.  I'm all giddy and shit, i feel like jumping up and down and giggling for the next hour or so.  This is gonna be an awesome push for my upcoming t-shirt line too.

AHHHHHH!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

Ok I'm done.  Someone show me their butthole now please.

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So, I haven't been spending much time on GG as of late and I know everyone misses me like crazy... maybe...  Anywho, I've been super busy at work and working on my own art as well and playing Mr. Mom to my kitties and what not. 

Work has been kinda crazy lately.  Oliver is leaving tonight to California for some tat conventions and I've been printing my ass off.  So if you see him hit him up for a sweet new tshirt.  The tat shop has also starting sponsering a girls soccer team and Oliver's been stoked on making them all kinds of dumb shit like matching jersey/hoodie/"spirit towel" combos.  I'm really tired of working right now.

On the personal front, I've been working on launching a "t-shirt line."  That sounds so gay, but basically in a couple weeks you can go to brokenteeth.org and buy some sweet shirts designed by me and my posse.  I'm trying to make this shit different from all the other "artist tees" out there, and after lots of brainstorming and borrowing ideas from some of my faves like Johnny Cupcakes and Upper Playground I think Broken Teeth might be kinda awesome.

I've also been trying to step it up on the home front as far as being a better dad to my kitties and a better husband and what not.  I've been doing lots of cleaning and dejunking and building to try and make the house more comfy for wifey and te babies and so far so good. 

I might be a bit scarce round these parts for a while, but I will return with some goodies for all.

<3

Club Sandwich from Real Food Daily
I LOVE RONNIE SOOOO MUCH for telling me about this place...


Nachos from Real Food Daily
Best vegan cheese evarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...


"Chicken" Caesar Wrap from Real Food Daily
Really good dressing...


"Carnita" Torta with Sweet Potato Fries from Pure Luck
The scariest faux meat I've ever eaten.  Really fucking good... 


Avocado Bacon Cheeseburger from Real Food Daily
The burger itself was kinda meh, but overall it was pretty good...


Denver "Omelette" from Flore
Absolutely amazing and our waitress was pretty hot too...


"Eggs" Benedict from Flore
Sooooooooo good...


Orange "Chicken" from California Vegan
Good, but this place has nothing on Suma here in Dallas...


Rice and Beans from Pure Luck
So pretty...


Salisbury Seitan from Real Food Daily
Texture was a bit off but was the taste bonertastic...


My L.A. trip was fun, lots of money was spent on clothes for wifey and she's very happy.  We ate sooo much fucking food that was all amazing except for this shitty raw place that we ate at in Santa Monica that was fucking horrible.

The highlights of the trip for me were seeing the Jim Henson studio and Puppet Up at the Avalon and the Upper Playground store.  There was prancing in the ocean, lots of noisy love making, walking galore, and sadly no strip club adventure.

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