5.9.11

So this is my second last week of working 6 days a week.  It really makes me appreciate that one day off, but it's not nearly enough, and I'm excited to get back to working a regular schedule with regular days off.  I had a long list of things "to do" today, and pretty much all I did was go buy a bell for my bike, then go on a 20km bike ride.

Speaking of bikes... check this thing out.  Saw this beauty at Bonnie Doon Mall today.  Crappy Canadian Tire mountain bike that someone decided to add a full on gas motor.  I tried to get good photos using my iPhone of how much Duct Tape and electrical tape was used to create this beauty.  The fuel tank on the top tube is amazing.

5.8.11

Yesterday morning I started colouring the tail feathers on Charlotte's peacock.

Day off tomorrow... pretty excited...

5.7.11

I did tattoo today.... really fun stuff... but alas... I have another 2 drawing to do tonight which means another 3am drawing night... which means no tattoo photos.

One of the drawing I need to have done tonight is a shark, and through the magic of the internet, I stumbled upon this gem.  I would definitely love to have a shark sleeping bag, please and thank you.

5.6.11

I know I've probably said this a million times before, but I'm actually putting it into action this time.

As of the first week or June,  I'm going down to a 4 day work week at the studio.  That extra day isn't going to be a day off, it will become drawing day so I hopefully will no longer have to work a full day at the studio tattooing, to come home to have to stay up until 3am drawing or give up one of my days off to keep up with my drawing list.

Starting June 1st I'll be booking appointments Thursdays to Sundays  from 10am to 6pm. 

Thanks.

5.5.11

Did the first commute to and from work on the bike today, pretty awesome.  I'm sure most have heard enough about the bike by now so I'll just leave it at that.

Tattooed today, but didn't get good pictures... so I'm stealing more photos from Teagan's Instagram feed.  Me and my best friend.  One of us is pretty stoked, one is not.

5.4.11

First day back at the studio after about a week off.  I'm always amazed how easy tattooing seems after a long period of time off.  Everything just seems to work better than it did before taking a break.  My stencil went on perfect, machines were running great... I guess even tattoo machines need a bit of time off...

Anyways... Today I tattooed this fun Dr Seuss piece on Naissa's foot.  Kinda crappy photos since it's fresh, but I'm really happy with how the tattoo turned out.  It was a really fun tattoo to work on. ( and obviously the infinity symbol/numbers we there before and not done by me)

Revolution Cycle hooked me up with a few free tubes since my bike came with 2 flats

It's always a good Idea to try something new at dusk, right?  Trying to figure things out in the dark?  Great idea...

Teagan took this photo with Instagram.   If your an iPhone nerd, download this app, it's amazing.  I'm not sure how to post a direct link, but your can follow either of us.  Our user names are teaganbeglaw and shawnoconnor.

The new bike has an internally geared hub, which made it a bit tricky to figure out how to change the rear tire, but I think I got it... I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I ride it to work...

5.3.11

I forgot to post this the other day.  Awesome drawing by a hungover Teagan of how I felt most of the plane ride home... It was pretty rough... especially the take off and the first big bank turn... extra points for the drawing being on the air sickness bag.

So today was the first day trying to avoid using the car.  Other than driving Teagan to school this morning, I did everything on my new bike today.

Went to Safeway and bought a backpack full of groceries.

Rode it to my massage/chiro appointment and saved almost 20 mins compared to driving and trying to find parking.  Oh right... also saved $5 on parking that I would have spent driving my car.

 

Picked up a second cable to lock up my front wheel on the way home and bought beer for a bit of BBQ tonight.  Crushed the beer box, but that doesn't effect the beer in any way.

I was really excited to ride to work tomorrow...however... I should have figured this out when I found the bike in the basement at Revolution Cycle yesterday... Like I said, it was last years model, and when we pulled it out from the rack, both tires were flat.  I found a bike pump and filled them up for a test ride and didn't think about it again...

...Those flats should have been a huge red light... both tires have flats and I don't have any tubes to change them tonight.  Unfortunately I'm not exactly confident I can cross the city without them deflating....