idle_hands

well here goes...

the trip to Detroit was a no go, thanks to HOMELAND SECURITY, i wasnt allowed into the U.S. (although 10 days previous, i was sunning myself in L.A.)

and i still am unsure why i wasnt allowed in.

i was pulled aside at passport control, 'interviewed', my passport confiscated (till my arrival at LGW) given 1 phone call and told if they couldnt find me a flight home that night, id be going to jail (not a holding cell..FUCKING JAIL)

So they find a flight (arse relaxes by a mm) , give me an ARMED escort onto the plane (bearing in mind a big tattooed man, with an armed escort doesnt raise many eyebrows) and 15hrs later, i arrive back home...

deflated, pissed off and relieved all at the same time..

then i realise, my buddy gareth who was flying with me, had my tattoo machines! so i couldnt work all weekend either !FFUUUUUCK!!

...so i caught up with an old friend of mine, who i havent seen i like forever, and that made the whole thing bearable! beers, waaay more laughs than i thought possible and it made me remember why we'd become friends in the first place!

and, purely by luck, i won an award at the show too! and also got a new shiny tattoo machine (thanks steve!) so it all worked out in the end.......

needless to say, i had the last laugh!

or something...