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Although I haven't been too active on the site lately, I wanted to recap and give closure to this much less than mediocre year.

This time last year I was gearing up for the party of my life with my favorite people.
The Epic Massive Red Cup Psycho Circus



(girl doing suspension is not me)



At the beginning of the year I was living in Arizona with a good quality of life outside of work, but my job was hell. I don't wish to recount the details but I ended up leaving AZ to find work in Northern California. My life was turned upside down and I was having some severe homesickness and culture shock. Luckily Aldremech and Shockasaurus came to visit.





SGSAC had a get together during their visit.





My set, Bound, shot by Alissa came out at the beginning of the year.

The set was shot in Columbus at Hell City 2010 at Alissa's studio. Lainey did my makeup and some awesome girls were around for the shoot. Much fun was had that morning...

I met Trekka through SGSAC and got together throughout the year.






I was lucky enough to visit Arizona and the family twice last year. Once at the beginning of the summer and then for Hell City.























I was tattooed by one of my favorite artists Tony Klett at Urban Art Tattoo

I had another set, shot by Cherry, that also came out in 2011. Practise Makes Perfect

It was an idea I had been wanting to do since I even thought about being a SG. Thanks to the fabulous Cherry, it came to fruition. She executed it brilliantly, better than I have ever imagined; and we shot it during my favorite Hell City, 2010 PHX.

I also shot for Tattoos and Tentacles, a project by Julian Murray, during HC PHC 2010. I was stoked to see my shot made it in the book!


Hell City PHX 2011 was quickly followed up by a trip to Vegas for Mummifier's wedding.



See the full album here!

As you know I have been on a little SG break lately, so I wanted to fill you in on what I've been doing recently.

The holidays came and went and I'm so glad they're over. Here's a photo recap.






I went to SF to visit Reid











Notice that I have highlighted the best of times this year. Unfortunately the majority of the year has been pretty low. I have been plagued with a deep depression at times and have lost my luster in life. My job has been consuming me. From starting the year with 70 hour work weeks - not kidding - I'm now down to about 45 hours, but our client's are demanding. We are a premiere location and charge a lot so our customers are looking to 'get what they pay for'. I dislike California, the geography, cities, politics, the hipsters and ghetto folks. I miss the clean air and beauty of Arizona and of course the people who dwell there. I had to bitch just a bit to get it off my chest. I'm really trying to move forward and get my life back. Cali has made me a pretty kick ass Funeral Director and I am thankful for my new skills that hopefully I can use to my advantage.


I don't believe the world is necessarily going to end next year but I do believe changes to our way of life are coming. So lets make 2012 the year of our lives!