IT’S 9 AM AND I’M RELAXING AT THE APARTMENT AFTER FINALLY FINISHING PACKING…A BIT UPSET ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE ALL THE BOOKS I HAVE BOUGHT IN THE PAST 5 MONTHS BEHIND…I’M SURE MY LUGGAGE IS ALREADY OVERWEIGHT…ANYWAYS…IN A FEW HOURS I’LL BE FLYING TO L.A. AND JUST LIKE THAT BEGIN THE OTHER HALF OF 2007 IN MY SAO PAULO STUDIO…MUCH SKIN TO BE COVERED OVER THERE…

AND PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE I’M LEAVING , THIS PAST WEEK WAS JUST ONE OF THE BEST IN A WHILE…FINISHED A COUPLE OF PIECES(you’ll see them here soon…) AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH FRIENDS VISITING THE CITY HAVING FUN DAY AND NIGHT…AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FEEL SO CONFORTABLE THAT YOU WISH YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO GO…AND THAT’S ONE OF THE “TRAPS” TOKYO IS FAMOUS FOR…

MY FRIEND RAUDIA FROM BALI WAS IN TOWN AND CAME BY THE STUDIO WITH HER SISTER CARTIKA…IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW , RAUDIA’S BACK PIECE WAS THE VERY FIRST PICTURE EVER POSTED ON THIS BLOG…AND AFTER MORE THAN 2 YEARS HERE WE ARE AGAIN…THE SNAKE AS BLACK AND HEALTHY AS EVER AND CARTIKA WITH THAT LOOK ON HER FACE TELLING ME  SHE’S NEXT….

THE BACK PIECE THAT STARTED THE “EVERYDAY IS A GOOD DAY” BLOG….

“AKA ONI” MIKE FROM D.C. IS IN TOWN AGAIN…AND WHEN HIS IS NOT HELPING THE JAPANESE POLICE FIGHT CYBERCRIME HE’S AT THE STUDIO HAVING COREY ADD SOME MORE INK TO HIS POLYNESIAN SLEEVE…

AND AS THE SESSION ENDED MIKE PULLED OUT HIS iPHONE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING…I NOW HATE MY NOKIA…

WE ENDED UP AT A VERY SMALL TRADITIONAL JAPANESE “BAR” WHERE THE COUPLE THAT OWNS THE PLACE SERVES THEIR CUSTOMERS IN A VERY WARM AND I GUESS I CAN ONLY SAY “JAPANESE WAY”… AFTER THE 16TH BEER WE TALKED COREY INTO SHOWING THEM HIS BACK…AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT AS IF WE WERE NOT IN THIS COLD GLASS AND CONCRETE TOKYO FULL OF LAMBORGHINIS AND BENTLEYS BUT THE OLD AND COLOURFUL EDO….SUCH A MOMENT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES THIS WORLD A INTERESTING PLACE TO BE IN IS THE FACT THAT WE’RE ALL SO DIFFERENT…MY LAST NIGHT OUT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER…