Dead and Gone

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Too Soon, Arizona

So I've lived in Tucson for one month now and it's been pretty sweet. The heat is getting pretty intense, but I leave for Albuquerque soon to practice for a little while before Dead Hours goes on a little tour. I'm excited to see my friends and family, to meet new people and to be in a van with a bunch of idiots. Anyway, I've come to learn that updating monthly is a pain in the ass when you're using your phone's 3G internet. Woof. I decided I'm gonna update more frequently so there is more of an incentive to check this thing. Keep your eyes peeled for updates from home and the road. - Joaquín


Miguel getting his macro on at Guilin.


"Fuck Lennon."


Vinnie wanted to cut his hair this for the summer...


So I decided it needed to be done before they left...


While we waited in the parking lot at Checkers.


Breyell seemed to like it.


He was a good sport about it.


After we dropped Vinnie off to get a real haircut...
Andy and I walked around the University area for a while.


We spotted a "free kitties" sign so everyone picked one. They picked the cutest kitty with a missing foot. Aye!


Breyell and I got bored at the Laundromat. We wasted time playing around with my phone.


Lauren at Lovin' Spoonfuls.


Ashley and I doing what we do best... being children.


Ben got this tattooed on his leg. So gnarly.


Jake tattooing Andy's half of the avocado.


A slice of Rocco's pizza. Fuck my life.


Some friends from Denver came into town. We went to Tucson mall to try to beat the heat... and the skeet, apparently. Zach uppin' the thumbs.


My future ex-wife, Heather Whitegirl at In-N-Out.


We went to surprise Ruben at his work in the mall. I threatened his coworker for blowing our cover.


WE GOT A PUPPY! AWWWWWWWWWWWW! Her name is Motley, like the Crüe. No clue why.


Jus challan'. She has David Bowie eyes.


KITTY! We went to Andy's beautiful coworkers' house so he could get a haircut. This kitty was there.


So Ryan got a giant chunk of meat logged in his throat. He had to run outside of Taco Shop to puke it out.


Then he ran into the bathroom of Taco Shop to puke even MORE violently.


Andy and I randomly got invited to what ended up being the weirdest, most awesome party I have ever been to. It was filled with beautiful girls and weird shit. I can't even begin to describe it. What the fuck.


Some friends from California came into town and stayed over. This picture describes how our night went almost perfectly.


After eating 3 boiled eggs, I'd say Ed is pretty hardcore.


After a long night of explaining Mormonism to us, Brent revealed that he is a registered minister...


albeit a sketchy one.


Not only was Ed one hell of a ring bearer, he made the most black metal rings ever.


This is completely real. They are married now.


Shit is real.


After the real marriage, it got a little out of control. Ed decided to marry Brent and I by the power of Satan. The ceremony was pretty believable, I gotta say.


After a while, Brent just got shit housed and ended up giving some sleeping girl a lap dance.


At Family Dollar pre-Ladies Night. Gross.


I hope whoever did this got an employee-of-the-month award.


Vegan cheese, mushroom and artichoke pizza at Rocco's.


My hito got sick so I made him soup and took care of him.


Awkward assed dates? Do not want.


Andy shredding for his Tía and Nana. Who does that?!

Last night in town...

In a few hours I'm heading to Tucson, Arizona where I'll be living with my friend Andy. I won't have the internet aside from my phone's 3G service, so I don't know how often I will get to post pictures. Since I won't have much access to the internet, I thought I'd make a short little post before I tried to get some sleep. Anyway, I would love it if you wrote me, sent me records, photographs, letters, books, anything really. I promise I will send something equally sweet back. Here is my new address. (Sidenote: if you want, and for some reason don't have my number, message me at either of the available social networking site links provided on the right hand side of your screen.) Write me!

Joaquín Chávez
102 W. Sahuaro Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85705



Megin Taylor's neighbor mentioned his past profession as an exotic dancer, so we decided to put his skills to the test. This is Derek lavishing him with ones.



Shitty poop pants outside of our Launchpad.



Another wasted day in Corrales. That water felt incredible.



Although I really do appreciate the thought, this cake wasn't vegan so I couldn't even eat it. Betty ended up smashing it into my face and licking it out of my nostrils. Then Jake put his nuts on it. I truly have the best friends.



This is what "helping a dude" really looks like, and really, how I will really remember this beautiful city and my great friends. Thanks guys. I love you all. I'll be back sooner than later, I hope.

iPhone dump (Cross processed edition!)

I got a sick cross processing app so this dump will be dedicated to my obsession with said application. So sick.



Here is just a random picture made to look way cooler with cross processing.



Julian and I had a sick brown dude day out. We went and saw Sin Nombre, got mango limeades at the Sonic in Barelas, then went and saw Rudo y Cursi. So sick. I love our brown dude times.



This is the first picture I took on my phone. This is when Lewis and I went to Fei's for lunch after seeing Star Trek.



I got an app similar to Lomo's "Action Sampler" camera. It takes four sequential pictures. It's pretty sick and I don't use it as much as I should.



For some reason we decided to go out wearing these stupid glasses the other day. Idiots.



Julian napping on the way to the Gin Blossoms show.



Jake in front of the fountain at Civic Plaza.



Jake in front of the fountain at Civic Plaza x4!



So epic.



Some little girl that was fascinated with Julian at Civic Plaza.



Eli lookin' all tough outside of Telos.



AJ eatin' some 'za at Brickyard.



I went to the casino for the first time ever with my family. Whilst snapping this photo I was winning 30 dollars on a ¢1 machine. What the fuck. My Grama moves so fast at the casino. It's wild.



Eric Burns caught a significant buzz before we went to Taco C. Good man.



After seeing the new Terminator, we went to our friend Elliot's graduation party. It was catered by Garcia's. What the fuck. Also, his pregnant sister is a babe. Oh my God. Anyway, here's Jake and Elliot's little pooch.



My three favorite ladies getting their technology on.



MT. Note the sketchy finger tat.



We cleaned out the hall closet and found some gems. Here's Vinnie in his new hat.



So sick. I mean... wow.



Miguel Crump.



Vinnie outside of the Taylair after the Outbreak show.



Jake and I went to the aquarium and had the best time ever. While walking through, we noticed the woman cleaning the tank. She was total babe.



Joaquín: "Dawg! Jellyfish?!"
Jake: "You are a grown man!"



This puffer fish is an attention whore. It was all up on the glass.



Here is Jake humoring the little guy.



When we saw this aggro assed dude we a.) were pretty frightened and b.) laughed hard as shit 'cause it reminded us of Andy. "WHAT THE FUCK!?"