From my buddy Darion. Such an awesome guy. Find our comics at CreativeImpulseComics.com and the new "JFH" series at JusticeForHire.com.

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Martial arts, Dolphins, Skateboarding,
and rollercoasters! OH MY!
It was one helluva crazy/fun/awesome weekend! I'm
still recovering... Let's get to the fun!
So Thursday night my awesome friend Jan from NY
invited me to the LA launch of his new comic book
Justice For Hire at the Von Dutch store in Los Angeles!
We arrived to find a huge Oprah bus in the front of the
store... I dunno, I have no idea!
Upon reaching the list, the list girls called us "Hot" and
then one of them promptly smacked my ass and said to
"Get the hell in there". Yeah, it was clearly going to be
a great night.
They had some sick motorcycles parked out front and a
large boxing ring set up, with a DJ inside - and of
course an open bar. YUM.
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2. The store inside was pretty cool, and the crowd was a
total LA mixed producer/actor/agent/hipster/etc.
crowd, with a few huge fighters mixed in for good
measure.
They packed the hizzouse! Apparently there were over
700 people there...
L I N K S
Dad blogs - it's all in the
family, G
Trent's site is the Shizznit!
Sylvain's cool, nuff said.
Tamsen. She's no Hollaback
Girl.
Jeff's no Hollaback Girl,
either.
El Paiiow LIVES!
Scott's got East Coast flava
Engadget is addictive
The ultimate game review
site!
M U - Z A K !
Garbage, Snow Patrol, Texas,
Sophie Ellis Bextor, The
Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Paula
Cole, Goo Goo Dolls,
Lifehouse, Keane, Alanis,
Madonna, Deep Dish,
Evanscence, Dido, Ferry
Corsten, Lily Allen, Sarah
McLachlan, The Killers,
Travis, Coldplay,
Augustana, 4 Strings

3. Paul, Matt and I - and my crazy Extendo-Arm (TM)
pose with the red brick background:
And we of course all called each other beforehand to
make sure we accessorized fittingly.
Oy!
Walking around I noticed someone who looked VERY
familiar - and I realized it was Lea Thompson (Back To
The Future, Caroline In The City)! She looked fantastic
and I promptly asked for a photo, which she graciously
accepted and couldn't have been nicer to me!

4. I think it turned out rather nice - she rules!
So after milling around a bit they got ready to start the
fights, but not without some gospel singing to kick
things off...
Indeed!
Next up several guys (including Jan, on the right)
performed some Tai Chi style to beatbox stylings
courtesy of the white dude in the back - it was cool!

5. This poor model girl kept being called out in between
fights and performances, but didn't have any signs to
wave or anything to do... so she kept her hands in the
back pockets of her jeans and looked sheepish.
Awwww!
Huge crowd!

6. These two guys wailed on each other... can't remember
their names! I was drinking, okayyy?
These guys used sticks to do some rehearsed fights, it
was cool... the Asian dude's glasses kept falling off. :)
In between some of the fights, the amazing REALIS
performed a Cirque du Soleil style act. It was
awesome!

7. Can you do that? Nah, neither can I. They were such
showoffs! ;)
He flipped her in the air quite a few times - frequently
soliciting a gasp from the crowd! No ropes or anything,
it was pretty impressive.

8. They danced in between tricks and were so smooth and
flawless! Check out this video...
I had the pleasure of meeting Arthur and Shenea after
the show and they were both so warm and nice!
Usually peeps with negative body fat are rude - but
they were so cool! I hope to see you guys again soon,
I'm checking out your new show at Cinespace!! Check
out their site for more at imaginerealis.com!
A European group named Benefit came out and sang a
few songs, they were dope!

9. The best fight of the night was when Jan faced off
against a very big, very angry dude who looked like he
ate his Wheaties:
It started off a little rough! But Jan quickly came back
and delivered quite a few blows...
And dodged like a ninja! Float like a butterfly, sting like
a bee INDEED!

10. RAWWWRRRRR! The crowd loved it, deff the best fight
of the night.
LOOK OUT JAN! OMG A HUGE FLYING KICK!
Luckily he survived, altho he did say that he took a
knee to the temple - OUCH! He kicked arse tho and I
really appreciate him inviting me out to the show, he's
an incredibly nice guy and I hope Justice For Hire is

11. extremely successful for him!
After Matt, Paul and I made a brief stop at a bar on the
way home, and I really don't know what's going on in
this photo.
I'll say nothing other then the fact I was the
designated driver. Draw your own conclusions, peoples.
I did my trademark eyebrow thing and Jesse wasn't
scared by it, so here's the photo!
(I'm fairly certain that Mark and Pedro were comparing
iPhones in the background - YES I DON'T HAVE ONE,
LEAVE ME ALONE!)
On Friday night Matt and I headed up to Six Flags to
ride some coasters for a special night they were open
from 7pm - 1am...

12. It was so fun! Apart from the super scary dude that
was peeing on cars in the parking lot as we walked by
(sadly not kidding), we had a blast and rode a TON of
coasters!
Along the way we saw an awesome Starburst ad:
Which we immediately had to recreate (I blame
Angela, ever since the "It Tastes Good Daddy" incident
in Tahoe, I feel the need to recreate weird ads)!

13. Heh, yeah. The girls that took our picture thought it
was funny, at least. Or we gave em something to talk
about.
It was crowded but for most of the coasters you could
get on and off pretty fast, some had a long wait - I
think we did like 9 coasters in 3 hours. :)

14. Warning: That's the only nice photo of us....
I did warn you. I didn't want to lose my camera on the
ride, so we re-created the experience for you, our
faithful viewers. That's the face we made on one of the
coasters - I can't remember the name, so let's call it
SUPER HAPPY DEATH RIDE UP DOWN YES YOU DIE
NOW.
This is how we looked on riding OMFG WE ARE GOING
TOO FAST STOP STOP STOP PLEASE I'M GONNA DIE ...
number two. It was an awesome coaster.*
*That coaster was named after things I overheard
people saying.

15. Lots of peoples... note to Benja: We were the only white
folk there. Which fortunately someone pointed out to
us "Oh look! The white boys are here!". Heh!
Along the way I ran into a dude that WOULD NOT stop
staring at me! I was seriously getting pissy... so I
confronted the bastard...
And stared right back! He wouldn't stop! So I just set
him on fire and ran away. Heh, that'll teach you!
So we had a blast and I think I got home at like 4am,
but not after throwing up a few times. It's amazing
what roller coasters will do for your weight loss.

16. Burrrrp.
Saturday (Yes this is only Saturday people, stay with
me) I met up with my lovely Kirsten who was
premiering her documentary The Man Who Souled The
World, about skateboarding and the ins and outs of
Steve Rocco and the crazyness of the skateboarding
industry in the 90's. It was quite entertaining and even
tho I've never been into skateboarding I really enjoyed
it.
Plus Jason Lee is in it, pre-scientology brainwashing,
so that was cool. It was at the Swerve festival in LA -
God, so many things going on all the time here!
While outside, the beautiful Ang and I decided to
recreate Stalker Eyes, you know, cuz there was a tree
there, and everyone knows trees at night help set the
STALKER EYES mood.