The first thing I recall is I being a guest in someones house and staying in a room that overlooked the city. We had tickets to see a concert that evening, but as we were getting ready to leave we heard gunshots outside, which ended up being from rival gangs in the area. Whoever I was with said that the show might be cancelled now, which sucked because The Red Hot Chili Peppers were scheduled to headline and I was excited to see them since I've been reading Anthony Keidis's autobiography.

We ended up at the show dancing to this performer who resembled the actor from Arrested Development and we all knew his songs. As we sang along we were cutting out fake tattoos to put on and just before I put one on my right arm I noticed I had a tattoo of a Japanese fan on my bicep with a dagger next to it. I wasn't sure if it was real, or when or where I would have done it if it was.

I ended up going with another dagger, a manger from the nativity scene, and a pic of jesus giving the 'surfs up' sign. So badass.