Mood Of the Day

The last week was kinda stressful and a little over whelming as I feel pulled in every direction. Today I realize what i have to do and when I saw this it both made my nipples hard and laugh. Well you can't keep a good whore down all the time. I am sure that if the dad wasn't sitting with his "child" it would have been a different story. But I have to give her props for not having the fear gene and going on public transport sand chonies.

Dead Wieght

I have been thinking about addictions and the effects that they carry. I once spoke with Amy about addiction once and that although you loose site and focus of your addictions you are focused on the addiction. The elephant is in a room staring at the void. I am going to try something new for 21 days. By trying to reprogram my mind into a more productive functioning machine. Thinking about the people whom have died recently has made me realize that there is clock ticking and that our lives are quite precious. It was sad to see the passing of Whitney Houston and a shame she never recovered her diva stature in the way she probably wanted.

When Amy left i was gutted, caused I loved her, not just her music but her. She come into my life and I felt truly blessed. My partner is with me and I started to realize that certain behavior has affected him and I want to change all that. He is the sun to my moon and the ying to my yang. I want to be a better human and a better partner. When I was in rehab I thought that that would get rid of my demons and anger, but I was wrong. There is no way to truly get rid of addiction unless you truly get the the source of your pain. And I have had some, but the weight is just not worth the effort of lugging around shit that serves no purpose other than ruining my life.

I am amazed that people freely judge people with addictions with righteous indignation.
It's hard but you get to a point when you just want to be happy and start from scratch. Take better care of yourself and actually get to know the person who's skin your living in. Recently there has been some changes in the shop and it has been a bit stressful, as it comes with being a boss. Taxes and the economy create a huge amount of pressure to preform. Not to mention the loss of someone who i truly like but the efforts that I have put forth i felt were clearly a little uneven and unappreciated. So at the moment I am planning on smiling at people more. I am going to look at life with a different perspective. There are things that I enjoy that make me happy. Simple things.

1.) When my partner holds my hand in a theater and he smiles at me.
2.) The look Joleene gives me when she licks my head and holds me down with her paw.
3.) The sound of Bren's laughter and when he calls my name.
4.) When I achieve a goal and accomplish something I set out to do.
5.) Laughter

What was The Question???

* What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A gut reeling sense of FAILURE and the feeling of letting myself down and those whom I truly love.
* Where would you like to live?
Wherever my heart is and of course where the action is at. I'm a city boy
at heart.
* What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Good Food, Good Music, Good Friends and of course Love. Zero Rent.
* To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
The life of addicts whom never scratch the surface of their pain and do nothing about it.
* Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
I don't have heroes of fact or fantasy
* Who are your favorite characters in history?
Hmmm... Lizzy Borden?
* Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Vivienne Westwood, cause she is crazy bat shit crazy and a genius.
* Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
I do not know. Maybe you?
* Your favorite painter?
Too numerous to mention
* Your favorite musician?
Too Numerous to list
* The quality you most admire in a man?
Humbleness
* The quality you most admire in a woman?
Manipulation, sorry ladies but you girls can work magic, it's amazing.
* Your favorite virtue?
Humour
* Your favorite occupation?
Creating things from my mind with my two hands and brain, and making them real.
* Who would you have liked to be?
I would like to be a little more forgiving of myself when I grow up.

Part 2
# Your most marked characteristic?

My determination, & gut instinct

# The quality you most like in a man?

A big penis

# The quality you most like in a woman?

Magnificent Chichi's

# What do you most value in your friends?

The truth, even when it's painful

# What is your principle defect?

I can be extremely self centered

# What is your favorite occupation?

Being an artist and making a living doing it. I can afford my vices and traveled the world on my own resources, which is pretty fucking cool.

# What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?

That I destroy everything in my life and not care, all done by my own doing.

# What would you like to be?

Myself

# What is your favorite color?

One that makes people take notice when entering a room and that is also slimming and flattering by light.

# What is your favorite flower?

I am torn between, roses, bird of paradise, or orchids

# What is your favorite bird?

The magpie looks like a pretty cool bird and I get excited when i see two of them together.

# Who are your favorite prose writers?

At the moment, Chuck D and Dorothy Parker
# Who are your favoite poets?

I'll get back to you on that one.


# What are your favorite names?

Brenry, Joleene, Carlotta Romero, Butch, and Miranda De La Cruz De la Hoya De Canenall

# What is it you most dislike?

Stupidity and bullshit.

# What historical figures do you most despise?

Ronald Regan and George BUSH

# What event in military history do you most admire?

The time I had sex with two marines and one army guy at once. Ice ice baby!


# What natural gift would you most like to possess?
To Charm everyone
# How would you like to die?

A fucking legend! and in my sleep of course.

# What is your present state of mind?

Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions

# What is your motto?

At the mo- I will cut a bitch!

Henry Hate's mood of the day!

I love asses wigiggling and a tit's a jiggling. I love The Time. Put those two together and you get one of the greatest moments in celluloid history. Morris Day was robbed an Oscar for this role in Purple Jizz Stain Rain. BUt like all greats they seek perfection and I do as well. Jerome, I think I am gonn need a drink. Watch the video here.

Ink Whore!

Copy Of Teen Angels Old issues are highly collectable and still have many of them that my dad gave me.


Slurs are dirty words and sometimes they tend to be embraced by the very people that they are supposed to target. I used the phrase of a ink whore to encompass many definitions across the board. I would use it to describe my ex-boyfriend Adam's boner for getting tattoo, which would lead to me being cut off from sex for at least a few hours. I would use it to describe girls witht he standard center split pin curls and the ever present red rose whom act like tattoo artists are just like designers, regardless if they were well known or not. The dude that just wants his full body done in a hurry. Or the Groupie whom fucks tattoo artists to get free work. I've met them all and I love the word.

So my new t-shirt design is being made as we speak and the cool dudes at Photo Fit whom do a few of my friends stuff do quality work. Long lasting durable and virtually have done all my stuff since I came to London in 1998. I am particular about t-shirts as I wear them till my pits are eaten away. and I love them even more. T-shirts are the new calling card for most people and it also gives people a small view into the fathoms of a person, simply by the shirt they wear. Not to mention it is great and free promotion.

So I did a Chicana peering through a keyhole inked and the slur Whore. This was done on the slight verge of Prison Peña Art. This is based on the chicano style of my uncles and cousins who've spent shit loads of time locked up and the art i grew up looking at. As my uncle Gilbert is locked away on the three strikes your out scheme.
He was always sending my dad stuff he drew and then there were the Teen Angels, to which I still own. There is a front design and there is a back design too. Stay tuned for the finished item. Bags will be done as well and will be purchased through the shop and or the digital online store. Keep an eye out.


Above is are standard linen handkerchiefs with bic biro pens that are sold sometimes in craft gatherings. Prisoners would make crafts in order to get money on their books in order to buy personal items from the prison canteen.

Stripped

Every now and then I get asked to get involved with a group prokect and If it is up my alley I will jump at the chance. And recently
Jason Atomic kindly asked if I would be interested in joining in on the fun. Of course I accepted. Stripped is a group show that Jason is putting together at Orbital Comics in the West End. As I am gearing up for new stuff to present to both Art Republic and Pure Evil this would be a great chance to get a preview of works that are coming.

The Stripped Opening reception is on March 1st and is sure to gain a huge crowd and there will be a artist postcard lucky dip. conact Orbital Comics & Galllery for more info or drop Jason a lin on his blog.

Orbital is loacted at:
Orbital Comics
8 Great Newport Street
London WC2H 7JA

Brighton Tattoo Convention

At the moment I have been really busy with all sorts of stuff and I tend to cram all sorts of shit I need to do all at once. And I forgot to mention that I will be that Brighton Tattoo Convention this year. I have just two spaces available and if you would like to get some work from me by all means simply call the shop and I can arrange something for you. Or just swing by the booth and say hello. I am looking forward to it. See ya in church.
H

Climbing Mount Everett

Every so often I do tattoos that I truly want to do free of charge just to break up my game face and throw a spanner into my work schedule that will be a investment in the long run. So my Muse for this project was none other that Gentle Giant and truly nice guy Harley Everett. That dude makes me feel like a munchkin hit by a shrinking ray, as he is so tall. Well I act tall. A client had put him in contact with me and told him my plan and rather than stick any old thing on him he gave me brief. I went to the drawing table and tried to come up with a design that both he and I would love.

I am sure some of you have seen Harley in action and seen some of his films. He's developed a name for himself in the field of adult films, and most people get adult entertainers and performers all wrong. He is well spoken and a bit on the shy side, which is a relief. I was really taken aback by how free and honest he was in sharing his upbringing with me a testament to his true nature and character as a genuine person. So as you can see there will be a fair bit of wark to do on this project and I will keep you all posted on the progress as Harley stand around 6'4 and the design will virtually take his whole upper thigh to the knee.

We have started a 3 1/2 hours so far and have several sessions to go so stay tuned.

Songs Of the Moment

I have been listen to some music that I was never a real fan of first time around as Talking heads, Ok David Byrne used to annoy the shit out of me with all that Burning down the house crap. So I wrote them off. iIt wasnt till I watched a Midnight showing of Stop Making Sense that I got their sound. The Album Remain In Light that got me truly to the beauty of their music and the syncopation and composition. So I suggest you get to trying them on for size.

Enjoy.



I listen to Spotify alot and I also pay for it's service as I think it's alot better than my Imatch. You can find my henry hate tag or my facebook id. But Girls On Top are a London garage band that are catchy, trashy and capture the essential sound of so many bands that I love. They also are very good at taking the piss out of themselves. They reminded me of a group we used to play with in early 2000 called The Dirty Byyrds While we were just Dirty Switches. It's defiantely one to place n your ipod or what ever. Crank it.

Tripping On Through

I have been keeping busy and it's been full on and with certain changes in the wake of the last several months I have steadily kept forward motion and wrapping up this year. I made my way to see some old friends and reconnect and showed my partner my hometown of Los Angeles and got to drive him around, which was kool and my favorite part of my trip cause I got to show him things and tell him the stories I knew about old Hollywood and the folklore.

The damaged an the beauty's faded on the sheen of Hollywood but I think thats part of it's mystique. She's like Ms. Havisham a bride in her dated wedding dress that was once beautiful but just a dusty shell. I made it to Australia and saw my friends wedding and got to see some olf friends and felt really fortunate that I got to hang with them and carry on from where we started. I even made some new friends and the memory has been a great cap to end the year.

In the past year I went to Paris, Los Angeles twice and Melbourne Australia. I am very lucky to have done these things in the course of 12 months and be able to do them on my own resources and time frame. Looking back I feel very fortunate that I have been able to do this especially in this economy. And I am even more happy to say that me and Bren are doign well. It's not been easy and there have been a few curve balls
but I am stoked and lookign forward to the next year.

A lot has happened in the last year with work and the shop and I was hired by another corporate company for a gig and this time they paid me what I wanted which was nice. and I still feel that there is forward motion. So before I forget I would like to say thank you to everyone who was involved in this year. It was a pretty good year with it's fair share of shake ups and lulls.

The London riots were a sad case as the rest of the 3rd world countries move to rallying for real democracy. Youngster were pillaging Jd Sports and Vodaphone for disposable crap in the name of what ever bullshit reason. What ever it was it wasn't a valid reason to destroy peoples lives and neighborhoods. Amy left and that same day a friend's mother had died virtually at the same time. And there we were back stage at a PJ Harvey/Portishead show in a green room balling our eyes out.

The last year was far better then the one previous and I am glad and thankful for that. I am looking forward to seeing you around.

All the best
All my love
Henry