The very first blog @ iSHOGUN (be more awkward)

Well, here we are, the very first post at iSHOGUN. Since first posts are usually awkward, I decided I’d explain a bit about who we are, how we ended up here, and what iSHOGUN means to us.

My name is Blake, I am 26 years old and have lived all over this country, I’m not very international, I don’t think Tijuana 400x counts. Speaking of Tijuana, let me tell you a bit about my path. I was born on 3 Mile Drive in Detroit, my pops died when I was 8, in a car accident(the pain is long numb). Immediately following my mom, who had already divorced my dad a year or so before that, decided it would be a good idea to move, the only problem with that being she chose LAS VEGAS as the destination.

So at the age of 8-9 I went from the suburbs of Detroit to the sunny(yet dark and dismal) streets of Vegas. The first night at our new place our U-Haul got broken into, we found our broken four wheeler half a block down at the school – being pushed around by a bunch of hoods. Warm welcome eh, two days later there was a standoff two doors down, some guy shot himself in front of his kids, with a shotgun.

So that was the beginning of how I came to be me. We stayed in Vegas for 2 more years and it was off to Orange County, CA. I lived all over O.C., starting in El Toro(now Lake Forest), then on to Mission Viejo, Fountain Valley, San Clemente, and finally Laguna Hills right behind Irvine Meadows. I grew up there, from the age of 11 to the age of 20 we bounced all over California, Modesto, Temecula, and a few places in between. My friends and my heart are still in California, just not what it has become. I made and lost many friends in Cali., R.i.p. Algae, heads high, MASONS.

When I finally got out on my own at around 19, I went to Huntington beach to live with my friends, while there we formed Smashpop Recordings. I’m not much into Hip Hop anymore but since the age of 14 I’ve been painting semi pretty colors on walls from San Francisco to Tijuana and through the rest of the cities I named above. I left out Salt Lake City, and my bounce back to Detroit alone, where we formed Leather Jackets(graff crew). My graffiti career is semi extensive, and while growing up is part of life, I will paint trains and scribble until the day I die.

Excuse my babbling, if I tried to tell you some of the shit that went on during these times, a) you wouldn’t believe half of it, b) it may seem like I’m trying to impress you, or c) you will close this blog and say something insulting, and while I could give a shit about all of the above, I’d rather digress.

Throughout this crazy dream I call my life, I have come across my fair share of freaks, geeks, and crazy fucks. Some of then I call “brother”, some of them live fondly in my horrible long term memory, and while some of them fucked me over and some of them got fucked over, I learned valuable lessons from each and every person I came across. I’ll probably be referring to them often in my stories and how2s, so let’s go on.

I’m now in SW Florida, about 45 minutes from Miami, and I must say, it’s laid back. Sure, I’ve had my fair share of run ins with rednecks and wanna be thugs, but overall I don’t know of a better place to raise a family(plus there’s a decent train line).

So that’s me in a nutshell, now on to why this blog is here, and why the name iSHOGUN is on the top of this page.

I’ve been on the net since AOL first came out, and we were all hanging out in the private chat rooms(because that’s where the “cool” people used to hang o.k.). I did my fair share of blowing money, making money, and even became a script kiddie for a few years, defacing every site that gave me a chance for the cyber gang called Uberlamers.

iSHOGUN was created as an outlet for all of this pent up infogression(I just made that up). Along with our cohorts, we’re going to try to help you get over, and do all sorts of random shit that we’ve discovered along the way. I think you’ll find it a useful site, and if generic morphine stays +/- 7%, you’ll have a place to relax for a few minutes a day and possibly catch the perfect wave.

I almost forgot, my other half, and the source of 90% of my inspiration comes from co writer and fiance’ Stephenie M., a gorgeous 21 year old SW Florida girl who has lived in Fort Myers her whole life. She’s natural, and any of you nerds might have had a chance with her if I didn’t meet her outside Biology class and sweep her off her feetsies.

We will post a whole bunch of pictures and other iSHOGUN related shit soon, stay tuned for massive updates, if you’d like to help, drop us a line.