Sonju Rattler gave me a tattoo this year. Only thing I've been involved with for a while. Saw the "no spiritual release" sign behind the gate at Temple, while I was hanging out, after getting two tattoos from Jason. Freddy drew the tattoo that I got from Sonju, and when I was sitting on the bench in Tattoo 13, Sonju just said that he would do it, so I assumed the worst, and I went upstairs. Since the tattoo was a collab between Freddy Jason, who tattooed the first part last year, and Jason and Freddy did the other parts for free, I didn't expect that Sonju was going to ask me to pay 60 dollars for it. So, I paid him 25, and walked out.
It's a Thai enlightenment tattoo, and it's a heavy burden to take on, responsibly, because Freddy has the same and similar marks. I haven't been given a gift like this for a while, or, rather, ever. It gave me a whole lot more than I asked for, and now my path is moving way towards somewhere not in the Bay Area. Heard Higgs is up in Northern CA, so I might track him down to see a show. Jef is there, too.