Yesterday, I took a little drive up to Los Angeles to kick it with Joanna and visit a few art galleries. The first gallery we went to was the I Am 8-Bit gallery, which was pretty much anything and anything 8-bit related, a.k.a. old school video games. Mario Bros., Mega Man, Zelda, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt and all the rest of the classics in whatever art form the artists decided to work with. Since it was the last day of the gallery, most of the stuff was sold out (at least all of the stuff I’d actually buy,) but Joanna did managed to leave with a Soda Popinski print. Anyways, here’s the images from the first gallery, the second will go up later on today, enjoy!

Here are a few short clips of the two tour cars that we filmed while we were in Chicago two weeks ago; nothing special, just a quick drive around of both cars and then a walk around.

Here’s the latest Tjin Edition Tour press release that was sent out yesterday, click for the high resolution version:

The time has finally come, about twelve years too late, but it’s here… Dantana has decided to part ways with that car that almost made him famous. His authentic Subaru GC8 is up on Ebay right, here are some pics that I took a while back for the HCI Magazine cover… now so go check it out.

So I just got home from my three day weekend up in San Francisco and as usual, I wasn’t too excited about leaving. Anyways, I didn’t take my camera because I just wanted a weekend for myself to do absolutely nothing but hang out with my friends up there and that’s pretty much all that went down.

After spending the weekend up there, I’m realizing more and more that I want to/should look into moving up there already… we’ll see what happens.

Merry Christmas, thank you Honda… see you at SEMA.

This might be a little random and I really don’t expect anyone to take part in this but whatever. Since I take the time and actually make a decent effort to make this blog somewhat entertaining/presentable, I’d really like to hear from whoever actually visits. It’s always cool when I run into people and they tell me that they actually read my nonsense so yeah, umm thanks.

With that said, feel free to contact me at gene@genetjin.com and let me know how bad I suck, enjoy.

… and since I hate making posts without including pictures, here are two shots that I’ve taken at work (with very limited resources for locations) with a little help from my co-worker, Corey Longstreth:

I just got the September 2008 issue of Banzai Magazine and inside is a full feature I shot on the Tjin Edition / Ice Car Care Nissan Skyline ER34. The issue should hit stands here in the US in a few weeks so be sure to check it out.

Other than that, some shots from that shoot are also in the 50th Anniversary issue of Autoweek Magazine as well as Luxury Auto Direct Magazine featuring a little write up on the Tjin Edition / Ice Car Care Nissan Skyline ER34, the Tjin Edition / Turtle Wax Chevrolet Cobalt SS and Andy Goodman’s Mitsubishi FTO.

“RacingJunk.com® Gives Back to the Racers with their 2008 Sponsorship Giveaway”

North Adams, MA March 28, 2008 – Racers and race fans across the country are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2008 race season. Spring is finally here and it’s time to pull out those race projects and get them ready to run. Raceway Media’s RacingJunk.com, the world’s largest online motorsports marketplace, is celebrating the start of the racing season by launching the second annual RacingJunk.com Give Back to the Racers Sponsorship Giveaway. This annual contest is their way of supporting the entire grassroots racing community.

RacingJunk.com is giving back to the racers with their impressive 30-week Sponsorship Giveaway, sponsored by Snap-on and supported by some of the biggest names in racing. One lucky winner will be selected at random each week for 30 weeks, running from April 10 until October 30. Weekly winners will receive valuable prizes from Snap-on, Simpson, RH2way, Auto Meter and Goodridge. Anyone who is a RacingJunk.com member can enter to win, and membership is free. RacingJunk.com prides itself on not only being the top racing classifieds site on the web, but also on being a free site - for the racers and by the racers.

Once the weekly contest is over on October 30, all 30 weekly winners will be entered to win one of three incredible prize packages of racing equipment and tools. The thirty finalists’ profiles will be featured on RacingJunk.com and members will vote to determine who wins the Grand Prize.

The Grand Prize, valued at over $75,000, is a fully loaded Haulmark race trailer packed with great product from Snap-on, Simpson, Lincoln Electric, Auto Meter, Goodridge, RH2way, Gemini Autolift, Barry Grant, Mickey Thompson, Champion System and much more.

The second place winner will take home the “Ready to Race” Prize Package, with over $15,000 worth of racing equipment and tools from Snap-on, Simpson, Auto Meter, RH2way, Goodridge, Safety Solutions, Barry Grant, Champion System and other industry sponsors.

The third place winner will receive the “Fill the Garage” Prize Package, with more than $10,000 worth of tools and racing equipment supplied by Snap-on, Simpson, Auto Meter, Barry Grant, RH2way, Goodridge, Safety Solutions, Champion System, Holley, Nitrous Express and others.

To enter, go to the 2008 Sponsorship Giveaway contest page online and click on “Enter to Win.” Entrants must be basic members of RacingJunk.com and at least 18 years of age. See the Official Rules for complete rules and details.

Basic members can enter the contest each week, but will need to resubmit their entry every week. Club RacingJunk members fill out their online application just once then are automatically entered in each week’s contest. Basic members can easily upgrade to Club RacingJunk.com membership by visiting Club RacingJunk.

ABOUT RACEWAY MEDIA
Raceway Media, LLC, a Boxcar Media, LLC Company, is a multimedia publishing firm serving the racing and performance enthusiast industries. It is a free ‘one-stop shop’ for those looking to buy, sell, trade, entertain or interact with people throughout the automotive and motorcycle racing and performance communities. 



The company’s holdings include RacingJunk.com and MotorcycleAds.com, which together receive more than 70 million page views per month and have more than 270,000 members. Raceway Media also owns BoatingJunk.com, MuscleCarJunk.com, RacingJunkRides.com, RJRaceSpace.com and the soon to be launched CollectorCarNation.com.

This is something I had initially planned on posting later on in the year but oh well. Before the first trip of the year, I decided to keep all of my boarding passes for flights that we’d take during the course of the year, between the Tjin Edition Tour stops, trips to shoot cars, weddings, random last minute getaways and who knows what other reasons and here they are… well some of them. Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Denver, Harrisburg, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Cleveland, Detroit, Edison, York, San Francisco, Charlotte and who knows where else, no wonder why I’m always tired.

I have another, way overdue trip to San Francisco this coming weekend and then a trip to Montreal and some other stuff to finish off the year and then that’s that. I need a damn break. Anyways, here you go, I’ll do another one of these at the end of the year with every single boarding pass for 2009, enjoy.