As many of my friends know, I'm a total placophile. So when I discovered that the oldest operating pet cemetery in the world was located in New York I made my way down there on a sunny afternoon.

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery started in 1896 and since then has buried over 70,000 animals on its grounds. Most are dogs and cats but there were bears, lions, bunnies, fish, and even an elephant.

The tombstones here were great - the names, the photos. It was a good time.

View my Hartsdale Pet Cemetery Photo Album.

It's been a while but we got back from Asia with only tons of photos and 7 stitches. I just put up the photos of our adventure so you can check them out on my flickr page! Stay tuned for more updates coming on the regular (once I get over the jetlag!)

On a recent trip to Mexico for Day of the Dead, I was amazed at the amount of skulls I saw all over the city.

Seeing as I LOVE skulls, I decided to start a project while I was there and photograph every skull I saw for an entire week. It was a pretty exhausting to keep up with as you will see.

The final result was 420 photos of skulls. They were made of sugar, etched in stone, found in graves, made by kids, worn on faces, and painted on walls – and they were all in Mexico City.

I think I have fully recovered from jetlag, a painful facial sunburn, a stint with food poisoning, 10 flights in 11 days, and STGCC.

Singapore was a test of strength because I was in the hands of Darren, a long time friend who own Play Imaginative. He was the man in charge at the Singapore Gaming Toy and Comics Convention and he was also responsible for inviting me to fly across the World to give a speech on creating toys. Darren has been my party buddy for years and I knew he was gonna have it in for me since he had home court advantage. We have partied together in San Diego, Taipei, and New York together but I knew Singapore was going to be an entirely different story.

Even though I was burnt out when I arrived and then immediately got food poisoning on our first night out, it’s trips like these that make me realize how lucky I am. I got to fly to Singapore and hang out with my friends who live all over the globe. Along with Darren’s posse there was also Ron from NJ, Gary, Simone, Ivan and Joe from LA, David from Korea, Camilla from Vancouver, Anapia from Italy, Touma, Shin and Koto from Tokyo, and Jimmey from Indonesia. We all live thousands of miles away from each other, yet we all found ourselves in a Singapore club screaming and dancing until the doors closed.

So even though I was on my death bed for half the time, I was fortunate and grateful that I had the opportunity to hang out with my friends for even just one night of booty shakin.

Thank You Darren xoxo