Good-Bye Shaggy...

this was a letter taken from SLAP magazine...

What's the deal with these wack-ass skateboarders in your magazine? I thought skating was about being talented. It really seems that to get in your magazine you have to know the right people. I see these kids who get check outs, interviews, full page photos, and I put the magazine down and think to myself, "How the hell did he get a photo in SLAP?" Then i go and skate the streets of New York and I see these kids and they cannot land one trick. I wouldn't have the balls to be in a magazine if I couldn't land my tricks. These kids suck, but they make sure they hang out with the pros. If I was to hang out at Supreme 24-7 and chilled with the so-called NYC pros, would you put me in your magazine? Does it matter if I don't land the trick? I'm sure you can get a nice angle and make the trick look good. -Shaggy, New York, NY

OK, ready? There are no wack-ass skaters in SLAP. Everybody who is in here is in here because they skate hard. Skateboarding is not about being talented, skateboarding is about having fun. That is very important. To a degree, yes, you have to know the right people to get in the magazine, or at least come in contact with them somewhere. Magazines use particular photographers and writers to make the magazine. There are other ways to get in(such as sending in your own stuff to us), but most people who get in get in because they know or spotted by people who work for the mag. I agree that it would be great if everybody was super consistent and could do anything they want at any time, but usually tricks require effort and a few tries. Pros don't only hang out with pros, they hang out with their friends, and sometimes their friends get noticed because they are around pros, not because they are amazing, but because they are nice people who also skate. You are already in our mag, Shaggy. If you want to be in visually, send photos and maybe we can get you in the Diatribe's Most Famous Gallery. C'mon, Shaggy, your letters have been slippin lately. Don't let your Diatribe fame cloud your writing. Let's see something exciting next month or you're getting a time-out-MW

Letter to local paper

This letter was sent to a local paper

Dear Observer

I've been living in kearny my whole life 38 year and this town turned in the biggest shit hole ever. It's a third world country!!!! Murders, kids getting raped, robbery. It's fucking disgusting!!! When I am walking the ave people (mostly Spanish) look at me like I don't belong here. They have no respect for themselves. I've seen this one guy teach his fucking kid how to piss between cars. There's no point having garbage cans on each corner. Do you actually think that they give a fuck about where they throw there trash? All theses people care about is stuffing there fat faces!!! Everywhere I look some asswipe is shoving food in there faces. It's obvious how much food they eat its written all over there bodies. Its like they have the mentality of a god damn pig. Everyone has a blind eye and does not have the balls to say anything. Like everything is ok! Thats fucking bullshit!!!

Just look on the ground as you walk down the street when it snows. There's fucking dog shit everywhere. That's what this town turned into one big pile of dog shit. There's no morals and standers in this town. After you eat just take your garbage and throw anywhere you want even if there is a garbage can next to you. I am waiting for the day when I see someone take a nice shit in the middle of Kearny ave (I am sure someone already did that). The people in this town are disgusting, gross and nasty. Here is an example. Keep an eye outside during garbage day. People drive around in vans shopping though people's fucking garbage. Seriously how low can you go. It's not one person either. It's usually a fucking family. I can understand if you are poor as shit and you that the only choice you have in life, but you can't be that poor if you can afford a van to drive around in. The town has to make signs that say no garbage picking they go though your trash like a bunch of dirty fucking rats and make the biggest mess!!! The only way you be happy to live in this shit ass town is you don't give a fuck about anything even yourself and morals does not exist in you life. This town turned into the biggest dump and sorry to say I live here and have to deal with it. More people should speak up and give others a wake up call we just can't ignore these problems we have to fix them.

shaggy

my night job...pretty ironic huh?

to start off this blog...