The New Tattoo & Ryan's Baptism

I finally did it, I got a new tattoo - 3 hours before boarding the plane to leave Hawai'i! I wanted to get something meaningful in a location that meant something to me, so I selected the underside of my right arm (several of my best friends in Hawai'i have ink there) and I decided on the Hawaiian island chain with the Hawaiian state flag in the islands. It was an extremely painful hour...above are the pics of the progression from beginning, to the stenciling, to the ink, to the finished product.

Since I've been home, I've been staying at my sister's house in Virginia, just about 30 minutes outside of D.C.

Last week we went to Lowe's and bought a Christmas Tree. It was a great day out - despite the VERY cold temperatures I've been aclimating to...





...and last weekend was my nephew's Baptism...




...I was honored to be the Godfather. Ryan (my nephew) screamed bloody murder the moment the priest moved in towards him, and when he finally got to the point where water was to be poured on his forehead, he was screaming and kicking as hard as he could to the amusement of the entire congregation, who were watching in disbelief. The climax, however, was when the priest went to anoint Ryan's forehead with oil and Ryan lifted up his hand and smacked the priest's hand away! I've never seen anything more amusing in my life - although my poor sister was mortified. He looks so innocent below, doesn't he???



Last night I had dinner with one of my friends named Eddie (a friend I met in Puerto Vallarta with Victor) and tomorrow night I'm going to venture out into D.C. a bit to check out the bar scene. This weekend Victor is having a party at his house in PA and I'm looking forward to reconnecting with some old friends. Life has definetly slowed down since I left Hawai'i - and I'm thankful for the much needed break.

Other than that, I joined facebook and I'm about to delete my myspace account. You can search my Facebook profile by "Robert John Matyas" or rjmatyas@gmail.com

One of my New Years resolutions is to create more concise blog entries, how am I doing???