Off grid living with jake and nicole driver#

“Benito was the class clown,” says Jomar Dávila, his personal photographer and friend since age 11. Those neon briefs and bedazzled belts laid the groundwork for Bad Bunny’s eventual ascent of the Met Gala steps in a Burberry boiler dress, or in backless Jacquemus, his white rosette cape scraping the carpet. “I liked everything-the creativity, the characters, the fact that each wrestler has his own entrance song, like a soundtrack that identifies you,” Martínez explains. Lucha libre captivated all three boys, perhaps explaining why, even now, Martínez does not consider himself too prestigious to moonlight as a WWE star, appearing to slam a guitar into Mike “The Miz” Mizanin at Wrestlemania.

“I am a person who always liked to live in my own world,” he says. The son of Ocasio, a teacher, and Tito Martínez, a truck driver, Benito Antonio eschewed sports, preferring to play-wrestle with action figures his little brothers, Bernie and Bysael, hatched storylines for each toy. “God is everywhere, so why do I need to go to church?” His origin story carries a hint of the divine, though Martínez doesn’t attend Mass anymore. Even the seemingly offhand “ eys” that punctuate his songs are filled with pathos. Though he’s popularly known for spitting staccato beats, listen closely and his discography reveals an expansive, confident range. Church was hot and boring, but it affirmed his passion for music at a foundational age. “I learned that I was the best in the choir and I worked the hardest,” he says, laughing, though he’s not kidding. There are days where I feel like I can’t handle my own life, you know what I mean?”ī efore Bad Bunny was Bad Bunny, he was actually a very good bunny: choirboy in the Catholic church where his mother, Lysaurie Ocasio, served as a devout congregant. “There are days where I feel strong and powerful,” but from time to time, he says, “I feel vulnerable. “It is too much and your mental health can be impacted,” Martínez says when I ask about his well-being. His trademark septum piercing is conspicuously missing-he wanted to change it up, he said, to be more relaxed.

Off grid living with jake and nicole driver#

The only stealth hints at his global superstardom-other than the fact that my cab driver just declared his fealty-are a few diamonds here and there, including on the face of what looks like a women’s Chanel watch on his wrist. He has piano fingers, a cropped circle beard, and pristine teeth. His thicket of curls is topped with a backward snapback. He’s been wearing the same outfit every day for days-a striped polo, moisture-wicking shorts, and squishy slides, all in buttery shades of beige. “I’ve eaten about 70 croquetas,” he tells me in Spanish as still more plates arrive. I will say, it feels good to finally be settled.On this tropically humid Monday in July, however, it is still his so-called year of relaxation. I look forward to sharing more of this journey with you as my path unfolds. I’m uploading photos from the last few days in this post and I have uploaded my Patrons only Naked Poem reading on my Video page. I try to shred raw and real moments with you beautiful people. I tend to get a tad nervous on video, so I stumbled on a couple of my words, but decided to stick with the original recording so it’s more authentic and unpracticed. I asked my good friend and blog reader “R Jr.” to help me choose a focus for today’s video. I managed to sneak a few moments for myself. Today the drip edge and membrane for the living roof on the dojo are being installed. I am forever grateful to everyone who made this possible. He lovingly calls my studio the “Goddess Dojo”. My brother-in-law and my sister built the arbutus cabin and my longtime friend and lover who is an experienced builder with a focus on natural and sustainable building did the lion’s share of the work, on my studio. If you have ever taken on a building project before you’ll know how daunting it can be. So now that both spaces are complete I will likely create content in my studio and blog in my living space (Arbutus Cabin). You’ll be happy to know (if you like reading my blog that is, lol) that my kitchen/living room space (photos to come) has Wifi. In addition, because my new studio/bedroom/glass house is off grid, there’s no Wifi. I apologize for turning my energy inwards but I have been a very busy woman. What a journey the last couple weeks have been. “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness…Home is where the heart is.” – Unknown