Homie Goes to London

Pedro received his Homie and played hooky from work to go sightseeing in London with his Homie.

Meet Pec. “Pec” is short for “pequeño” which means “little” in Spanish. At first Pec thought someone was smoking bongloads of weed and then he realized, oh it’s just the London fog.

Pec goes to the Bow Road Underground station. He’s all about the underground. You know, like raves n’ stuff.

They get off at Liverpool Station. At rush hour. Pec thinks, Liverpool Station sucks it right now. Where is everyone going and why are they walking so fast? Pec’s legs are stuck together so it is rather difficult for him to keep up. Londoners are leggy.

They walk down Liverpool Street. Everyone wears a suit there and Pec feels a bit underdressed. He’s also a bit chilly and wonders if anyone notices his nips are kind of hard.

Pec goes to work. Pec is training as an architect and leaving his gangbanging days behind. Pedro explains that gangbanging will come in handy in architecture. Word.

Pec and Pedro rent bikes. Pec thought it’d be a low-rider bike, like what he rode in the barrio, but Pedro has to explain that London doesn’t have that kind of stuff because it’s all cultured n’ shit. Pec gets pissed. He doesn’t want to ride a bike unless it is a low-rider.

Pedro says, fine, be a little bitch. We’re going to queue up for a cab. Pec is stoked because the cabs in London are all old-skool.

Pedro and Pec go to the Gherkin. Pec thinks the Gherkin looks like a dildo.

Pec likes the Gherkin. He thinks Norman Foster is the new Frank Gehry but he’s not sure if that’s a compliment. Pec decides he also likes dildos, but that is a totally different story for a different day. also, Coca-Cola is a delicious beverage.

What time is? Pec has no idea. He wishes someone could tell him the damn time already.

Pec thinks the London Eye should have more twists and turns and loops like a real roller coaster. This just goes around and around, he says, it’s a bullshit ride.

Pec goes to Westminster Abbey. He likes the digs. If there’s a woman out there that can hold him down, he’ll totally marry her at the Abbey. Pedro explains that it’s only for royalty. Pec calls bullshit on that too.

Pec goes shopping! Even though the dollar sucks right now. He likes that Mars Bars in Britain taste like Snickers.

Pec high fives the Queen and compliments her bling.

Pec celebrates the Year of the Rat. He explains to Pedro that rats are clever and mischievous. Pec is a rat. From the hood, where he keeps it real. He is not sure if Londoners keep it real.

Pec sees a bus. It blows his mind. THERE ARE TWO DECKS? So, does that mean it’s like a double decker bus or something like that?

Pec and Pedro ride the bus. Pec is tired. They go home. Pec decides he likes London. He likes to make fun of people’s accents too. Oh, put it in the boot! Ride the lift! Mind the gap!

Thanks to Pedro for seriously showing a Homie how to rock a party.

11 Responses to “Homie Goes to London”

  1. Julie:

    Woah! I didn’t want to admit it earlier, but I had no idea what a Homie was when they were up for grabs. Now I’m totally bummed I didn’t ask for one.

  2. Doretta:

    Stunning. I have no words.

  3. Maddie:

    Why can’t we be more like Pec? Calling bullshit on things that inconvienience us? And not getting yelled at for it?

    Pec is one lucky homie.

  4. annie:

    Julie: You are in luck, I am bidding on some on Ebay so I’ll send it out if/when I win the auction. Haha I just got rid of them all and now I’m getting more I must be stupid.

    Doretta: I know, right? I’ts like our London photos…only…uh a lot sweeter with a Homie. See? You shoudl’ve gotten one and showed it around Vancouver.

    Maddie: Pec is totally lucky. They are all lucky they are not in my crappy freezing apartment.

  5. klo:

    Oh my gosh - Pedro totally outshone us all. Great work.

  6. Pedro:

    First thing I should say is THANK YOU SO MUCH ANNIE. I had great fun doing this, and It’s amazing what a piece of plastic can do!!!

    I don’t think PEC is that lucky, i bet my ass for doing the same in NYC.

    By the way Annie, you should go London again, now with your Homie, so this time you’ll have the really cool pictures… likes the one with PEC.

  7. homieless:

    Woah, applaud to Pedro for the effort. I don’t think I could out-perform Pedro as a Homie tour-guide.

    *sits and waits for her Homie*

  8. annie:

    Klo: Take more around Australia, I’ve never been. Neither has Laughing Boy.

    Pedro: Hell yes, I will bring 100 Homies with me to London.

    Homieless: Dude, I sent it last week, hopefully it will arrive. Stay strong! I am super excited about your pictures, yo.

  9. homieless:

    I have a feeling it’s gonna arrive next week when I’m on vacation! Weather here is a bit cool still, else i don’t think I can take the Homie out for a tour in the desert in case it melts.

  10. annie:

    Homieless: You HAVE to send your Homie to the desert. It would be so sweet.

  11. homieless:

    I will mate!…and I need to find a camel too. A real one! Hahaha!

Leave a Reply

Buy the book, Happy Birthday or Whatever, from Amazon

download sample chapter


Design: Nathan Bowers
Illustrations: Mika Oshima

Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).