Cameron Burgess

My most recent tat is partly funny but also helps me remember an important moment in my life. It’s a shrimp nigiri, done American traditional to match the coors banquet tattoo also on my forearm. I chose the shrimp nigiri because I worked in a high level Japanese kitchen in Napa California for years, and the mostly Latino staff called me Camaron - shrimp in English - because it was easier to say. It became my first real kitchen nickname and reminds me of the good old days working in Mori

It would tell you stories of who I am, and where I’ve been. Evergreen trees and the PNW stamp on my leg tell you where I’m from. The spirited away tattoo is for my Japanese heritage (although only 1/8, it reminds me of family), the shrimp nigiri and cambro tell you of my fun nicknames and kitchen life. The coors banquet and Elysian dayglow tiger tell you I have fun. The giant bioshock tattoo is not only a love for a game franchise but reminds me of a friend that passed away that pl

Get myself out of debt and put a down payment on a car that starts the first time. I’ve been trying to follow my dreams as head on as possible. I dropped out business, got into culinary, and told myself not to waste the opportunity while I’m young. So I moved to Napa Ca to work in the highest level kitchens that would take me, no money or experience. Now I pursue stand up and drive an hour away to SF, 3x a week to do comedy and security, 4 days cooking. My car takes 5 tries to st