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Scarborough XXVII

Preparing for Daddy's Little Girl...

About Me


Go Ninja, Go Ninja, GO~!

I'm a tattooist and illustrator by trade--"cartoonist", if you'd prefer. If you'd like to check out my portfolio or consider me for a future collaboration you can find me online at Gorilla Whale Dot Com .

Current Projects:
- Toter Mars (comic)
- The Open Door (book illustrations)

I have a beautiful wife named Lori and a brand new baby girl on the way. Plus our other 6 "kids"; our dog Shea, cat's Simba, Loki, Cali, Lucifer and Kojima; and our fish Osiris.
Here be Leila Kai Scarborough's current status:

I love chocolate milk, cereal, tattoos, old-school slashers and vintage kung-fu flicks.

Anything else? Just ask

My Interests



The 2006 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals

Buddhist studies and eastern philosophy, meditation, Mixed Martial Arts, wines, Tattooing (giving and receiving), chocolate milk, poker, stand-up comedy (Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Dane Cook, Brian Regan, Mitch Hedberg, etc), drawing pretty pictures & sleep.

I'd like to meet:

Siddhartha Guatama, Lao Tzu, Jerry Collins, Kevin Hardin, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman, Jamie Hewlett, The RZA & Skottie Young.

Movies:

Grindhouse, Heat, Se7en, Seven Samurai, Shogun Assassin, HERO, Garden State, Iron Monkey, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Closer, Shaun of the Dead, The Shining, Zatoichi, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Departed, Master of the Flying Guillotine, Boondock Saints, Dumb and Dumber, Snatch, Rounders, Cinderella Man, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, American History X, Fight Club, Batman Begins, Blazing Saddles, Kill Bill, Terminator 2, V for Vendetta, Running Scared, Anchorman, Big Fish, Rosemary's Baby, Walk the Line, Sideways, High Tension, Twin Warriors, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Pan's Labyrinth, Leon the Professional, 300, Night of the Living Dead (both versions), Dawn of the Dead (both versions), Day of the Dead

Television:

The Shield, Miami Ink, No Reservations, Bizzare Foods, Molto Mario, Iron Chef, Rescue Me, Ultimate Fighter, old Roseanne re-runs and UFC and PRIDE F/C ppv's.

Books:

Mind of Clear Light, 365 Tao, The Hagakure, The Art of War, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, The Great Shark Hunt, Naked Pictures of Famous People, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Heroes:

My mom and pop; my brother Troy; my wife Lori and a special admiration and respect for Bhikshu JiRu, Bhikshuni Konghuan, Bhikshuni Kongshih, Xianyang Carl Jerome and Xiankuan Don Sloane.

My Blog

Saturday June 2nd 2007...

...is my official debut at The Funky Monkey. So, for all of you fine people who've been wanting some ink and have waited patiently to get it done, I'm ready when you are. www.myspace.com/funkymonkeyta...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Wed, 30 May 2007 05:34:00 PST

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Seriously, watch this movie. The original, not that 2003 junk. If you don't, then don't call yourself a horror fan in my presence. Also, don't lecture me about how "Chainsaw" is one word and not two a...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:50:00 PST

Me & Tattooing: The Neverending Saga

So, a bit of an update, if you will...It's official: I've returned to the Funky Monkey Tat2 shop in St. Clair MO after an invitation from my former boss.For those that know of my prior leaving and the...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:20:00 PST

GorillaWhale.com: The Grand Opening

Howdy. If you're reading this, chances are you have a vague knowledge about this already (or are at least prone to checking out my artwork at some point during your internetting). That said, the new w...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST

All Campus Day @ ECC

The fine folks (i.e. Melissa) at ECC have contacted me again requesting my "mad fly karikature skillz"--in so many words--for their upcoming event. The date is April 25th from 10a to 3p, so if you're ...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:09:00 PST

A bit of my going's on...

Just to bring those of you up to speed who are somewhat affected by my current path in life. For those of you waiting on me to tattoo, well, I'm afraid as of right now that won't be a part of my futur...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:06:00 PST

A Public's Perception

I wonder sometimes what people think, namely of myself. I'm curious if people believe they know someone just from reading online profiles, blog entries or other publicized information. We can all sit ...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:22:00 PST

Seriously...

If the world wasn't so full of oblivious morons I suppose I'd have nothing to complain about. So I'm checking out this rather crappy indie band who decided to request my friendship so they could keep ...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:02:00 PST

Man...

I'm gonna be a dad. A dad. I can't even begin to describe how excited this has gotten me. I don't even know why I'm writing this, honestly. No one's home and I need to tell someone, I suppose. Looks l...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

Buddhism vs. Tattoos

I felt compelled to write this. Personally it's been something that I think deserves to be talked about, even if only for a brief moment, and even if the goon discussing it is me. I've had some--not a...
Posted by Kyle A. Scarborough on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:16:00 PST