Finishing CM Punk’s Tattoo

?๏ธ โ€œTHE SEALโ€ โ€” A BACKROOM CONVERSATION

Rocco & Jozo Meet CM Punk in East Van

Itโ€™s a quiet night in East Van, but inside a low-lit tattoo shop off Commercial Drive, something eternal is being debated.

CM Punk sits in the chair, shirt off, muscles tense, as the needle buzzes. His iconic chest tattooโ€”the straight edge X, the skull, the peacock feathersโ€”is almost complete. But the centerpiece, the part he saved for last, remains blank.

Rocco, ink-stained and fiery-eyed, holds up the final design: The Great Sealโ€”the pyramid, the eye, the rays.

โ€œYou want to go with this,โ€ Rocco insists. โ€œItโ€™s balance. Truth. The all-seeing eye. You donโ€™t need to say if itโ€™s Christ or Luciferโ€”it just is. Punk knows that.โ€

Jozo leans over the counter, shaking his head, his thick Croatian accent coming out strong:

โ€œNo, bro. Look at it again. This isnโ€™t some Masonic mind game. Thatโ€™s the Eye of Christ. The King of Kings. Donโ€™t forgetโ€”Heโ€™s watching. Not to control. To redeem.โ€

Rocco scoffs. โ€œCome on, Jozo, that symbolโ€™s been hijacked a million times. CIA, Vatican, Illuminatiโ€”who owns it anymore?โ€

Jozo slams his palm on the counter.

โ€œIโ€™ll tell you who owns it nowโ€”East Van does. Look at the damn East Van Cross Joe Morgado invented. Itโ€™s divine geometry. Sacred symmetry. Itโ€™s the new avatar of God for this broken generation.
You know who died for our sins? Our brothers in the alley.
You know whoโ€™s coming back? Christ in streetwear. And heโ€™ll be wearing East Van.โ€

CM Punk grins, rubbing his chin, intrigued.

โ€œSo what youโ€™re saying isโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve got a choice. I finish this seal, and depending on my heart, itโ€™s either the eye of redemptionโ€”or the eye of damnation.โ€

Jozo nods solemnly.

โ€œExactly, brate. Itโ€™s the same eye. The question is, what does it see in you?โ€

Rocco shrugs.

โ€œEither way, itโ€™ll look sick. Letโ€™s get to work.โ€


As the needle starts again, CM Punk closes his eyes and breathes in deep. Outside, the East Van Cross glows on a power lineโ€”unofficial, untouchable, undeniable.

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The seal is complete.
And God is watching.

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EAST VAN VERSUS AMAZON

? EAST VAN VERSUS AMAZON

โ€œWe Donโ€™t Ship Fast. We Show Up Faster.โ€

By EastVan.website Editorial

In the war of quality versus quantity, East Van is choosing qualityโ€”and putting Amazon on notice.

While Bezos’ bots are busy shoving plastic-wrapped, warehouse-made sweatshop scraps into cardboard boxes, Joe, a local East Van visionary, is building something real. Something durable. Authentic. Made in Canada.

โ€œPeople paid $400 for Ed Hardy. $500 for True Religion,โ€ Joe says, adjusting the brim of a weathered East Van cap. โ€œTheyโ€™ll pay for East Van Wear, too. If itโ€™s real. If it lasts. And if it means something.โ€

? ENTER SITESTRIPE

Joe isnโ€™t going full analogโ€”heโ€™s using tech, but on his own terms. With SiteStripe, his site now automates the storefront while keeping the soul intact. Inventory is tight. No overflow. No landfill. No AI-written Amazon crap.

You wonโ€™t see a hundred listings for the same hoodie in different shades of grey.
Youโ€™ll see one hoodieโ€”thick fabric, made in a Burnaby shop, double-stitched by someone paid fairly, and built to survive East Van winters and warehouse parties.

?โ€โ™‚๏ธ FASTER THAN AMAZON

The real flex? Delivery.

Amazon says two days.
Joe says, “Try 45 minutes.”

Heโ€™s hiring teenagers from the neighbourhoodโ€”on bikes, boards, and scootersโ€”to get clothes from the rack to the doorstep before you finish your coffee.

โ€œWeโ€™re not just giving them jobs,โ€ Joe adds. โ€œWeโ€™re giving them pride. This isnโ€™t gig work. This is East Van Courier Crew. And it builds character faster than Prime ever could.โ€

? NO PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE

Everything Joe stocks has to pass one test: Will it still look good in five years?
No fast fashion. No synthetic shrink-wrap garbage. No paper-thin hoodies that unravel in a month.

โ€œIf it ainโ€™t built to last, it doesnโ€™t deserve the logo,โ€ he says.
โ€œWeโ€™re not designing for landfill. Weโ€™re designing for legacy.โ€


JOIN THE MOVEMENT

This isnโ€™t just commerce. Itโ€™s a rebellion. A return to pride in product. A chance to show the world that **East Van doesnโ€™t chase trendsโ€”**it defines them.

Next time youโ€™re clicking around online for something “cheap and fast,” ask yourself:

Would you rather wear something built by an algorithm for a million strangers,
or something crafted for your street, by your people, with love?

East Van has chosen.
And Amazonโ€™s got nothing on it.

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The East End Chapter Chaplain Speaks

At the East End table, under flickering neon and incense smoke, Chaplain Jozo Jukic rose to speak.

He didnโ€™t need a microphone. His voice came like thunder on Hastings Street.

“Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after gifts,” he said, quoting Isaiah 1:23, eyes locked on the graffiti-tagged walls like they were Parliament Hill.

“You think Trudeau’s smile gonna save you? You think a carbon tax is repentance?” he barked. “They dress in pride, but wear lies like silk. The poor get nothing. The addicts get Narcan, but not resurrection.”

He took a breath and pointed west, then east, then finally north.

โ€œAngels,โ€ he said, โ€œcome in from the wilderness. From the creeks of the Interior. From Kamloops and Castlegar. From Lillooet and Lumby. From Slocan and all the secret places. The time is now.โ€

He slammed his staff against the floor.

“Enough waiting. Enough hiding. This is not just Vancouver. This is Zion in chains.”

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