WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida teenager has been sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for coaxing his senile grandmother into holding a gun and threatening to shoot "all the pigs" in a homemade "gangster rap" video.
Eighteen-year-old Michael Alfinez pleaded guilty Tuesday to elder abuse charges. His family has said the case was a misunderstanding.
The 85-year-old grandmother can be seen in the video holding a handgun, wearing a black mask and threatening to shoot "all the pigs."
Alfinez was arrested in April after authorities seized the tape during a routine traffic stop. Alfinez and others also could be seen in the video shooting a pistol around town.
Alfinez also pleaded guilty to charges of firing out of a moving vehicle and into a building.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Boom Box
Going Retro~
Flud (creator of the turntable watch) has brought back another retro item to put on our wrists with their new Boombox Watch. The watch features great details of the original boombox (the handlebar, and the speakers) while it reveals time on a red LED display with a push of a button.Pretty dope!!
Monday, October 20, 2008
The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
“The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill” opened at 89 7th Avenue (between Bleeker and West 4th) last Thursday, October 9th, Clearly, that this isn't your typical pet store.So who's the "owner" of the Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill at 89 West 7th Avenue? Banksy. revealing what seemed from the outside to be a small West Village pet shop stocked not with purring kittens and wiggly puppies, but a more sinister menagerie. Inside, animatronic chicken nuggets, porno watching monkeys, coexisted alongside ageing tweety birds, swimming fish sticks, and suggestively writing caged hot dogs, in what can only be described as an entirely unique visual critique of the state of animal husbandry in the modern world. In the words of Banksy himself, “New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets.This is the first time that Banksy has used animatronics, and the effect is absolutely amazing and said to be a clear departure form last year's behemoth show in Los Angeles, Banksy's first ever show in New York City (the others have been fakes) is being held in a tiny storefront that's less than 300 square feet and can't hold more than 20 people at any one time. The exhibit completely visible to the public both day and night through the store front windows.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ugly must mean Beautiful! Interview with "Ugly Shyla"
Q.Thank you so much for taking the time to let us get to know you! Okay besides being one of the most stunning and creative alternative model’s out there going by the name “Ugly Shyla” what is it that you do in your everyday life?
A. Art and creativity are pretty much my life, so I tend to always be working on art or some creative endeavor. I guess that is the polite way of saying I'm a workaholic.
Q.What artist or photographers have you had the pleasure of working with in the past and who would you like to work with in the future in your modeling career?
A.I have been lucky enough to work with photographers like Steve Diet Goedde, Lithium Picnic and John Santerineross who are photographers that I respected as artist before I really even got heavily into modeling.
Q. If you had a theme song what would it be when you entered a room?
A. “Where The Roses Never Fade”, the Jimmy Swaggart version, just because I really like that song.
Q. What is your favorite pastime?
A. Again it's pretty much art, but I really like sewing and I'm a huge book worm. I also like to cook, but who in Louisiana doesn't like to cook?
Q. What do you collect in your spare time?
A. Christian Art and Christian or Saint related art. I also collect antique/vintage clothing and vintage medical books.
Q. What inspired you to do the creation of your “Ugly Art Dolls”?
A.I really have no clue why I started making dolls. I just made one and never stopped.
Q. At what age did you start making your “Ugly Art Dolls” and what research did you do before getting into the industry?
A. I made my first doll at 16 years old and started getting into it professionally at around 19.
Q.I read that you take your art very serious, is there something you would like people to take from your art or learn from your art?
A. At the very least I'd like to have my art make people acknowledge some of the ills of the world.
Q.What are links or websites we can go to purchase your works of art or view a portfolio?
A. www.uglyart.net,
http://myspace. com/uglyartdolls
Q. Do you have any upcoming events, shows or new art coming?
A. Oct 30th I will have work in the Splatter show at Antebellum Gallery http://www.antebellum.us.ms/
I will be performing Nov 18th with fellow outlaw artist Steven Leyba http://www.stevenleyba.com/ at The Big Top Gallery in New Orleans,more info on the event will be posted on my site closer to the event date. Other places on the web were folks can find me
uglyshyla.com
http://myspace. com/uglyshyla
Be on the look out for performances by “Ugly Shyla” along with her “Ugly Dolls”. For more information on booking Ugly Shyla for performances or purchasing a Ugly Doll please visit her website at http://www.uglyshyla.com/
photography by:
http://www.stevedietgoedde.com/
Lithium Picnic
Saryn Angel Photography
Miss Megan Photography
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"He's a spitfire"
A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother. "We thought he was going to end up being a backyard pet" instead of a show horse, Kelsey said. "When we found out he had a second chance I was really excited for him." Veterinarian Jeff Hammond of Marlow tried in June to save the young horse's eye. When it became evident the surgery didn't work, Hammond suggested the cosmetic alternative. KBuck's prosthetic eye was handcrafted by designers at La Fuente Ocular Prosthetics in Oklahoma City. The eye was fashioned with a mold of KBuck's hollow eye socket and constructed with hard acrylic plastic, said Brandon La Fuente. It was hand-painted to look exactly like the horse's real eye, complete with deep blue features and tiny red veins. KBuck's eye cost about $3,000, but his worth will far exceed the investment if his show career takes off. Kelsey Chumbley said there are no rules against showing a horse with a prosthetic eye, and it's unlikely judges will be able to tell it's fake.
Hammond said adjusting to a prosthetic eye shouldn't be a hardship for the horse because he was so young when he lost it."Having one eye hasn't affected him a bit — he's a spitfire," Hammond said.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Stupid or Sad?? I am pretty sure they felt both..
TWO Indonesian jobseekers have been tricked into getting their faces tattooed by a bogus official offering government jobs.
Village chief Sawiyono - who was helping the men find jobs in Jakarta - claimed he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as intelligence officers but saying they would have to be inked first with a dragon tattoo, Antara state news agency said.
Sawiyono realised he had been tricked after checking with the subdistrict chief of the Bojonegoro district of East Java who told him there was no such requirement.
But by then it was too late and the men had already been tattooed, the report said.
"I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to help the men remove their tattoos,'' Sawiyono said.
The men have complained to police and were seeking treatment at a local hospital.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Idot of the month!
I know there is a lot of idiocy going on right now but this has got to be at the top of the list...
"FORT MYERS, Fla. - Authorities say a Fort Myers man shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him. The Lee County Sheriff's Office reported that a 29-year-old man and his girlfriend returned home from a bar early Wednesday morning.
The girlfriend told deputies that her boyfriend wanted to get intimate, but she just wanted to go to sleep. When she refused, he became irate.
Authorities said the girlfriend went to a spare bedroom, and several minutes later she heard two gunshots. She told deputies her boyfriend came into her room and threatened her. He then stumbled into the kitchen before falling into the oven, knocking himself unconscious.
The man was treated for two gunshot wounds to the arm and was taken to jail.
The man was charged with threatening violence and firing a weapon in an occupied dwelling. He was being held on $100,000 bail."
"FORT MYERS, Fla. - Authorities say a Fort Myers man shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him. The Lee County Sheriff's Office reported that a 29-year-old man and his girlfriend returned home from a bar early Wednesday morning.
The girlfriend told deputies that her boyfriend wanted to get intimate, but she just wanted to go to sleep. When she refused, he became irate.
Authorities said the girlfriend went to a spare bedroom, and several minutes later she heard two gunshots. She told deputies her boyfriend came into her room and threatened her. He then stumbled into the kitchen before falling into the oven, knocking himself unconscious.
The man was treated for two gunshot wounds to the arm and was taken to jail.
The man was charged with threatening violence and firing a weapon in an occupied dwelling. He was being held on $100,000 bail."
Monday, October 6, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway
In other news....Video....Armored truck robber uses Craigslist to make getaway by placing a add for laborers needed at $28.50 an hour."I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour," said Mike, who saw a Craigslist ad last week looking for workers for a road maintenance project in Monroe.He said he inquired and was e-mailed back with instructions to meet near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11 a.m. Tuesday. He also was told to wear certain work clothing. "Yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask… and, if possible, a blue shirt," he said.Mike showed up along with about a dozen other men dressed like him, but there was no contractor and no road work to be done. He thought they had been stood up until he heard about the bank robbery and the suspect who wore the same attire. From there, the cook made his watery escape in a creek that dumps out into the Skykomish River. One witness said the robber swam away, but another said he used an inner tube to get away. "We did get an inner tube that was about 200 yards from the place where he entered the water and took that for evidence," said Debbie Willis, Monroe Police. Investigators believe accomplices could have picked the robber up at a nearby boat launch or park.The FBI is helping Monroe Police trace the ad and want to talk to anyone who responded. "Any piece of information anyone has could be the piece of the puzzle we need to apprehend the suspects," said Debbie Willis, Monroe Police. Some Monroe residents, while not endorsing what the robber did, are somewhat amused. "Creative. Not a right way of doing it, but creative," said Monroe resident Byron Bevard."I grew up in LA and I never heard of anything so crazy in my life," said resident Sarah Vazquez.The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, wearing a dark blue shirt, jean shorts and a mask.
Jonathan Luczycki
I wanted to bring some attention to an artist that was featured at Artease who I unfortunately did not meet there at the time but after the fact. Mr. Johnathan Luczycki. My boyfriend and I were in aww of the perspective that he painted. We were most attracted to the colors in this piece. 
This is a short bio from his web site First things first, your asking yourself, how do you pronounce that last name. Luczycki. Is it Lu-sit-key? Lou-chez-ki? Woo-chin-ski!?!
Here's a trick. Say it like this, don't "Loose-this-key". Loose this key. Luczycki. Good, got it? Let's move on.
Born in Springfield, OR in the fall of 1980, Jonathan Edward Luczycki was drawing before the age of three and hasn’t put the pencil down since. Greatly influenced by his father’s love for nature & gardening, to his mother’s landscape paintings, and by all the early American illustrators and comic book artists, his life has always been surrounded with art.
“I believe artists have a responsibility to provide the world with beauty, originality and truth. It literally makes my stomach cringe to see so many artists today emulate another’s style. Whether I’m painting a portrait or a landscape, I try my best to do it in a new and exciting way.”
Since moving to Southern California nearly five years ago, Jonathan grew fascinated with the early California impressionists and this thing called plein air painting. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors, such as in a studio.
“I am fascinated by the effects of light in a natural environment and I love the challenge of capturing the mood before the light changes, especially at dawn and dusk. So many landscape artist work from photos, and that’s fine, but by painting from direct observation you learn things a photo could never teach you. If I’m painting the ocean, I have to smell it, I want to feel the sun and wind surround my easel.”
Jonathan works in several mediums, and is not known for just one style. Academically trained as a professional illustrator, the human figure and portraiture continue to captivate him and he constantly strives to paint them in new and exciting ways. He has been studying anatomy and has been involved in figure drawing classes and workshops on a constant basis for over a decade.
Jonathan Luczycki/Loose this key, has had several solo and group shows along the west coast since 2002, from Portland, Oregon to Laguna Beach and L.A. Since 2005 he has built relationships with collectors on a national and international scale. In September of 2008 his work will be featured at the A&D Gallery in London.
Jonathan Edward Luczycki is a member of LPAPA(Laguna Plein Air Painters Association) and a member of SOCALPAPA(Southern California Plein Air Painters Association).
He resides and works out of his studio in Costa Mesa, CA painting landscapes by day and portraits by night.
If you get a chance check his work out! He also has an upcoming event at The Hive Gallery
Location: 729 S.Spring Street. Los Angeles, CA on October 4th 7pm -12:30am. A group show of over 70 artists from around the globe. Downtown Los Angeles.
This is a short bio from his web site First things first, your asking yourself, how do you pronounce that last name. Luczycki. Is it Lu-sit-key? Lou-chez-ki? Woo-chin-ski!?!Here's a trick. Say it like this, don't "Loose-this-key". Loose this key. Luczycki. Good, got it? Let's move on.
Born in Springfield, OR in the fall of 1980, Jonathan Edward Luczycki was drawing before the age of three and hasn’t put the pencil down since. Greatly influenced by his father’s love for nature & gardening, to his mother’s landscape paintings, and by all the early American illustrators and comic book artists, his life has always been surrounded with art.
“I believe artists have a responsibility to provide the world with beauty, originality and truth. It literally makes my stomach cringe to see so many artists today emulate another’s style. Whether I’m painting a portrait or a landscape, I try my best to do it in a new and exciting way.”
Since moving to Southern California nearly five years ago, Jonathan grew fascinated with the early California impressionists and this thing called plein air painting. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors, such as in a studio.
“I am fascinated by the effects of light in a natural environment and I love the challenge of capturing the mood before the light changes, especially at dawn and dusk. So many landscape artist work from photos, and that’s fine, but by painting from direct observation you learn things a photo could never teach you. If I’m painting the ocean, I have to smell it, I want to feel the sun and wind surround my easel.”
Jonathan works in several mediums, and is not known for just one style. Academically trained as a professional illustrator, the human figure and portraiture continue to captivate him and he constantly strives to paint them in new and exciting ways. He has been studying anatomy and has been involved in figure drawing classes and workshops on a constant basis for over a decade.
Jonathan Luczycki/Loose this key, has had several solo and group shows along the west coast since 2002, from Portland, Oregon to Laguna Beach and L.A. Since 2005 he has built relationships with collectors on a national and international scale. In September of 2008 his work will be featured at the A&D Gallery in London.
Jonathan Edward Luczycki is a member of LPAPA(Laguna Plein Air Painters Association) and a member of SOCALPAPA(Southern California Plein Air Painters Association).
He resides and works out of his studio in Costa Mesa, CA painting landscapes by day and portraits by night.
If you get a chance check his work out! He also has an upcoming event at The Hive Gallery
Location: 729 S.Spring Street. Los Angeles, CA on October 4th 7pm -12:30am. A group show of over 70 artists from around the globe. Downtown Los Angeles.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
My most favorite things
My most favorite things...Sesame Street, Pin Ball and Music! So I thought it would be appropriate since I had a meeting with the principal this morning to do a blog about something having to do with school. So what better then this video. Sorry I will blog more later this is just to hold you over for now.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
You are soo good!
So I recently was supposed to be a Geisha and apparently from what everyone says I did great but dude..I was so off. I should have taken lessons from this gal before taking on the part...Shoot!!
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