Welocome to Mariposa Ave.

Everyday I ride my bicycle to work and I have to take Mariposa Ave at certain point. Almost everyday I encounter this little boy with a huge helmet way bigger than his head trying to challenge me. He is actually very fast and I feel uncomfortable having to face that kid. We race for just a brief time but it is always a very intense moment!

The witch-king of Angmar

"The one they say no living man can kill."
Such a badass character!!!

STAR TREK

I really enjoyed the new Star Trek from J.J Abrams. The film keeps the show premise, which has such an optimistic and open-minded spirit. I enjoyed the humor, great characters and action in this film. I really love the moments when Spock shows his vulnerabilities due to his human side. The one moment that grabbed me the most was the part when young Spock kicks the ass of the other vulcan boy. I would do the same if someone called my mom a human whore.

"I assume you've prepared more insults for today"



Go for it, Spock!!!

Tea time

AIRCRAFT ROBOTIC MASSAGE (ARM)

A lady standing in the bathroom's line said this to me on the airplane."Wouldn't it be nice if there were some robots doing massage while we wait in the bathroom line?" I said: "Yeeesss!!!!". That is definitely a great idea. It sounds something one would see in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. Hopefully this machine doesn't rebel against men like the HAL 9000 computer. Otherwise we would be all strangulated!

Ame Agaru (1999)

I really enjoyed this film directed by Takashi Koizumi and written by Akira Kurosawa. It portraits lhei Misawa (Akira Terao), a samurai without a master - ronin. lhei is a masterless samurai who is amazingly skilled and wise but on the other hand he is very generous and warm too. These traits make him different from other samurais that are usually cold blooded and mercyless. lhei Misawa is always smiling and being polite even when he is in a serious combat and this puts him in conflict with other samurais that can't really understand him.

lhei Misawa (Akira Terao)



lhei in combat with another samurai.



Even in the bloodiest combat lhei had in the film this was his angriest expression.

ALIEN INFESTATION!

I really love Ridley Scott's Alien(1979). I also love the art direction. Inspired by this film I did those drawings. I need to start thinking about a graphic novel. I'm trying to come up with ideas. Aliens are already a bit weary but I'm just fascinated by those ugly and nasty creatures. Below there's a drawing of some sort of Sigourney Weaver kind of chick.



Here are some random shots I was playing around with.

lazy gorilla