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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 

Current mood:careful
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
File this under WTF!?!

(This is just an excerpt; link to full article at end)


Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members

By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer

...Tech-savvy gangsters have long been at home in chatrooms and on Web sites like MySpace, but they appear to be gravitating toward Twitter and Facebook, where they can make threats, boast about crimes, share intelligence on rivals and network with people across the country.

 "We are seeing a lot more of it," Johnston said. "They will even go out and brag about doing shootings."

In another California case involving a different gang, much of the information gathered by investigators came from members' Facebook accounts. Authorities expect to make arrests in the coming months.

"Once you get into a Facebook group, it's relatively easy," Johnston said. "You have a rolling commentary."



And all you foos thought I was being paranoid!  Nah-ah--they watching!!!



Currently watching:
G-Force (Single Disc Widescreen)
Release date: 2009-12-15
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Friday, January 29, 2010 

Current mood:  argumentative
Category: Food and Restaurants


I'm sure you've all seen the video above.  It's the one where Dominos gets all hurt about a focus group that tells them their pizza is horrible.  They supposedly go on to improve their pizza/recipe "from the crust up." 

So, (being the pizza-lover that I am), I went ahead and tried this "new" pizza yesterday with my co-workers.  The result is: barely tastes different.  As a matter of fact, it just tastes like they added a little bit of garlic sauce on the crust and that's it.  Nothing new here to report at all.  When it comes to delivery, it seems like Dominos will remain in last place forever.



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Currently reading:
A People's History of the United States, Abridged Teaching Edition, Updated Edition
By Howard Zinn
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 

Current mood:  hungry
Category: Food and Restaurants
an uncredited article from Friday's L.A. Times:



Man Arrested for Urinating on Steaks

CANTON, Ohio -- A Canton man remains in jail after being arrested for urinating on a meat counter at a Wal-Mart store.

According to Lt. Linda Brown of the Canton Police Department, Robert T. Jenkins, 21, of Canton, was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Friday morning and charges with felony vandalism and disorderly conduct.

Police say Jenkins was arrested after they responded to a call from an employee at the Wal-Mart store on Atlantic Blvd. NE, claiming a man walked up to the meat counter and began urinating on the steaks, destroying more than $600 dollars in meat.

According to Lt. Brown, it is not yet known if alcohol or drugs played a role in Brown's actions.

He is currently being held in the Stark County jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.


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Was this like a PETA thing?  Or was it an act against the anti-union corporate greed of Wal-Mart???  (Or just insanity)?

I would like to think that it was a statement against the lack of public bathrooms in public places...









Currently watching:
Nacho Libre (Special Collector's Edition)
Release date: 2006-10-24
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 

Current mood:  argumentative
Category: Life
Man, when I was a kid I didnt have no lil fuck'n wheels on the bottom of my shoes to help me roll around and shit!  Fuck, I considered myself pretty lucky to get myself a new pair of Pro-Wings every six month or so!  Fuck that!


p.s.  Fuck shoe-laces too!!!


Currently watching:
The Wire: The Complete Series
Release date: 2008-12-09
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 

Current mood:  anxious
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

For you last-minute holiday shoppers, who want to get some thought-provoking gifts this year for friends and families, I’ve compiled a list of top 10 GREAT things you can purchase at Libros Revolucion in Downtown L.A.--which will be open today and tomorrow until 7 PM.  These are all very affordable, of course.  (Prices below do not include tax).



#10: Their Dogs Came With Them by Helena Maria Viramontes.  Hardcover book on sale for $15.  I haven’t read this one yet, but the reviews are great!  (Also, this award-winning author was at our store this year).



#9: A Night of Ferocious Joy directed by David Zeiger.  DVD on sale for $10.  This was the first concert against the war in Afghanistan (back in 2002).  Features performances by Ozomatli, Dilated Peoples, The Coup, Mystic, Blackalicious, Saul Williams and others!  (I was at this concert and it was awesome)!!!



#8: The House on Mango Street, classic Chicano literature by Sandra Cisneros. This affordable book is the perfect gift for any young person, as many can relate to the young protagonist in the novel. 110 pgs, paperback, $9.95.



#7: Push a novel by Sapphire. It's the book that is now the major motion film, “Precious.” Paperback, 140 pgs, $13.  (If you thought the film was hard to watch, just wait until you read the book)!



#6: Larry the Penguin Searches for the Meaning of Life by Charles Belser. This book is many things at once: inspiring, funny, captivating, and fresh. Find out why the volunteer-staff at Libros love this book so much! Paperback, on sale for $15.



#5: Subscription to Revolution Newspaper. Tired of watching the news and not understanding what the hell is going on?  Well Revolution can give you a revolutionary analysis to help you understand what’s going on in the world—plus it will be delivered in the mail!  (Spanish version available also). Subs start from 10-issue trial ($5) to 6 months ($25) or a year ($50).



#4: This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund. The best book I read this year!  It's a remarkable book filled with amazing stories. At a time when abortion is being attacked, by way of an anti-abortion amendment, this book is very important to read! Hardcover, autographed copies, on sale for (only) $15!


From Ike to Mao

#3: From Ike to Mao… and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist, a memoir by Bob Avakian. Find out why the San Francisco Chronicle said this book "…leaves a breathtaking impression."  If you’re not into autobiographies, this might actually get you hooked on these kinds of books.  Paperback, 458 pages, $18.95.



#2: Sir, No Sir, another documentary by David Zeiger.  It's the suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. Definitely something to learn from for these times when we need a big anti-war movement!  Regular edition and Special edition on sale, $10 and $15.



#1: “Fuck Capitalism” t-shirt!  Imagine going x-mas shopping with your relatives next year wearing this?  What a great way to let others know how you feel about this consumer-based society we live under!

Libros Revolucion; 312 W. 8th St Los Angles, CA. 90014; (213) 488-1303....

Currently listening:
Clueless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Release date: 1995-07-18
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 

Current mood:  sick
Category: Writing and Poetry
Just thought I'd share the titles for poems I have not written yet since i'm sick and I can't do much right now.


Attention to Detail


My Ending to 'The Outsiders'


I Am Not A Poet


Crying is Good for Writing Poems


It's Nobody's Fault But Mostly It's Yours


I'm Not Afraid of the Karma Police


I  Hate Myself and Want to Die



That first one I've actually been working on for a couple months.  I got the ending down, just need the rest.  The second one I can write as soon as one of you muthafuckers lends me a copy of the book.  The third one I have worked on in my head just a bit.  The rest are all just ideas, except for that last one, which is just a joke--actually it's a Nirvana song.  (HaHa I'm funny)!


Currently listening:
With The Lights Out
By Nirvana
Release date: 2004-11-23
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 

Current mood:  blank
Category: Life
I was walking around the old neighborhood the other night and took these camera pics to share...


Here's a nice painting from in front of this birria restaurant.
 
Isn't it great how they paint cute pictures of the animals you about to eat?


I always thought it might be kinda cool to live above this panaderia:
cafe con pan 
(This place also has a big mural of La Virgin on one of the side's of the building.  Down the side of the mural there were big blue letters that spelled out, Florencia 13.  That's not part of the mural anymore tho).


Cause everybody needs some good rims:
rims



Lastly, this poor fish gets no respect:
something fishy



I also wanted to take a pic of this place where I used to go sell my plasma, but i'm not sure if they still do that there. 
Currently reading:
Chinese Posters: Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
By Lincoln Cushing
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 

Current mood:  hungry
Category: Food and Restaurants
Stole this from Yahoo.

Leggo Your Eggo: There's a Waffle Shortage


by Julianne Pepitone
November 18, 2009

Better hoard your Eggos!

Grocery stores will be experiencing a shortage of the waffles until mid-2010 due to problems at two bakeries, a Kellogg's spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Flooding at an Atlanta bakery during heavy rains in October forced Kellogg, which makes Eggo products, to shut down production temporarily, said company spokesman Kris Charles. Plus, equipment at Kellogg's largest waffle facility, based in Rossville, Tenn., needs extensive repairs.

"We are working around the clock to restore Eggo store inventories to normal levels as quickly as possible," Charles said in an e-mail.

Remaining inventory will be rationed to stores across the country "based on historical percentage of business."

Production figures are confidential, Charles said, but Charles added that all lines are operational except for several lines at the Rossville plant.

Chad, a grocery manager at King Soopers in Denver who declined to give his last name, said his store is "seeing some shortage, but not much." A Kroger in Jackson, Miss., was also experiencing shortages, according to a manager in the frozen foods sections. At Fairway in New York City, Eggos were in full supply, however, according to a manager at the Red Hook location.

The production problems will also affect other Eggo products, including pancakes, syrup and other breakfast food. To alert customers, Kellogg has placed a warning to customers on top of its Eggo Web site and placed notices in some grocery stores.


This is worse than being broke!

Currently listening:
Do You Like Waffles?
By Parry Gripp
Release date: 2008-09-23
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Monday, November 16, 2009 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Art and Photography
Very important article that was on the Times website this past Friday. I'm posting an excerpt, as well as a link to original and some commentary at the end.


L.A. County sheriff's deputies arrest 73-year-old tagging suspect

November 13, 2009
Andrew Blankstein

Calling him the oldest tagging suspect they have ever captured, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested a 73-year-old Los Angeles man for allegedly putting "slap tags" on the inside of Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses.
For the last seven months, deputies assigned to the Special Problems Unit of the Sheriff's Transit Bureau have been trying to determine the identity of an "older" vandal who had been placing orange and black "Who Is John Scott?" stickers on buses in Baldwin Hills and other areas concentrated on the Westside of Los Angeles.

Deputies involved in a saturation patrol this morning at the downtown 7th and Metro Center subway station encountered the septuagenarian suspect, later identified as 73-year-old John Scott of Los Angeles, as he was putting slap tags in one of the main stairwells at the transit hub.
"Up until this year, the oldest guy we had arrested was 36," said sheriff's Lt. Erik Ruble. "We knew our guy was older, but not [73]."

Ruble said Scott was caught with stickers in his pockets as well as a black brief case, which appears to be similar to a case that is pictured on the whoisjohnscott.com website.

Investigators said they were not sure how long Scott had been vandalizing buses or the particulars of his life story. But Ruble said deputies believe Scott was driven to tag by the same motivation as his younger cohorts: "fame and notoriety."

"It just goes to show, the graffiti culture in Los Angeles is not age-specific and is very diverse," Ruble said.





FULL article here



On the one hand we can go ahead and laugh because the article is kinda funny, and even more hilarious are the comments that people left on the Times website. However, what most people missed is yet another clue that big brother is watching! We already knew LAPD had a graffiti unit, and now we see that the Sheriffs have one too! I would be very careful about cameras and posting info on the internet...


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Going Postal
By Martha Cooper
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Life
Say it ain't so, Spider-Man!!!






Hollywood Spider-Man impersonator caught in legal web


By Andrew Blankstein

November 12, 2009



A Spider-Man impersonator was arrested on outstanding criminal warrants Wednesday after an incident in which he allegedly slugged a man near the Hollywood & Highland complex, police said.

It was not immediately clear what led to the altercation, which was reported about 12:30 p.m. in the 6800 block of Hollywood Boulevard. But it's the latest in a string of incidents involving movie characters and celebrity look-alikes who vie for space -- and attention -- along the tourist-filled corridor that includes Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Christopher Loomis, 39, was being held on outstanding misdemeanor warrants in lieu of $5,500 bail, police said.

The incident began when Los Angeles Police Department patrol officers received a radio call reporting battery by a man in a Spider-Man costume. When they arrived, they encountered four people dressed as the web-slinging crusader.

"They stopped one, it wasn't him," said LAPD Lt. Beverly Lewis. "They stopped the second, and it was the suspect."

The victim, who said he had been hit on the face and arms, refused to press charges against the costumed impersonator. But Lewis said that when they discovered the warrants, Loomis was booked. She said it appeared that the suspect and victim knew each other.

Costumed impersonators portraying the likes of Elvis, Superman, SpongeBob SquarePants and others have worked on Hollywood Boulevard for years. They collect tips from tourists by posing for pictures or performing in front of the theater.

But sometimes the fun has turned violent. Tourists have complained that some costumed characters become abusive when the tourists refuse to pay them to pose for pictures. There have also been brawls. Two years ago, authorities convened a "superhero summit" designed to reduce tensions among the performers.

The meeting was prompted in part by an incident in which LAPD officers arrested a "Star Wars" street performer in his furry brown Chewbacca costume for allegedly head-butting a tour guide who complained about the impersonator's treatment of Japanese tourists.

In other incidents, actors dressed as the superhero Mr. Incredible, Elmo the Muppet and the dark-hooded character from the movie "Scream" were arrested for aggressive begging. A man dressed as the horror film character Freddy Krueger was also taken into custody for allegedly stabbing someone, although no charges were filed.

"Typical Hollywood; it's always something different," said Lewis, an officer at the LAPD's Hollywood station. As she spoke, Loomis, still wearing his Spider-Man outfit, sat nearby, handcuffed to a bench.

L.A. Times link

Somewhere J. Jonah Jameson is happily smiling...


Currently watching:
Spider-Man - The '67 Collection (6 Volume Animated Set)
Release date: 2004-06-29
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