TOP 10 REASONS

my Mom is tops.

She loves watching Cops and Cheaters (in SAP when available) and likes the web gems segment on Baseball Tonight.

She plays Ms Pac Man ALL THE TIME (para relajarse).

Her favorite winter coat is an old San José Sharks Starter parka. She's hip to throwbacks.

She likes spray painting things gold, silver or ivory.

Loves her some rooty-tooty fresh n' fruity from the ihop (pan-cay howse as she calls it)

She always gives me the heads up on junk put out on curbs and/or helps look for junk to paint on from the segunda.

She takes measurements (quite accurate ones) with her hands.

She enjoys crucigramas (crossword puzzles) and sopa de letras (word searches) and when gets stuck on an answer asks me to look it up "en el inter-net".

My Mom is an autograph seeker-she has an autograph book even. She's very proud of her autographs and pictures of various cast members from different seasons of La Academia (Mexico's equivalent of American Idol) as well as Pepe & Don Antonio Aguilar, famous telenovela actors, Dodger's owner Frank McCourt, Tigres of the North and Blue Demon Jr. There's more and she'll feel shortchanged when I show her this and finds out I left someone off the list.

Last but not least, I love when she pretends to be the "Cha Cha" (maid) when telemarketers call for her. "Es que ahorrita no se encuentra la Señora de la casa"

She's so great and little. I love all 5ft of her.

P.S: She recently learned how to text message and is thinking all bad.

IT'S SPRING AGAIN

Baseball is only a week away!!

I can only hope the 2008 Dodgers channel an eighth of the winning spirit that the squad committed onto video8 back in ’87 (Wait- 87 was a bad year but you wouldn’t even know that from the resolve & heart in their step) Orel Hershiser gets the MVP for his considerably on-tempo body roll throughout and an honorable mention goes out to Ed Begely Jr for his cameo. Don’t let the pit stains on those satin jackets, and the jheri juice from Mariano Duncan and Pedro Guerrero’s perm be in vain. Let this footage set the tone, go Dodgers! :)

Mesmerizing right?

In theme with resplendent retro music video clinics put on by pro athletes, here’s one I hope pushes los Lakers through the last leg of this season. But I say, "Just say YES" to HGH for the Lakers injured big men- Gasol, Ariza, Mihm and Bynum. How gangster is Pat Riley in this? Watch for the chimuelo at the 2:27 mark. I can’t stand when kids go around looking like little vampires. 

Buy me the 12 inch! I’ll let you sample Kurt Rambis raps.

MANIFIESTA

The Manifesto Volume 2 show will be up for another week or so. For those that can’t or refuse to go...I came across a post on BK CIRCUS’ blog with some images and a recommendation. :) Check it below or here's the link.

Also, New Leaf Clothing put up a big batch of photos from the opening and of the artwork on their flickr, image link below. If you would like to purchase any of the work, you can do so through D Structure’s website.

P.S: Marquez was...

BRAGGART

Up next...


I'm sure you've figured out that I like harboring secrets. Like freemasonry and the reclusive Syd Barret, I'm super secretive. So with that preface, below is a sneak peek at the pieces I'll have up at the Manifesto show. Whatever, the back pretty much gives away the front anyway, so lose it.

I'm a sucker for cute packaging. I've indulged and picked up a few things from the new Fafi line at MAC. Cheers to seeing fafinettes every time I put on my face.

The end of Dodgertown nears. : ( Most of you won't get through the first video but the second is a good one to take in for Black history month.

ADVERSARIES

I partied with the kids this weekend. While doing so, discovered that my nephew Victor is the next Anthony Lister. Or maybe he'll be Alex Ross' successor. It's superheroes & villains all day.

LISTER'S

VICTOR'S

We also collaborated on a Bartman. I love his cape.

Some candids of the kids in their hip hop regalia and Marco icing.

From time to time, I get updates/follow ups from people that have purchased my work. They'll attach nice pictures of my pieces in their new home. It's kinda cool.

Until now! Eww. The photo is hilarious, and obviously a rouse. It's only funny because I know how much the Giants suck a big fat pork sword. Its my fault, I did ask that all Giant trappings not be within 10 ft of my painting. Whatever, at least the buyer- despite his obvious lack in SPORTS taste seems like a nice guy. Besides Catalina Creel roots for no one. The only thing she'd like about the San Francisco Gnats is the fact that they've collectively turned on their now unemployed superstar castaway Barry Bonds. I knew no one liked him, not even his teammates.

It's hella throwback Dodgers this spring training. Tommy Lasorda will be managing the split squad in FL for a couple of games while Joe Torre and the rest of the crew are out in China for the exhibition games against the Pads. Other throw back news, Chan Ho Park is a non roster invitee this year.

Me Gusta La GASOL-ina

Lakers get Paul Gasol AND rid themselves of blundering ham-hands Kwame Brown?!? BEST DEAL EVER!! I'll miss Crittenton-he never did get enough playing time. Who knows how good MARC Gasol will be once he comes up and giving up the first round picks, you never know what effect that'll have BUT it seems a small price to pay for Gasol's PAU-erful grizzly beard. Yeah, get used to the constant play on words, it's my new favorite thing. :) He will probably be making his debut in purple and gold later today versus the Nets. Can't wait.

P.S: NETFLIX THIS IMMEDIATELY

LEAK

Some of you may have received this in your mailboxes/respective myspaces yesterday but here it is for those I missed in the blanketing. The show will be up for 2.5 more weeks. Click the image for the gallery's website & more details.

Artist and writer Timothy Buckwalter wrote up a piece about my stuff in the East Bay Monthly, click the article to view it on his blog with workable links otherwise read the screen cap below. I hear there's a mention about the show in the Piedmont Post but I haven't picked up a copy. Woooo!! Creating a buzz in all the respected news sources. Look for me in the PennySaver next and other complimentary leaflets, circulars and high school gazettes. ;)

EDIT*** Here's the Piedmont Post mention in electronic form. Correction-the catch phrase is "tururu" and I wouldn't exactly say I was raised among a "family of fine artists" but thats cool, I guess. :)

I also came across this review of the All Star Hustlaz show over at the KQED website. Blah, Blah blah skip to the part about me..."...Mitsy's Dos de Tres Caidas, a precious yet biting mixed media wall piece shaped like a tiny boxing ring. It was decorated with a Pacifico beer label, a furry Sasquatch, and glitter. I freaking love glitter!" Who doesn't appreciate glitter? I don't however like how it's now on everything I own.


Noooooooo!!! Seems big baby Bynum is out for 8 weeks!!! Ughhh, right when I got League pass too now I'll HAVE TO witness the Lakers flop. The two oafs next to him better step it up in his absence or like I stated in previous posts...yet another disappointing season. Stupid subluxation of his patella, whatever that means. I guess 7 straight wins is where the streak ends. Last night they played into over time against the SONICS!! Seattle has only won 8 games all season. :( LA has a tough schedule ahead so...Let us pray. And a Sana Sana colita de rana...For Bynum

And because there appears to be a direct correlation between suggestive lyrics, video vixens, the talk box and an outpouring of crowd participation i.e myspace comments. Here's something for all still reading this.

Oh yeah, finally had Christmas.

RAINY DAY SCHEDULE

Stupid precipitation nearly killed me twice today. I'm not driving BACK UP to Oakland for tonight's reception because the weather is gnarly and I haven't slept well in weeks BUT you can, if you want. Here are the details
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330 40th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA

A closing/make up reception is rumored for next month, I'll probably be at that one. Tonight though I party at home streaming Lakers/Sixers off the internet and celebrating being lazy again.
Did anyone catch this game? I blame the throwback short shorts for the loss. Or the Celtics are just that good. Haha, they changed at halftime.

Also...really? Really? This song in my head all week. Ughh. The video IS hecka tight though.

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LUDACHRISTMAS

No Me-he-co for the holidays this year. I don't like it. Never ever ever plan an art show for right after the holidays, ever. It'll ruin your life. You'll end up postponing Christmas only to find yourself on the matrix with a paper plate full of ambrosia salad and apple cider trolling for youtube videos to create a air castle of a holiday you feel you missed out on. At least there's basketball.

Here's what Christmas looks like...usually.

My Mom's pride and joy.

YEAR-END REVIEW

Finally, an art update. Oh, but I WILL get to baseball later on. :) First things, first. I'll be in two group shows this Saturday, December 15th, up here in the Bay Area.

There's All Star Hustlaz III over at White Walls in San Francisco. Things kick off at 7pm. I've seen variations of their line up but this is the one I pulled off their website.

Rogelio Martinez, Adam 5100, Aj Fosik, Alexis Mackenzie, Amir H. Fallah, Ben Frost, Ben Horton, Ben Woodward, Charming Baker, Dalek, Damon Soule, Diet, Gregory Eucide, Henry Lewis, Katy Horan, Kelsey Brookes, Kill Pixie, Mathew Palladino, Caleb Neelon, Ryan Shaffer, Maxwell Lorence Holyorke, Ronald Kuniawan, Michael Genovese, Mitsy Avila Ovalles and more.

And over at Rowan Morrison in Oakland, the party starts at 5pm. It's a low commission art sale, so I've priced my things (old work) real cheap. There will be libations, snacks and more importantly affordable art from the fine folks listed below.

Truth be told.
I probably won't be at neither one because I'll be painting little tiny oily faces.

And because as Ramo says I'm "the hot stove"...now for some baseball updates. Winter meetings came and went and I'm happy to see the youth movement intact. The Dodgers acquired Andruw Jones who will surely bring some street cred to the LA squad, what with his spiderweb elbow tattoos. He's super duty tough in center, a force at the plate AND he speaks Dutch. I just hope his name doesn't make its way onto the salacious Mitchell report.

Ugh, and as for Mayweather vs Hatton. I'm convinced that as "good" as they say Mayweather is, he's equally a dirty sneaky runner err fighter, mañoso. Hatton was a little too careless, he should have gone to the body like he did against Castillo. :( I I even got in the hooligan mood having just watched "This is England" (great movie by the way). I like the English fans though, they are a loyal bunch. Mexicans would have been booing and chanting "culero" by the end of that one.  Traidores.

BESO! BESO! BESO!

I'll give you five dollars if you get me a pirated copy of this documentary or a torrent file. Thanks.