Summer's Shenanigans

These drawings are anamorphic drawings, which give the illusion of 3D when viewed from a certain viewpoint. The artist that drew them is Julian Beever and I have to say that he is a pretty amazing artist! It's hard to believe that all of the drawings below are 100% FLAT.




People are actually walking around the "hole" in the drawing below:





Remember, the artists feet are both flat on the pavement...



Here is the same drawing from the wrong viewpoint:



This drawing is actually 40 feet long, as you can see in the shot taken from the side:

Labels: Art

Thanks to Tim Watts (artist for The Nice Guy Comic), I am officially art! Check me out =):

Tim used this pic to make the sketch and, damn, he's good! Looks just like me =)

Now, we have all done stupid things and, thank god, we are still alive, but here is a reminder of what drinking and driving does to the innocent...

This is Jacqueline Saburido on September 19, 1999.





This is her and her Father, 1998.





This is her on Vacation in Venezuela.





Jacqueline's birthday party as a child.





At a party with friends.





In December 1999, the car in which Jacqueline was riding was hit by another car that was driven by a 17-year old male student on his way home after drinking a couple of hard packs with his friends. WHat do you think happened?





After the accident Jacqueline has needed over 40 operations.





Jacqueline was caught in the burning car and her body was burned for a little under 1 minute.





With her father in 2000.





Jacqueline receiving treatment for her severely burned face.





Three months after accident.





Without a left eyelid Jacquie needs eye drops to keep her vision.





Now 20 year old, the driver of the car that hit Jacqueline cannot forgive himself for driving drunk on that night three years ago. He's aware of devastating Jacqueline Saburidos life.





Not everyone who gets hit by a drunk driver dies. This picture was taken 4 years after the accident and the doctors are still working on Jacqueline, whose body is 60% covered with severe burns.





It's pretty ironic that the drunk driver came out of this accident with hardly a scratch, but he ruined this girls life...

Stefan and I just got back from Costa Rica and all I have to say is....DAMN, why the F*%# is San Diego so cold?!?! Okay, I have more to say then that, but after aclimating to Costa Rica, San Diego is damn cold. Any how, Here is all about my recent trip:

Flying in to Costa Rica from San Diego is somewhat of a waste because all flights land in San Jose, CR after 10PM, which means that most rental car agencies are closed and you have to spend the night in San Jose. Normally, that wouldn't matter, but San Jose is a dump. And it's not really safe, so be aware and get outta there asap. If you have to sleep in San Jose, I recommend staying at La Guaria Inn (laguariahotel@netscape.net). It's $38 a night, clean, cable TV, air conditioning and breakfast is included.

In the morning we headed over to Playa Hermosa (by Jaco). The surf looked reallllly fun, but guess what! America West lost our luggage and surfboards, so we went shopping for clothes instead of surfing. Weak. At least the sunset was nice:

When we finally recovered our luggage and boards, the surf was flat in Playa Hermosa, so we headed to the Nicoya Peninsula. We went to Tamarindo, specifically. I will never go to Tamarindo again. It's a tourist trap/eye sore now. Tamarindo is now home to a casino, a Burger King AND a freaking Pizza Hut. That might not sound so bad but Tamarindo is a strip right along the beach that is maybe 1/2 long and now it is just crammed with touristy shit and relators trying to score some American money. There was nothing picture worthy there and the surf SUCKED.

After Tamarindo, we headed down the Nicoya Peninsula to Playa Guiones, which is near Playa Samara

Hey, is that a HustlerPanties.com sticker?! How in the world did that get there!

Playa Guiones was awesome. Very untouristy, but it is kind of Americanized in a really cool way. The surf was really good too. After one night in Guiones, we started our 3 hour tour down the Nicoya Peninsula to Mal Pais. Half way down, I had to pee, so we stopped at some random resort on the beach in the middle of nowhere. Since we didn't want to seem like we were just mooching their bathroom we decided to order two beers (Imperial of course). Our two Imperials came to 5000 colones...haha. Just to give you an idea how ridiculous that is, you can get an Imperial in any bar in Costa Rica for 300 - 500 colones. Gotta love resorts...

Adventures in Costa Rica to be continued...

And....I'M OFF TO COSTA RICA!

For the next 10 days, I will be eating the best food, drinking Costa Rican beer, surfing epic waves and making out with my hot boyfriend. It could be worse...;)