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live here....live now....there is no other way and non illegitmi te carborundum

About Me

i'm a person who does drawings and paintings.....................................please visit my website:www.ronaldjllanos.com............................... ...... and you can also see more work at http://thedrawingpad.blogspot.com,http://www.spraygraphic.co m/ronaldjllanosand FACEBOOK........................................"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. "- Albert Einsteinand favorite Depeche Mode song (my perpetual predicament)(favorite quotes):"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." ~e.e. cummings,1955

My Interests

books (picture books): my first language was spanish, and even though I can read english (and spanish) images always speak to me louder than any words can....I guess thats' one way I have a hard time growing up in (but I can read...don't get me wrong).....observe, observe, observe....viacrious living....I love going to burlesque shows when I can, it's a blast!.....I love to observe over particpate in social gatherings....yeah, i know that sucks, but that's just the way I am for the most part....and yes..I am a big art-NERD!....i don't deny it.

I'd like to meet:

people who are sincere....(really)....(and Christopher Walken's character in "The Dead Zone").........I love lisa loeb.......sayonara!

Music:

U2, dj krush, dj shadow, groove armada, massive attack, Radiohead, TOOL, Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, System of a Down, Chemical Bros, St. Germain, Theivery Corporation, Boards of Canada, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Stone Stemple Pilots...

Movies:

Barton Fink (classic film about the "artist"), Blade Runner, Wings of Desire, Paris, texas --very cool film), Das Boot, Delicatessen, Amilie, The Triplets Of Belleville, the Nightmare Before Christmas!!, Akira, Edward Scissorhands, The Elephant Man,The Road Warrior, Jacob's Ladder, Eraserhead, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: a space oddysey (that was a classic!), Oh Brother where Art Thou?, Wizards, My Life as a Dog, 21 Grams, Crash, Mnemento, to name just a few.....

Television:

The Simpsons!!! Conan O' Brien Show, Saturday Night Live, that's pretty much it! (there is a correlation between all of those mentioned....hmmmm....!)

Books:

have many, but I have'nt had time to read em'......I know it sucks...but I'm trying...

Heroes:

Mom, Brother, sister, (first and foremost!).....Honore' Daumier, Francisco Goya, Egon Schiele, Peter Paul Rubens, Robert Crumb, Jean-Francois Millet, George Grosz, Lucian Freud, Theophile Steinlein, George Bellows, John Sloan, Reginal Marsh, George Segal, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Brassai, Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, Jeff Wall, Richard Misrach, Andres Gursky, Wim Wenders, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Hokusai, Edgar Degas, Henri De Toulouse Lautrec, Eduoart Manet, Auguste Renoir, Fragonard, Watteau, (all of those damn French artists! Damn those bastards were good!)....to name only a few....Robert De Niro, Nicholas Cage, Benicio Del Toro, Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, George Carlin, Carlos Mencias,

My Blog

this one’s for all the flea market babes out there!!

you know who you are! :)...
Posted by .......ron on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:10:00 PST

selling my zines and buttons!!!

Hey Everyone.....! I'm selling my zines and buttons at this awesome bookstore... skylightbooksI have 8 new buttons and a zine called "Death and Taxes".....Skylightbooks is a very cool independent book...
Posted by .......ron on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:35:00 PST

This guy’s my hero!

Blind bowler strikes 300:) pretty cool , huh!!!?
Posted by .......ron on Sun, 11 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

OMG!

Christina Ricci looks like an ultra cutey as Trixie from Speed Racer!Aooooooooo!!!! :)...
Posted by .......ron on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:56:00 PST

Radiohead on Conan O Brien Show, April 23rd, wednesday night

Radiohead did a great play on the Conan O' Brien Show yesterday....They played, "Denial, denial" and its such a hauntingly beautiful song!!here's the link:NBC(make sure you go to Wednesday April 23rd ...
Posted by .......ron on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:38:00 PST

O.K.: Im a complete 80s left-over NERD... I admit it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNfs6v7i7eY I have to admit, this is the coolest 2 and a half minutes in early CG animation...I'm still a sucker for this scene....this is the light cycle scen...
Posted by .......ron on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:55:00 PST

Ronald Llanos

http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/04/17/ronald-llan...I love the rich color and strong thematic imagery in the artwork of Ronald Llanos. Read more time savedtime saved ...
Posted by .......ron on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:53:00 PST

did you know that......

if you say: "Corn Country" in spanish, you’ll (almost) actually be saying "My Space"....how sad..... :)
Posted by .......ron on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:12:00 PST

"Phantom Sightings" at LACMA opened today

I went to the show today and I have to say: it was a nice combination of works...if you get a chance, go check it out:lacma Phantom sightings-let me know what you think........
Posted by .......ron on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PST

"Phantom Sightings" at LACMA opened today

I went to the show today and I have to say: it was a nice combination of works...if you get a chance, go check it out:lacma Phantom sightings-let me know what you think........
Posted by .......ron on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PST