Both Sides Now
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Aiden Lugo
Age: 17
Home: Ridgewood
Height: 5’ 1"
Weight: 139 lbs
Stats: 38-29-34
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Age: 17
Home: Ridgewood
Height: 5’ 1"
Weight: 139 lbs
Stats: 38-29-34
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“I got into it when I first started watching my mom,” she said. “During my childhood my mom was obsessed with cameras; that was my motivation to pick up a camera and start taking pictures. I was always more behind than in front.”
She decided to step in front of the lens to get a better feel for how to direct a model when snapping photos. She has remained in front ever since.
“It’s going really well,” Aiden said. “I did a shoot for Dis Magazine, and after that I met up with Ruby, who was a friend since my sophomore year in high school. Ruby introduced me to photographer Nick Beneduce, and I’ve been moving along since then.”
Though her family has spent time living in Coney Island and Park Slope, Aiden has spent most of her life in Queens, having gone to Springfield High School, though the environment wasn’t working well for her.
She transferred to a prep school, which she still attends, and couldn’t be more pleased.
“I love that school,” she said. “It pretty much changed my life. I went from being a student who had no one who listened to her to having people who understand me. I’m really happy.”
In the future, Aiden sees herself going to an arts school, perhaps studying clothing design, or ending up in medical school, where her mother would rather she be.
In her spare time, Aiden likes to catch up on sleep and write.
“I love to write,” she said. “I’m working on a book; it’s going to be called ‘Dementia.’ It’s about the dreams that I have. I write short stories on my dreams. It’s really hard because the first thing you do when you wake up is try to remember your dreams.”
In her free time, Aiden enjoys going to Juniper Valley Park with her friends, or heading to other parks in and around the city.
“I just like to see my friends,” she said.
Internet Withdrawal
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| Mark Malkoff in his bathroom as his internet-free journey began. |
We’re not exactly sure if there is a true medical condition, but if you’ve ever wished you could right-click on a broken refrigerator to figure out what’s wrong with it, or if your thumbs have grown beefy and muscular from excessive smart-phone abuse, it may be time to kick the .com habit.
Take a page out of Mark Malkoff’s book. The Astoria comedian locked himself in his bathroom for five days in an effort to kick his online addiction.
“In the past I’ve tried to stop using the internet in my daily life and lasted only a few hours. But for this to really work I need a place with zero distractions and temptations. And I have found that very place. It’s located…in my BATHROOM,” he wrote on his blog. The move also presumably spared the world his desperate online cries of agony, as he couldn’t tweet about the experience from his bathtub.
While Malkoff’s attempt is admirable, we think he could’ve smartly spent his time in the bathroom Googling less painful ways to kick his addiction.
The Reality Of 6
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| The Queens Capria family are reality TV bound. |
Victor and Digna Capria welcomed America’s first Latino sextuplets 22 months ago. The babies, Justin, Jezreel, Joel, Jaden, Danelia and Genesis, will make their debut to what is sure to be an adoring public at 10 p.m. on Sept. 14.
Don’t give all your love to the little tykes; their brother Victor, 9, is quite adorable.
Hopefully this Queens family will keep it together and not turn into that other clan that’s on TLC.
Take The A Train
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| No, not that Wall Street. This one was filmed in part on the A train. |
Oh, and gay porn.
Yes, gay porn. QConf has learned a gay porn scene was filmed last winter on the A train here in Queens.
The scene, part of a gay porn movie called “Wall Street” (no, Michael Douglas isn’t in it…neither is Charlie Sheen), shows Brazilian porn star Rafael Alencar riding the A train home from his job, or former job as he gets fired in the previous scene, when he meets the well-endowed Ben Andrews, who sets foot on the Far Rockaway bound train at Rockaway Blvd. in Ozone Park, clearly very late at night.
Within minutes, the two begin, shall we say, “enjoying each other’s company,” even as a homeless man sleeps at the far end of the car.
They continue as the train heads over Jamaica Bay toward the Rockaways. With the longest distance between stations, it’s a good place to shoot porn without anyone walking in on you.
We hope the crews that clean the train got something extra when they got into this car.
Pre-Festivus Visit
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| Stiller visited the Costanza home. |
“A lot of stuff happened in that house,” Stiller said, of the fictional version. “It was a battleground really, whatever took place in that house. I mean, there was never a peaceful moment.”
Hopefully the home’s owners don’t feel the same way.
Domestic Fare
The boxed meals, available for $6, range from simple noshes to more complex combinations -- The Wake Up box includes a croissant, jam, almond butter, crackers, a fruit cup and chocolate milk. The Beef Up box has salami, crackers, cheddar cheese spread, bagel chips, other cheese and dried apples.
Though we’re sure the fare on our borough’s own airline is wonderful, perhaps it should work in a Queens Box, to include some local favorites.
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