it’s raining today even though all week the weather report said it was going to be clear today.
after living in rainless LA for eight years i don’t mind a little rain but what i do mind is “cold” rain.
in the summer, when it’s hot and humid it’s kind of fun and refreshing, just wearing a t shirt and shorts and walking or running through the rain without an umbrella. weeeeee!
but with cold rain you’re already cold, so you’re wearing more clothes, which leaves you wet, uncomfortable and still cold.
i’d rather it just snow already. at least it’s pretty.
just downloaded a blogging app for my iPhone. this should make it easier to make blog posts. kind of like how it’s so easy to update facebook or twitter. (not that i twitter, between blogging and facebook, there’s only so much narcissism one person is allowed before becoming a total douche).
but blogging on my computer got to be such a chore. old school. god, I love new technology!
the indie crime drama/feature film i wrote, produced and shot in two weeks in LA, on a shoe-string budget, robert rodriguez style, no professional crew, and unknown cast. this is not the official trailer, was cut mostly for friends and the cast to see all the work we did.
i have so many movies i need to catch up on, i feel like if i don’t hurry up, i’m going to miss them in the theaters. star wars and wolverine have been out for weeks, terminator just came out and now UP from pixar. i haven’t seen a single one! now it’s there’s going to be one to two new movies out every week. oh well. i’ll just have to do some movie marathons. poor me. :P
graffiti art books in the art section of barnes and noble
i was in the art section of barnes and noble. and they have a section for graffiti art. of course banksy’s book is there among others.
what makes this more absurd is:
i couldn’t have set this picture up any better.
graffiti art + b&n + yuppie + stroller = death of anti-establishment
don’t get me wrong, i don’t give a crap about typical graffiti. but people like banksy can actually draw and create art. just cause you can write your name on a wall does not mean you have any talent. but i certainly thought this was amusing.
so friday, on a train ride to work, i had the lovely experience of sitting across from a guy with no bags or luggage, who magically produced a nail clipper from his jacket pocket.
he then proceeded to lean over his fingernails, quickly clipping them.
um whyyyy?! who actually carries around a nail clipper? i admit i was kind of disgusted.
but i was truly horrified when a few fingernail bits flew across the train at my direction. one even landed on the seat next to me! i think one even hit a woman sitting one seat over from me cause she got up and move to the other side of the train.
soon after his stop came, he folded up his nail clipper, put it back in his pocket and he got off.
who does that?!
so i was left alone for the remainder of the train ride, staring at a lone fingernail sitting on his seat.
i mean, i knew the world was changing at a rapid pace but even this video in itself is an example of how new information is now distributed across the world to the masses. great video. watch it.
a wonderful start to the new year is the continuing war of the movie studios over the watchmen film distribution rights. not cool. even though alan moore is not supporting the film, i still want to see it! zack snyder seems like he is making a fairly loyal adaptation of it, with more breath taking visuals. but then again, after sin city, i believe there is such a thing as being too close to the original material that it doesn’t have a life of it’s own. don’t get me wrong, i enjoyed sin city, the visuals were stunning. but frank miller’s wonderful words on the page didn’t seem to work for me in film, being spoken out loud.
as for watchmen, i still remember trying to read this monster of a graphic novel created for mature readers when i was only 11. i must admit i didn’t really comprehend all the layers of the story at that age, but it left an undeniable imprint. birth of the anti-heroes like rorschach and has influenced so many people in comics. even when i used to play world of warcraft, i named my rogue character rorschach. :P
fox winning the first ruling over distribution is awful for the scheduled release. i waited 20 years for this film, i sure hope i get to finally see it sometime this year!
never thought i woud ever say i seriously enjoyed a jean-claude van damme movie except for a few cheezy laughs, but here is the movie to force me to utter those words. now you don’t have to take my word for it, but i hope by me saying i was impressed will at least spark some curiosity rather than thinking i’ve lost my damn mind. the best thing that helps this movie for me is that it’s not in english. this is a french film that takes place in brussels. so not having to hear his awkward accent saying cheezy lines in english keeps it from being an unintentional joke. it’s funny, quirky, dramatic and unique. all that and it’s actually not an action film.
after a few years of having the best time of my life, the second half of 2007 was in contrast, easily the worst year of my life. and it spilled over into 2008. i’m definitely ready for “the suck” to be over with. it has been looking better lately and 2009 really looks like it could be a good year. looking forward to a better job, new projects, old projects like David and Goliath returning and meeting new people. so far, returning to new york has been great, i can’t wait for more.
just watched this great little film called the wackness. i had no idea what it was going to be about which is always a pleasant surprise when the film turns out to be good. one of the things that definitely struck a chord with me was that it took place in the summer of 1994 in nyc. just before cell phones and the internet were everywhere. and pretty much in the area of nyc i grew up in and i also graduated from high school around that time and listened to the same music. arguably the best days of hip-hop. tribe, biggie, wu-tang and many others.
so i dropped by gray’s papaya in my old neighborhood for some cheap hot dogs with my cousins and apparently they’re not so cheap anymore. when they first started doing the the recession special, it was $1.95, two hot dogs and a drink. But now it’s gone up to $4.45 or $1.50 per hot dog. it’s really not much cheaper than a hot dog anywhere now. i can get two slices and a soda for $2.50 down on st mark’s if i want some cheap eats. i miss getting a hot dog from gray’s for 50 cents. inflation sucks.
