Safely in Beijing, the exile from Hong Kong begins. Happily kicked the winter cold out the door and settled into my girlfriend's warm bed. Pollution keeps the sky all sorts of happy colors: pink, yellow, baby blue.
The train ride up to Beijing - normally 24 and 1/2 hours - ended up being 31 hours long. A rogue winter storm snowed us in somewhere in...
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The train ride up to Beijing - normally 24 and 1/2 hours - ended up being 31 hours long. A rogue winter storm snowed us in somewhere in...
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So it's back on the road again. After several weeks of agitation and strange relations with my boss that seemed more like a romantic relationship on the rocks than a business relationship, we're separating. Or I'm taking "a short vacation" to use her term. Whether I come back is up to me.
I feel relieved. Spares me the annoyance of quitting.
So it'll be back...
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I feel relieved. Spares me the annoyance of quitting.
So it'll be back...
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opticnerve:
I'd be in Kyoto, myself. Good luck with the travels.
rockepidemic:
I often find it amazing how well things will work out suitably if you allow them to. Do you think finding more work is going to be difficult? Hopefully not, but take care of yourself regardless.
I'm pretty sure someone took some photos, I'll see if I can't figure out what became of them.
I'm pretty sure someone took some photos, I'll see if I can't figure out what became of them.
Oops. Lost my update. Don't matter. Job continues. Winter lightens up. Beijing trip in the near future. I promised photos and I'll get them up eventually.
India is leaving SG. Very sad. She always seemed to come at this site with a different personality and intelligence. Won't be the same without her.
India is leaving SG. Very sad. She always seemed to come at this site with a different personality and intelligence. Won't be the same without her.
Parents left Hong Kong. Don't think I've ever been so sad at saying good-bye to my parents.
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brocklee:
isnt it funny what a lil distance does to people 
mezzabotta:
I read that Alan Thicke story and was simply charmed. PArtly because I think the context of Don McKellar's latest movie is stronger in light of it, but mostly because it helps me love the world when the most batshit-insane person in the entertainment industry--see Dave Eggers' first book as well as his new movie which may never be released--can cool down an awkward social situation.
In similarly pleasant news, I waited--despite the fact that it's been on my shelf for a couple months now--and tonight I get to see 2046 for the first time projected from 35mm. Yay.
Cheers.
In similarly pleasant news, I waited--despite the fact that it's been on my shelf for a couple months now--and tonight I get to see 2046 for the first time projected from 35mm. Yay.
Cheers.
Happy New Year all.
Celebrated at this Electronica bar in Central away from the hordes at Lan Kwai Fong, which is the big bar street here. I went with an old college friend from Hong Kong. All my Hong Kong friends live in New York now. She told me a few years back, the bar street got so crowded 30 people got trampled to death....
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Celebrated at this Electronica bar in Central away from the hordes at Lan Kwai Fong, which is the big bar street here. I went with an old college friend from Hong Kong. All my Hong Kong friends live in New York now. She told me a few years back, the bar street got so crowded 30 people got trampled to death....
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otoki:
Sounds like you had an interesting Holiday.
You halfie?
You halfie?
The circus has left town. I can no longer see the colorful tents outside my office window.
It's my first day back at work after a wonderful Christmas in Beijing. I was greeted at the front door of the office building by blazing cinema lights and a large crowd in karate uniforms. Movie shoot! I sneaked my way through the set, and almost collided with...
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It's my first day back at work after a wonderful Christmas in Beijing. I was greeted at the front door of the office building by blazing cinema lights and a large crowd in karate uniforms. Movie shoot! I sneaked my way through the set, and almost collided with...
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rockepidemic:
That sounds amazingly cool to have gotten the chance to see, you'll have to get those photos up.
You konw, in my eyes forced insomnia is probably worse than natural insomnia. At least I'm just tending to go with what comes naturally, having it forced is screwing with how you live.
You konw, in my eyes forced insomnia is probably worse than natural insomnia. At least I'm just tending to go with what comes naturally, having it forced is screwing with how you live.
Rangled another night off. Previous night it was drinking til six with the owner of a bar I really like here.
Tonight I headed out with my friend's boyfriend. Never really hung out with him before. Awesome awesome guy. He told me many stories. Including perhaps the best story ever.
He was at the Playboy Mansion (isn't that how all the best stories start?) talking...
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Tonight I headed out with my friend's boyfriend. Never really hung out with him before. Awesome awesome guy. He told me many stories. Including perhaps the best story ever.
He was at the Playboy Mansion (isn't that how all the best stories start?) talking...
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bijoux:
this story gets my highest rating.
rockepidemic:
That's quite a story, man.
How are things going?
How are things going?
http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/nav/tap1/
Here's a good review of Brokeback Mountain, which I worked on as a wee-wee little assistant. I was browsing through my computer recently and I discovered some visual effects shots hiding on my harddrive. One of them is the shot of the two boys jumping off the mountain to skinny dip in the lake. Jake's character is a stunt man, but Heath does the...
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Here's a good review of Brokeback Mountain, which I worked on as a wee-wee little assistant. I was browsing through my computer recently and I discovered some visual effects shots hiding on my harddrive. One of them is the shot of the two boys jumping off the mountain to skinny dip in the lake. Jake's character is a stunt man, but Heath does the...
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mezzabotta:
On a whim, I went to a seminar a--quite good--press photographer was giving (mainly) on location lighting. At one point he was talking about the best way to make money--and the weird relationship those in his profession have with celebrities--then related a story of him camouflaged in the bushes in grizzly country while Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal's stunt double jumped naked off a cliff. He then put up a slide of his best shot. Ledger's junk was covered by a dollar sign. In other words, you're rich!
thirtyseven:
how did dudes grow up with the parent trap? did your mom tape it for you when it was on the wonderful world of disney so it included commercials with the GE light bulb people? 
New photo. Believe it or not these are both from this summer, even tho in the left I look like 13 years old.
I just picked up a comic by Jeffrey Brown. Check him out.
http://www.margomitchell.com/thc/jb.htm
I just picked up a comic by Jeffrey Brown. Check him out.
http://www.margomitchell.com/thc/jb.htm
mezzabotta:
Wow. I read nought but the sample pages, but they were beautiful. Like, Chaplin beautiful. Like, the opposite of the Cremaster Cycle. (I kid, I kid . . . )
Either way, good lookin' out, as it's now on my mind.
'Cept that was a warning on the Cremaster Cycle. I only had about 75 to 100 minutes of interest peppered over the 9 1/2 hours I was awake for. Plenty of gravitas, though.
Cheers.
Either way, good lookin' out, as it's now on my mind.
'Cept that was a warning on the Cremaster Cycle. I only had about 75 to 100 minutes of interest peppered over the 9 1/2 hours I was awake for. Plenty of gravitas, though.
Cheers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2005_protest_for_democracy_in_Hong_Kong
This happened this past weekend in Hong Kong. I would have attended, but I was too busy being kinky with my girlfriend. She visited from Beijing and it was lovely. I met her at the train station in the suburbs of Hong Kong. I kissed her as she exited, and didn't want to let go. I knew as soon as I stopped kissing her,...
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This happened this past weekend in Hong Kong. I would have attended, but I was too busy being kinky with my girlfriend. She visited from Beijing and it was lovely. I met her at the train station in the suburbs of Hong Kong. I kissed her as she exited, and didn't want to let go. I knew as soon as I stopped kissing her,...
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Shifted jobs. Now working two hours away. Have to travel from the way north of Hong Kong to the very far south. Working night shifts at a place called Cyberport. It's like something out of THX or Space Odyssey. Scary when the building is more intelligent than you are.
In the morning the sun rises over the bay and I get a good view from...
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In the morning the sun rises over the bay and I get a good view from...
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brocklee:
i know exactly how u feel man..My rav four has suprisingly changed his color to black and has started calling himself KIT talking to me with a british accent......now ive changed my wardrobe wearing black jeans and a black members only racing jacket to complete the package 
rockepidemic:
Two hours away? Ouch. That makes me feel like a lazy bastard, work is less than 10 feet away from where I sleep.
While I know I would probably be better off without it, caffeine is one of the few vices I allow myself these days, and I would honestly have a very difficult time giving it up. But I appreciate the sentiment.
No, it's perfectly logical (to me) to think that marriage situation is strange. You know, I believe that sometimes we get so comfortable with our friends that we assume too much, or too little, and wind up having to reevaluate our perceptions. I'm definitely having to do that with my friend's marriage.
Are you certain that the building isn't actually Skynet?
While I know I would probably be better off without it, caffeine is one of the few vices I allow myself these days, and I would honestly have a very difficult time giving it up. But I appreciate the sentiment.
No, it's perfectly logical (to me) to think that marriage situation is strange. You know, I believe that sometimes we get so comfortable with our friends that we assume too much, or too little, and wind up having to reevaluate our perceptions. I'm definitely having to do that with my friend's marriage.
Are you certain that the building isn't actually Skynet?
Boss is switching my job. No more postproduction coordinating. Back to syncing picture and sound on another film. Step up? Step down? I dunno. But without less of a Cantonese factor, I should be happier.
brocklee:
thats dope man....no more 70s esque ..kung fu theatre style dubbing ..."ha! my style of monkey crane joy fat fu is better than ur masters...." and u wish to defeat me?"
( mouth movement is 3/4's of a second late for each word)...hahaha
( mouth movement is 3/4's of a second late for each word)...hahaha