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Fixing A Mole
Rich Wong of Colma fame fixes a malfunctioning Mole on a short film shoot in the Garden State. I was supposed to be helping him out on this shoot but 1) I don’t know jack about lights and 2) those things are damn hot, yo. So I left it to the pro a…
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Lost
(34 St-8 Av Station, Manhattan)
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Jo’s 3LD of Choice
The show may have been in the theatre (not in the hallway outside) but some people just can’t stop performing. (3 Legged Dog, Greenwich St, Manhattan) More Weapons of Choices: Jo’s Fairway Of Choice Jo’s Weapon Of Choice
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Keeping Flushing Clean
As a Chinaman, I feel slightly embarassed by this. I mean, couldn’t we have just kept all the text in Chinese? Talk about airing dirty laundry! I don’t see signs like this in SoHo. Also, I’ve urinated in the Public many times. Usually without inci…
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Steel Birds
(City Hall Park, Manhattan)
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MSRP $50,990
Even in seen-it-all New York, no one could pass the Lotus Exige without gawking. (17 St, Manhattan)
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Escape The Heat Wave
(Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, 65 Bayard St, Manhattan) More Ice Cream: Dari Bee Redux/Closed For The Season Rhode Trip: Ice Cream At Dari Bee I You We Scream!
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In Line At Sau Voi
(Sau Voi, Lafayette & Walker St, Manhattan)
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Bike Friday Parking
Foldable bikes are the way to go. They’re small, they look cool (in a geeky sort of way), and of course they fold up for easy storage and transport. I love my New World Tourist, but the Swift Folder is pretty cool too. They’re not cheap, however. …
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29th AAIFF
Yikes, I’ve been bad about posting here. Can I blame the AAIFF? It was a busy week… (Quad Cinema, 13 St, Manhattan)
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The Street Below
(549 West 52 St, Manhattan)
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After The Fireworks
(FDR Drive, Manhattan) More July 4: I See The Light July, Forthwith!
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I See The Light
(FDR Drive, Manhattan) More July 4: July, Forthwith!
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Departures
(AirTrain Station, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, NJ)
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LabFesting
It’s been ten days since I’ve posted here and my excuse is…the Ma-Yi LabFest! Every night I haven’t been attending a reading I’ve been re-writing or rehearsing my own play, which I’m happy to say went up on Saturday to a full house. I’m tired as…
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Yum Yum Cheap
(Gray’s Papaya, 37 St & 8 Av, Manhattan) More Cheap Dates: Whitehall and I
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Balloon Man: Part 2
If you’re going to bring something this big onto a subway, you better be polite about it — and this delivery guy certainly was. The riders loved it. (Uptown 2 train, Manhattan)
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Balloon Man: Part 1
I may be a seen-it-all jaded New Yorker most days, but there are just some things you can’t resist. Like taking out your camera when you see something like this. (Chambers St Station, Manhattan)
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Any Item
What makes our booth so popular? Our customer guarantee: you’ll pay at least $2 for anything we sell, dude. (2 Av & 86 St, Manhattan)
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Happy Birthday, Geoff
Hey Bulldog is one of my all-time favorite Beatles songs. The bass playing is just killer. Sing along, won’t you? Sheepdog Standing in the rain, Bullfrog Doing it again Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles What makes you think you’re so…
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My Abstract Plain
A haircut, some sunglasses, a few extra pounds, and a little middle age…before you know it, you’ve become the Asian Frank Black. Good thing I’m a big Pixies fan. (Duane Reade, Bowery & Canal St, Manhattan) Title reference: (I Want to Live On An)…
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Believe the Hype?
I thought the new MacBook looked rather cheap in the photos I’ve seen, but in person it’s quite cool, especially the black one. (Though not $150 extra kind-of-cool.) Even the funny keyboard seemed usable and felt decent under the fingers. This is …
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Summer Reading (On Mars)
(Compleat Strategist, 11 East 33 St, Manhattan)
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Small Moments In The Pig City
Alternate titles: Courage, my word [via iTunes] Put on a happy face Yeah I’m impaled on a spit and being roasted alive, but I’m still me Hang in there baby, Friday’s coming (Rutland Rd & Flatbush Av, Brooklyn)
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Cheesecake Photo
No pies or cakes were harmed during the making of this video. (Ben Ash Deli, 7 Av, Manhattan)
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Mag Lite
(Whole Foods, Union Sq, Manhattan)
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LA: Heading Home
Nutter butters and coffee for breakfast? Why not? I got two hours of sleep because I had to be up at five for a flight at eight, so I need every gram of caffeine and sugar I can get. I???m bummed I???m missing the chance to see Colma again. If you???re …
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LA: Painting With Light
Among the many excellent programs at the VC Filmfest was the free cinematography workshop with veteran DPs Bob Primes and Stephen Burum. They spent an entire day at Mole Richardson teaching us poor and hungry filmmakers the basics of film lighting…
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LA: Star Power (Part 2)
Take It Or Leave It? and Dry Clean Only screened yesterday and I think people liked them. TIOLI is a crowd pleaser and it???s always fun to hear the audience laugh. The post-screening Q&As were fun. I like answering questions and talking about my st…
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LA: Star Power (Part 1)
Today???s screenings included Tanuj Chopra???s Punching at the Sun and Mike Kang???s The Motel. I really dug the surreal touches in Punching, a Queens story about a Pakistani teen dealing with loss. As for The Motel, I???ve now seen it three times and it …
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LA: Many Movies, Many Parties
For me, writing is very difficult and not enjoyable, shooting is pretty difficult and mostly enjoyable, and attending film festivals (as a filmmaker) is not difficult and extremely enjoyable. Problem is, you gotta go through the first two to get t…
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LA: Off to VC
I’m heading to LA for a few days to attend the 2006 VC Filmfest where my shorts Take It Or Leave It? and Dry Clean Only will be playing. So far, it’s the only festival to screen both films, which means it is also quite possibly the best film festi…
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Feeding Time
This woman lovingly fed the birds, but loudly refused money offered to her by a passerby. I wanted to know her story, but she didn’t seem too approachable. (Bowery & Doyers St, Manhattan) Related post: Lost Amongst the Pigeons and the Crumbs
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Lame Duck Quacking
A lame duck quacking From the corner of my eye Am I being rude? (4 Train, Manhattan) Related post: Rush Hour Reading Room
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K-Town Krazy!
Whatever happened to a simple “All Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning To Work?” (35 St, Manhattan)
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Phew!
Thank goodness, Fay-Da on Mott has re-opened. I haven’t built up the courage to buy anything there yet — let alone ask why exactly they were closed in the first place, which is what I really wanna know — but I will soon. Buy something, that is. …
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Alert!
This bus unsettles me, but I’m just not sure why… (48 St & 9 Av, Manhattan)
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It’s A Drink
(Newport Creamery, Seekonk, MA)
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Object In Mirror
(Cape Cod, MA)
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AirTrain JFK
(JFK Airport, Queens)
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Subway Furniture
(59 St-Lexington Av Station, Manhattan)
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Make That Change?
I started with the man in the mirror, asking him to change his ways. I felt no message could have been any clearer. “If you want to make the world a better place,” I said. “Take a look at yourself — and make that change.” “Leave me alone or I’ll …
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Yikes! Bakery
Zoinks!!! This is the last thing you wanna see when visiting your favorite Chinese bakery. (Fay-Da Bakery, Mott St & Canal St, Manhattan) More Fay-Da: Your Pork Chop House Excellency Fay-Da Window
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Apocalypse, Next!
Whenever my out-of-town town friends mock my tolerance for the daily inconveniences and humiliations of NYC life, I can usually chalk it up to their obvious jealousy and feelings of inferiority of living in a lesser city. But after spending ten mi…
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Opening Night Party
I didn’t make it to the Seven.11 opening night because of the other rehearsal, but the after party was great! (Canal Lounge, Manhattan)
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Rehearsal Week: Part 2
Working on a musical has been a lot of fun, especially when you have super-talented collaborators like these. Here, Andrew Fitch and Lisa Wilkerson work on a hot tango in Raw Impressions Music Marathon #21. (Players Theatre, Manhattan)
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Rehearsal Week: Part 1
It’s been a busy week, with two short pieces going up the same weekend. Lots of rehearsals, last-minute tweaks, and excitement/anxiety as opening night approaches. First up: Alicia Ying gives Andrew Guilarte a taste of the future in Seven.11.2006….
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SF/SJ: From Every Angle
Grids + Hills = Awesome Vistas. I miss SF and the festival already. It was fun to screen here and meet so many cool people. Can’t wait ’till next year. (Filbert St & Kearny St, San Francisco, CA) More SF/SJ: SF/SJ: The Lunch Aquatic SF/SJ: Colma S…
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SF/SJ: The Lunch Aquatic
Call me a snob, but I think everything tastes better when it???s served on a little boat. (Isobune Sushi Restaurant, 1684 Post St, San Francisco, CA) More SF/SJ: SF/SJ: Colma Stays! SF/SJ: Sloganeering SF/SJ: Slanted Screens SF/SJ: Tourists Shot For…
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SF/SJ: Colma Stays!
We???ve seen a lot of terrific films at SFIAAFF, but the one that won my heart was Colma: The Musical. Colma is a coming-of-age story set in the eponymous town just south of San Francisco that???s home to 17 cemeteries but just 1,300 residents. This f…