Californian Sojourn

It's Been One Of Those Weeks (And A Half)

Man, started out last week all fired up in regards to covering the Los Angeles Korean Film Festival and interviewing Chan Wook Park but the added responsibilities of classes and finding a job (desperately) as well as being burdened with helping out with the new house (and yes it is a burden because I, to be honest, wanted to already be moved out far before they moved up here and am anything but loving being up here) is just wearing me down. Really wearing me down. I should have long been gone from here and yet I'm at the very exact opposite of the spectrum with only a possibility of a job, 5 bucks to my name, and nothing much else. It's dire straights alright but I just gotta keep going. And I tell ya it's a very difficult prospect doing exactly that.

I know people all around the world are facing tougher circumstances and to imagine being in their shoes is quite difficult but you know, sometimes when the heat turns up a good deal you still get burned no matter what. That's about where I'm at right now and boy I'm sick of it. I'm not without hope but I'm certainly at a point of seemingly perpetual awareness of how down in the dumps I am and there's only so long I can put up with it without rising my ire.

It's funny though how you can look back and see each thing you should have done differently and I can certainly see 2 or 3...dozen of 'em. And it's funny how we have to live with that no matter.

Heh....I started on this post some 4 hours ago (got distracted) and I am feeling a bit better now but all the same I'll be thankful the moment I get a check from a regular job. Oh and with everything else that is funny, so's life. C'est la vie... Carpe Diem... I have ten toes....it's all the same...

Happy Chuseok (A Little Late I Know)

Since I'm covering a Korean film festival you'd think I'd have taken the time to say this earlier. Well Happy Chuseok and now I know why some people have been scarce this weekend...

An Updated Look

While this blog remains tried and true (aka tired) in its look, Little Miss Attila has updated the look of her blog and I'm quite impressed. Nears a Haemi-esque artistic look in fact. Either way have yourself a look.

Proof That I Actually Interviewed Someone...

Tis me and Chan Wook Park...

I had fun...

Funny Things Happen...

To your mind when you watch a number of films in a foreign language and from a different country. Like right now, I'd swear I know Korean, though most obviously I do not. But after seeing two films yesterday, speaking to a Korean speaking director, and watching two more films tonight I'm convinced I wasn't reading subtitles anymore, simply understanding the dialouge.

Maybe a need some slep after going on 7 or so hours in the past few days. Maybe...

Update: Sitting here I just realized something, after watching four movies from Korea that were in many ways dark in nature, my perspective of the land has suddenly become colored in a negative light. It's interesting because I know this isn't exactly the truth but it lays heavy on my mind so I can't exactly shake it off. It's also throwing me throught a loop because I want to learn Korean, want to visit Korea, but I'm depressed when I think about it.

Weird. Perhaps I should throw on My Sassy Girl or something to cheer up my perspective.

Gentlemen (Alright Ladies Too If You Wish) Start Your Car Bloggin!

So over on Oriental Redneck Tony's is showing off his, um, car (and oh what a nice vehicle that G35 is) so I decided to look up the car I currently have and then the car I'm looking to get once the job situation figures itself out.

The car I have (though sadly not as done up):

And the car (including color) I want (sadly with no "spokesmodel" to add some flare):

Yea, yea it's not one of those "dream" cars but I can certainly do a few things with it and it performs well enough. Basically it satisfies my needs for now.

I Know What I Want To Be Now...

It came to me suddenly, in the midst of fits of laughter, something so serious, so real; I want to be the token big hairy white guy on some bad Japanese game show.

My life, has a purpose now.

Sometimes, Really Cool Things Happen (LAKIFF)

So coming this weekend and next I get to cover the 1st Annual Los Angeles Korean International Film Festival (try saying that 5 times fast) for Kung Fu Cult Cinema (you can check out my press-release like pre-coverage on the main page) and that's pretty dang cool. But the really cool thing is that yesterday I found out that not only am I covering the event, but I'm also interviewing one of the great directors of South Korea, Chan Wook-Park who directed Old Boy which won the Grad Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. How freakin awesome is that? Needless to say I'm stoked and even though this is the first interview I've ever done I'm willing to take it head on.

I will have a write up over at KFCC either in two parts or one single part at the end of next week but I'll share my experiences and pictures over here to give a fuller picture of what is going on. Hopefully readers will get a kick out of that.

Did I already say I'm stoked for this?

Oh Kou Shibasaki...

How you should have been Go-Go Yubari...

*If you've seen Battle Royale you know EXACTLY what I mean...

A Moment To Ponder...

I've come across a rather humorous and honest post from a guy who's name I cannot find but calls his space on the web Functional Ambivalent. He brings up an infinitely interesting subject, one in which even the perfect gentleman in this day and age remains utterly confused and confounded by. Women are indeed fascinating creatures, but in cases like these, they can drive us absolutely nuts. Now I'm not walking around at school or anything checking out the "equipment" let me assure you, but I've come across numerous incidents where any man is stuck with his eyes in the wrong place at oh so the wrong time. The irony threatens to kill us sometimes.

Read the post and marvel at the male viewpoint (the sane and respectful male viewpoint that is) and pity us.

Lord, we really are the most over-sexed of the animal kingdom (which is another irony)...

UPDATE: Add another example to the mix, what is a guy exactly supposed to do when confronted by a Victoria Secrets commercial talking about a new "lifting" bra? Besides changing the channel? I need one of those confused smileys right about now.