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Ok, It's Been A While

Posted on 2010.06.27 at 01:52
Current Location: Beef
Current Mood: Moo
Current Music: It's What's For Heart Attack

Well, guys, after six months of no posting, I figured I'd finally churn one out here. Only a few of my friends still post at all regularly, but I figure that this is for myself as much as the people who read it, so what the heck. Still, I'd like to find out if a few more of my friends have journals that I don't know about so I'd have more posts to read and interact with.

I'm pretty much done with undergrad now, barring two E's I need to finish. There's only one assignment left in each class, so hopefully it won't take too long.

I'm currently working on finally getting my driver's license and finding a job. I might do grad school eventually, but I think I want to see if I can make it in something that interests me in the real world first.

I'm not quite sure where my new job will take me. At this point I'm favoring things that will have me wind up in Austin, L.A., or San Francisco, both because of the cities themselves and the friends I have in them. I'm particularly leaning towards L.A. because a big part of me wants to attempt to break into film. Now seems like the time to try to me, as later in life I'll probably have too many other obligations and this is a dream I'd really like to give at least one big shot to. I'm not saying I won't keep trying if it doesn't work out now, but it will probably be more difficult later on. I've got several contacts and possibilities film-wise that I can try to pursue, and there's enough biotech jobs in L.A. that I can hopefully support myself while trying to catch a break. Fingers crossed!

Speaking of L.A., the timing of my finishing up school and coming home proved to be really lousy. Literally two weeks before I packed up and moved up I met a girl named Liz that I really hit it off with. She doesn't go to Caltech, but she started attending these sci-fi movies screenings I was hosting after we met at this awesomely weird museum. We were starting to get somewhat serious only for things to be interrupted by my leaving. We're still talking a lot online, so that's good and makes me love the internet more than ever. Let's just say, she's added yet another reason L.A.'s looking really good right now.

New Decade, New Adventures

Posted on 2010.01.01 at 19:11
Current Location: Reflect
Current Mood: Pause
Current Music: Move On

Before we bid this decade and all it had to offer goodbye and say hello to a new one, I would like to pause and reflect on the decade leaving us. What for you were the best things this decade brought to the table? You can mention anything from movies to books to music to tv to games to friends to memories to trips to dreams to adventures to special days to whatever your crazy noggin' can cook up. Let the world know!

I knew it was a good idea.

Posted on 2009.12.04 at 21:29
Current Location: Fuck Yeah
Current Mood: Lol
Current Music: WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

So, kids, you know how Mom said you should probably leave anything that makes you sound vaguely crazy out of your resume. Well, it turns out that advise is bullshit. I found out through a friend at Caltech who was friends with a lab partner I had this last summer (complicated, ain't it?) that apparently I can at least partly thank my movie-making escapades for having said lab job in the first place. I had included in my resume that I was the founder of Loverly Day Films, and had listed the films we had made up to that point. Apparently this is what made my resume stand out from the other applicants, because as the professor who hired me apparently put it, "I've got to meet the guy who runs a company that makes ninja movies." Yes, despite what you've been told, your actually useful and marketable skills aren't the key to money and success, it's the hobbies you should have given up when you were 12. I love life.

Mysteries

Posted on 2009.08.27 at 00:12
Current Location: Around
Current Mood: Bleh
Current Music: Wham Bam

So, I'm beginning to suspect that my house may have previously been owned by criminals of some kind. This suspicion is fueled by two pieces of evidence.

First, there is a safe in the floor of my mother's closet. A locked safe. Under the carpet. Which we wouldn't even have known was there if the previous owner didn't find it while doing touch-up work to sell the house. What's in it? I have no idea, but I'm definitely drilling it open before we move.

Second, there is a hidden megaphone. Behind the air-vent until the air-conditioner. In a small crawlspace behind said air-vent. Connected to the house's electrical wiring. Meaning that it always has power and needs no batteries to operate.

I've tried to figure out benign explanations for these things, but am really at a loss in proposing an answer. Even if we assume my criminal's theory, both things are still really weird. Ideas?

Good Times

Posted on 2009.06.04 at 08:17
Current Location: Dance
Current Mood: Dance
Current Music: Revolution

So, I was briefly back in Austin this last weekend for Eric's graduation, and it was a great, but all too brief, break from school. I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen in a long time, and the ceremony and dance brought back a lot of memories. Discovering that people suddenly really digged my dancing was kind of nice as well. I must say that it was a new experience for me to have ten people all follow me onto the dance floor and attempt to mimic my moves, all the while expressing amazement at both their variety and that I was even physically capable of the shifts in balance many of them required. I even had Abby express the sentiment that my dancing must be what you experience when you die and go to heaven, and she couldn't wait to get there :)

Man, I can't wait to be back for good in a few weeks, seeing friends, shooting my movie, and having a great time. Be sure to hit me up if you want to see me at some point. Oh, and Mere, this is for you. Trust me, it's not scary, it's beautiful and amazing :) I'll have to show you the rest sometime.

I Don't Know What I Was Expecting

Posted on 2009.05.13 at 13:41
Current Location: L O C A T I O N
Current Mood: Really?
Current Music: Kamahamaha

Dragonball Z Action Figure:

This just goes to show that in theory doesn't always equal in practice. Oh, and also to never be too literal.

This and That

Posted on 2009.05.04 at 04:54
Current Location: Punjabiland
Current Mood: Amused
Current Music: Bam-chicka-wa-wa

So, I'd heard from several sources that Indian weddings can often be crazy affairs with like 500+ people. Apparently, that's just scratching the surface. I just saw one where they hired a friggin' ELEPHANT. Yes, an actual, real live elephant. At a wedding. I started trying to figure out where exactly you would rent such a thing, how much demand there would be for it, how said rental business could stay economically viable, and I pretty quickly accepted that there are some things in life that will forever leave me confused and bewildered. Willikers!

In other news, I'm definitely coming home this summer, so movie-making and fun times will be had. I've been thinking that's its been a really long time since I've done certain things that I used to do yearly, like Schlitterbahn or the Renaissance fair. This summer, epic adventures must be arranged, my routine is becoming too stale. Ideas?

I've really missed everyone and can't wait to see you all! Let me know if and when you'd like to get together in a month or so here.

Nightmare Fuel

Posted on 2009.05.01 at 12:37
Current Location: dead inside
Current Mood: shit pants
Current Music: watch the video...

Don't watch this if you're easily creeped out (I'm serious!). It's like the guy from phantasm and blue velvet all rolled into one .

After seeing that, who would you guess this guy is? Former kid's show host? Former late-night host? Registered sex offender? If guessed any of them, sadly, you win. This guy's got over a hundred videos on youtube for crying out loud. And people complain about youtube being a podium for teenagers doing stupid shit, if they only knew...

The Big One

Posted on 2009.01.14 at 03:40
Current Location: The
Current Mood: Watch
Current Music: Movie

Well, third time's the charm as they say, and the third film of Loverly Day Films is our biggest and best production yet. Shot in gorgeous HD with a dedicated cameraman, featuring a cast of nine, with two of them actually being females, this epic clocks in at 30 minutes and is a nonstop laugh and thrill ride. Either that, or I'm talking out my ass, but I think you'll really enjoy our product. Sadly, youtube does somewhat diminish the glory that is this masterpiece, as we had to compress the movie to post it, which greadly reduced the picture quality, we had to split it into three parts due to length requirements, and there are a few glitches in the movie that could still stand to be ironed out. If you enjoy the movie, remember to tell all your friends to watch it, and tell them to tell all their friends, etc. If you really like it, and want to see it in its full glory, undiminished by length and compression issues, let me know. For a small $5 donation, you can have your very own DVD copy of the movie (cast members will receive one free copy). These DVDs won't actually be available until spring break, but if you let me know now I'll remember to get you one then. So, without further ado, sit back and enjoy our loving tribute and riffing of such classics as Scooby Doo and The Hardy Boys!

So I looked behind me and I hid all around

Posted on 2008.12.28 at 01:50
Current Location: Your mom
Current Mood: Amused
Current Music: Nothing you'd like

Sometimes life is pretty cool. And sometimes life is a weird crashing noise coming from the hill behind you. It is then that you realize that someone has dislodged a stump from said hill, which nearly fell and hit you in the head, not to mention said person almost falling down the hill themselves and crashing into you (I'm not naming names; you know who you are).

Also, remember the effectiveness of night, dark clothes, shadows, and foliage in concealing your location. If you don't, you just might end up stuck behind a wall of ivy for fifteen minutes, mouth agape as people stare straight at you from five feet away, all to no avail.