The Business

August 31, 2006 -- Tags: Recommended-DVDs, Recommended-Links

Recommended: Azumanga Daioh
As far as anime goes, I’ve mostly only been exposed to the Miyazaki films; however I’ve been watching this really weird, cute series called Azumanga Daioh; it’s about a bunch of high school girls, their teachers, and not much more than that.

Osaka: “Oh no — I’m [...]

Accoutrements

August 30, 2006 -- Tags: Chicago, Observations

I have all the accoutrements of a modern citizen. I have TiVo. I have a Netflix queue. I have videogames and three email accounts. It’s weird to think how much baggage I have. Historically we are the most entertained generation that has ever existed.
In Chicago right next to the [...]

Explosive Decompression

August 28, 2006 -- Tags: Asian-Americans-in-the-arts, Chicago, Cowboy-Versus-Samurai, Silk-Road-Theater-Company, Theater-/-Theatre

Close up of Millenium Park Cloud Gate (”Bean”).

I had a brilliant time in Chicago thanks to some excellent hosts and a pretty inspired local variety of food. When the healthiest thing you’ve eaten all weekend is a Maxwell Street Polish, you know you’ve had a good time.
What I like about Chicago is that [...]

Chicago

August 22, 2006 -- Tags: Asian-Americans-in-the-arts, Chicago, Cowboy-Versus-Samurai, Silk-Road-Theater-Company, Theater-/-Theatre, Writing

Friends in the Midwest: Silk Road Theatre Project is doing a public reading of “Cowboy Vs. Samurai” this weekend in Chicago at the Temple Building in the heart of the Loop.

WHEN:
Sunday, August 27 at 12:30 pm

WHERE:
Silk Road Theatre Project
[...]

Today

August 18, 2006 -- Tags: Asian-Americans-in-the-arts, Dragon-of-Love, Puppies, Short-Films

News. Our short film Dragon of Love has been selected as one of 12 semi-finalists to be screened at NBC Universal’s Comedy Shortcuts Showcase. Directed by Doan La, produced by Hieu, written by yours truly, and featuring the unsinkable Randall Park. Yay!

And now, My favorite pup in the whole world:

The best [...]

Then We Have a Big Party

August 15, 2006 -- Tags: Borat, High-Five, Writing

For years I was searching for the perfect brand of writing notebook. It had to be compact, relatively inexpensive, have a hard cover (because I write in my lap a lot), and had to lie flat when opened.
Earlier this year I found it — these blue, yellow-paged hardcover notebooks that go [...]