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That’s halfway done with my feature script. So far it’s rough, but it’s got definite potential.
I’m so excited about this upcoming vacation. It’s been 6 and a half months here and I desperately need a break. I’ll take a month off in which time I’ll travel to Japan and hopefully Thailand, and then it’s only 4 more months of work after that. I can’t believe I’m so far into my year here. I’m kinda getting sad about leaving. There’s a lot here that I still have to explore. But gotta keep movin’, gotta keep movin’.
Oh, god, I wish I knew more about computers. So this format is called “Quentin,” don’t ask me why. It feels a little more dated than the other, but at least it’s got some color. What do you think, Bach?
Anyway, it’s the weekend and I’m lazing about, cleaning a bit, but mostly just writing and listening to music. In three weeks I’ll be heading to Japan with Pops and it’s going to be a marvelous time… I can’t wait. I think I just realized that making plans for the future keeps me interested in the present. So, in November, I’ll be moving to New York with my friend Evan and I’m super excited about that, but I’m also enjoying every minute of Korea time because I know it will end in less than 6 months.
Yes, I’m a man who needs change constantly. Can’t stay in one place too long…. and at the same time, I do miss the 3202 Dancy days. Here’s to you, Seis de Goon Squad!
Often hailed as one of the best filmmakers of all time…. he’s not one of my all time favorites, but he’s good. I just bought the last 7 of his movies, but the one that was so surprising to me was Barry Lyndon. I think it’s one of his best movie out of those seven, although A Clockwork Orange might take the title… Has anyone seen his early works? Paths of Glory or The Killing or Spartacus? I need to catch up on those…
Here’s a scene from that most glorious of all horror shows
Went to the Magritte exhibition (exhibit?) this Saturday with Yena. She’s a painter so she really enjoys going to the art museums and I have to say that I’m getting quite into it myself.. I never used to like paintings because I didn’t know how to appreciate light and shadows, colors and shapes…. now I’m learning all about that stuff which also informs my filmmaking. In a lot of ways, I think painting is a closer relative to filmmaking than a novel or a story is… The Hollywood system is all about story story story, but I think picture and sound contribute more to a movie than story does. Well, I guess it’s all in there together.
Anyway, at this point in my art appreciation education, I’m more quickly drawn to surreal or strange paintings, so Magritte suits me just fine. We also went to a Jean DeBuffet exhibit and he was really really cool. Check out any of his paintings if you get the chance. I actually had a poster of Magritte’s “The Dominion of Light” on my wall in college and I didn’t know it was his. It was given to me by my neighbor who was moving and didn’t want to take it with her. It was her favorite painting when she started getting into art, she said.
Well, I’m new to this game, so if you know of any excellent artists I should check out, give me a holla. Later.
So, this is an attempt to make my blog more interesting to look at, as well as an attempt to reinvigorate myself to write since I’d become pretty lackadaisical in that area. That means there will be much experimentation with fonts and colors and (hopefully) pictures, although I’m without a digital camera which totally sucks, but I’ve taken some real film photos which are now on my apartment wall and I plan to somehow get those up here (by the time that happens though, it will probably be, like, one week before I leave this place– that’s how slow I am to figure out technology and/or find a scanner).
However, that black and grey was really getting to me like I wanted to puke up blood every time I saw it, so thankfully I switched blogs before THAT happened. Anyway, what has been going on with me? My birthday was on Monday and the previous weekend I went to Club Day in Hongdae which, for 15 bucks, you can go to almost any club in the coolest section of Seoul. And it was pretty sweet even though one of our friends got some alergic reaction and had to go home and then another girl lost her wallet and I spent half the night in the rain without an umbrella looking for it. I never found it, I even went into the club where she had it last and walked around the crowded dancefloor (and I do mean crowded) searching for this damn wallet in the flashing seizure lights. No luck there.
But I did get a cold out of the whole thing so this week I’m super tired and totally sick! Yay! Remind me to not help anyone on my next birthday. It will be my day. MY DAY.
Anyway, I’m still trying to figure out this wordpress thing, but I thought I’d inform you of my return to the blogging world and let you know that if you don’t help me make this a better site, you’re dead to me.
But anyway, hope you’re all well. Ya’ll take care now!
