September 2007 Archives

hmm, its been a while since a post eh. its been a bit hectic lately...blargh. i had to run off to taiwan for a week. i got back saturday jetlagged like a motherfucker, but didnt really get a chance to rest as the following work week kicked my ass. but hey, time doesnt stop, and the weekend couldnt come faster...whew.

everybody's been slowly trickling out of nyc each successive year, and this past week was margies turn...boo-urns! we met up for one last coffee at 71 irving before she left nyc for dc. no time for an actual din either, since she still had alot of packing to do. sad face. =(

i had lunch saturday afternoon with sally at soba-ya. it was a super-nice day out too, so we just roamed aimlessly after lunch. after finally seeing what all the fuss at pinkberry was about (it was pretty yum), we met up with anna and continued roaming soho. i met up with marisol later at nite for a round (or two...or three) of drinks at firefly, where marisa was spinning that nite.

ok post done...i need to go trim my hair. its too bushy.

random cool celebrity sighting...and these arent even that common. except for woody allen maybe once or twice each year around tompkins square park. but thats not exactly anything to write home about. but whatever, we were headed to lunch today and actually ran into ang lee just outside talking to a crowd...woots! he was most likely screening lust, caution in the technicolor screening room. its actually weird that we dont see more actors, directors, whatever swinging by for screenings. meh. anyhoo, he looked busy. so i made like a fanboy, snapped a few pics, and then went and got stuffed at daddy'o's.

yay for my fucking flat-screen finally getting here! in one piece that is. i ordered myself a 32" aquos on or near my birthday (hey, nobody else was getting me something!) and it was actually sent off and delivered pretty fast. except when it was set up, plugged in, and then flicked on for the first time, the screen looked funny. like it was shattered...except the screen wasnt physically shattered, just the pixels. fucking a. i emailed the site i ordered it from, sent pics of the box and tv, (see dent here. see pixels looking all poop) etc. they sent fedex to pick it up, but didnt bother letting me know. so the first time the fedex guy showed up, i was like, hi...youre picking what up?. actually, i lie. it was saturday morning and it was more like "muuuuur...er?"

a week after the fedex guy comes back again and picks up the tv, im asking myself, k wheres the bloody replacement. i email them, theyre like, "oh noes! the receiving guy like refunded you instead lolz! want us to charge you and send it again?" and im like fuck yea, send that goddamn thing.

so nearly a month from the time i put in the order, i finally get my flat screen. and it works. and im happy. woots. my berfday was like a month ago. fuckfaces.

MOTHERLAND
in other news, im heading back to taiwan next week. so if i had plans with you this weekend or next week...er, raincheck. ill see you when i get back.

(inaugurating the new flat-screen with a return of the king showing)

huh, i gotta be honest. i didnt know what to make of jon favreau's upcoming iron man movie when i first read about it. ive never been that big of a fan of the comics, and marvels been pretty much pooping chili out the last few years. but i liked favreau's work, and robert downey jr seemed like a coo choice for tony stark...so i wouldve given it a chance. and now that the new trailers out, i gotta say...it looks pretty sweet. its got my attention now, so lets hope the movie isnt another shitfest like fantastic four, x-men 3, spider-man 3, ghost rider, etc etc...

> iron man trailer

dude did this come out of left field. i was just perusing ign per usual when i came across this random article about how maguire may not be in future spider-man movies (oh noes!) and will instead be producing and possibly starring in a robotech movie instead. k...say what? did they really just kind of mention that in passing in an article talking about no more spider-man? do they actually understand how much bigger this story really is than another garbage spider-man movie?? fucks sake, screw spider-man...woot robotech! holy fuck!

ok so in the article, it discusses how maguire (finally) acquired the rights to robotech, and hes gonna make it into a big summer blockbuster-type movie...wooha! i was wondering when the influence of transformers would start to permeate hollywood. more big fighting robot movies pleeeease!

> robotech movies a-comin' (via ign)

ADDENDUM
k, much more like it. a whole article now on the robotech movie and who should be cast as whom. amanda bynes as lin min-mei...lolcopter! k, heres a crazy idea. find a, oh i dont know...chinese maybe, to play the part of the chinese pop idol. seth rogen as ben tho...word. too bad he dies. oh noes spoilers!

ha...ok, i have to backtrack a little bit to figure out wheres the last point in my charmed life i left off at. sometime after my berfday hmm. k, i met up with derrick for a bday dinner at mincas, a follow-up dinner with anna and sally at shabu tatsu, and even dora showed up in town from china for a late-night din at setagaya. i think there was a wings and drinkies in there too with mel, and dinner at casa mono with elaine too (who i hadnt seen in years)...and then its off to seattle. woot!

i got into seattle friday nite and had din with dave and milton, who i hadnt actually seen in hmm...3+ years i think. we then headed to their friends place for some poker, where i took out four or so players and eventually took third place. woot! yay for gambling! dave and i then met up with a few other cornellians for late drinks at this place called alibi's(?) in the pikes market.

dave took me on a tour of seattles sites saturday. clam chowder at pikes market to start off with, then the first starbucks (woot!), the piers, pioneers square, and chinatown...or er, "international" town as they like to refer to it. we met up with daves fiance milly later too, then continued our tour thru the sculpture garden alongside the waterside. we had dinner later at wann with amy, another cornellian who was in town for the wedding too, then had drinks at qube, which dave and milton actually designed...oooh.

ANNA + SEANS WEDDING
i met up with milton one last time for lunch, then headed off to anna and seans wedding. the wedding was being held at a vacation home of annas family north of seattle. the ceremony was being outdoors overlooking a beach...pretty nice. i think i wouldve enjoyed it more if i didnt spend the initial part of the event sticking tiki torches into the dense as fuck soil...ouchies. thanks alice!

the reception was gorgeous, but i had to leave a bit earlier than id have liked to catch a red-eye back to nyc. sad face...=(.

i got back to nyc early morning and pretty much passed out the second i got home. i met up with aisa and her friend later in the day to roam moma. ooh...richard serra. i took them around the east village, had a ton of yakitori at oh taisho, and relaxed the rest of the nite at 10 degrees.