Playlist Three

So, it's been a long time coming. Here's playlist three. It is mostly stuff I have on the playlist for my script and that I'm hoping I can incorporate into the soundtrack (long shot, but whatever).(1) Boy with a Coin (Iron & Wine): Has a slightly different feel than most of Iron & Wine's songs. I'm a big Iron & Wine fan, but I like Boy with a Coin because it has this sense of traveling somewhere, leaving something behind, and being nostalgic about it.(2) Nature Boy (Nat King Cole): Love, love, love the lyrics. Also, love Nat King Cole.(3)...

Categories: playlist, playlist three

Serious Work (Sort of)

So I decided that I really need to make something of myself so I'm strapping myself down and making myself finish writing my screenplay by Dec. 1. You see, there's a grant I want to apply to. It is a pretty sweet grant so I really can't miss the opportunity. My own deadline is Dec. 1 so that my editor (N from Everything Will Be Okay) can go through it, butcher it, and return it to me in time to make adjustments and send it off. Today, I've written 10 pages so far but I still need to write another 30 at least I think. It kind of feels like forcing...

Categories: China, D, Hong Kong, J, M, N, NW, S, Script, SoCo 7, Xi'An

C is for Cookie! (I prefer the term cookie enthusiast)

A blast from the past with my favorite Sesame Street character Cookie Monster!Also. Cookie Monster auditioning to be the host of SNL. Pricele...

Categories: Blast from the Past, cookie, Cookie Monster, foodie, Little E

Missing College

Today I miss college. Not the work. I don't miss the work at all. But I miss being able to stroll about the beautiful campus when I needed some alone time or just some time to appreciate the beauty of the place. I miss curling up with a cup of tea on our blue couch in my senior house, watching the gray sky outside, waiting for the casserole I'd made for dinner to finish cooking. I miss riding my white and blue bike around campus with big red (my cello) strapped firmly to my back going to orchestra rehearsal. I miss orchestra. I miss coming home...

Categories: college, D, DV, foodie, graduation, J, JB, KP, M, MJ, N, New York, S, tea

The Best Food in LA

So, for anyone out there living or going to LA and concerned about where to get some good, not too expensive food, here's some good suggestions:(1) Neptune's Net (42505 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265)What to Order: Fish Tacos N recommended this restaurant to me. Apparently he and J both ate here a few years ago when they traveled across the country by train. It is pretty out there in the middle of nowhere a little past Malibu in the Aventura county border. About a 45-min drive from Santa Monica. I'll tell you this much - their fish tacos...

Categories: california, chinese food, DV, foodie, J, N, Restaurant Review, vegetarian

Trying to make it in Los Angeles

So I'm actually back in Quito right now. Have been for about 5 days (wow, time flies). And now that my altitude sickness is gone again (but I am still stupidly jetlagged) I thought I'd write up a nice post about my brief visit to LA.Let me say that I really love California. I mean, my heart is definitely back east in New York.I miss the autumn leaves, the bitter cold wind, the snow, the beautiful New England Brick buildings...(YES N, I KNOW NY IS NOT NEW ENGLAND). But California is a different kind of exciting. The weather is super nice (not too...

Categories: Burbank, california, DV, film, J, KP, LA, N, S, Santa Monica, Studio City

Day of the Dead

So, we Ecuadorians make bread figures in the shape of humans (and various other things) to commemorate the Day of the Dead. I made one in the shape of a cat. It was almost too cute to eat.It turned out to be delicious though.*sigh*I miss Luna alrea...

Categories: cat, Day of the Dead, Luna

Traveling from Sunrise to Sunset

Sunrise at Mariscal Sucre Intl Airport in Quito, Ecuador (I was on the American Airlines plane):Then Sunset at Los Angeles International from my hotel room...

Categories: california, film, Quito