I bet y'all didn't know I'm a pretty decent calligrapher! I actually really love calligraphy in general since I was introduced to it when I took Design in my senior year of high school (a class that overindulged my OCD-like tendencies for detail craftmanship). I got to learn proper Chinese Calligraphy (or 书法) while I spent a good 3 months on the college language program in Qingdao, China and came back with a full set of Chinese calligraphy brushes, a mat, authentic Chinese rice paper, a traditional inkbowl, and a traditional Chinese seal with my...
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
So it is that time of the year again. As as per tradition at my parents' house, massive amounts of cookie-baking is currently underway. You see, everyone close to the family usually gets a bag with an assortment of homemade cookies. My mom usually makes like12 kinds. Because she's been stuck with an unusual amount of work lately, I've been the one doing the baking (because, you know, I have no job). I've made Sugar Cookies and Chocolate Chip cookies...
Sunday, December 12, 2010
So I thought it might be interesting to share a bit of my creative process with you guys! Anyways, whenever I do a project, I'll create a playlist for that project that will sort of mimic the emotional arc that the story is meant to follow. I'm currently working on a new playlist for a new project I'm starting to write soon (it is a 3-part science fiction fantasy that I've been working on to develop since I was 15) so that playlist currently involves a lot of Daft Punk's new stuff for the soon-t0-be-released film Tron: Legacy. Daft Punk is pretty...
M kindly sent me the link to a really interesting and incredible article in the New York Times about half an hour ago. It is about young entrepreneurs, who like myself, gave the economic depression the finger and started their own companies. My own personal LLC for films is still sort of just a bunch of business cards on my desk, a website, and a registered company in New Mexico. We have yet to actually get a Tax ID number (should get on that soon actually) or really actually hire anyone else other than myself. Or transact business. We're on our...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
I finally finished the first draft of my screenplay! I must say, I'm proud of myself. I wrote 94 of its 144 pages in the past two and a half days. Guess I can really get things done when I'm motivated. I'm actually really proud of it. I mean, it needs tons of work, but the main idea is there and solid and the characters and the dialogue are good. I'm extremely self-critical of my own writing, so for me to thing it is actually a good solid base is a good sign. I think.This is the fourth full-length screenplay I've written, and also the longest....
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The title pretty much sums it up. I had to get up at some ungodly hour this morning (6:15 am) after going to bed at 3 am (without finishing my screenplay) to go to the first Chinese class I've attended since I tearfully (and I do mean tearfully, the damn exam reduced me to tears of desperation) handed in my final exam for Advanced Readings in Chinese and gleefully completed my Chinese major. I got up today in hopes of maybe refreshing my language skills to be able to successfully conduct business in Mandarin Chinese when I go to Hong Kong in March...
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