November 29, 2007
sunshine: the saga continues
file under: my life
i've ranted about my efforts to try to see Sunshine, the sci-fi effort by Danny Boyle. i have a new update to the saga.
i was trying to plan a movie night with friends to watch it here on my new big screen HDTV (aka Wank-o-vision), but i had to wait until it was out on rental. i figured a month or two after our aborted attempts to see the film, we'd be munching popcorn, having cocktails, and watching the gorgeous vision of Mr. Boyle. not so.
i waited. and waited. and waited. and amazon didn't post a DVD release date. and now i check back, and it's January 8, 2008. are you kidding me? from a theatrical release of July 20, 2007? this is the modern age, people. digital means everything is faster, mmkay?
i am certain, now, that when i get this movie from netflix, the disc will be scratched, and i will send it back for another one, and before it comes back, my house will be struck by lightning and burn to the ground. i will never see this movie.
Posted: 11.29.07 at 7:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
November 26, 2007
China 2007 :: Forbidden City
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travel
tags: china
The Sweeper
I've posted photos from high-speed jaunt Elaine and I took in the Forbidden City. as usual, i'm filled with intentions of writing a blog post about it.
Posted: 11.26.07 at 11:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 18, 2007
China 2007 :: A day in beijing
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travel
tags: china
just posted another batch of China photos to Flickr: our second day in Beijing, with visits to a few temples and an ancient observatory. trust me...i'll start writing blog entries about this soon.
Posted: 11.18.07 at 10:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
November 17, 2007
Space invaders tag the Brooklyn Bridge
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Space invaders tag the Brooklyn Bridge
last week i was in New York for business, and manged to finagle a few extra days so that i could hang out with my friend Chookyfuzzbang and see my childhood buddy Michael. i spent all of my time in manhattan and brooklyn and generally had a fantastic trip, despite being a bit cold and getting totally soaked with rain one night. new york remains one of my favorite "places-to-visit-but-you-wouldn't-want-to-live-there."
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during the business part of the trip, i shared a room with my buddy Seth at the Hotel on Rivington on the lower-east side. highlights include all black hallways that are perpetually dark, groovy designer flourishes, and a bar called Thor. it was a fun place to stay, and pretty centrally located; we also had a fantastic view from our 15th floor room.
after my business was done, the trip was spent eating, drinking, and walking, which is pretty much what you do in Manhattan. highlights include:
- hanging out with Chooky and his two kids Sophia and Caden (whom i dubbed The Chairman because of his cute little blue chair and his generally regal manner)
- dinner with my friend Michael and his girlfriend Ise
- a hot pastrami sandwich from Carnegie's deli in midtown
- walking across the Brooklyn bridge
- strolling the streets of Soho and watching polished black Escalades shuttle the rich from gallery to gallery
- a visit to the Guggenheim, where a great show of Richard Price's work was on display
- strolling around Tribeca, which i had never really seen before
- the helicopter we took from JFK to midtown (one of the perks of business travel with a nice boss)
- bar-hopping with Chooky (Backroom and Angels' Share), which ended with us eating awesome yakitori and fried calamari legs at 3am
it had been nearly 10 years since i'd been to manhattan, and while many things changed, so much was still the same. you can change buildings and restaurants and stores, but there will always be the collection of little things that add up to make Manhattan: the alternately quirky and ultra-fashionable ways people dress, the pace of life, the sea of cabs, the byzantine subway, the feel of walking down 5th Avenue, the menagerie of incongruent people and things smashed together. there's no place else like it.
Posted: 11.17.07 at 3:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
