hrmm…its been a while since we got a ninja movie here in the states, right? hey look, a new ninja movie! from the wachowski’s even…and directed by the director of v for vendetta….word. too bad for the pedantic movie name tho. and most of the lead ninjas are actually korean. k. at least sho kosugi’s in it for some ninja-cred.
flynn’s arcade
more stuff to geek over…now with added nostalgia. via aicn
freaky building projections
more building projection freaky goodness…via gizmodo
halo legends
heres something to geek over…
atlanta 2009
oh…pics are up on flickr already. this is my favorite photo. and i def <3 my new canon 5d mark ii….sha-weet…
summer doldrums and half blood princes
summers already half over…crikeys. and it hasnt been much of a summer either. between all the thunderstorms and chilly weather, its really only been summer for like, 5 days. maybe 6.
the term “summer doldrums” comes to mind to describe this summer so far. it cant really be helped when a good number of friends are either out of work, worried that theyll be out of work, or in general just feeling in the dumps. bleh. well, life goes on anyhoo, and hopefully this time next year, we’ll be back to “normal”…
friday was an choi with di. an old co-worker of hers was one of the owners (tho he wasnt there that night). relaxing little place with good vietnamese. we roamed for drinks afterwards too…id been cooped up in my apartment too much and was in no mood to go home.
i lazy’d around the apartment saturday, photoshopping up my atlanta trip (ooh, i keep meaning to make another post about that), and other odds and ends. sunday was harry potter and the half-blood prince with max and patsy at the imax. oooh…imax, and 3d, word. the movie was pretty damn good, even if i was disappointed with a few changes they made from the book (oh noes…im becoming like one of those people!) as a movie tho, much of it made sense in terms of streamlining and focusing on specific themes and narratives. its just…you know…there was suppose to be a big fight! ah well…
the rest of the summers looking a little dull til the end of august. *sigh*
mango madness
good times…good times. mucho thanks to the fonz for helping…
4th of july down south
i keep forgetting that i have pics i have to shop…yar. they are of course, from 4th of july weekend. and ive been sort of using that as an internal excuse to put off posting. and its not that im intentionally putting off shopping up the pics…im actually quite excited to. they are the first pics taken with the new canon mark ii…word. ill um…get to them this weekend. maybe.
4TH OF JULY
in other news, 4th of july was a nice break from the tedium that is city living. before that tho, i had din with renee monday at delta grill, which i hadnt been to in forever. i still <3 their cajun cooking, but wouldnt mind more cajun options to choose from. we then roamed midtown afterwards, wandering thru the pedestrian streets of times square (weird), then lounging in front of rockefeller the rest of the night.
thursday night tho, we caught a flight down south of the mason-dixon line to visit g+r in peach tree city, georgia…just outside of atlanta. first thing you notice…golf carts everywhere. ya, everywhere. they hot rod around in them in lieu of cars…makes for an interesting spectacle. g+r cooked for us the entire time we were there, and combined with alot of lazying around…yea, we were fattened up. we also took a trip to the atlanta aquarium, which makes up the bulk of the photos taken. that place is massive, tho it does lose a bit by not being next to the ocean. theres still something about approaching the boston aquarium right on the wharf. still nice tho.
upcoming events for the near future…finally getting around to painting my walls, with help from fonz. itll hopefully look like the previously posted renderings. hopefully. and the new potter movie in imax the following weekend…wooha!
too many things to update!
ahhh…the world is too connected! between facebook, twitter, and a general lack of enthusiasm, its hard to keep up with posts. im essentially posting about the same topics repeatedly through too many different medias, each less well-written than the last. the obviously preferred medium now is twitter, where laziness is actually encouraged. then again, everybody and their sister is now a twitterer…heh, i guess like a few years ago, when everybody and their sister had a livejournal. i stick with all of them however, since its fun being an early adopter (tho the main motivator for being an early adopter is really so i get to reserve my preferred usernames).
but whatever…this year, which i had pretty much written off as total shit early on, is shaping up to be a pretty good year. it could even be as rockin’ as last year…which by all accounts, was pretty damn rockin’. in the last few weeks or so, ive agreed to shoot my friends wedding, planned a prague trip in september with a friend, picked up a new canon 5d mark II (oh noes, im a traitor!), and am flying off to atlanta to visit g+r over the 4th of july weekend…whew.
BAI BAI NIKON
first and foremost, yep…i have bailed on the nikon camp and am now firmly on the canon team. this is in no part a fault of nikons…i still <3 nikon. but most of my friends use canon, and i wouldnt mind terribly borrowing their vast array of lens. it was also a good time to switch (if i needed to) since i only had digital lens, and with the purchase of my first full-frame…its a good a time as any to start fresh. so my first official canon lens is the spanky canon 17-40mm…woot. i dont have it yet however, tho i have the body. its a pretty nice and expensive paper-weight til the lens arrive.
HELLO PRAGUE
and then theres prague…word…prague…woot. id never been, and honestly hadnt thought about visiting til a friend recommended it. and then it was an instant “fuck yes” in my head. its still a ways away tho…september, sigh…
