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[Nov. 7th, 2005|12:01 am] |
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ive been writing recently to exercise the mind, so heres a short thingy i wrote off the top of my head. enjoi
I really hate the color blue. I dont hate the ocean (which isnt really blue). I dont hate blueberries. I dont hate the Toronto Blue Jays. I dont even hate the Blue Man Group. It just grinds my gears when I see blue by itself. Dont ask me why. Even if you did ask me, I'm not sure I could properly answer. Some people dont like peanuts and are allergic to them. I guess if I ate blue paint, I would be sick, so I guess I'm allergic to blue. Like one time, Alex Chadwick stuffed a blue crayon up his nose because Stan dared him to. He had to go see the doctor because it was so high up his nose, it almost touched his brains. He said that when they took it out, it was covered with tons of boogers. If someone were to double dog dare me to stuff a blue crayon in my nose, I wouldnt do it because I would die for sure because I'm allergic to blue. I think that when people say they are allergic from onions or lettuce, they are really lying. But I'm not about hating blue. Im not exactly sure why I hate blue. Stan Feld say because blue is a nature color. I don't even know what that means. I bet I hate blue because green is my favorite colot and blue is green's neighbor on the ultraviolet spectrum. Pretty soon orange is gonna be my best color and green will be second best. But I will always hate blue.
by:
daniel zana |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 12th, 2005|02:21 am] |
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so its finally summer time and as i sit typing this somewhat lame entry, i think about the movie i just saw, cinderella man, which was pretty amazing. i havent seen a really good film in a while (layer cake was pretty cool as well) so this is gonna have to set the bar for summer movies for me and hopefully batman begins can top it. im something of a comic book geek and this movie has gotten me giddy as a schoolgirl. im sure many of you can relater to my sure feeling of excitement.
this week after a long and hopefully cheescake filled shavuot (jewish holiday), i will be departing to the great state of new york, more specifically munsey. i will be spending two weeks at a yeshiva called ohr sameach purely out of a desire to learn more about torah and judaism, which will hopefully spark something within me to become a more observant/religious jew. overall in terms of "jew-itude" i would say that im a middle of the road kinda guy, not too religious and not completely apathetic about being jewish. hopefully, upon my return i can see a way to combine what i have learned in munsey with day-to-day living in los angeles. golly, this entry is sounding so lame but its somwhat sincere and i cant really seem to fit all of whats going on up here (points to brain) on here (points to computer). so we shall what becomes of little old me.
on to summer plans. while still working at the apple store, i intend to take a summer class later in the summer and intern at partizan, a music video/commercial production company. how fun this summer should be. so without further adue, the moment youve all been waiting for, its bedtime for me! i got work at 10:30 and the bed calls so its snoozle time.
.over and out. |
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| my name is mc i got a license to kill... |
[May. 16th, 2005|12:41 am] |
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| | Root Down-Beastie Boys | ] |
hey all i feel like bleh. by all accounts i should be happy. i have a car, school is ending soon, i have a job, place to live, etc. But is it weird to feel discontent/unhappy with my currrent situation? case in point, the things i worry/care about:
-graduating in dec
-where to live post grad
-summer plans
-summer classes
-senior project
-general exhaustion from working 30 a week and taking 15 units
-lack of proper exercise, save from skating quite a bit to and from class
i dunno i guess thats it, allz i gotta say is hope life is gonna better for me when school is over and then way better when i graduate. i usually freak out when its summer time cuz i scramble for a film internship and go hardcore to email out the resumes with some response. so hopefully ill be less worried cuz i have a retail job so i can afford to be a bitch intern this that will hopefully lead to sometime of a job whence i finally graduate.
where to live when i graduate? good query my dears. i wonder the same thing myself quite often id like to rock the new york experience for sometime but it would be a bummer to try to find a job out of the blue without actually living there fully. so who knows whats going on with me?? perhaps all will be answered when i reach summer time. btw my 12 page script is done on "the super soldier" and im proposing it for senior project this friday and ill know the following week. wish me luck damnit!
.over and out. |
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| im not feeling a subject right now |
[Apr. 21st, 2005|04:42 pm] |
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| | Coming Too Close-No Use For A Name | ] |
today i bought these
 on my 15 minute break cuz my old canvas slip ons were completely torn to shit. yesterday i bought this case
 so i can replace my old lame ass case. its about time, i say.
purchase news aside, lemme update you on whats going on in my life. i have long wanted to write a journal that was somewhat profound and really expressed how i feel about certain things. well this one might be it, ill see how i feel when im done with this rant. so last weekend was my 22nd birthday bonanza held in my backyard. it was certainly a sight to be seen for all. i had vic's turntables set up and we were spinning records all night, a bonfire was set up in the back back part of my yard, food of all types was served, and tube lighting/a disco ball were certainly in attendance. it was a very laid back environment and worked out exactly how I thought it would. After the party winded down about 2am or so, i went with vic downtown to help promote rockstar games and the new midnight club game in a very clever way. we essentially planted stickers all over the place where they could be seen by many people. so that was fun then off we went to a late late night party/rave. it wasnt exactly my thing, but i danced my ass off for a good 10-15 minutes.
my weeks essentially consist of school and working at the apple store, which is amazing and somewhat tiring. however im glad that i finally have a steady job while still in school. im sorta miffed about the lack of understanding at the schools dept offices cuz its really talk to someone who has brains and will let me file paperwork so i can graduate next semester no problem. grr. angst. ok over it. now onto bigger, better things.
im workin on my script at a veeerry slow pace because of the lack of free time on my part and i need to smack myself and realize that if i dont get this puppy all squared away i probably wont be able to propose the idea to the senior film committee, which would suck. so i finally sat down yesterday and busted out about 3.5-4 pages (of about 12-15) so im well on my way but i gotta hurry it up. aside from aspring screenwriter im also rocking the music a bit and me ace and jonathan are starting a group called undies on the outside. ill keep you guys posted. we are gonna be huuge. any whoo im scared about post school life and the lack of work for me to do in film/tv/whatev. i know realize that my journalism minor was a very silly thing to do because i really dont enjoy doing a good amount of whats going on (i <3 photography dont get me wrong), and b/c of the minor im doing an extra 18 units, its a bitch.
so ive deduced that i spread my creative efforts waaay to thin, hence the aspring whatever before anything arty i like to do (musician, photographer, editor, writer, painter, illustrator, and clown). i wish i could be really good at something and have some auxillary talent to get me through the day. but ive noticed that im not really super good in any field and it gets me down cuz many of my colleagues rock at this or that and i wish i could just get one thing down. i suppose all it takes is a good amount of practice and eventually something will happen with me. in any event thats about as profound as i care to get at this juncture. see ya all later. lemme know if this artsy thing and being spread too thin affects anyone else or if its just me.
.over and out. |
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| the birthday at its end |
[Apr. 14th, 2005|12:25 am] |
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| | Atom And His Package | ] |
thanks to everyone for the huuge amount of phone calls, emails, messages online, text messages, and hearts on my car (cassie and shivs!!) that i got in honor of my birthday. it really felt nice knowing that i have so many friends who actually care about me. sounds weird to say it, but its true. so today i went to school from 11-8 with some breaks in between. i totally forgot my wallet at home and in order to prevent me from stressing all day about the possibility of it being stolen, i went home and picked it up. i also picked up photos im working on for photojournalism class to make up for that incomplete i took last semester which i havent had a huge of time to work on this semester. hopefully ill be done with it soon enough and all will be well in the kingdom of zana. so after class i met dave at earth 2 (comic shop) and proceeded to observe the store for an analysis piece for comics as lit class, which i havent yet started at this moment. im gonna have to cut this one short because of time constraints. if you can make it, please come to my 22nd birthday bonanza on saturday night it should be quite fun.
.over and out. |
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| birthday entry |
[Apr. 13th, 2005|01:37 am] |
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| | the killers-believe me natalie | ] |
hey its my birthday today so im 22. this year is gonna be grand and hopefully many great things will be accomplished. first order of business is to get a better understandng of telling time. second i wanna improve my time managment skill. third i wanna do some uber fun/creative this year and make it one to remember. finally i would like to get more sleep seeing as i work many hours with school and the apple store that i am a very tired boy. laila tov.
-daniel
.over and out. |
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| the gods must be crazy |
[Apr. 7th, 2005|10:33 pm] |
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ok so quick and easy. outline for the day.
-missed 2 classes
-went to the oc and paid traffic ticket for 109 (instead of 170 cuz i rock!)
-bought a cool hoodie, cargos, and jeans for 10 each
-worked at the stizore
-bought a forty gug ipod !!!!! w00t
-tomorrow i embark for sf for the annual alternative press expo.
.over and out.
_daniel |
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| Im a library outlaw like big time! |
[Mar. 31st, 2005|01:19 pm] |
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| | chemical brothers-galvanize | ] |
so im just gonna let yall know whats goin on with me. so today is cesar chavez so school is closed today, and yet i somehow got conned into coming to school around 9:30 to study bio, which i think went well. im dedicated to doing much better on this test than last time. sunday i went to body works 2 in downtown which was gross/interesting/scientific/disrespectful to the dead. afterwards i helped rivka with her short film idea, which was cool cuz i got to brainstorm with someone else for once.
im working on my script for senior project, which should be really good if i can pull it off well. i dont wanna say to much about it just yet, but its a positive story that involves world war 2 and comic books heroes. no its not superhero movie. i would be lying through my teeth if i said that none of this story was influenced by my comic books as lit class or from reading kavalier and clay. so its good to know that i finally have a solid idea as to what my film could be about. bad news: i didnt get in to the cannes internship program. plus side: im saving myself 2 grand and my summer is free. negative side: my summer is empty and im not going to france. oh well thats ok.
So far working at the apple store has amazing and im loving every aspect of it. im now contemplating what kinda ipod to get from the store, since mine was jacked about 6 months ago. its between a 100-150 shuffle or a 200-250 ipod 20 gig. all in due time. my car was returned to me after being fixed for a week and i got to drive around in nice sebring with leather interior and sunroof. it also had cup holders!!!! how cool is that?! so yeah thats whats goin on with me so far. btw i owe like 7 bucks to the public library and like 3.60 to the school library. im an outlaw. big time.
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| There's a first for everything... |
[Mar. 13th, 2005|10:25 pm] |
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my blog presented in all lower case. so this weekend was fun. i went to rabbi k's for shabbat dinner and lunch, which was a treat. it was good to finally give two divrei torah there and partially get over my fear of public speaking. after saturday lunch, i went to bed and awoke as shabbat was ending. saturday night involved getting boba tea with sarah b, spiderman, ryan, and myself. afterwards we drove up to "the spot" and went to a lookout point which was sorta silly because a) nobody was planning on making out and b) it was completely foggy so the view was non-existent. Sunday morning i went on a 6 mile hike with bobo, lisa, and ryan which was both amazing and extremely tiring. after leaving ryans house, i was stopped at a red light when suddenly i heard a car horn and then someone crashed into my bumper and high speeds. his car looked like this
while i was much more lucky and ended up driving away like this.
i went to the doctor and he told me that i had some minor muscle spasms in my neck, so he perscribed me 800mg ibprofen (sp?) and a muscle relaxent called roboxin. ok so i gotta go write some articles for the sundial. seeya.
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| THE MOUSE AND THE LION PG.1 |
[Feb. 22nd, 2005|11:56 pm] |
here is my first page for the comic im working on for my comic books as literature. i have to adapt aesops fable of the mouse and the lion. criticism/comments are welcome/expected. eytan did the artwork and i layed it out in quark express so he gets all the compliments please.
-weezerwill
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| comic book as literature class for life!!! |
[Feb. 10th, 2005|02:04 am] |
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ok so this one will be a quickie cuz i have to get back to my mad writing skills. my assignment due in a bout 7.5 hours is to write a bried 2-3 summary of how scott mcclouds concept of closure as seen in his book understanding comics applies to one of the many comics found in mcsweeneys quarterly concern #13. so i picked a comic that has no word from the character and is sorta an interesting way to tell a story. i guess im gonna have to work harder on the vocab for comic book writing cuz im really short on ideas right now.
shabbaton at rabbi klatzkos house im very excited to go it should be fun.
congrats to me for finding a jew in one of my classes that i dont know but will make it my personal responsibility to get to know her, get hung up over her very existence, and then subsequently whine on the lj about how shes taken or that she doesnt like me. haha i know myself to well. screening tomm and sunday morning.
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| t shirt a palooza |
[Feb. 7th, 2005|09:00 pm] |
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| | silverchair-black tangled heart | ] |
i made a shirt it looked oh so bad. i gave it to gaby.
i made a another shirt it looks oh so amazing.
thats all for now.
over and out. |
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| "why are you so far away from me i need help and you're way across the sea"-weezer |
[Feb. 6th, 2005|03:52 am] |
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| | hum of the imac | ] |
so i must warn all readers right now that this entry is rated "E" for emo content. im gonna rant about something thats been on my mind for quite some time and has come to the point where i can no longer ignore it.
lemme preface this intense epiphany with some jolly school related news. i got an a in my winter session astronomy class (thanx cher) and i plan on visiting the teacher at mission college in a couple of weeks to look at stars and planets with him because its something that i think would be very cool to do. my schedule is so rockin that if you looked under awesome schedule in the cool dictionary there would be a pic of my class listing which is as follows:
magazine journalism, comic books as literature, journalism editing, advanced film editing, biology and bio lab. so the schedule is very spread out and super accomodating to having a steady job, which is something i gotta do in the near future cuz otx isnt giving me the hours that will keep me afloat. in financial news, gold is up 2/3 of a point while pork bellies are down 3.5% and also im taking out student loans in the amount of 4990 bux to pay for me education and other stuffs.
ok now on to the serious stuffs. this is about girls. more specifically jewish girls. more specifically jewish girls of some interest to me. and even more specific if that isnt enough jewish girls im interested in who are not close by be it across the country or in a different country all together. so my problem is that whenever i like someone they always seem to be going somewhere far away or they live somewhere not close to me. the reason i bring this up tonight is because i was at this party in westwood talking to a curly haired jew girl and she says that shes visiting la while living in sacremento. fine ok. no big deal so things didnt really go anywhere we had a nice chat and thats all.
but then im hanging with a long time friend who ive known since freshman year high school whos on vacation from the israeli army for 10 days. after lamenting to her about my situation or lack thereof with this girl from sacramento, she eventually tells me something to the effect of "if i werent sorta engaged right now, id totally be with you" or something like that. wow what that does to a man i can never express in words, specially on the old lj. i mean maybe it was the 1.5 beers she had like 2 hours prior, but seriously it never dawned on me that all those years of adolescent flirtation actually meant something. but like she brought up a specific incident where she visited my dorm and slept over. i naturally slept on the floor cuz im a gentleman like that. but why in gods name would she mention like 3 years later that she really wanted me then and now that shes engaged, nada(which i dont really buy).
anywhoo thats sorta a more recent event in a seemingly recurring theme of me liking someone and then things happen that we part ways in a distant way. grr what can be done about this and why i am whining to you lj readers instead of the responsible parties. maybe its because im afraid of what might happen were i to face the situation head on instead of covertly yapping about it online. i have adressed one girl directly and we both came to the conclusion that if we werent seperated by many thousand miles and the atlantic ocean, but seeing how things are different then we shall be in contact and see where the other person is in the future. but there are still plenty whom i have expressed interest and have gotten no word on whether the situation can be remedied in any way shape or form. i spose i should explain that the reason i have this problem is that im a whiny emo baby and i seem to get attached to those who are clearly not meant for me. oh well im in waah mode right now. so i shall hike castle peak tomorrow and take nice pictures to make me feel better and maybe ill dream a solution to a somewhat annoying problem.
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| and its one more day up in the canyons and its one more night in NORTH hollywood.... |
[Jan. 31st, 2005|12:34 am] |
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| | Dragosta Din Tei- Ozone | ] |
so tomm is the first day of the second to last semester of csun, but really its the last big one before the beast known as senior project rears its ugly head. so im taking film editing, bio, bio lab, mass/popculture, comic books as literature (yes! i <3 college), and editing (in the journ dept). i might also be taking a magazine journalism class and dropping the mass comm class cuz its at night and thats boring for this semester.
im obsessed with the song "dragosta din tei" by o-zone. theyre a romanian boy band who is amazingly flamboyant and borderline gay but i love em nonetheless.
so yeah tonight i had a heart to heart with special forces aka le ligre lycra aka esta aka wicked poofta about this dream i had and what it meant in the context of my life which was pretty easy. i must repeat it again for those who missed out the first 1 million times: being emo is a full time job. even when you are sleeping you get ridiculously hung up with your emotions and it can cause problems during the day but fear not my brain has given me the courage to battle my problem and figure shit out once and for all.
anywhoo, for shabbat i went to rabbi klatzkos for a big ass shabbaton with many jews from ucla and csun etc, which was so amazing to meet jews my age in my town! i made many new friends who i contacted via thefacebook (B"H or god bless) and now i have a steady network of real jews to hang with sometimes.
this morning i went to a csun sipac (student israel public affairs commitee) meeting and subsequently went on a long ass hike on the betty grable trail, which i am really starting to enjoy, because i feel alot more in shape due to me working out the little muscle i have to work with about every other day. so in no time i should be ripped and i need of xxl shirts due to massive muscles. if that day ever happens, plz point and laugh at me. so i think thats all for now, i gotta go study for my astronomy class which is over this week and im not taking the test on tues but i still need notes for the final im taking on friday.
.over and out.
 the boys of o-zone hard at work |
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| todays a pretty cool day. |
[Jan. 4th, 2005|08:24 pm] |
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| | The Man Who Would Be King-The Libertines | ] |
Its official i'm a grade A goober:
I picked these bad boys up from kinkos so i can slip them in the pocket of top hollywood players when they arent looking. So new years was uneventful yet it felt real good to be at home on shabbat rather than go to one of many lame-ass partys. Saturday i totally rocked my room in a sense that its now super clean and organized. sunday i went to ross and got a ben sherman shirt for 20 bucks from ross how neat is that. monday i called the bank about an overdraft charge and applied for comedy traffic school, which should be fun. And today was my first day of my astronomy class which was fun and should prove to be exciting and ill be done in a mere 4 weeks. After class i rushed off to kinkos and then work where i called people to remind them about tonights screening of ray with a Q&A with the director afterwards, which i worked later in the day at the egyptian theatre. So yeah today was pretty eventful and i made keseph (money). So I must go have dinner and read my astronomy book for the quiz tomorrow.
.over and out. |
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| life is art. |
[Dec. 31st, 2004|03:31 am] |
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figuring that my one year anniversary for my lj has passed about 15 days ago, I'm gonna write one hell of an entry to sum up the year and spend a good portion talking about art. so here we go:
My buddy Daniel Long's philosophy on art is "the craft itself is not difficult, but its rather the discipline to create ar that presents a real challenge" spoken like a true genius. So for a while now, since coming back rom New York I have been feeling a bit lacking in the art department, what with my film being completed and no longer having to deal with some type of art every day for an entire semester. So yeah i decided to take my old cheapo SLR camera to NY and take pictures of the city to see how things have changed and just to capture what its like to be in NY. So one day i borrowed my friend Victor's t shirt cuz all my clothing was dirty. The shirt that I ended up borrowing was a really cool shirt he made with silkscreen paint and a cool stencil. So that gave me an idea to takesome of my shirts and snazz them up. Upon my return I eventually went to michael's (crafts store) with gaby and rebecca to buy fabric paint and two brushes. So I took an old Ataris shirt that I didnt particularly wear that and started painting whatever came to mind. It ended up coming out so horrendous and after being told by everyone in the family that it was a waste of a shirt, it was an artistic kick to the nuts which sorta hurt. Add to that the fact that i had been home all week not working (which drives me mad) so I was in a bit of a rut artistically. I was hanging around with people and doing stuff and seeing movies etc but nothing really inspiring. until last night.
Daniel Long my buddy quoted above, brought home an uber cool 24p camera (it looks like film) and so the opportunity had arisen for us to make a short together with the awesome help of gaby, ryan, and jon macnamara. After all trekking over to northridge to his apt, we had sorta decided mid way there that this short was essentially gonna be a conversation between a group of friends about relationships. We put the camera on a tripod in such a way that we could capture all the action. We ended up discussing stuff in a serious manner with topics ranging from the internet, dating, religion, school, life, fishing, and so much more that we spoke for well over the tapes alloted hour time frame. But after going over the video, we had accidentaly set it on no audio while recording so all of our carthartic discussions about stuff ended up looking like a bloody silent film. After wiping the tears away from the two daniel's faces, we finally realized what we had to do. make art. so we made a one take short about daniel robbing gaby and her not wanting to cooperate with the putz crook that daniel is. it came out kinda funny and i realized how fun being a filmmaker is. After dropping gaby off at her humble abode i showed daniel some of my films, a how to break dance video (the robot section to be more precise) , and the most incredible music video, "Dragosta Din Tei" by the Romanian boy band O-Zone. We then decided to go to the subway at 11pm and film something more substantial and longer. We rode from the north hollywood station to wilshire and vermont station, filming a full 60 minute tape telling the story of two passengers who ride a train and end up chit chatting at the end about how they rode the same train. very captivating. But i assure you all that it was one of the most beautiful films i have ever worked with because the camera makes everything look nice and pseudo-filmish to the point where its awesome. top the night off with some in-n-out and thats what i call an artistic adventure.
This made me truly discover that my real passion is art in any form: film, drawing, painting, music, whatever works and I like to be surrounded by it so that i can soak it in and have it affect who I am as a person because ive come to realize that life in its simplest form is art and that most people dont see the beauty in that. anywhoo sorry to get off on that tangent, but its who i am. so yeah i spose that having art be a part of who i am is a really cool thing to say because for me its the best way to channel any feelings i have on to a canvas, paper, or on film. I hope to write more hardcore entries like this one but this entry itself has been put off for like a week and a half and its something that i want to do but am seriously so lazy about this kinda serious mumbo jumbo. In other news im looking for a winter break job to bizzify myself during winter session (astronomy) at valley college. w00t. Hmm lesse i hope to have some sort of idea what my job situation will be soon cuz i freak out about this kinda stuff due to my ghetto child-ness.
I saw "a very long engagement" with sean today and it was such an amazing story with beautiful visuals that complemented the story telling procedure. highly recommended. dont forget to check out my main squeeze audrey tatou ( i love her!) in yet another brilliant Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie that is oh so captivating and fun to watch.
now comes the sappy new years section of the lj entry where i recap how lovely my year was and all that hubbub. but honestly im really happy with this year and all that it has brought me no real regrets and onwards to next year. my new years resolution would probably be something vague so that 365 days from now i can lie and say that i accomplished it in some fashion. so lets see just this resolution and its lights out for me im pooped. I would like to be further along in my voyage through life and only make progress in the coming year with regards to work, school, relationships, myself, artistically, etc. so if i can surely say that i have accomplished some of what i just said there, then ill be in good shape. Alright have a good safe new years. next year: new closing statement, but for one last time:
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| In Memory of Fran Stiebelman |
[Dec. 24th, 2004|02:34 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Bjork- Pleasure is all mine | ] |
Yeah so I just got back from a funeral of a close family friend who I've known for a good 5 or so years now. She was an awesome and caring person with 2 kids 11 and 9 and a husband. I must admit that after being diagnosed with brain cancer a year ago, I only visited her a couple of time because it became difficult for me to see her in such a different state after knowing her as a vibrant person for so long. And after hearing that she had passed on yesterday I didnt really know how to deal with it, So I decided to go out and enjoy a movie with ryan and daniel. But today, while sitting in the synagogue with the coffin in the same room and seeing her two sons Aaron and Jake and husband Marc having to deal with this, the tears started flowing. Oh man it was so good to finally cry and let out the sadness that had been inside of me for so long but was never physically manifested consciously. After saying some prayers and hearing some awesome speeches about the person Fran was, we all went to East Los Angeles to the Cemetery. My dad among other people were pallbearers for her coffin and they carried it to the spot and proceeded to bury her. I think the moment when I saw people shoveling dirt on the coffin is when it truly hit me and I began to again get super sad. But seeing my little brother shovel dirt on to his best friend's mother's grave was sooo sad and I think this kinda stuff shouldnt happen. A child should not have to bury their parent at such a young age. Afterwards we went to the family's house for a luncheon, which was good because I got to talk to Fran's mom and Marc and offer my condolences to them. So depressing man I hate having to think about this kinda stuff.
In other news, I saw the Aviator and it was freakin amazing and I would like to see it again and again and again. It may be 3 hours long but it is so gosh darn awesome. I gotta go prepare for shabbat.
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| whats with today today? |
[Dec. 15th, 2004|11:25 am] |
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| | sore, creative, excited | ] |
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Hey so I'm finally here in NY as many of you have noticed and I must say I'm having a great time. Thus far, For shabbat I have stayed over at NYU for shabbat got rated by spoons for my kindness (10) and I got a new name Hot Dan/Hot Weez. Saturday lunch I went over to Henry & Wills which was really cool and there were so many people there to schmooze with and discuss teeth, holiday Pepsi, and other cool things. Saturday night the gang/posse went to Southpaw for Jewltide II and we saw some really cool acts there such as: socalled, a cool klezmer band, dj thundergod, some tribal band, and more klezmer, all of which was dance-able if not skankable. So the post southpaw activities included waiting forever for the Manhattan R to come and the exciting task of walking down good ol 23rd from park to 1st. Ahh Memories.
Sunday I went to the Met purely because I wanted to go see some art and I'm really impressed with myself for just going to the Met without calling anybody just solitarily soakingup the artsy vibe that the place gives off. I saw some awesome photos on display, went on a 1.5 hour tour of impressionism and wrapped it up with an exhibit on fashion that just opened up, which was quite cool. So after coming home and packing for the trip (ill get there in a second) , I met up with Pierce, Jesus, and Jesse from the 3rd floor which was sooo awesome. We chatted for a while and it seems as if Tarantino is coming to speak with the weinsteins about Miramax after seeing a tarantino flick. So im very excited to see that, but I wanna see life Aquatic so much more than any other movie in theatres that I havent seen. Ok where was I..
Oh yeah so Tracy picked me up Sunday night and we trekked off to VT for 2 days of snowboarding with and her dad (very cool guy) in very cold weather, which is something im soo not used to, but I managed to come out unscathed for the most part. The ride up was fun we chit chatted did some singing but it was not up to par, I had a feeling the ride home would be more eventful. So boarding was amazing and in such cold weather (about 20 F) it can be a pain for someone who didnt layer properly or someone who falls down a bit (cough cough) not me of course. We watched Empire Records the Ultimate Fan Remix Edition which was very entertaining for me because I havent seen it since like new years of 10th grade which was a while ago. So after the snowboarding day 2 we showered ate din din lit candles and proceeded to bounce back to NYC. What a fun trip it was, thought I there was no way the trip could get any better, or could it...
I wanted to try that for dramatic effect. So when we got on the road I proceeded to put in some musica and for the remainder of the ride we sang like whoa and i think my voice is a bit sore. We sang Brand New, Coheed, Saves The Day, Millencolin, Tracy sang Reggie, and we rocked out to several songs from Bush, Backstreet Boys, etc. I must say that Tracy surely knows how to rock the mic when she wants to, and the harmonies heard that night were unlike any other in the states of VT, CT, NY, and MA in the history of mankind. So several Peach Snapples later, we got home and I was dropped off to go home to the dorms a block away. I got in the dorms for like a second and two friends who I knew from last year sorta alerted the guards of my presence and my old Hunter ID would no longer work out for me as my way in to the dorms. So I had to get a guest pass, not a big deal. I went upstairs and apparently Pierce, Nick, and Jesus really liked Billy alot, which means a lot to me because I value their opinions greatly. So Jesus and I watched some Batman The Animated Series and I fell asleep while watching meaning I was totally tired , which means its time to check in. Alas that has been my amazing trip thus far and I promise to have maximum fun by the time I have to return Monday.
new icon. its lame.
p.s. I Heart Airports
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[Dec. 8th, 2004|12:16 pm] |
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Quick Update cuz I feel like a baloon filled with stuff to say and ill explode soon and words will come out of me and itll be yuck, so let me vent wont you please?
So lets start it back from yesterday. I awoke from a good nights sleep and decided to get busy on the stuff I had to do which included the following:
-finish the edits on Billy Bellweather
-do my Criticism paper
-do my Criticism final
-study for editing final
-study for producing final
-go to a karate place and take pictures for photo essay
-pickup contact lenses
-pack for trip to ny
-eat sleep and bathe
-organize production notebook
-fix phone problem (its not workin)
So i managed to get some of that stuff done before going over to ben's house to work on the take home final. we dont end up doing that cuz ben has other papers to write due today. so he writes em and i busy myself with other items on the list. at around 4:45 i jet over to the doctors office to pick up the connys(contacts) and they are closed at like 5:20 instead of closing 10 minutes later. its ok though cuz i go to the tmobile store and it works out alright cuz theyre gonna send me a new phone free. So i go home and edit some more of Billy which keeps me up until 3am but i watch it and really love what it has become. its a labor of love for me so hopefully people will enjoy watching it and if anything else have fun. 3am i go to bed and set the alarm for 6am to get to the final class at 8. Next morning aka today i awaken at like 9:15 and ruushh over to the school theatre. But before getting there i get a j-walking ticket for crossing the street not at a cross walk. So i tell him i have to run to class, so can i go. hes like,"i dont care." what a dillhole. So i show up suuper late to class (it had technincally ended) and we show the final cut of Billy. The teacher enjoys it and makes some constructive comments about it to me. Appatrently he said to my group if i didnt show id be on the verge of failing the course. hee hee. its the meds i tell you thats why im consistently 15 minutes late to his class every single day. After showing him my production notebook we disembark for jamba and i cram soo hard for the editing final thats in 30 minutes. I end up getting the basic ideas but there are so many lists that im just in deep shit. I take the test and maybe i did alright. But then after talking to the gang a bit, we find out what we got on the test. I got a 98 holy crap thats soo awesome im glad stuff is sorta getting better but we will have to see if im still alive by the time thursday night rolls around. Oh btw i think the 1 year anniversary of my lj is coming or it past already. Either way please expect a huge entry soon... off to get some work done and hopefully not be angsty like rivers cuomo circa pinkerton (grrr).
heres something fun.
check this. its coolio and i found the picture today.
t minus 2 days until dub dub day.
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