Chuseok came and went...like most men in my life.

Chuseok, the holiday foreign workers love to exploit for its vacation, has come and gone. I was busy helping put my friend Denise as she embarked on a photographic extravaganza. We spent four consecutive days primping beautiful ladies (and a handful of hot gents) from all corners of Korea in an act of momentary-model-mania!!! It was a lot of fun, great money--but man was it a lot of work. I am talking 10 to 12 hour days including my commute. Add into this wonderful mix that fact that Autumn has taken hold and the cool breeze is becoming a cold wind resulted in my annoyingly ill-timed tonsillitis. But it's okay. The week here at work was a breeze. And now it's over and I have the weekend to relax, right? Wrong. The Pusan International Film Festival has finally arrived! All the planning has finally come into fruition and in about 3 hrs I'll be boarding my train down south to experience some great cinema, a party or two, a shopping visit in the largest department store in the world, and a dip at the ever lauded SpaLand. More on all this throughout the weekend if I can, but most likely not until Monday. Until then, here are some pics of the models last weekend. Pictures will be uploaded to the site over time. The Foto Republic is a photography organization founded by photographer Denise Lejcar. Photography courtesy of Denise Lejcar, Makeup by J, and Hair & Styling by Moi

Rememba, rememba, rememba...when FAME had an abortion scene?

Just a quick one tonight to say the remake of Fame was actually worse than I expected--and believe me, my expectations were lower than what I'd have for a Korean cake. I actually have no idea what the movie was about, even though I know the original by heart. I am still very, very puzzled. What was that movie about? Nothing happened. Occasionally people sang, or danced, or acted...badly. But what was the story? School years passed like a VD during Spring Break, and I have no idea what any of the characters were named. Did I even watch the movie? Did I imagine it? Maybe I fell asleep and was completely unaware. Fame has proven to be an existential nightmare. Save your money, hard drive space, etc... Let's just pretend this never happened.

GLEE has replaced Gossip Girl in my TV-heart

With Gossip Girl's poor performance at the inception of its third season, my TV-heart felt empty and that void required filling--but not by anything as trite as models that will never walk real shows or designers that will never move out of their parents basements. Then came Glee. You might recall I ripped this show a new one just last week because of its ridiculous treatment of minorities and "REAL 2-D" characters. But I think someone out there heard my prayers (yes, I know these episodes have already been produced, but let me feel like I made a difference) and scrapped all the bad and dragged in a whole lot of good. Thank you, to whomever made it possible, for making the characters real living, breathing human beings with real problems. This is drama. And true comedy stems from drama. From this day forth, I am a full Glee supporter!

Paranormal Activity: One of the scariest movies ever made?

I'd never heard anything about the film Paranormal Activity before hearing about it while flipping through the Pusan International Film Festival's catalogue, but maybe that's because I've neglected to keep updated with Latino Review for the past week. Apparently some people have seen it...and they were terrified. Even Steven Spielberg claims the DVD screener momentarily haunted his screening room. Man, I hope my apartment gets haunted too. It's not fair!

Anyway, here's a link to the Latino Review article. Can't wait to possibly cry like I did watching The Exorcist, The Blair Witch Project, and Rent the movie (because it sucked dirty homeless dick). Click here for the trailer.

What we can do together.

Dong Wook recently completed his first draft illustrations for a story I wrote some three or four years ago. The story is called Daredevil, and is written in a children's book style. It deals more with adult issues, such as regret and death, but it reads in rhyme like Dr. Seuss. Anyway, here's a glance. We'll be submitting it for possible publication once we're happy with it. Feedback would be much appreciated.

Super Junior Saves the World!!!

I've never been a fan of Super Junior, but I'll admit a sauna gang bang with the lot of them would be like babies first Christmas. Nonetheless, here are the boys being rambunctious and smarmy, trying to save the world through energy conservation and song...oh, and the implication of gay lovin.

Hong Kong Disneyland looks super boring

After careful consideration, and consulting our current finances and saving plan, we've decided that our winter vacation trip will be to (drum-roll please)...Hong Kong. Didn't already guess that from the title? Anyway, so far we've got our tickets booked and we're in the process of scoping out hotels and possible apartments to rent for our week abroad. We'll be there for their famed New Year's eve celebrations, which is super exciting, but sadly we've voted against Hong Kong Disneyland. I bleed Disney blood, but it just looks like no bang for your buck. Even the boring as a night with a republican Tokyo Disneyland looks like a night in Tommy Lee's underoo's. More to come as we lay down our plans.