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Location: Maryland
Birthday: 5/27/1979
Gender: Male
Interests: Philosophy, Wushu, Guitar, Music, Movies, Dancing, Film Making, AI, 3D Graphics,
Expertise: Realogy
Occupation: Government
Industry: Computers (Hardware)
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AIM:  realogist
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4/11/2004
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| MyLife
I am free. I am freed. I can resist. I am back to my old self. I am the Realogist, the Exploner, and Tomnol. It is who I am. This is who I am. These are my fates. This is my life. The End. | | |
| A daily blog interlude
So I'm going to vegas again, this time my job is sending me for the Interop Networking conference. Last time, about 2 years ago, I went with another co-worker that basically ditched me the whole week. This time I will be going with a gay co-worker who wants to take me to a gay bar. Not that there's anything wrong with it.
In other news, my wushu coach knows some of the performers in Ka by Cirque Du Soleil, so he is hooking me up with cheap tickets, and maybe a back stage meeting. We will see that show and O at the Bellagio, I heard that one was mind blowing. Of course tickets are a mind blowing $125 for second class seats!!!!
Last time I began my poker learning journey at the Luxor and now, 2 years later, I will begin my winning steak there too. We will also embark on a journey to the Hoover Dam, and I will attempt to bungee jump for the 1st time. If you do not see any posts after the 1st week of May, then you know what happened.
It's the big week pour moi:
Fri, April 28 - Dress rehearsal for Alice and Bob's wedding
Sat, April 29 - Film the wedding
- rush over to airport to catch my flight to Vegas baby Vegas!
Mon, May 1 - Bungee jump and hope not to die!
Tue, May 2 - Watch Ka
Wed, May 3 - go to Hoover Dam, Watch O
Thu, May 4 - enter big poker tournament and get rich
Fri, May 5 - Wake up dead early to catch flight back to DC
- rush over to my apartment to meet my team for the 48 Hour Film Project
- go crazy mad on this project and get ZERO sleep
Sat, May 6 - Shoot at my apartment, and UMCP campus all day
Sun, May 7 - All day editing and voice overs and music recording
Mon, May 8 - Dead | | |
| In the Mood for Love
It is about longing, the endless longing for times long ago. It is all about timing; timing is key, the pacing, the crossing of steps, of each other, of our lives. The reoccurrence, the repetition.
It is the old days. It is a film about the past, the never letting go of the days that have past. It is about rehearsals, of pretending, of trying to understand, trying to deny, to reject. Reject what? Rejecting the reality, the truth, the undeniable, hurtful lies, the deception. But in the end, deception always wins, we deceive each other, we deceive ourselves.
We lie to ourselves because we cannot bring ourselves to face the truth, the truth of the matter. It's a matter of life, of life and love. We lie, we lie.... we pretend it's not there, we pretend it does not exist, bcuz we want it to go away, we hope that if we don't think about it, maybe it will be forgotten, like it never existed. We are afraid.... so, so afraid. Nous avons la crainte. They were so afraid.
Love is so complicated, life is so complicated, because we make it complicated. But it's simple, really. It is actually all very, very simple, it's just those darn feelings that creep in the way.
2 people. Two people. Maybe it's just that simple. We make it complex, we make it difficult. Maybe they were not in the mood for love. | | |
| J'ai vu le film:
In the Mood for Love
This is a Wong Kar-Wai film, an Asian director. I thought to myself, “Hmm, I am a man, an Asian man, and I want to be a director. Perhaps I should see this film directed by another man who is Asian and also a director.” Actually, I was intrigued by the synopsis for the film 2046, which is takes place after In the Mood for Love. There was much talk about this piece, so I put it on my list.
This film is spoken in Cantonese with English subtitles. I must say the word “mood” was definitely a good choice for the title, because this film is all about mood. From the acting, dialogue, cinematography, and music (especially music) this piece is a real mood setter. I would say the theme music alone is enough to make this an excellent film. The slow motion life, with the off-white lighting accents, in tune with the angelical instruments just seeps into every mood of your body.
It is also a very stylistic piece, an art film almost. You can tell by the way the director frames his shots, how he withholds the view, the mysterious, creeping angles, you know that this is a very talented director. Every shot sends out a message, a mood, a story of its own.
This film is about love. It is a love story, an un-traditional one to say the least. It is about the uncontrollable, unpredictable nature of love. As the male protagonist said it best “..sometimes feelings can just creep up on you...”
Watching the deleted scenes there are even more tid bits of wisdom on love, realistic love in the real world, reel feelings for real people. If you are a fan of love stories, this is one to watch, but be warned, get ready for a real mood setter, and something untraditional. It has a resemblance to Lost in Translation.
I leave you with a review from a user on IMDB:
Discover the beauty genially encrypted in "Asian Beauty", 27 July 2004
Author: kyleroberts from Bucharest, Romania
I was recommended this film as one of the best love stories ever told. And as I am huge fan of love, I bought the tickets and sat myself in the theatre. After 90 minutes I left the theatre with nothing but disappointment and the theme song as the only positive thing of the film. I was appalled at the story itself, that two people can love each other but be so afraid as to never act it. I just couldn't go passed the language barrier and the cultural barrier. The second time I ran into it... I was in a different mood, no longer had any expectation ... and had more patience, more relaxed mind to "see" the film... and as soon as I opened my eyes, I discovered the love... the beauty of the film. I went beyond the language and the love story and saw the acting (not even for a moment did I ever felt like they were acting!) and the cinematography. The first time I heard a definition of what a film is, I was told that it should be a chain of perfectly balanced photographs (shots) and this is the film to match the description. Almost every shot has an idea behind it, and combined with the music... and the light effects... the result is just a masterpiece! And a masterpiece is just something that you must have in your collection of films. | | |
| Delusions of loseur
Most of us are familiar with the term "delusions of grandeur," a belief where you are more powerful, greater than you actually are. We can understand why people would have such delusions--to think that they are God, that they are the smartest person, most talented person, most skilled person, or perhaps they realize they are just average, but believe that one day they'll discover/invent this thing that will change the world, or one day will be known to be the smartest/strongest/more talented person to ever walk the earth, and all will worship and love thee.
Delusions, delusions, these are the delusions of grandeur. But what about the opposite? Delusions of petiteur? Hmm, sounds too awk, so I decided to call it "delusions of loseur." Now, I am no psychologist, and there may already exist such a term and I may be delusional to think that no one else has thought of it. Please correct me if you know of such an opposite term to "delusions of grandeur."
What is someone who has delusions of loseur? Does this even make sense? Why would anyone want to fantasy about being the "biggest loser," a nobody, a loner, a stupid head, a useless, worthless person.
We can see why people would have delusions of grandeur, but what would be the reasons for having delusions of loseur? What kind of symptoms are exhibited by such delusions? What do such "losers" get out of indulging themselves in these delusions? Why do they continue to hurt themselves mentally/emotionally. Now I'm not talking about masochist, I'm talking about something different.
... be to continued ... | | |
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