tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32157344562244158722024-03-13T13:28:57.209-07:00professional man of leisureI do nothing so you don't have to!professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-59032967751676980042010-01-03T01:36:00.000-08:002010-01-03T01:47:48.553-08:00happy new yearswow. I don't know why i was in a tex-mex resturant in beijing and accidentally linked to a blog and it actually opened. not sure how or why this worked but ti is.<br /><br />Anyways been a big year. Left a horrible job then spent the summer improving my chinese and hanging out in north korean villages on the chinese-DPRK border.<br /><br />Then took a new job making some cool outsourced 4-D ride films from the USA.<br /><br />I also have a new apartment in a fancier part of town surrounded by fancy american restaurants.<br /><br />Still writing my love advice column after 2.5 years can't believe thats still going. Been getting a bit of love advice column hate mail as well will include that on here.. can anyone guess where i plagiarized the anti canadian humor from?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Dear Ariel and Ben,<br /><br />Last month ,28 students from one canadian university came to our college to learn chinese culture.I worked as vollunteer for a guy called Mark. After he finished his classes and homework ,we often had dinner together and he asked a lot about chinese traditions.At the weekend I showed him around our city.In KTV,he imitated my icon Miachel Jackson and performed his style of moonwalk.We did have a lot of fun.I had to admit that i was really attracted by this funny,gentle and humble guy. However,all good things come to an end.It's time for them to go back to Canada.His flight was 5am and i saw him off.He hugged me and i couldn't help crying.I love him but i never told him because i know there are many hurdles ahead. Since he left, my life has been empty and i cant repress my missing. What's worse,he seems very busy and our contacts become less and less.Sometimes i just wish i had never met him.How could i get over it?<br /><br />I have heard it said that love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. And we never know the true depth of this love until the hour of separation. Its a tough situation, you start a brief friendship with a handsome young canadian suitor and then he is abruptly whisked out of your arms right back to the great white canadian north. I know right now it hurts and you probably feel like your experience is unique. You'll come to realize it's not. You should ask yourself did you really want to spend the rest of your life living in canada? Think of your children pledging allegiance to the maple leaf. Mayonnaise on everything. Winter 11 months of the year. Not to mention the food in canada is inedible. When have you ever heard anyone say, "Honey, lets stay in tonight and order Canadian food"? Canadians are always dreaming up a lotta ways to ruin our lives. Look at Dashan for example! I think you also need to realize that this guy was<br />not "The One That Got Away". He was only practice. So now when you finally meet the love of your life, you'll have the experience necessary to recognize it and not let it slip through your fingers. For now I think the best thing for you to do is go out there and start dating. If life hands you a lemon, you gotta crush it into lemonade. Find some other boys that occupy your time and get your mind off of the vacuum that this young canadian mounty left in your heart. The past is the past. It was meant to be that way. Getting over him is not going to be easy but life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.</span> <br /><br /><br />and the hate-mail than ensued... <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I am an English teacher at Qiong Zhou University in Hainan province and have found that my students love to read English advice columns, especially those dealing with matters of the heart.?I often use the Love Lessons column in my teaching.?This past week, however, I found the column extremely offensive.?I have to assume that Ben Radcliffe is an American in that he shows such appalling ignorance of Canada.?Or - perhaps he was attempting to be funny.?Instead he ended up being grossly insulting.<br />?/div><br />Canada is one of the preferred destinations of Chinese immigrants.?We have a large Chinese-Canadian community and, after English and French, Canada's two official languages, Chinese is the 3rd most common language in Canada.?I'm not sure what makes pledging allegiance to a maple leaf any more offensive than saluting the stars and stripes or the various symbols of other countries.?At least people aren't burning our flag in protest.<br />?/div><br />With respect to the weather, if Ben has paid any attention to (and can actually read) the U.S. news,he will know that it is not Canada which is currently "snowed in" along the eastern seaboard.?<br />?/div><br />Ben's comments about Canadian cuisine were also off the mark.?Perhaps the reason you don't get Canadian cuisine as takeout is that it actually takes time and quality ingredients to prepare. This is,of course, unlike the constant diet of truly American junk food which has resulted in a population where more than 30 percent of the adult population is morbidly obese.<br />?/div><br />Ben - you owe an apology to Canadians.<br />?/div><br />Judith McTavish<br /></span>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-91310361029726777622009-10-22T08:16:00.001-07:002009-10-22T08:19:36.474-07:00anybody out there...hey,<br /><br />Its been like a year since ive posted to this blog. The thing was its been a big year for social unrest in china with ethnic riots and violence and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC not to mention the 20 year aniversarry of a "massacre" that "never happened".<br /><br />anywasy i am planning on heading to laos for a few months and thought i would start blogging again from there if anyone is still out there. let me know if your still there and i will start posting again.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-30770445386812276602009-03-30T22:52:00.000-07:002009-03-30T23:32:17.302-07:00The Elusive Chinese Grass Mud Horse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzh8bD4Co5Fgy6pWvzqPtN2YnrD9YXGZnahO7Lq2KUWBDneRkUuyPJAYXKLr1aYKf9a9wRAJwt89djVAT_Jcofv6OUq2eY63FVOmmf6PywVXQjhwCVn_aMKogHI2E2pK0FNY34Bp71a4/s1600-h/alpaca2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzh8bD4Co5Fgy6pWvzqPtN2YnrD9YXGZnahO7Lq2KUWBDneRkUuyPJAYXKLr1aYKf9a9wRAJwt89djVAT_Jcofv6OUq2eY63FVOmmf6PywVXQjhwCVn_aMKogHI2E2pK0FNY34Bp71a4/s400/alpaca2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319229719625744914" /></a><br />ah finally something post worthy! Not sure if this made the news in america but.... here is the story of the ever elusive chinese grass mud horse! For those who are un-aware chinese is a tonal language. and a different rising or falling tone can take a word that sounds relatively the same but give it an entirely different meaning. These differences are also made clear by the use of the chinese characters. Its kind of like the english language where wear or there or their. different spelling and different context. <div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways sometimes these subtle differences can go horribly awry. Such is the case with the gentle and majestic chinese grass mud horse. If you translate grass mud horse into chinese you literally get cao ni ma. Which is pronounced "cao ni ma" which using different rising or falling tones is how you say "FUCK YOUR MOTHER"</div><div><br /></div><div>grass mud horse: 草泥马 Cao3 Ni2 Ma3</div><div><br /></div><div>fuck your mother: 操你妈 Cao4 Ni3 Ma1</div><div><br /></div><div>for more wonderful chinese expressions and the wonderment of the ancient chinese culture please check out this wonderful page over at <a href="http://www.chinasmack.com/glossary/">chinasmack.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Cao Ni Ma (Chinese: 草泥马), literally "Grass Mud Horse", was supposedly a species of alpaca. The name is derived from cào nǐ mā (Chinese: 肏你妈), which translates to "fuck your mother". Note that the comparison with the "animal" name is not an actual homophone, but rather the two terms have the same consonants and vowels with different tones, which are represented by different characters. According to the original article from Baidu Baike [17], they originate from an area known as "Ma Le Ge Bi" (Chinese: 马勒戈壁, English: Mahler Gobi) (resembles 妈了个屄, meaning "your mother's fucking vagina"), and some variants of the animal are known as 沃草泥马 (wò cǎo ní mǎ, resembling 我肏你妈, meaning I fuck your mother), which can only eat fertile grass (沃草 in Chinese), while other variants are known as 狂草泥马 (kuáng cǎo ní mǎ, 狂 meaning "violently" or "insanely"), which are dubbed as the "kings" of the Cao Ni Ma.<br />Within the vast desert of Mahler Gobi, the Grass Mud Horse are the dominant species, and thus the alternate name for the region which these animals inhabit is called 草泥马戈壁 (Pinyin: cǎo ní mǎ gē bì, Literally "Grass Mud Horse Gobi"). They are able to adapt to harsh conditions, and typically eat grass, as there is little water available in Mahler Gobi. Their greatest enemy are "river crabs" (Chinese: 河蟹, Pinyin: héxiè, resembles 和谐 héxié meaning "harmonious", referring to government censorship to create a "harmonious society", while noting that river crabs are depicted wearing three wristwatches, vaguely referring to the Three Represents, where 代表 "represent" and 戴表 "to wear a watch" are homophones), and are said to be frequently seen in combat against these crabs. Note that the initial image found in the original Baidu Baike article is a zebra, rather than an alpaca.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-236786847765193972009-03-19T20:50:00.000-07:002009-03-19T20:54:01.439-07:00another NK holga<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kTZx91myp09bH1kvr6JZDUUWt-wBcqH5X11tYieDVd46pjaIo3zvHv5eluv16DYVEH_p7L7NLQ1zoeWji5z2qF-BzwkFsR9busKY3Sn2-TSDSwdvRJleARGjuVXWk44A8uutZhBGS28/s1600-h/000133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kTZx91myp09bH1kvr6JZDUUWt-wBcqH5X11tYieDVd46pjaIo3zvHv5eluv16DYVEH_p7L7NLQ1zoeWji5z2qF-BzwkFsR9busKY3Sn2-TSDSwdvRJleARGjuVXWk44A8uutZhBGS28/s400/000133.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315113019827450642" /></a><br />Here is a random shot of a subway sign in beautiful downtown Pyongyang.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I am seriously lacking inspiration and hard to get blogging again but i do have a master plan for interesting content again stay tuned and spread the word that the P.M.O.L. is back!</div>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-37208839541822222072009-03-19T00:21:00.001-07:002009-03-19T00:25:43.282-07:00holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgpE7YIPyGJZ4fb5G2DVtOozecoaLedfjVf8I98zP7_hjX8IFUt-SWUVReulAaL_EjapIJ4Qw70WrM9IeF5LRkRLFKr1kT_H5XY8V4NadnkhJd77aw75Z7_15gVVQIURx7h6cnuDSLZA/s1600-h/000060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgpE7YIPyGJZ4fb5G2DVtOozecoaLedfjVf8I98zP7_hjX8IFUt-SWUVReulAaL_EjapIJ4Qw70WrM9IeF5LRkRLFKr1kT_H5XY8V4NadnkhJd77aw75Z7_15gVVQIURx7h6cnuDSLZA/s400/000060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314796624014855090" /></a>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-82201281614798204762009-03-16T20:15:00.001-07:002009-03-16T20:18:48.141-07:00holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CuOjSqhBaOc_9MNvEQRzEvQbib_8r-sHVhCBLBTMIRTxILpEcWW1O5bo8ekncIRaWGzhDiPibG8mYlhifkdaV0hXIvy8dx25o0PrD51xS-N6ZKmdVPB8zTQd6Ia9_guQUFQ3dW-5lTk/s1600-h/000011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CuOjSqhBaOc_9MNvEQRzEvQbib_8r-sHVhCBLBTMIRTxILpEcWW1O5bo8ekncIRaWGzhDiPibG8mYlhifkdaV0hXIvy8dx25o0PrD51xS-N6ZKmdVPB8zTQd6Ia9_guQUFQ3dW-5lTk/s400/000011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313990872265324866" /></a>The great leader...professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-65628186547856474162009-02-23T21:35:00.001-08:002009-02-23T21:40:35.790-08:00Still Alive<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPiUJLMYd76wtVgWRDf5CyBm20fqaY6T30ZZa1NmbFhFgys3TIsUWgvttg5kkr7HbpbWXAlvdQQ4_3bA1xTaDOlp4l5BVg553tAq3C_G6l9KkNsbXg91cahMs5Ow8Vhmkqzz7dbf2aro/s1600-h/ben.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306233501130783762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPiUJLMYd76wtVgWRDf5CyBm20fqaY6T30ZZa1NmbFhFgys3TIsUWgvttg5kkr7HbpbWXAlvdQQ4_3bA1xTaDOlp4l5BVg553tAq3C_G6l9KkNsbXg91cahMs5Ow8Vhmkqzz7dbf2aro/s400/ben.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yes I am still alive. My laptop is not hence the long time without posting.</div><div> </div><div>Not sure what to cram in... I went to North Korea and survived. I also moved into a traditional courtyard and survived the winter. I also survived the chinese new year which was a close one. It was like edgewater drive but with 14 million people and for a week straight there was a skyscraper that was a casualty and burned down on the last day which makes this an aspiucous year.</div><div> </div><div>Right now I am in chengdu contemplating the future and drinking lots of tea. Maybe a move to durka durka stan perhaps a move back to india or maybe down to hanoi. who knows.</div><div> </div><div>I would love to go back to pyongyang and live there for a year but somehow i dont see that happening.</div><div> </div><div>Anyways I am gonna buy a new laptopn this month and get back to blogging. If anyone is still out there reading giveme a shout out.</div><div> </div><div>Ben</div>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-39081494734009918452008-12-16T23:44:00.000-08:002008-12-16T23:45:36.580-08:00pixar chinglishprofessional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-39531741853568788672008-10-27T07:57:00.001-07:002008-10-27T07:57:36.435-07:00IM ALIVEBUT UNFORTUNATELY THATS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID FOR MY COMPUTER....<div><br /></div><div>STAY POSTED.</div>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-67440607787735773972008-10-14T06:56:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:05:12.541-07:00DPRK holga #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj5FHb8r8q5_a_9qmvN6jQffPVsmJ9sEwlT8emJ9wedQS_Gm-xEryXPvS0q431gOBpwTywjg12NCTZwGC52XfOFsB9P0arzZseU2snTp8LNOkdcevKUK-VdDIQFGzu0bnSQ4N5_rji2Y/s1600-h/000043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj5FHb8r8q5_a_9qmvN6jQffPVsmJ9sEwlT8emJ9wedQS_Gm-xEryXPvS0q431gOBpwTywjg12NCTZwGC52XfOFsB9P0arzZseU2snTp8LNOkdcevKUK-VdDIQFGzu0bnSQ4N5_rji2Y/s400/000043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257008548299913282" border="0" /></a>Here is a photo of the juche tower in downtown pyong yang. This is one of the dominant landmarks in the pyongyang skyline. Even though there is a power shortage this is iluminated every night and the flame at the top is has animated lights. This monument is to the korean philosophy of juche.<br /><br />The Juche Idea (주체사상, Juche Sasang) is the official state ideology of North Korea and the political system based on it. The doctrine is a component part of Kimilsungism, the North Korean term for Kim Il-sung's family regime.[1] Juche literally means "main body" or "subject"; it has also been translated in North Korean sources as "independent stand" and the "spirit of self-reliance". Other sources have revealed other interpretations.<br /><br />Origin<br /><br />Kim Il-sung advanced Juche as a slogan in a December 28, 1955, speech titled "On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work" in rejection of the policy of de-Stalinization (bureaucratic self-reform) in the Soviet Union. The Juche Idea itself gradually emerged as a systematic ideological doctrine under the political pressures of the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s. The word "Juche" also began to appear in untranslated form in English-language North Korean works from around 1965. Kim Il-sung outlined the three fundamental principles of Juche in his April 14, 1965, speech “On Socialist Construction and the South Korean Revolution in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”. The principles are "independence in politics" (chaju), "self-sustenance in the economy" (charip) and "self-defense in national defense" (chawi). Current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il officially authored the definitive statement on Juche in a 1982 document titled On the Juche Idea. He has final authority over the interpretation of the state ideology and incorporated the Songun (army-first) policy into it in 1996.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpgF7D9W-dtotMQBxbYWGbSZEjDffymTiSv22PU-d0OTT-M5VpKZR4HRJg0ZBnVtLYNHJT_XF47bldTMuq9i-2lVO9HzJgVy87YYktPxHJr_nZ3IiV3MI04KREd7QGgNMA59GO5sBJ-A/s1600-h/000135.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpgF7D9W-dtotMQBxbYWGbSZEjDffymTiSv22PU-d0OTT-M5VpKZR4HRJg0ZBnVtLYNHJT_XF47bldTMuq9i-2lVO9HzJgVy87YYktPxHJr_nZ3IiV3MI04KREd7QGgNMA59GO5sBJ-A/s400/000135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257010084298448706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGaRflQs5o1HRqtM_rpCaQrwHDByg5aa2u42y7nVZhz7Cm0MNCRF2sbbKM99J4u48Bc4pgqPVo-5YUZ2Ah4ZgvB1O5poHj58HrwZ6XNtaWsXdxPwsr_IGHmIKunZpWmBRUnHb9Zc1rSA/s1600-h/000132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGaRflQs5o1HRqtM_rpCaQrwHDByg5aa2u42y7nVZhz7Cm0MNCRF2sbbKM99J4u48Bc4pgqPVo-5YUZ2Ah4ZgvB1O5poHj58HrwZ6XNtaWsXdxPwsr_IGHmIKunZpWmBRUnHb9Zc1rSA/s400/000132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257010077728478034" border="0" /></a>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-50207008452188913792008-10-13T09:08:00.000-07:002008-10-13T09:12:57.077-07:00D.P.R.K holga #1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMQKMDy7T0ebTY5LJ4WOxotaJUAnL1CjdfgtuJyNXBwW8aqvhF6Djt5iZ9xIkvKrZqvHhLUM3B68yBt28QMRRrBJxCpoeYPFNigBasaDWsK-jCF_yIdJ4xE3ojlYUb3C4R6zub2KsBZM/s1600-h/000038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMQKMDy7T0ebTY5LJ4WOxotaJUAnL1CjdfgtuJyNXBwW8aqvhF6Djt5iZ9xIkvKrZqvHhLUM3B68yBt28QMRRrBJxCpoeYPFNigBasaDWsK-jCF_yIdJ4xE3ojlYUb3C4R6zub2KsBZM/s400/000038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256671840586059314" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the first holga from the DPRK. I have lots of stuff to post like maps and newspaper articles and propaganda posters but I have been crazy busy between work chinese classes and my many social obligations.<br /><br />This is some kind of propaganda poster from the DMZ. These things were all over north korea and seemed were painted on stone slabs instead of your typical poster. They are very very permanent. I have no idea what it says so if anyone knows any one who is korean and can translate it for me that would be awesome.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-52763785635376237202008-10-10T04:31:00.000-07:002008-10-10T04:34:10.948-07:00holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBfmOzOrtJ0cNcGoZyWSgfB-EyXE3FHOwdsRTBn3akPNChs9pk53-vK2veh8F8uJlmjfX9BUsvXxo9b9SCh037WhdaNVF3aVm2_-kjiusBVv80dbxjhhuXPo7wBbzogai6tJ53-urGuE/s1600-h/holga098.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBfmOzOrtJ0cNcGoZyWSgfB-EyXE3FHOwdsRTBn3akPNChs9pk53-vK2veh8F8uJlmjfX9BUsvXxo9b9SCh037WhdaNVF3aVm2_-kjiusBVv80dbxjhhuXPo7wBbzogai6tJ53-urGuE/s400/holga098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255486994027854146" border="0" /></a><br />A uiygher woman from kashgar.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-91434359370484242832008-10-10T00:31:00.000-07:002008-10-10T00:35:13.974-07:00more visual amalgam post show info<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQwKRyyyJUCwEiD7uQe1TGXRQK4uLIDB7fgyo0FTT0tamfzu_CT7gCKMdzBYefN3ShmhyphenhyphentgwoXIn3sq54v_BQ8U7sEirTy95cLl4_81sqHGpxrzuy4V8cLDWUmM02UHPnY0Cc7K2j3NA/s1600-h/Ben_Radcliffe_gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQwKRyyyJUCwEiD7uQe1TGXRQK4uLIDB7fgyo0FTT0tamfzu_CT7gCKMdzBYefN3ShmhyphenhyphentgwoXIn3sq54v_BQ8U7sEirTy95cLl4_81sqHGpxrzuy4V8cLDWUmM02UHPnY0Cc7K2j3NA/s400/Ben_Radcliffe_gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255425024885536130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">my photos hung up in the visual amalgam show</span><br /></div><br />here is an article online regarding the visaul amalgam show. Again I was not able to attend the event because of the fact that I was in dprk then back to beijing around the same time. If anyone of my 4-5 readers made it to the show please leave your imprression in the comments section.<br /><br />The 2nd installation of the Visual Amalgam Art Show was an enormous success, with an estimated eight hundred people attending the event at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. The semi-annual event features the personal artwork of film industry and visual effects professionals. <p>Show organizers and artists, Patrick Finley and Evan Jacobs, were thrilled with the enthusiastic turnout for the show. “It really surpassed our expectations,” Jacobs said. “People starting trickling in during the day, even before all the art was hung on the walls! By the time the show was scheduled to start we had a packed house.”</p>The event lived up to its name, featuring an eclectic collection of artwork ranging from classical to contemporary, modern and abstract. Roughly one hundred and fifty paintings, photographs and sculptures adorned the walls of the James Gray Gallery for this year’s show, representing the work of twenty-five unique artists. <p>Patrons enjoyed the rare opportunity to meet most of the artists in person during the evening. Five-time Academy Award™ winning visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston, was on-hand, showing his still photography at the event, as was Academy Award™ winning visual effects supervisor Kevin Mack, who had several of his abstract dimensional math paintings on display. The feedback from the public was overwhelmingly positive and several artists sold pieces despite the turbulent economic climate. “Throughout the evening people kept telling me how much they enjoyed the collection,” recalls Finley. “It was an eclectic show and I think there really was something for everyone.”</p><p>The show proved to be an inspiration for the exhibiting artists as well, since many of them had not seen their fellow artist’s work before the show. Seven-time VFX Emmy Award™ winner, Dan Curry, whose paintings were featured at the event said, “It is always great to see what our respected colleagues create for themselves. It was inspiring work and a very enjoyable gathering.”</p><p><br />In fact, each of the exhibiting artists boasts impressive professional credentials within the film industry but in many cases their personal artwork has not been widely publicized or displayed. “It is always an effort to make time to wear the artist’s hat,” exhibiting photographer, Ash Beck relates. “Even though we are practicing artists every day, our personal art is what truly keeps our lives and professional work in perspective and balance.”</p> <p>Painter and visual effects artist, Patrick Finley, conceived the Visual Amalgam Show back in 2006 as a way to help other artists get their work into the public eye. “There are some immensely talented people working behind the scenes and I knew many of them were fine artists as well,” Finley recalls. “The goal was to provide them with the opportunity to show their personal work to the public in a fine art gallery setting and with the 2008 show I think we really achieved that.”</p><p><br />The 2008 Visual Amalgam Show continues online at <a href="http://www.visualamalgam.com/">www.visualamalgam.com</a> featuring artists Ken Ralston (“Forrest Gump”), Kevin Mack (“Speed Racer”), Albert Brenner (“Pretty Woman”), Dan Curry (“Star Trek”), John Swallow (“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”), Angie Jones (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), Ash Beck (commercials), Ben Rittenhouse (“Hulk”), Dainel Abramovitch (“The Brave One”), Ben Radcliffe (“Shrek 2”), Danny Dimian (“Polar Express”), Shannon Blake Gans (“Live Free or Die Hard”), Darren Lurie (“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”), Eric Hanson (“Cast Away”), Eric Robertson (“The Da Vinci Code”), Evan Jacobs (“Resident Evil: Extinction”), Joe Strasser (“Beowulf”), Loic Zimmerman (“Hancock”), Owen Demers (“The Martix Revolutions”), Pam Hogarth (Gnomon School), Patrick Finley (“I Am Legend”), Snow Mack (“X-Men 2”), Vincent Serrittela (“Hancock”), Karen Murphy-Mundell (“Titanic”) and Richard Winn Taylor (“Tron”).</p>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-55532518203017620822008-10-09T00:32:00.000-07:002008-10-09T00:36:46.181-07:00D.P.R.K. tripok I will get this started with some pics and then update the story later.<br /><br />I like always shot everything on film so i stole these digitals from other people in my tour group.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMVOf7hJb-APaoav35PdRnEfNREDDztIKnbuJYElwyt8pqvez1tWoGwRRJCB-lyRrlAxhWuI1Tqt9mlM5CxD53n554tr1k4Ag-9OvLvahOopB51rttWOzDSFY8evqZvsFrAjgUxR6TAA/s1600-h/group2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMVOf7hJb-APaoav35PdRnEfNREDDztIKnbuJYElwyt8pqvez1tWoGwRRJCB-lyRrlAxhWuI1Tqt9mlM5CxD53n554tr1k4Ag-9OvLvahOopB51rttWOzDSFY8evqZvsFrAjgUxR6TAA/s400/group2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255054261774323842" border="0" /></a>This is the infamous american tour group B standing in front of the great leaders 60m tall bronze statue!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1TiwjiXjckGb4H4Gqm08hcmZMMyxollVB1AiyjXT9OvOMDw5oy3Df4TYvuQYZiptk1-bWMF-SeHP9183D5vKC5nyDWRsHsxloABQjWoefkgc_RfRueVdhlp7KYdnT3xzc94NJ-0mJuo/s1600-h/handlers2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1TiwjiXjckGb4H4Gqm08hcmZMMyxollVB1AiyjXT9OvOMDw5oy3Df4TYvuQYZiptk1-bWMF-SeHP9183D5vKC5nyDWRsHsxloABQjWoefkgc_RfRueVdhlp7KYdnT3xzc94NJ-0mJuo/s400/handlers2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255054264590285730" border="0" /></a>These are the tour guides who are definately not spies... right!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmHRWAlYyM0vI9OBxo3a2tYKNjhnZHt22xzhHNiWrQgZiknrdJtkreKC6Ic9T7EapgGhhNmu4oAq-xceIvikjY8JHo-uSMYtsi2ol26nlgj47UsiAu-D9KIs5HyoPPdblFOmAya6kfGs/s1600-h/dog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmHRWAlYyM0vI9OBxo3a2tYKNjhnZHt22xzhHNiWrQgZiknrdJtkreKC6Ic9T7EapgGhhNmu4oAq-xceIvikjY8JHo-uSMYtsi2ol26nlgj47UsiAu-D9KIs5HyoPPdblFOmAya6kfGs/s400/dog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255054269348579058" border="0" /></a><br />Enjoying a little dog meat Steak in DPRK!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5R2G6crTjLrpcGmzCuRtPXAJ_cmpSDAonYIbG-XheAS8uis9EnY49yqPvZfcoso3Z8XiTxZCQTIRSDREs2qyztPB_JY63wkkpwT5zustrXtQNYvhERAs4Fe1k2ePFEANL_boMUqjbCE/s1600-h/armastice.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5R2G6crTjLrpcGmzCuRtPXAJ_cmpSDAonYIbG-XheAS8uis9EnY49yqPvZfcoso3Z8XiTxZCQTIRSDREs2qyztPB_JY63wkkpwT5zustrXtQNYvhERAs4Fe1k2ePFEANL_boMUqjbCE/s400/armastice.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255054268047918770" border="0" /></a><br />This is me sitting at the center of the table where the cease fire armistice agreement was signed.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-83871486354192735102008-10-08T07:13:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:16:45.920-07:00post visual amalgam wrap up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2C6B9QRcFKlYH5J9RTYdTpDgVabV6p088GnVd-uOcvS0pFXUgsntVnnqdlvjTS7a7rDQ5ezbjdv7LGYbBPnqLmwnqVgioH351PZH_GXIZOcEOh13caZhHaijTExu0TG8JilC7YrigJ8/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2C6B9QRcFKlYH5J9RTYdTpDgVabV6p088GnVd-uOcvS0pFXUgsntVnnqdlvjTS7a7rDQ5ezbjdv7LGYbBPnqLmwnqVgioH351PZH_GXIZOcEOh13caZhHaijTExu0TG8JilC7YrigJ8/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254786783588089202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ-RH4YsuvWa0fh-mHy3xly5gMStRNkly-KVNyU-1yM9BeD2VCs8PBabN7K00hUjsIlNlDz_YmvMgP-dL3w5S2-BTRBG_vUxsjlykn55xFUsfc4YayDLZxSwNgaVYSc_hPikoUA6ODmk/s1600-h/Ben_Radcliffe_gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ-RH4YsuvWa0fh-mHy3xly5gMStRNkly-KVNyU-1yM9BeD2VCs8PBabN7K00hUjsIlNlDz_YmvMgP-dL3w5S2-BTRBG_vUxsjlykn55xFUsfc4YayDLZxSwNgaVYSc_hPikoUA6ODmk/s400/Ben_Radcliffe_gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254786790571342450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfGyzZdvwFfQkQGrk8TYCM4YvkqkZ1o_ww_zAjunuTUBx-djYHVY-vkM8vNDuJ5YGE3il_WWf5mVJWP516w4Sv0dt-m1j6d0uzEO2cEVSMQX4oHE4_7ror45HlI_vkxhQxp1u4q0VqkM/s1600-h/2921705121_cbf510a74e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfGyzZdvwFfQkQGrk8TYCM4YvkqkZ1o_ww_zAjunuTUBx-djYHVY-vkM8vNDuJ5YGE3il_WWf5mVJWP516w4Sv0dt-m1j6d0uzEO2cEVSMQX4oHE4_7ror45HlI_vkxhQxp1u4q0VqkM/s400/2921705121_cbf510a74e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254786790859048050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBKa_Ar-KjGBW3AJdolvi2fHZgyFP-37HeAtdhF-ZX3sjKyv_-5B6ElzYPBLBMaVmcBuTbgt3ESE7sBCoR3c_rqD0U8MLvOFwI7sjmK2kAw9IhEyPyryMNA_zgxBLePN79B5hR6k5XSs/s1600-h/2921310950_f789774ae6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBKa_Ar-KjGBW3AJdolvi2fHZgyFP-37HeAtdhF-ZX3sjKyv_-5B6ElzYPBLBMaVmcBuTbgt3ESE7sBCoR3c_rqD0U8MLvOFwI7sjmK2kAw9IhEyPyryMNA_zgxBLePN79B5hR6k5XSs/s400/2921310950_f789774ae6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254786787829860914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4t1qvS2MHXd4oPurDROfyY7Ziuem_CDzt9_q7wBKZr5Pucz9ohFdzh-x1CjIvc2yGn9Upmrwme8IMS7RvGXYh8n30v-W0nA5Bc4Wh7ESAfOPzSYAayzN3BxCTurqCoRcTdChmb-VdII/s1600-h/2922611715_460faee6d3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4t1qvS2MHXd4oPurDROfyY7Ziuem_CDzt9_q7wBKZr5Pucz9ohFdzh-x1CjIvc2yGn9Upmrwme8IMS7RvGXYh8n30v-W0nA5Bc4Wh7ESAfOPzSYAayzN3BxCTurqCoRcTdChmb-VdII/s400/2922611715_460faee6d3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254786795171072418" border="0" /></a><br />So I didn'y go cause I live in china but here are some photos from the show reception.<br /><br />I got lots of north korea stories and photos coming soon i promise.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-19751892733478644582008-10-08T07:11:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:13:32.498-07:00holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMcU5HGL26IhP84P-XJLT_75yF6fOmWTprWVzKg_x_KR1k9h-wNNjHYDBKr9t1oBxzUF8MYauMiJK_i0WjXVZJeElU1QDZnSiZXY4UVHkrFMgXC-Ch4WhzVuBdRzAPYXMgq_evFN6EZo/s1600-h/holga095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMcU5HGL26IhP84P-XJLT_75yF6fOmWTprWVzKg_x_KR1k9h-wNNjHYDBKr9t1oBxzUF8MYauMiJK_i0WjXVZJeElU1QDZnSiZXY4UVHkrFMgXC-Ch4WhzVuBdRzAPYXMgq_evFN6EZo/s400/holga095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254785898289371026" border="0" /></a>here is a random holga photo of the great wallprofessional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-31039502956161740812008-10-05T19:43:00.000-07:002008-10-05T19:48:12.376-07:00North Korea UpdateSo i am back from the Democratic peoples Republic of Korea. It was beyond words.<br /><br />This was definitely one of those shakabuku life altering adventures. I am so blown away I feel like I have come to the end of the road and its weird being back in china and not sure what to do next with my life.<br /><br />I am thinking just packing up and moving to Uzbekistan after winter is over.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-19632387208933936282008-09-29T17:28:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:33:49.703-07:00Off partying in the D.P.R.K.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q3nDMcybjlNJffhuyI_pq2Y0xNRtO4VplMigaF98JMJGT5ybuH8jQ5Sx4vbAsKV5viQ9B00xook5WQzWbSfGjGNnLu9Dn1qhpepWrS3s4FnpmB_tGL9VwPlkKMWx3Ss69bU3lfSC0mQ/s1600-h/team-america-so-ronrey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Q3nDMcybjlNJffhuyI_pq2Y0xNRtO4VplMigaF98JMJGT5ybuH8jQ5Sx4vbAsKV5viQ9B00xook5WQzWbSfGjGNnLu9Dn1qhpepWrS3s4FnpmB_tGL9VwPlkKMWx3Ss69bU3lfSC0mQ/s400/team-america-so-ronrey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251605326251092706" border="0" /></a><br />So this week I am off partying in the closest axis of evil I could find. North Korea. They don't allow internet, cellphones, or awesomeness so blog posts might be scarce this week.<br /><br />wish me luck i am going to need it! Will post tons of pictures as always when i get back.<br /><br />As I load my ipod with movies I keep asking myself n case get stuck in an axis of evil forever what movies should I take.... the answer i came uup with is an obvious one... the goonies!professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-368201683368117412008-09-29T17:23:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:28:46.081-07:00week worth of holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ln_2qp4METXznrX3A2K8xFYUPVZ86oSgjLCTuElJzJBdBkYPPyCVvqH_xyb4ctSoriWnDNTNlQZsio-mIXCkQyXBjyqGih_CGUFPeurHUZ0BitK309iYUCZcgy7YyRrKtqWFpCREOts/s1600-h/holga086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ln_2qp4METXznrX3A2K8xFYUPVZ86oSgjLCTuElJzJBdBkYPPyCVvqH_xyb4ctSoriWnDNTNlQZsio-mIXCkQyXBjyqGih_CGUFPeurHUZ0BitK309iYUCZcgy7YyRrKtqWFpCREOts/s400/holga086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251604372121221682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9FtiLQMu9fEN79IYDRTN0eO6hVtGeEaRqbuhSJEDVouzquYmuWklONPhMmlTBtQwP1rWL4Iz6wxwyJ0NreswwlWJdmL1UuoHG2m5eW08PZsLQNsbwwSckOVtVeibWyAI4MDq3nprMFM/s1600-h/holga087.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9FtiLQMu9fEN79IYDRTN0eO6hVtGeEaRqbuhSJEDVouzquYmuWklONPhMmlTBtQwP1rWL4Iz6wxwyJ0NreswwlWJdmL1UuoHG2m5eW08PZsLQNsbwwSckOVtVeibWyAI4MDq3nprMFM/s400/holga087.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251604371840780226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnI0mx2RN4a5coT981p_qzqQpNiw87ZQ1GXoila7M50iiaCppfwuLH6fHanNqb5ECgeEfRH-OIJ5N0-6N0hy_mrnWkLiJm3FhdLwxsUck6S8jmNTbUrNhYVheU5OJ11ivyVQNumY8p1w/s1600-h/holga089.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnI0mx2RN4a5coT981p_qzqQpNiw87ZQ1GXoila7M50iiaCppfwuLH6fHanNqb5ECgeEfRH-OIJ5N0-6N0hy_mrnWkLiJm3FhdLwxsUck6S8jmNTbUrNhYVheU5OJ11ivyVQNumY8p1w/s400/holga089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251604378279143666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNZUb7VPHlRDU2shtUVvYl2yLAMlcvYEwCa_jULU2IV7lWRsMbtQx90JSt3CQLzsKJhh3U30tIpurDze32seohN9HGWYoRRm1Vt9k05Vhifa438BrNqmox-arzQ31EPMGRS0OohPumQc/s1600-h/holga090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNZUb7VPHlRDU2shtUVvYl2yLAMlcvYEwCa_jULU2IV7lWRsMbtQx90JSt3CQLzsKJhh3U30tIpurDze32seohN9HGWYoRRm1Vt9k05Vhifa438BrNqmox-arzQ31EPMGRS0OohPumQc/s400/holga090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251604380711067378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9l0QEgbFFcxxcKY_HNy3yafX3cJZjciRbbq2J-N_uHHgs4E3Plx0TnSkBZiDQMQ0m4bMqqIVMnbWKgHx_O9NfmjghXzS2iB4nFwq7YqiJnqOZsB64Dkv3HVfM9_BdmXLm7Ln53FenJD8/s1600-h/holga092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9l0QEgbFFcxxcKY_HNy3yafX3cJZjciRbbq2J-N_uHHgs4E3Plx0TnSkBZiDQMQ0m4bMqqIVMnbWKgHx_O9NfmjghXzS2iB4nFwq7YqiJnqOZsB64Dkv3HVfM9_BdmXLm7Ln53FenJD8/s400/holga092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251604379993552386" border="0" /></a><br />in norht korea this week so here are a bunch of holgas! these were all taken in a tea plantation in bangladesh!professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-4232853433126578272008-09-27T04:44:00.000-07:002008-09-27T04:46:07.371-07:00holga<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZGR9kJdOFJGN9jOlbxV9DzU2GqiohtYuds9gfBJets-jfAZlodqf-T1n2YNkenn56gwDygvLWf_qk91x45zNEaYu7_a9GP3E5LBmP16OBJM7Uj1-CCryxPJklpgTRgrCWR5AKzhb1uI/s1600-h/holga081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZGR9kJdOFJGN9jOlbxV9DzU2GqiohtYuds9gfBJets-jfAZlodqf-T1n2YNkenn56gwDygvLWf_qk91x45zNEaYu7_a9GP3E5LBmP16OBJM7Uj1-CCryxPJklpgTRgrCWR5AKzhb1uI/s400/holga081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250666027715847218" border="0" /></a><br />This is the mosque in Turpan an ancient desert oasis on the old silk roadprofessional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-33016931131878402612008-09-26T01:27:00.001-07:002008-09-26T01:30:51.533-07:00Holga076<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGZ2zK9x7nzkG5p8aJrXLqgl7TYG01871kIUtxH76Zu71-RNlM9IZJBxqWT58HuD8QziB7Z_EQErTczXgdq0nwAhYKqhedK1s3SLLyUURSXPmNz8_WNA-rZpyw-vGOZyu8DAcK4twUTQ/s1600-h/holga080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGZ2zK9x7nzkG5p8aJrXLqgl7TYG01871kIUtxH76Zu71-RNlM9IZJBxqWT58HuD8QziB7Z_EQErTczXgdq0nwAhYKqhedK1s3SLLyUURSXPmNz8_WNA-rZpyw-vGOZyu8DAcK4twUTQ/s400/holga080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250244035658540402" border="0" /></a>This is the main square in Kashgar. I was hanging out in this square everyday reading "farewell to arms" and drinking pomegranite juice. This is one of the most amazing spots on earth.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-71574772586426710022008-09-26T01:12:00.000-07:002008-09-26T01:18:31.591-07:00PMOL reports on the usa financial crisisAs I sit here in red china making chinese yuan I am catching news headlines and reports and everything on the US financial meltdown. No matter how much i read I really don't understand what it all means. I have not been in america for almost 2 years. I can see the data and reports but am still distanced from the feeling and how it affects everday life.<br /><br />I found this report that is absolutely phenomenal on "this american life" about how this all happened. I cannot recomend enough and the crazy thing is the episode is around 4 months old.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1242"><span class="header"><span id="ctl00_Content_Body_lblTitle">355: The Giant Pool of Money</span></span></a>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-77919607429399944742008-09-25T00:54:00.000-07:002008-09-25T01:00:46.049-07:00my photos are in an art show!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGINjobLh_N4cL9OTxi5Tk4tVEqKO1yAegQ2Vk3AiFXqrXvRpDF2vlBfiRGSbrkwttevtIFhcuTnemXeHPMNNCTpgOKKI9Q1geSzrgxT1np5mleWzjax-IHzuDDPZe3heFgTbxUfA2B8/s1600-h/vas_2008-web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGINjobLh_N4cL9OTxi5Tk4tVEqKO1yAegQ2Vk3AiFXqrXvRpDF2vlBfiRGSbrkwttevtIFhcuTnemXeHPMNNCTpgOKKI9Q1geSzrgxT1np5mleWzjax-IHzuDDPZe3heFgTbxUfA2B8/s400/vas_2008-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249865499576129426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So i am sure i have mentioned it before buy my buddy patrick is organizing an art show of work by people working in the film industry. I have 4 photos in it.<br /><br />If you happen to be in L.A. on october 5th go check it out there will be free cocktails!<br /><br /><a href="http://visualamalgam.com/">http://visualamalgam.com/</a><br /><br />PS. I will not be there because i will be in north Korea ( yes really ) the likelihood of me making it back alive is not good so you should buy my photos because they might be worth something.professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-75868560650557470472008-09-25T00:15:00.001-07:002008-09-25T00:19:28.812-07:00holga075<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QpErWyMulVvOpJdZt10vQhMpl8LyGwnR_hrDRwIl9zxs6QTVOvC3jR0d8krFz9WKHrvSjnju2J6KSLQVIvzeaL6AMlcmnQU-xkV_yP8lAeQnu2sWGy7lrnI3srNt84w-6EyiW6gNwm8/s1600-h/holga079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QpErWyMulVvOpJdZt10vQhMpl8LyGwnR_hrDRwIl9zxs6QTVOvC3jR0d8krFz9WKHrvSjnju2J6KSLQVIvzeaL6AMlcmnQU-xkV_yP8lAeQnu2sWGy7lrnI3srNt84w-6EyiW6gNwm8/s400/holga079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249854506911456130" border="0" /></a>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215734456224415872.post-23023378692262660262008-09-24T22:59:00.000-07:002008-09-25T03:08:05.580-07:00You know your from quincy when...So for those new to this blog I am originally from Quincy but now live in Red China. I went to college in savannah, georgia and since then lived in LA, San Fran, Atlanta, and Chicago. I haven't really lived in quincy since.... except for a few sketchy winters when i was unemployed and lived in my uncles basement or on my cousins couch and even then I spent most of my time at Loon mountain in N.H. snowboarding.<br /><br />Its funny I have to live all the way across the world in a communist country to get back to my roots. I tend to notice my accent slips back out more e than it used to . The other things is back in the states when ever people asked me where i was form i just said boston because it was easier. Here in beijing i get called out for saying boston but really being from quincy. The thing is here in the 'Jing most of the white people can be generalized divided into two categories, GROUP A (which i belong to) are the people who just ended up up here for lack of a better idea and then once they got here realized the fact that life is really easy and beers come in giant bottles that only cost like 14cents and never left . then there is GROUP B and these are the rich preppy overachievers who are here claiming their rightful place in the world working for global financial institutions. The thing is I forget a lot of these people went to business school in the boston area. They ask where i am from I say boston and they respond they went to harvard, BU ,brown, or wellesly for girls... whatever and then they dig further and ask what part then i say quincy and this is the part where they frown and excuse themselves ( this is also usually where i am busted for being somewhere i wasn't invited like a fancy function with an open bar like a journalists thing or even college alumni event )<br /><br />Even the chinamen have been calling me out on not really being from Boston. They know cause just about every chinamen has a relative in either quincy or malden or a smartass kid who goes to college in boston.<br /><br />Now when asked I just say quincy and wear it like a badge of honor. Screw those preppy fucks. i even met one girl here in beijing who had a sister in quincy and told me that her sister even had her bachelorette party there and went to flannigans????? (uhmm yeah )<br /><br />Another funny story is when i was working at disney I was sharing and office with this guy with a funny accent then after a couple of weeks he kept referencing suprisingly familiar thing and saying them in familiar ways like going down the cape and talking about dunkin dounuts and stuff like that. It dawned on me he was from new england. I asked where he was from and he said Boston I said me too. Then there was the "what part of boston" showdown. He said worcester I said Quincy. I win. Maybe quincy isn't officially boston but in quincy we still have the T and can see the john hancock building! He doubted me due to lack of an accent and proceeded to quiz me on random things like kings castle land, candle pin bowling, carvel ice cream, the new england aquarium, d'angelos steak and cheese pockets, old sturbridge village for weeks until he was satisfied.<br /><br />anyways I found this online test to be sure...<br /><br /><span>1. You get wicked mad when people pronounce it quin-cee</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span>2. your entire family lives in quincy and you have no desire to ever leave</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">check. i can actually narrow this down to everyone lives in houghs neck</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span>3. you can't walk down the street without seeing a couple legends</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">check. um actually cant go to thanksgiving or xmas dinner without seeing one</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">4.</span><span> you know there are only two places to be on the 3rd of july</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. actually other than edgewater drive not sure what the other place is???</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">5. </span><span>you think all the rich kids live in squantum and you know all the projects are in g-town</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. oh I have intimate first hand knowledge of the projects in G-town</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">6. </span><span>you love how everyone claims to originally be from dorchester</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">uhm times are changing i guess when i was a kid everyone was from southie and wore white hoodies with shamrocks to prove it</span><span style="font-style: italic;">.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">7. </span><span>you know the same people have been hanging out at alumni for 20 years</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">8. </span><span>you go to the thanksgiving game every year and actually care who wins</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I live in china now and don't go but I have gone and chanted north eat shit before</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">9.</span><span> you know Quincy is number two for underage drinking and couldn’t be prouder</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">didn't know but not at all surprised.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">10. </span><span>you love how people from Scituate Cohasset and Hingham think its so ghetto and it only</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> makes you prouder</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">11. </span><span>you know if youre a tobin phelan or bellotti you can get out of any kind of trouble</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">12. </span><span>you took swimming lessons at either the y or lincoln hancock and learned how to sail at blacks creek</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. lincoln hancock but i from G-town and sailing was never really an option.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">13. </span><span>you know the people swimming in wollaston beach are from dorchester because anyone from here would know never to go in it</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">14. </span><span>you know deedees and ups and downs are the sketchiest bars around but will probably go</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. I was in ups and downs last time i ws home for xmas</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">15. </span><span>you are familiar with Squantum, Wollaston, Merrymount, Houghs Neck, Montclair, North Quincy, West Quincy, Beechwood, The Point</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. why is g-town not listed?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">16. </span><span>you know the first dunkin donuts was in quincy and youre pretty sure it’s the one on southern artery</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. sea street now has one so need to go that far.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">17.</span><span> you think the part of quincy across the highway is like another world</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Actually i always thought that was randolph or canton or something and never put 2 and 2 together until reading this</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. anything beyond the southern artery was another world when your from g-town.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">18. </span><span>you have never been to a historical sight unless it was for a fieldtrip in elementary school</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. and never will again after going to those creepy tombs in the basement of that big granite chuch in quincy center bu the T station.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">19. </span><span>you know to never to go to quincy hospital if you're seriously injured</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. i would rather go to a chinese hospital.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">20</span><span>. you grew up on bud light and cheap vodka and spent all of your weekends at the mount, rock, marina, white rock, the quarries, piney, or the golf course</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. i felt nostalgic when i saw the quarries in gone baby gone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">21.</span><span> you lived for half day tuesdays when you were in elementary school</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">22. </span><span>you hear that wollaston beach is just as clean or maybe cleaner than nantasket but you drive 40 minutes to go there anyways</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">check. i always wondered why no one actually went to wollaston beach other than to get fried clams at the clam box.</span>professional man of leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249972169574857992noreply@blogger.com4