me, by me.
me, by tom,
who has been shooting a lot of neat hdr pictures.
currently listening to:
it’s been a bob dylan, billy joel kind of week.
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day one of picture-taking fun in the desert.
tom, my partner in crime.
i want one.
little moon,
little star,
and fading contrails
make for a smiling veanne.
whenever i’m in san francisco,
i make an earnest effort to see best friends, old friends.
and then benjamin shows up at the dive
and i haven’t seen him since he was in law school six years ago
and now we’re both wearing matching leather jackets and scarves,
looking like we’d be brother/sister
and he says, “christ, do you fucking age?”
and i remember again how much of a crush i’ve always had on him.
currently listening to:
he introduced me to the two toms ten years ago. (pynchon & waits.)
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cousins get together at suzanne’s in the outer sunset.
she showed us a photo book she made with shutterfly
of all our family trips and gatherings from 2011.
aimee was very upset she was unable to make it,
so she texted all of us this photo strip to show us how broken up she was
(she has a talent for making ridiculously, awesomely ugly faces).
it’s uncanny how much she looks like me in the third picture.
day two of aimlessly wandering around my hometown.
luke actually took this picture of me with his iphone.
mmmmm
onnnnnn
sterrrr!
it was when we sat on the side of this cliff that i realized i was falling for him.
seesawing back and forth on what i’m supposed to write. hmm.
i miss him,
but it is what it is – a fling.
currently listening to:
this is my favorite song about san francisco.
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back into bed, or into my arms.
on ferry to bainbridge island.
handsome ravi.
belly rubs don’t seem to be working.
ravi and luke are threatening to stick their finger in my butt if i don’t poop soon. “but we’re doctors!”
:(
my original plan of watching the sunrise with hikaru from the oakland hills with 40′s in brown paper bags
was thwarted by a text message request from luke to be his new year’s kiss in seattle.
waking up on ravi’s couch with him cuddled up next to me
was one of the nicest mornings i’ve had in a long time.
there are only two people in the world with whom i trust my heart.
my big brother.
with his remote control flying shark, a gift from cousin calvin.
you cannot find a better man.
• • • • •
mom. she’s being silly in this picture.
i got her the hooded coat for christmas.
her heartbreak hurts me more than any man i’ve ever loved.
i daydream about taking her to an island far away,
where we waddle our feet in the ocean
(since neither of us know how to swim),
climb trees and be insouciant, young girls again.
and also have internet so she can watch her korean dramas before going to bed.
wrapping presents with mister muffinhead.
two hours, three dozen christmas jingles later.
each year, our tree is different.
last year’s was pretty awesome.
this year’s…not sure why mom thought brown would be a good color.
i find out december 27th if this will have been our last christmas as a family.
i shot nancy and rudd’s wedding four years ago,
so it was quite an honor to shoot their family portraits with the new arrival of luciana. :)
i gave them lots of standard, happy portraits for holiday greeting cards and stuff,
but i felt like posting these two.
dinosaurs.
three stills.
tomorrow is my last day on set, then i’m back in new york briefly
to pick up henri, smother luke with kisses and pack up gear
before heading back to california for the rest of december.
i’m so very tired.
josh and i belong belonged in the kindred tribe of “artists”
who thrive off fleeting romances to jolt, rouse, inspire, whatever you wanna call it,
our “art.”
but something happened since he left new york a year ago.
charming, sweet faith.
the hour ride to highland park gave us some time to catch up – that was nice.
he said he was a little jealous of my freedom,
which reminded me of a conversation rain and i had while driving through honolulu.
can’t remember his exact words, but it was something like,
“you know what we all got in common? me you phan tone neil? we all got commitment issues.
maybe that’s why we all hang out together like a bunch of retards.”
i’d like to think maybe i don’t. maybe i don’t wanna settle for a mediocre forever.
met the sweetest guy the evening before my flight to los angeles.
spent three hours at a peruvian restaurant bantering, trading bad jokes, regaling travel stories
and making my brain hurt (which made me realize he was a lot smarter than me).
we eventually got kick out and ended up at a coffee shop for hot cocoa until.
well, my toothbrush was still wet when i woke the next morning.
pretty much inseparable via text, voice and video since i’ve been here.
i heart technology.
also, is it possible to adore someone this much
that you’ve only met once, and have yet to kiss?
in los angeles.
some stills and behind the scenes from day one on set.
i can’t believe how femme she looks in her headshot. stunning either way.
my favorite spot on set has always been the grip truck.
have to be up in three hours. *YAWN*
sloppy drunk.
for those of us who are too poor to fly home,
or just hate our parents.
lugging a twelve-pound bird in my backpack from union square kinda sucked,
but it was very exciting to cook an entire thanksgiving dinner for the first time.
thank you google and thefoodnetwork.com.
because i am an overachieving asian,
there were freshly baked croutons and three different animals in the stuffing.
i forgot to google “how to cut a turkey.” very thankful for tony.
at the photo studio.
rain fashioned our dining table out of tripods and a door. :)
the french version used a still i had taken on set many years ago.
this is pretty.
(wayne wang also directed joy luck club and maid in manhattan.)
it’s -that- smile.
and the bride and groom. i like how she smiles when he kisses her.
the entire gallery shot by julian, ben, madison and me is here.
all these weddings have turned me into a big, fat sack of sappy.
neither kim nor i have found “the one” (i hate how corny that sounds),
but i admitted to her that i had already started my reception music playlist.
she said, “oh, that’s nothing. i’ve already written my vows.”
:)
shifting gears in december; flying out to los angeles to shoot movie stills.
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