ox-cellent!

Been a lil busy the past few weeks with so many various things...all positive though, for the most part.  My mom explained to me during your year - the year of the ox for me - superstition is that you will either have the best year ever or the worst year ever.  One of two extremes.

This year...so far, so good.  But I ain't taking anything for granted...I'm just that kind of person, for better or worse.

First off, this may seem silly to many, but to me - it's huge!  My favorite football squad of all time won the Super Bowl again.  I screamed my head off and I trust many of you in Asia heard me all the way from New York.  I even made a lil video about it...ignore the background, that's not my place. 

Not too long after that, I found out I was cast in that Avatar: The Last Airbender film that's creating so much controversy.  It's a small role, but I'm looking forward to it.  I get to partake in the table read down in Philly on March 2 where I trust M. Night will be and maybe I'll work up the courage to ask him what his take is on all this backlash to the casting of mostly Caucasian faces in an obviously all-Asian story.  Then, a couple days after that, I'll be headed back out to Shanghai by March 5th...I still can't believe this, but...I was just made the host of a new reality show called Shanghai Rush!  Ha ha...that's right!  Your's truly will be making like my bud Allan Wu, host of Amazing Race Asia!  (I even contacted him for a few tips for my audition tape, he was really helpful!)  While it's setting in still, I'm getting excited about the whole thing...I'll get to hang around one of my favorite cities in the world, working, havin' fun, and seeing/doing things I would have otherwise never thought possible.  Just left Shanghai in November, didn't think I'd be back this soon.  Can't wait to be back in Asia again!

The only bad news in all of this?  I have to give up my 7th row Hall & Oates tix for their acoustic show on 3/7!  So sad, I could cry.