One thing that the San Diego Asian Film Festival does well is that they have their awards dinner on the saturday of the first weekend. It's when more people are in town, the filmmakers are around, the journalists, film programmers, and fans are still into the entire idea of a festival. By the end, they get burnt out, people are gone, and the sun and set already on the event. The Lifetime Achievement award went to Soon Tek Oh. You've seen him in everything, from Mash, Different Strokes, a James Bond movie, to Yellow. Yuk Kwon, a Survivor millionaire stands next to him. I wonder if Soon Tek Oh knows much about Survivor. They're both Korean.

Alleged murderer, Kazuyoshi Miura hangs himself once he gets to an LA Jail. Does this mean he's guilty? It looks like he was going to defend hardcore, but now he's looking like he had involvement. Or, maybe not. But the above photo is a person police should question. The guy I circled in red was very emphatic that he was involved in this case and it's why he's homeless. He's part of the "don't film me, cuz I did something bad" dudes. But he was a freaky guy who sat in his area among bushes and tons of mosquitos. The mosquitos alone are a reason to stay far away.
What a strange outfit. Running shoes, denim all around, specs, shoulder pads, and a crazy hat. He had style.

Live silkscreening. I'll guess they're called Lifework, since I saw it written around. They screen shirts while you wait, and it looks like fun. You can pick your color combos and they turn em out. This took place right outside the festival. People love free stuff and free shirts especially. Yeah, I guess I'd get one, if I didn't have so many shirts already.


Whoa there's Dan on the car. I did one interview with Leonardo Nam in the car, we were pretending to drive. Yeah, but he can act. "Oh it looks like we just got here! Let's go in!" I think it's going to come out cute. He's a great sport for a pretty up and coming dude. 

This is Leonardo Nam. Seen him in The Perfect Score, Tokyo Drift, or Vantage Point? Or how about Half-Life or American Pasttime?

That's the view from way up, or as far as you can be up in Southern California style. 14 floors, way up, and it's a view of a freeway, a Target, and tons of other shops. It looks so close, but how do you get around the freeway? A 100 yard distance ends up being a mile once you cross the bridge. San Diego is incredibly laid back, and meanwhile, the film fest continues this evening. I'll tell you how it all goes later.

Wrecks, by Nao. Yes, he helped on the film, that you'll read about in GR56. The film called, "The Dwelling". Here's a pic I forgot about. The film is pretty cool, one day soon, it'll appear online. I can't wait to see it on a larger screen. So far, it lives on my computer, and that's not bad. That's Sheldon on the left.

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