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HER [2013] movie review – highest recommendation
January 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
I felt things while watching HER [2013] that I never felt while watching a movie before because I never had those feelings, or better yet, sensations before. I almost feel chemically changed from it, like I just saw the future and watching the movie was deju vu and I already know the ending to life. If none of that makes sense that is the effect watching HER has had on me in the immediate minutes after finishing it. [Read the full story] Read More →
Florida
4 hours of sanity
March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Due to a set of very unusual circumstances, I found myself with 4 hours of sanity today. It was a preview to how my days will be once I win the lottery this year, except of course in the parking lot will be a Porsche 911 Turbo instead of a Saturn Vue. I found myself being very grateful for something that should be a given, not an extraordinary exception. Such are the ill things one is often trapped into when living in the world of Men. [Read the full story] Read More →
Japan
Farewell Japan, Hello Florida!
March 30, 2009 · 13 Comments
The view you see above is the one I saw every day for the past 4 years. It was the view from my 11th floor Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan apartment. It was a view I paid a lot to have. To me, it was totally worth it. It was the last of many places I called home while spending the past 9 years abroad in Asia. I first lived in Pusan, South Korea. After 3 years in various cities in that country, and several trips to southeast Asia, I took a 2 month pilgrimage in New Zealand before settling on my final Asian destination:... [Read the full story]
Cycling
A return to semi-real cycling in Florida!
August 14, 2009 · 3 Comments
FULL RIDE STATS: Distance: 9.54 miles Time in motion: 34minutes 55 seconds Average speed: 16.7 mph Max speed: 22.0 mph I have ridden my Trek 7.3FX around downtown St. Petersburg quite a few times already, but since adopting Kiki (who?) a few months ago my cycling has been put on hold. I was greatly inspired once again by watching the Tour de France. Now, I have discovered a new 3-lap area of sorts similar in length to the laps I rode many, many times around the imperial palace. Quick thoughts about riding in Florida?... [Read the full story]
Skimboarding
Skimboarding 2009 Sessions 01 & 02 “Golden Flair”
November 19, 2009 · 8 Comments
My 22nd season of skimboarding began and ended in 7 days. True, I have been on my skimboard many times in 2009, but those were not skimboarding sessions. This may seem unfathomable as one of the main reasons I moved back to Florida was to once again skimboard on my beloved Sunset Beach, the place I love most in the world. This is testament to the challenges returning to the U.S. after a 9-year sojourn have inflicted upon me. [Read the full story] Read More →
Video
Chion-in Temple Enormous Bell New Year’s Eve
January 3, 2009 · 17 Comments
Totally by accident, Aya and I were able to witness one of the most special New Year’s Eve traditions in Japan–the ringing in of the new year by 17 monks at Kyoto’s Choin-in Temple. This was one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen. The bell the monks were ringing is the largest in Japan, weighing in at nearly 80 tons and having a diameter of some 2.7 meters. It’s also very old, being cast way back in 1633 C.E. [Read the full story] Read More →
Photography
4 hours of sanity
March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Due to a set of very unusual circumstances, I found myself with 4 hours of sanity today. It was a preview to how my days will be once I win the lottery this year, except of course in the parking lot will be a Porsche 911 Turbo instead of a Saturn Vue. I found myself being very grateful for something that should be a given, not an extraordinary exception. Such are the ill things one is often trapped into when living in the world of Men. [Read the full story] Read More →
Writing
Poem in Amber
December 6, 2009 · 2 Comments
Amber is the color of no pain, no happiness, no fault. Preserved in all is amber stasis Not failing, nor succeeding, locked in potential On the verge of everything in a reality of no-thing Amber suits a life of side stepped opportunities Dreams never fall into amber, vivid colors only Fame in Truth is found by mastery of amber phasing Amber is the color for what was before the Future Amber is the color of no pain, no happiness, no fault. Preserved in all is amber stasis Not failing, nor succeeding, locked in potential On... [Read the full story]
Life
GODZILLA 2000 [1999] movie review
March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Upon realizing the release of the new Godzilla movie (which will be a worldwide release) is coming up in May, I resumed my Godzilla marathon entering the Millennium series of films, the first time for me to see these movies. Unfortunately, GODZILLA 2000 [1999] is a very slow start to the resumption of the Godzilla franchise. With Godzilla absent for nearly the entire middle two thirds of the movie, and with a generic UFO subplot, viewer interest understandably wavers through much of the movie, even for me. [Read the full... [Read the full story]
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Movie Reviews
Splitting the final Hunger Games book into two movies was a mistake. THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 was left being a very scene repetitive,... [Read more]
Almost 20 years ago I watched my first Richard Linklater movie, BEFORE SUNRISE, then the next day I watched the movie again I was that amazed by it. The... [Read more]
I guess I really knew nothing about THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [2014] other than it was a young romance coming of age type movie. I did not even know that... [Read more]
The previews did not at all make EDGE OF TOMORROW [2014] look like anything more than just another CGI video game type action movie. Yet it had an 8.1... [Read more]
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