it's just painfully difficult to stay focused for so long... man oh man, a tad over two weeks, and I'm done... could time move any slower?
posted by phat tony 6:33 PM
On another equally random note, I think it's amusing that I am concurrently ashamed to tell people I meet that I'm from the midwest (when I don't really mean the midwest in it's entirety, just Lancaster, Ohio), yet I'm happy when people guess that I am originally from there (although you'll never hear me actually say that to someone)...
posted by phat tony 10:57 PM
Post on message board from current (jaded?) corporate lawyer:
"I thought about Greenpeace before law school, but after choosing corporate law, or GreenPiece, I now realize that when you structure a transaction so as to minimize tax consequences, it's the best feeling in the world. When you see the look in the eys of the inside director whom you've helped avoid his fiduciary duties, you just can't help but smile."
Hmmm... what exactly am I getting myself into...
posted by phat tony 3:45 PM
Do you ever feel that it's actually healthy to get someone out of your life? I mean, is it truly possible for someone who means so much to you to be just plain unhealthy for you? Or is that a selfish sort of reaction, avoiding something entirely because it has slightly adverse effects on you... Where does the line lie between taking the good with the bad and realizing when something is a little too bad?
And how bizarre is it nowadays that when you delete someone's name from your cellphone number list, it's something sort of dramatic... like you're deleting them from your life. It's silly for sure, but true.
posted by phat tony 3:19 PM
Is it really okay for someone to live vicariously through reruns of Sex and the City and Dawson's Creek? Hmmm... probably not.
posted by phat tony 1:56 PM
So, it's official. I'm going to Los Angeles for the summer... I'm leaving NYC right after Memorial Day, coming back to NYC maybe around the 8th of August. All of you Cali people, get excited because I'm going to be uber fun, not a game. More soon...
posted by phat tony 9:30 AM
I think I need to stop this drinking action on weekdays. This is mainly for two reasons...
1) the utter nonsence of 8am classes.
2) the instant messaging that I feel compelled to do when I get home.
I get myself into trouble by telling the truth. I need to shut up.
posted by phat tony 10:31 AM
A message from Justin Lin, director of Better Luck Tomorrow:
Dear Friends-
Thank you for your incredible support this past weekend. I got the wake up call of a lifetime Sunday morning from the heads of MTV Films and Paramount. Not only was "Better Luck Tomorrow" the highest grossing film per screen in the country, but we also set records for both the studio and MTV Films. And my phone did not stop ringing there. Executives from other studios also called, and one thing's for certain, everyone is baffled. They can't figure out how a small independent film with barely any advertising muscle could out-perform the big movies. Of course, we already know the answer: word of mouth.
This history-making success is a testament to all of you that came out, bought a ticket, and told your friends to go see it. Now, the audience is telling the studios what kind of film they want to see - something completely unheard of in Hollywood. We are setting a new precedent. Fans showed up in such big numbers that theaters actually cancelled screenings of "Anger Management" in order to add additional showings of BLT. And in cities where BLT isn't showing, fans have been calling their local theatre managers and demanding that the theatres bring it to their towns.
But we still have a long road ahead. If there's any downside to our triumphant opening weekend, it's that we might be seen as a fluke. BLT is opening in ten additional cities on Friday, April 18th. If we can sustain the same momentum of last weekend, I've been assured that "Better Luck Tomorrow" will go to a nationwide release on April 25th! Not only would this be historic for Asian American cinema, but it would finally put us on a level playing field with the average Hollywood film. I found out that approximately 60% of the audiences last weekend were Asian Americans. If this trend continues, we will at last be able to carve out a piece of the pie on the studio marketing chart, thereby signaling the way for more films with real, human portrayals of Asian Americans. We're on the verge of something truly groundbreaking, so let's not turn back now. If you haven't seen the film yet, now is the time. If you saw it last weekend (thank you!), bring a friend and watch it again. Remember, your movie ticket is your vote.
Once again, thank you for all your support.
Justin
posted by phat tony 12:22 PM
P.S. I'm the king of "seeing movies by myself."
posted by phat tony 2:07 PM
In addition, it's 80 degrees right now in NYC. Love it.
posted by phat tony 5:23 PM
I have a lot of female friends. I've spoken with them a lot about lots of issues, and have continuously learned the same thing over and over.
I know nothing about women.
I know this may come to a shock to all of you who have come to me seeking all sorts of advice. I'm sorry, you know all that advice I gave?... I made it all up. My bad. I mean, at the time, I thought it was all genuine and real and useful. But then the next deep dark conversation I have with another female friend just puts me back to square one. Why? Because I always seem to ask them, "But WHY did you do that?" I never seem to see where they got the motivation to react in the way that they did.
I think it's hilarious that women do not take into account Occam's Razor... you know, the notion that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon, no matter how implausible, is generally the correct one? (well, that's generally what it is... if you need a more mathematical definition, here you go.) Well, I don't think women really take that into account when dealing with men. There's a lot of over-analysis involved, a lot of judgment, a lot of simultaneous accusation and forgiveness going on (all without the guy's knowledge)... it's wild. But when the girl actually confronts the guy, she almost always learns that there's always a very simple explanation for his behavior.
Girl to Guy: "Why didn't you talk to me after class the day after we got into this screaming match in the middle of that party?"
Girl's thoughts: a) Because you don't respect my space, b) Because there was someone there you were trying to impress and it worked, c) Because you don't value communication, d) You don't listen to me, e) all of the above, or f) none of the above.
Guy's thoughts: Because it was awkward talking right after we had a fight.
This all fits into this bizarre (and probably completely inapplicable) theory I have regarding the thought processes re: relationships with men and women. Women categorize their emotions on a decimal system... between the range of say, 1 to 20, a woman can have an emotion that she quantifies as 7.394. However, men seem to round their emotions to the nearest common number... 7, in this case. However, to a woman, 7.394 and 7 are not, nor will they EVER be, even CLOSE to the same thing. To a man, though, well, he's just trying to figure out what's so complicated. In truth, the woman and the man may be feeling the exact same thing at the core, but just have diametrically different ways of communicating this to their partner. The solution? You got me. And then there are gay relationships... I mean, shouldn't lesbians have complete understanding of each other's issues? And do gay male issues only occur because there are some guys who round up and some who round down? Well, probably not. At this point, it might be good to examine socialize roles people play in relationships. I mean, are there people who build a decimal system for themselves, playing that specific role? And do certain people feel the need to round of their emotions, because that's the role they have to play?
Okay, this is why you shouldn't take my advice. Thanks for visiting.
posted by phat tony 5:16 PM
it's so hard to start working once you've stopped. So many things allowing you to procrastinate. Like trips to Starbucks. Like AIM. Like new music by my old group. Like AIM. Like other blogs. Like all those old memories. Like AIM.
posted by phat tony 8:10 PM
I skipped all my classes today. No reason, I just did.
posted by phat tony 4:53 PM
I had the best weekend ever.
The 58 Greene 10-year anniversary concert was amazing. Greenies rocked, FunKtion rocked, 2XS rocked... I was so proud, not even funny. You guys KILLED that shit, it was phenomenal. Disa, Roosh, and I were THRILLED that we made the trip from NYC.
The concert was definitely not the only thing to look forward to during the trip back to AA. I ate and drank constantly... Charley's, China Gate, Zingerman's, Einstein's, Charley's again... I also was able to spend time with some very incredible people. DDT abounded. I actually cried. I can't believe I did, but I did. It was healthy, but I was embarrassed. Eh, whatever.
There's so much more to say, I'm feeling so much right now... but I've skipped out on my crapload of work I needed to do this weekend, so I gotsta get back to that. More soon...
posted by phat tony 9:06 PM
So it's 9:15am, I should be getting ready for class, but I'm not. I had Crim. Law this morning at 8am, but I skipped it. No reason, I was up, I just skipped it. Now I'm dragging my feet to get to my 10am Perspectives class. This is NOT the time to be dragging my feet... finals are just around the bend, I'm nowhere CLOSE to being prepared... I've barely done my reading, much less internalized all the information. I'm just thrilled that I haven't completely choked when I've been called on this semester. I've said some stupid shit, sure, but I haven't just sat there with this deer-in-headlights look... not like last semester. Anyway, I think what it is NOW, the reason that I'm not wanting to do any work, is because I'm SO looking forward to the weekend. Disa, Aroosha, and I are heading back to Ann Arbor for the 58 Greene 10-year Anniversary Concert!!! It's going to be crazy amounts of drunken fun and I can't wait. There's also probably going to be a little bit of drama, but what the hell... life isn't worth living without a little bit of drama. Anyway, on top of seeing Greenies, my two old dance groups are opening for the show!!! We love it, basically. All my kids are all growned up...
Anyway... see you in Ann Arbor this weekend!!!
posted by phat tony 9:22 AM
