The bandwagon...



Got a new powerbook. It's an older 15" G4/1.5, but it's a beauty and it gets the job done. Anyhow, it came with iLife '06 so I think I'm going to be moving my blog over to iWeb soon now that Freddie has test run it for me. Plus, Mike G setting up his new site has reminded me that I really need to work on an acting-related website.

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Two major things have happened this year so far. First, I shot a Visa commercial (with which I hope to eventually pay off that new powerbook which is currently taking up space on my credit card - coincidentally also a Visa. God, life's a hoot.)

Secondly, I got the flu. Bad bad flu - possibly the worst I've had in years. I could actually feel my body breaking down, though that part may simply have been a fever-induced delusion.

So I'm bed ridden for a full day, woozy for the next three, and spacey for another week after that. And in that week, I'm disturbed to discover that I'm having a hard time reading newspaper-sized print.

Fucking brilliant. I done went and pulled a Helen Keller. I got so sick that I made myself even blinder. After 3 years of my vision remaining stable, now I fucked myself up worse. I should have rested in a dark room instead of watching "Lost" and "House MD" and playing video games.

Yesterday, I go to the eye doctor to find out the extent of the damage, and you know what?

My prescription has gotten half a point better than before. I walked out of there wearing a sample pair of contacts that were weaker than the ones I walked in with.

Sweet Holy Moses, I am fucking invincible. I'll keep you updated next week on the progress of my appendix, which is undoubtedly growing back as I write this.

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Today I had lunch with the aforementioned Mike G. and KimHOUY (to be pronounced as such with vein-popping intensity.) Kimmie is currently reading Where the Red Fern Grows. During our discussion, I inadvertently gave away the ending of the book, which made me feel like an ass. I also remembered that the first time I read the book was when I was in grammar school, and I actually finished it while I was on a plane.

So...near the end of the book...oh fuck it all -

At the end of the book the dogs die. There.
I can't write this entry without pretty much giving away that point. At the end of Titanic, the boat fucking sinks. At the end of Band of Brothers, Germany loses. And at the end of Where the Red Fern Grows, the dogs fucking die. If you haven't read the book yet, don't get bitchy, because I guarantee that knowing this fact will not, in any way, prevent you from turning into a blubbering mess of tears and snot when you actually read it.

So yeah, anyway...I just remembered that I was on a plane when I got to that part, and I started tearing up, and had to put the book down and go to the bathroom so that I could cry uncontrollably. Then I'd come back out to my seat and read a little bit more, then hurry back to the bathroom to do some more crying. Can't remember how many times I had to do that. Read a little, lose composure, run to the bathroom sobbing uncontrollably. Took me hours to finish the last part of the book.

Don't know what the point of telling you all that was. Normally writing something like this would make me feel like a sissy, but if you've read the book then you know. You know.

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I brought Mike G to the cast/crew screening of the Randall Park co-written indie film, American Fusion, in which I play a small role. The movie was fun! I'm really happy for the director, Frank, and hope it gets sold. I suspect that Mike G is a little gay for Esai Morales. Must remember to invite hot female friends over for lunch to steer him back to good, Christian, hetero urges.

After the screening, Mike asked me, "How did you feel about seeing yourself up there?" I didn't quite understand the question and just blew it off with how pretty much anyone could have done that role (which is true.)

But I realized that this is the first time that I've ever watched myself on screen in a real movie theater, with an audience. When my two-minute scene came up, it had been tense and weird for me. When it was over, I quickly relaxed.

When The Achievers goes up at the SF Asian Am Film Festival next month, there's going to be a lot more people and I'm going to be on screen for a lot longer. Not quite sure what that's going to be like. I'm used to people watching me act. I'm not used to watching people watching me act.

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That's all for now. No shit - I'm gonna go to laughingsquid.com now and buy up www.davidjlee.com


Posted: Fri - February 3, 2006 at 01:15 AM             |

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