June 2010
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Goodbye, my friend... Hong Kong - Day 69
Hong Kong has been home to many, many firsts, but tonight, was one of David’s lasts. David, you have been my friend, my brother, since 1993. We’ve had an incredible adventure these past 3 months; Seoul, Busan, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Hong Kong…. Most people thought we were gay. That part sucks and is TOTALLY NOT TRUE, but the rest of the journey has been unbelievably amazing. I...
May 2010
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Aaah THE DREAD!
Hey tumblr people! All like…9 of you haha. Thanks for following me! Here’s part 1 of that scary movie I’ve been working on (and have been bitching about the past month).
Enjoy!
的恐懼 | The Dread - Part 1 from Eddie Kezeli on Vimeo.
I wish there were a way to enable comments on tumblr? I’d love to hear some feedback.
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Oh my God... LKF, Hong Kong - Day 2
Actually, lemme take that back. Sleeping on a towel, on top of a stiff mattress covered in plastic, with humidity cranked to level 11, made for a shitty night. I woke up stuck to my bed. Actually, I’m not sure I even went to sleep that night. Bleh. Shower time.
This is our bathroom. Tiny, ain’t it? A quick shower revealed our desperate need for a shower curtain. I’m kinda...
hallyucinations asked: Excuse me, sir(s), your blog is pretty damn brilliant! Love the layout, colours, fonts, photos, texts, humour, everything. Fangirl-dom at first sight.
I too am headed for Seoul, after a quick stopover in Hong Kong. So this may be a good place to gather some 'research'. Anyways, good luck! And stop by Singapore (where I'm from) if you can schedule that in. Don't...
I too am headed for Seoul, after a quick stopover in Hong Kong. So this may be a good place to gather some 'research'. Anyways, good luck! And stop by Singapore (where I'm from) if you can schedule that in. Don't...
Friends, welcome to HONG KONG, Hong Kong - Day 1
We were late again for our flight. People were yelling at us to go here and there. Blah blah blah same story as always. David packs like a girl, (i.e. he has TOO MUCH SHIT in his suitcase). I knew we weren’t going to pass weight inspection, and being so late for our flight, ah, that woulda caused all sorts of mess! My bag barely made the weigh-in as it stood, and I knew for sure his bag...
The Dread - Teaser 2
The Dread - Teaser 2 from Eddie Kezeli on Vimeo.
While I think about my next move, here is another teaser for you guys.
Hong Kong has kept me pretty damn busy. And going to sleep at 7am kinda kills most of your day the next day. There hasn’t been a single night here that I’ve been to bed before 3, and most nights I don’t see the pillow until after 4. I gotta change!...
April 2010
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Tokyo I love you again, Japan - Day 8
Like, are you fucking kidding me?! That’s so fucking beautiful!!! (more on this later…)
The day started out like any other badass day should, with a ROTATING SUSHI BAR.
Eat up motherfuckerrrrrrrrr!!!
I only managed 10 plates, I felt so weak. It was all cause I ate this nasty stuff:
Anyone know what it’s called? It’s hella gross. Its like…all creamy...
LET THE HYPE MACHINE BEGIN!
The Dread - Teaser 1 from Eddie Kezeli on Vimeo.
“That’s it?” Well, if you go to the vimeo page for the movie, you can watch it in HD. What else were you expecting, yo! My movie’s too damn short to have a full-on trailer with a sexy voice. Sigh….someday… :p
I’m going to shove a few of these teasers down ya’ll’s throats before the...
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SHIBUYAAA, and bittersweet memories, Japan - Day 7
Ed note: Sorry. I got hella long-winded with this post. Its just….so damn many memories for me, of what feels like a past life. For those of you who don’t know, I lived in Tokyo for 6 months, and it changed me, more than anything else in my life.
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Didn’t get to sleep til almost dawn again, took too long to get our asses out of the door, trying to figure...
Sadness, and Courage! Hong Kong - day # i haven't...
Hmm, which to start with first? I’ll start with sadness, and end in a positive note! (oh hollywood..) Skip to the picture if you just want the happy!
I met a cool girl at this club last weekend. Called her today to hang out. David and I met with her in Tsim Sha Tsui and got some drinks. She’s really pretty and funny, but the whole night was awkward (well, I’m just awkward in...
Meh, Japan - Day 6
I guess its unrealistic to expect every single day of one’s vacation to be insanely badass adventureville U.S.-of-mother-fucking-A, but after Korea, we kinda expected it. Such was not the case with today, where we barely did shit. I’m serious. What a waste. Yes, that is a turd on a shirt. And yes, the shirt reads “turd”, pronounced in Japanese as “unko”...
For inspiration while I'm down,
Dan sent me this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tI4CbCniBI
I think it worked. BUILDING KICK! I’m back, baby!
Sorta.
I have 3 ideas going for this.
1) finish the damn thing with what I’ve got
2) release it in parts (there would be 3)
3) rewrite, reshoot, re-edit, redo
Number 3 has potential for badassery to the max, especially since I discovered what I call “CAMERA...
Feeling heavy.
To be honest, I have almost lost all motivation to continue on with this movie. Too many things are discouraging me from continuing on, the most pressing of which comes from my peers. My peers!
Whenever I mention to someone that I am either
1) making a film
2) shooting for a film
or
3) editing a film
they give me such robotic reactions, almost patronizing me. Like “oh how cute,...
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I should have been drunk all day, Tokyo, Japan -...
David and I did our best to get up early. Yeah well fuck that didn’t happen. After too much not sleeping we finally slept. TOO DAMN MUCH.
The plan was to hit up Harajuku to see the cosplayers. We got there too late and there were only a few left. A few….uh…weird ones…
But at least there were people giving free hugs!!!
Goddam I love hugs. If you ever see me, give me a...
Allllrighty.. Hi-rez pics time!!
Here ya go <3
http://www.eddie.twolazygreeks.com/asia2010dumps/temp_pics/pic01-hires.jpg
http://www.eddie.twolazygreeks.com/asia2010dumps/temp_pics/pic02-hires.jpg
http://www.eddie.twolazygreeks.com/asia2010dumps/temp_pics/pic03-hires.jpg
^_^
back to editing, slave!
God dangit...tumblr created a slideshow?
Freaking lame. I’ll upload the higher res images to my server in the morning….gotta sleep now oV-Vo
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OH NOSE!
Kostas just notified me that my pics don’t show up in firefox, cause there’s no support for .tiff?! WTF, mang. I apologize for any inconveniences! Ya’ll should be using Opera anyways.
In case you missed it, here are the teaser pics released thus far
I have been obsessing over this movie a great deal… its so strange. I’m desensitized to its scares, but...
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Addendum
I mentioned in my last post that I pay $30/day in food. I meant to say I spend less than $30/day on EVERYTHING; transportation, food, fun, etc. My friends were right. In Hong Kong, its actually cheaper to go out for food than to cook it yourself. How awesome is that!
The movie is progressing slowly, but nicely. Caught a bit of luck and was able to salvage some footage I thought I messed up, plus...
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The Dread
Its got a title! Tentative, of course.
Chinese friends, are the characters correct? All I have is google translate, and 1.3 billion of you around me. If no one replies by tomorrow, I’ll just ask a stranger when I go to Starbucks. Actually, that sounds fun.
Uhh…Hong Kong is awesome. Have I mentioned that already? Lemme add to the list of reasons:
David and I went shopping for...
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Alright listen, help me out here.
If you find yourself in a place like this; bars on your left and your right, clubs as well, people, drunk, booze, women, lights, hormones, sex, insanity, if you find yourself in a place like this, what do you do? How do you act? Do you reach for a bottle? For drugs? For the nearest ass?
For me, I don’t know how to behave in places like this. Places overflowing with beautiful women...
Well i was supposed to sleep....
fucking insomia. gonna give it a shot one more time. Otherwise, I’m gonna go out and watch the sun rise and burn the sky blue
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Power up! Geisha, Kyoto, Shinkansen a GO GO! -...
David and I had to get up ass-in-my-face early for hotel checkout (we should be used to it by now…). Thank God the hotel let us store our bags there while we went out exploring that day.
We people-watched at Kyoto station for a while, it was pretty fun. The place is so huge and open! And the architecture is really amazing.
We took the train to Karasuma station in Kyoto. On the little...
Don't do it, David....doooon't do it!!
Sorry, I’m really behind on these damn posts. Hong Kong is insane. Best Asia has to offer by far.
I’ve got all the pics from Japan (and some from HK) uploaded to my computer, just gotta throw em up on picasa. My eyes are shutting tho… zzzz -__-
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Badass forest adventure, Japan - Day 3
Had to wake up hella early this morning to make our 10am check-out time. We wanted to go to Kyoto today, but didn’t know what to do about our bags! Lugging all that crap around a giant-ass temple would suck! Luckily (and I didn’t know this until I asked), it seems like most hotels in Japan let you store your baggage behind the counter until you return at the end of the day! Freakin...
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Japan - Day 2
Shit, overslept.
It was badass, for a change, to actually be able to sleep past 6am. Korea was freaking insane, non-stop, drinking, eating, living. Given the chance to chill out, relax, David and I took our sweet time waking up. Slept like 3-noon, hahah. We were so damn lazy today. Didn’t even leave the apartment til like…4? Shit I don’t know what happened. We watched the Lady...
Japan - Day 1
Another near-sleepless night. After the fireworks we walked back to Ryan’s house, we didn’t get there till like…2am? And we had to get up at 6a to make it to the airport by 7:30 for our flight from Busan, Korea to Osaka, Japan. We had a couple of options to get to the airport in the morning; bus, taxi, and airport shuttle. We decided the taxi would be the best best bet cause we...
March 2010
12 posts
Fuck yeah all-nighter!
Just got back from a club in Shibuya called Loop. Its supposed to be a really badass club that spins house. What a….weird experience? I was the only one there for like two hours (excluding the dj, DJ Nori, and his friend, who were both really cool people). Then some white people showed up, this sloppy chick and her friend. Apparently they were arrested earlier that day for stealing bikes in...
Explosions in the sky, Korea - Day 7
Ok, crap, where did I leave off?
Apologies, everyone for taking so long to update. It’s been pretty rough the past few days in Japan, trying to figure things out (housing, baggage, random crashes, etc.), but I’m back assholes! Here it is in all of its glory, Korea- Day 7:
I mentioned earlier my lament over missing the opportunity to go to Busan a day earlier. Well, my fears were...
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oh my god I have such little time, oh and I need...
Hey everyone! Bah I have such little time on this trip!!! Too many things to do and to see and to eat, I barely have time for emails, blogging, pooping, etc.
I’m in Osaka, Japan right now, gotta sleep for a few hours and then travel up to Kyoto in the morning (wait its morning now!?!).
I’ll have time on the train up to Tokyo on Mar 27(ish?) to catch up on blog posts. But for now,...
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Too much talking, dance, and whaaa??, Korea - Day...
Another near sleepless night (no time for that pussy shit), met Adrien (a girl from my KCP Japan program) and got some mexican food in Korea. Shit was pretty good actually, haha! I’m stupid and forgot my camera’s battery at home, so I’ve got no pics to prove it, but the chips were on point, and the salsa wasn’t that bad either. I tried this drink they had there called...
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Yellow Dust and Craziness, Korea - Day 4
Today was such a fucking awesome day; except for the nighttime, but I won’t talk about that, cause today was just too damn much fun.
Everyone was pretty messed up in the morning from drinking too much the night before (and only sleeping a few hours), but who cares! Man up, assholes. We took off for Gwanghwamun for a St. Patty’s Day parade..in Korea! How silly.
Met some crazy Irish...
Fuck people, Korea - Day 3
I’m serious. I’ve lost all fucking faith in everything.
Korea is a festering swamp of smoke, sex, drinking, and cheating. Foreigners come here to escape their problems, but actually bring those problems, temporally hidden, with them, and create new ones in the process. What a fucked up system.
Ok, Day 3, here’s the highlights:
- Got kebabs for breakfast.
- Spent DAYS looking...
Korea - Day 2
Its COOOLLD here. I need a jacket. Like right fucking now.
Woke up around 10, showered, went to Family Mart, and reignited my passion for Asian convenience store food. Shits even cheaper in Korea, too!
Wandered around Apujeung (or thereabouts) for a few hours, completely lost, had no idea what we were doing. David wanted to go to this place, but couldn’t find it. Some nice old Korean lady...
Korea - Day 1
Marcus picked us up from the airport, and we immediately went food/drinking (oh Korea…). It was cold and snowing and lovely as can be. We went to a small bar the spun house, and I got to show a little of what I’ve been workin on… IN YOUR FACE MARCUS! (I still suck at dancing tho..)
Stayed up til 4 or 5a local time trying to get my blog situated. Still not situated. I...
Singapore Airlines
Listen, everyone. Singapore Airlines is the shit. Allow me to explain:
1) Plenty of legroom
2) Decent meals
3) The drink and snack carts just kept coming by (they had pineapple juice, second only to grape, IMO)
4) One of the snacks was an apple. Yes, a motherfuckin giant, tasty, delicious APPLE.
5) They give you REAL metalware! None of that plastic crap..
6) Flight attendants are so...
The Departure
Slept less than 3h. David said he only got 4, I felt sorry for him, he had to drive. Saw a Pontiac Aztek on the drive to SFO with the most appropriate license plate EVER. Look:
YES.
We arrived at SFO like over two hours early. I was playing with my stabilizer and a guy approached me and talked about it with me for a while. Because we had so much extra time, our families decided to chill...
Thefuck...
How come when I try to embed images into a post, the images don’t appear? Screw this, I’m too tired, I’ll post wheneverthehell I wake up tomorrow.
First OMG
Its 1:59am, and I’ve barely packed a thing. The flight is in 12 hours (Singapore Air, suck it United), but its gonna take like eleventy billion hours to drive to SF, so we’re leaving at 8:30.
Alli and Kostas convinced me to go the tumblr route for the trip (assholes, I was gunnin for wordpress!) But the ability to call in audio sold it for me. I really hope I can keep up with the...