Archive for April, 2009

Two days ago I took the train from Shanghai to Hangzhou to participate in the 5th annual Chinese International Cartoon and Animation Fair (CICAF). There are dozens of animation festivals/exhibits in China every year, but CICAF is the biggest because it is sponsored by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), so it’s [...]

During my first year after graduation, I went to Costco and purchased a 12 gallon plastic jar full of generic cheese balls. I watched The Sopranos and ate cheese balls in my living room for a week. I finished the cheese balls before I finished episode #5. I ate nothing else, and I gained 5 [...]

It’s been a long week on this end. We delivered a big project this Monday, but are scrambling to finalize another piece for the same client by end of this week. At the same time, we picked up a last-minute project, which has forced Clint to work while vacationing in Hawaii, which definitely makes me [...]

The reviews are in, and my live tweeting of last night’s John Legend Shanghai concert was, as the venerable Dan Washburn put it, “historic.” The concert itself was not too shabby; that dude is pretty fucking talented, although it was unfortunate he didn’t feel the need to sing that Nutmeg song from Stephen Colbert’s Christmas [...]