The Rain in Little India

Yesterday I was in the spicy bustle of Little India, where I picked up a CD of fashion photos I'd done last November with Jo Soh(www.ilovehansel.com). Little India is a great place to shoot fashion when the weather is nice and the streets aren't crowded. The day we shot was a crowded Sunday and it rained.
I also stopped by Your Mother's gallery and P-10 for the Jeremy Hiah show.(www.p-10.org/breather/). I didn't have an appointment and I didn't see the show. I did get to say hello to Jeremy, who was running off somewhere. He kindly offered to let me use the most beautiful umbrella in the world.
I thanked him, but instead I walked out into the warm rain, letting the twilight soak into me; hoping it would drown the hum of a frustrating week.

Who let the dogs out?

February already...a week after Chinese New Year started-the Year of the Dog. A month and nine days after 2006 started. What have I been doing since the initial post way back in October? Well, the other blogs can supply the details, but most of the time was spent on the CDK-preparation, testing and planning. A number of exciting projects are about to start. Check the other blogs....
In December I went back to the States and spent time with my family. Driving back from the Detroit airport, it snowed... When I wasn't with family or friends I worked towards completing a script I started with my writing partner three years ago. Phil Morgan and I met in Robert McKee's screenwriting class and set out to write a script. A lot has happened since then: Phil moved back to England, my boss passed away suddenly in October 2004, I was without a permanent address for a while, I set up a company,...there was never a dull moment, that's for sure.
Finishing the script will be the conclusion of a chapter of my life. I think we've come up with something artistically satisfying and very accessible. I really believe that it will be a great investment for whomever decides to produce it. Of course, we have to take it one day at a time. Right now Damien Brachet and Stuart Rankin are going through the script line by line, Damien in Paris, Stuart in HK. Damien does all kinds of creative things and worked on Mee Pok Man. Stuart has written a number of scripts in addition to being the chief editor of the Cartoon Network/Time Warner Hong Kong universe. So, first their feedback, then a final rewrite and then off goes the script ...hopefully to take on a life of its own....
I will be working on a short film (yes film) based on the wartime experiences of Stanley Warren, A British POW who painted the murals in Changi Prison. The director is the award-winning Boo Junfeng and everyone involved is topnotch. I will write more next week after rehearsals. We shoot the week of the 18th.
So, the holidays, the script and the CDK ate up the biggest chunks of my time over the past few months. I'll do my best to update this more often. It seems that my "popularity" has increased. When I checked my profile views in December, I had 32. the count has now reached 54. A laughably small audience to some people, but an interesting number to me: who are these people and how did they find my blogs? What percentage of viewers actually check my profile? Why did the number of profile checks nearly double last month?