June 2010

why shoes are so cheap in thailand

June 23, 2010

Man shoes are so cheap here (probably because they’re made down the streets by little hands… and because nobody wears them here)! I almost bought a couple pair for 99 baht (about 3 dollars, American). I saw they had an amazing collection of Converse All-stars. I’ve never really owned a pair, but always wanted to. [...]

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boring day, boring blog

June 22, 2010

When I awoke this morning in a hotel in Chiang Dao (just outside Chiang Mai), I found these little black dots crawling all over my computer screen. Ants. I think it’s time we left this place. Good thing we’re driving back to Bangkok today. … And I’m back. We are now in hour 8 of [...]

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Last Night in Chiang Mai

June 21, 2010

It’s 11:41pm on Sunday night. We have to be out of the hotel in 12 hours. Our driver needs to be back tomorrow by midnight (I’d make a “turn into a pumpkin” joke, but you gotta see this guy – he’s the largest gourd/squash I’ve ever seen) so we’re taking the 10 hour drive back [...]

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mustan’s stay at the hospital

June 21, 2010

8pm Sunday night. Last night was rough. We had our first big scene. Six actors, several complicated dolly shots, and only three crew. Let me clarify. We have 4 crew and 4 producers. We didn’t have money to pay the crew overtime, and Mustan pooped out on us. We only had three people to deal [...]

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i’ve always been a “glass half ugly” sort of guy

June 19, 2010

End of day 2. Technically we’re halfway done, but not in terms of scenes. Tomorrow is the big scene… plus we didn’t finish 2 we were supposed to today. Worst AD ever. I know. As excited as I am to be in Thailand, I can’t help but reflect on what I’m currently missing out on. [...]

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Elephants!

June 19, 2010

I got to touch elephants! I got to pet them. I got to feed them. I got to play with them. We filmed elephants, and they were the bees’ elbows (which we all know is much more dangerous than the bees’ knees – come on, a flying elbow with a stinger – who would you [...]

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End of day 1

June 18, 2010

At the end of day one: we’re all tired. We’re off schedule. It’s a nice precedent for the rest of the shoot. Let’s hope that filming elephants tomorrow with boost the project’s morale. I mean, we get to film elephants tomorrow! Real elephants. Up close. Nice. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet itSubscribe to [...]

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