tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120623992008-06-18T13:20:38.512-10:00KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comBlogger457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-82323556140666295422008-06-18T02:17:00.003-10:002008-06-18T02:28:49.510-10:00

What do these two titular things have in common? Why writing prompts of course! On Sunday, Leslee and I hung out doing writing prompts. We came up with the idea of trying to rewrite sentences (passing back and forth) to try to come up with creative ways of retooling a concept. We limited ourselves to one sheet of paper for each exercise. Here are the results, Leslee's sentences are in red, mine

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Okay, I signed up for Kaiser health insurance in May. I got a card in the mail, so I assumed that I had been signed up. I didn't get a welcome package though, but I was signed up with them previously so I thought maybe they were saving paper or something. I didn't receive a bill for June. I was beginning to get worried, that maybe the card was just an automatic yearly replacement. Finally, today,

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-2453843933969941832008-06-14T11:40:00.002-10:002008-06-14T11:44:12.311-10:00

A graphic word generator has been going around on Flickr like a virus. FluffyKittens takes your tag list and formats it so you can paste it into the Wordle generator, and get output similar to what you see on the left. Fun!

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One of my photos posted on Flickr was included in an article on Donut Day by NowPublic. My friend Steve, who is in the photo approved it's use. NowPublic is a crowdsourcing news site.

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-82979361386829186552008-06-02T18:00:00.001-10:002008-06-02T18:02:15.868-10:00

Shocking. Too many crane accidents! This one happened in Kaka'ako. One man was killed, and sadly, his son, who is also a construction worker, saw it happen :-(

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-31783106621719624852008-06-02T12:53:00.002-10:002008-06-02T13:39:18.020-10:00

In the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly, there is an article listing the season viewership numbers for network TV (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and the CW. Why PBS is not included is beyond me) for the top 160 shows. Here's my take on the top 30 shows, and why I don't watch much TV (and probably should never write for TV): American Idol -- I hate this show with a passion. I'd consider watching it

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-86522516214163614352008-05-30T03:32:00.002-10:002008-05-30T03:34:27.192-10:00

This was another one in NYC. Almost seems like if there is a crane inspector there, he or she is seriously incompetent. These freak me out because I live under two cranes constructing the Trump Tower Waikiki next door.

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-41512361044162593632008-05-26T08:12:00.003-10:002008-05-26T08:14:14.454-10:00

I had a shoot with Amy the other day (before she moved back to the mainland). We did a couple of interesting things, but I really wanted to try a conceptual shot. The result is here:

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-86342361225075011462008-05-23T19:09:00.006-10:002008-05-23T20:28:15.214-10:00

I saw this on the cover of Popular Science the other day. It's an electric unicycle (yup, unicycle). My brother and I had a unicycle when we were kids, and it was the most horrendous thing to ride (the tiny, uncomfortable seat was the worst part). At least this thing has two central wheels and handlebars. The intent is to produce a highly efficient personal vehicle that doesn't pollute. It's

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-2322799982582539132008-05-20T00:07:00.004-10:002008-05-23T20:30:17.941-10:00

Somehow a centipede got into my apartment this evening. I heard it first before I saw it. It had gotten into the box where I store most of my camera equipment, then it found it's way behind my bookcase. It hung out there for about an hour before finally making a break for the kitchen floor. Those things move fast, but I was able to kill it with the nearest blunt object (a flashlight). Scary! A

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-61889355594130674832008-05-17T17:06:00.002-10:002008-05-17T17:24:24.497-10:00

I just woke from something like 14 hours of sleep (half lucid, half unconscious -- the latter being the actually restful bit). It was the second day in a row that I actually woke up on top of my alarm clock. I guess my feral back brain felt that squashing the clock under my stomach (can't sleep at all on my back) will muffle the sound enough to fake out my prefrontal cortex. My feral back brain,

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-34572267044865740422008-05-15T16:04:00.003-10:002008-05-16T00:45:30.652-10:00

I just got a new member card from Kaiser in the mail, so I assume that means I've been approved (the accompanying letter said nothing of the sort). So I guess that means I can see a doctor in 2 weeks. Meanwhile, the lump and bruise have gone away, so I will have nothing to show the doctor. I'm not at all sure it was a hernia after all. Who knows!

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-21870649433926989172008-05-11T02:49:00.002-10:002008-05-11T03:36:26.729-10:00

I just found the link on Netflix to view my rental history (hidden in plain sight on the queue page). I thought I would share some stats on my viewing history: I started renting in December 2005, and the first thing I returned was Stargate SG-1 Season 6 disc 2I stopped renting in May of 2007 (still paying for the service) because I got Murderball stuck in the DVD-ROM drive of my laptop and I

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-5520729192252687532008-05-09T05:07:00.002-10:002008-05-09T05:23:38.694-10:00

Alright, haven't posted in awhile; need to get back to more regular postings (and less depressing postings!) "Rio Sinter" is a sci-fi story I started a couple of years ago. The characters and story arc were almost instantly fleshed out when the idea came to me, and it's something I've really wanted to write. I just think it is a worthy, original, realistic, hard science type of story. I've been

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-75182038865083461912008-05-01T03:20:00.002-10:002008-05-01T03:21:01.392-10:00

I finally got around to fixing the floating flower embellishment on my blog. Let me know if you still have issues with it :-)

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-423954810217376832008-04-29T22:20:00.002-10:002008-04-29T22:22:48.429-10:00

My health insurance lapsed on October 31st of last year, and I was forced to wait 6 months to apply again. Well, turns out the bodyboarding injury (a hernia actually) came around just in time! Or so I thought. I reapplied today, and the soonest I will have insurance (with Kaiser at least) is June 1st. Yes, I have to walk around with my intestine poking through my abdominal wall for a whole month

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-54305524509595501472008-04-28T16:40:00.003-10:002008-04-28T16:57:25.867-10:00

On Saturday, after a productive photoshoot, I went bodyboarding at Waikiki. I courageously made it out to the surf break with my bodyboard for the first time (baby steps!). I'm totally afraid of cutting a foot on the coralline algae out there, so I am usually pretty careful. I caught a few waves (briefly of course, still not very good) and had a pretty good time. My abdomen was sore when I got

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-1850726483908958092008-04-23T16:10:00.002-10:002008-04-23T16:17:08.127-10:00

I know I haven't posted for awhile, but I am feeling much better, and a lot less invisible. I think there is something about being depressed that makes people want to avoid you. It's a lot like having the flu :-) Anyway, I found out yesterday that my friend Emily is filming in LOST today! Both she and Leslee are going to be in the season 4 finale. It seems to be incredibly easy to become an

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I had a horrible day that not even the arrival of some cool new photography "equipment" (aka toys) could make better. After I played around with my new fisheye lens and IR filter outside, I wanted to take a shower (hot, humid, sticky day), but it took me about four hours to make it from the living room to the bathroom. I spent most of that time curled up in bed crying and feeling invisible. This

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-55771488438735868452008-04-15T14:52:00.003-10:002008-04-15T14:59:34.381-10:00

*SIGH* Yes, I sprained an ankle again. No point even going to the doctor -- I still have the boot from the last time (fits either foot). This time I attempted to jump down a 3 foot retaining wall and misjudged the curb at the bottom. I landed on my laptop, but luckily the thing is surprisingly durable (apparently I'm proving it to be dorkproof). I had to get away from the apartment today. Not

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-85592833516777086902008-04-11T10:31:00.002-10:002008-04-11T10:37:18.490-10:00

I've turned into a dairy farmer or something -- I've been getting up at 5:30 am for the past couple of days. I've been trying to be more diligent in taking B vitamins (building blocks of serotonin), and one of the side effects is being an early riser. It's really weird. 5:30am is typically when I go to bed. I got up this morning, went out to get a coffee, and just kept going. And going. I didn't

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-14569144385407367902008-04-10T14:20:00.001-10:002008-04-10T14:21:58.085-10:00

That means nothing to those of you who know nothing of python, but I am ecstatic it worked exactly right, the first time. Woohoo!

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-39788940206519919162008-04-09T23:07:00.002-10:002008-04-09T23:19:37.937-10:00

Last year I was cast as an extra in the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (debuting soon), but I had to back out because the scene I was cast in was being shot on the same day as the Dalai Lama's visit to Maui. I figured I could be in another movie some other time, but how often do you get a chance to see the Dalai Lama? I did however pass the casting info along to my friend Leslee, and she ended

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-55585411567673981602008-04-02T03:30:00.002-10:002008-04-02T03:38:50.871-10:00

Yes, that is a new word. It's French for someone who swedes a film, and if you've been reading my blog for some time, you will know that sweding is the process of remaking a film using minimal materials (usually found in an office supply store). Sweding was invented by filmmaker Michel Gondry, for his film, Be Kind Rewind. The term "Swedeur", can be found in this sweded clip of the lightcycles

KaOshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728563389917273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12062399.post-23875546295687952172008-04-01T08:21:00.002-10:002008-04-01T08:50:44.445-10:00

Last night, I had a surreal episode (I love it when life turns surreal!) I was using some precious free time to do a load of laundry at the laundromat. I have an amazing amount of work at the moment, and had been working straight through from Tuesday/Wednesday to Monday morning, with the exception of a booksigning I attended on Saturday -- more on that later. When I was finished with my laundry,

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