Drugstore Recomendations

So yeah, I ain't got the H1 but I have had this lingering cold for way too long (the beginning of October). A combo of stress, insomnia, traveling, shooting football games every Friday night and a Jay-Z concert got me still feeling like shit. Besides gaining ground on my netlix queue, I've made some discoveries that I wanna share.

Delsym! Works better than 'tussin or Vicks 44 for that cough and tastes better. Plus, they got Asian folk on their website.


NeilMed Sinus Rinse. It's kinda intense but really clears up your sinuses which helps me hear myself when I talk, taste my food and just breath. You literally shoot salt water solution up you nose, but if you do it right you actually don't get that water-the-brain sting.


I know taking my advice on anything health related is kinda like me listening to my academic college counselor who was in his 7th year in school (wadup Rich Bis!) but I thought I'd put it out there.

So Many Docs, So Little Time

Got damn, there's so many documentaries out right now and I haven't seen any of them. Film school apps, work, and this damn lingering cold is to blame. The top of my list is QD3's The Carter which is suppose to drop on DVD the 17th of this month...



And there is just no excuse why I haven't seen the LeBron doc More Than A Game yet. It's only playing in 1 theater in LA now (Beverly Center).

Post-Racial America's Next Top Model

T.Y.-to-the-argh uhh, I still don't get the "love" part of the love/hate relationship some of my friends have with her. As problematic and as many issues this clip brings up, Tyra has once again left me starring at my computer screen, disturbed to the point of laughing, unable to articulate anything but "wow...WOW"!

If you don't have that much time to waste just watch the first minute and then jump to 6:00 and see what the Asian sista comes up with...



And if you have a lot of time to waste read this not-so-on-point article by the LA Times' representative of mixed raced residents of Hawai'i. Where do they find these people? Oh yeah, LA.

New Moon Soundtrack

I know how it sounds when people say they read playboy for the articles, but I really do watch some flicks just for the music. As a kid bred on hip hop I rely on films and their soundtracks to introduce me to different artists. Even if the film is not the greatest, the soundtrack can almost save it, especially with those "I have White people problems" type joints, think Garden State or The Last Kiss. So when your 12 year-old cousin asks you to see the new Twilight movie, peep the soundtrack before you say no. Death Cab, Thom, Lykke Li, Grizzly Bear, Sea Wolf..I'm just sayin.

Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage

DOWNLOAD HERE

Lykke Li - Possibility

DOWNLOAD HERE

I Heart Hulu

In addition to not being able to wake up and watch football on the weekends, these clips really make me want to get cable (and a HD TV, and a DVR). But Hulu holds me down. These videos are worth sitting through the short commercials, especially if you haven't seen them before:

The Daily Show feature on the new Republican Party website:

The Daily Show: Slim Thug Feels the Recession

The Queen on SNL: Excedrin for Racial Tension Headaches

Song Wins Special Jury Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival!

A Song For Ourselves won the Short Film Special Jury Award last weekend at the San Diego Asian Film Fest. SDAFF has a super official awards gala that Eric Tandoc and I were lucky enough to attend. "Lucky" meaning that the San Diego JACL generously sponsored our tickets and let us sit at their table. Eric made the most of the free beer while I popped an anti-anxiety pill.



There was a gala after-party which was "cool, but it's not what i'm use too" so i celebrated the night with the homies from AnakBayan LA & SD over some late night carne asada fries:


Mass Movement in the building! Eric's film Sounds Of A New Hope screened to a packed house.

Reconsider Columbus Day

Reconsider Columbus Day by Nu Heightz Cinema

Screenings in New Orleans, DC and Philly This Weekend

Three big screenings this weekend! All the films that are playing with A Song For Ourselves in these festivals are excellent, please try and catch one in your city. Unfortunately, I'll be stuck in my room working on film school applications.


DC APA Film Festival
Saturday, Oct. 10th @ 12p

Playing with Manilatown Is In The Heart This screening is FREE!


Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Sunday, Oct. 11th @ 1p Playing with Sounds of a New Hope by Mass Movement's own Eric Tandoc


New Orleans Film Festival
Sunday, Oct. 11th @ 5p Playing with A Village Called Versailles (I've heard this film is amazing. This will definitely be a special screening since it will be in New Orleans)