Nightdreamblues & life...

Asia, we're wrapped!  I kinda wish I had kept a daily production blog of our 16 day shoot, but it was just too grueling to do that.  Hopefully one day soon I'll sit down and try to rehash on a daily basis what went down from memory, a calendar, and callsheets.  I hope we are able to share this film one day across various regions, including that of Asia.  It's an Asian American story, but a universal one at the same time.  If you could do me the kind favor, please follow us on Facebook at our: Nightdreamblues page and on Twitter at: nightdreamblues.

More to come...but I leave you with this image that we essentially had on a daily basis.  It truly was night, dream, and blues...

Personally, I'm going through an interesting transitional phase as of late.  It seems I've barely been in NYC this year and that has continued.  NDB has had me in LA for the past month and I have also been lucky to continue to shoot episodes of Hawaii 5-0 whenever they call me up.  In fact, during production of NDB, I had to go out to Hawaii to do 2 episodes.  36 hours trips to the islands are brutal, but had to be done.

I signed with an LA manager this week and I guess this means that I'll be in LA more than I've been since I lived here in, gasp, 1997-1998.  I've visited LA at least once a year since I've left so this place has always felt like home in a way, but the reality is starting to set in more that this could become my base now to jump from for work travels instead of NYC.  I refuse to leave NYC entirely (me being stubborn), but I'll have to see how the next period of my life plays out.  I still want to stay involved in Asia too.  How?  I want it all!  I desperately miss Asia right now - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan.  I've started to develop an itch to work in places like Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore as well.  So much up in the air, but I can only take this journey one step at a time and even though much is uncertain, at the same time, career-wise, it oddly feels like things are starting to make sense and fall into place.  Good, but it's never time to get comfie and rest on any laurels.  Onwards and upwards, one day at time, I try to go.

On a non-career note, I am really itching to go explore some other continents as well.  I feel awful as I had to cancel on some dear friends' wedding a few days before we were about to start lensing NDB due to a crisis.  They've gone back to Africa, so now I definitely have to go visit them there soon to make up for it.  And Europe has been heavy on the mind as of late as well.  I may just have to book a trip and go sometime soon.  It's been a busy year and though I've been traveling a lot, it's primarily been for work.  I kinda wanna just go somewhere, clear my head, and be.  I'm afraid I can't just now, but hopefully one day soon.  Taking all suggestions.