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OK, so I’m too proud and too right to retract my statements about the Karate Kid remake, so my claim that it will be total shite for the reasons listed still stands true.

However, I just saw the new trailer and I have to admit, it actually looks kinda… I’m struggling to say this… cool? They filmed in China and the backgrounds actually look authentically (not stereotypically) Chinese. So do the people. The kid really does look like he immerses himself in Chinese culture. Plus, it’s a kick (badum-ch) to see the kid going into the competition arena like Daniel-san does in the original.

Change the title back to The Kung Fu Kid (anyone with a brain knows karate is from Japan), ditch the romance with the doting Oriental girl, and I might actually go watch this.

View the nifty yet abominable trailer below:

I am quite busy with life these days. Schooling is yet another annoyance to be endured on the road to something which has not yet been determined. I’m just taking a very brief pause here to say that I love the Winter Olympics.

Jan. 31 — New Bluetooth: purchased.

Feb. 12 — Old Bluetooth: found.

OK, I hate to diss a medical condition when I’m not an expert in the field, but this one just sounds like BS. Although I have traditionally questioned the legitimacy of “diseases” such as ADD, obesity, and the like, I am not without sympathy for those with problems. (I will say though that there aren’t too many of these childhood “conditions” that a spanking can’t cure.)

This time I saw this video on Yahoo News about a “sleeping beauty syndrome.” This British teenager sleeps for like 13 days straight and it’s supposedly a rare condition that makes you sleep for days at a time. The headline intrigued me until I saw the video of this bratty looking diva who looked like she hated Earth.

Well, the condition has to be pretty serious, right? I mean, she sleeps for 13 days straight! NOPE. SHE CONVENIENTLY WAKES UP PERIODICALLY FOR A SNACK AND SHOWER BEFORE HEADING BACK TO BED.

OK this is total bullshit. Then the reporter asks her how she feels just before a two-week nap starts coming on. The girl says something like, “I start feeling really tired and vague. I won’t answer when someone says something to me. Sometimes I won’t do what my parents want me to do right away.” LAUGH OUT FRIGGIN’ LOUD. The last time I checked, this was called BEING A LAZY-ASS TEENAGER WHO DOESN’T WANT TO GET UP AND FACE THE REAL WORLD. Haha and the dad is sitting next to her looking really concerned as if his daughter has a serious, real-life disease, like leukemia.

I looked up this so-called disease on Wikipedia (it’s called Kleine-Levin syndrome) and I learned that people who “suffer” from it usually also suffer from hypersexuality, that is, wanting to have sex a lot. So these people want to sleep all day (i.e. not have a job), and wake up to eat, take a dump, and have sex. WOW. SOMEONE START A FOUNDATION FOR THESE CLOWNS.

Will someone discover a disease for me? I have this weird problem where I need to snowboard and play video games all day. It’s horrible.

Folks,

I will be speaking once again at Lecture and a Film this Sunday, February 7, at 6:30pm. The website is here:

http://laaf.kitanji.com

Don’t miss it says I!

So this movie called Extraordinary Measures comes out in theatres today, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford (freaking Han Solo and Indiana Jones gets second billing), both of whom I like a lot. From the moment I saw the weepy, syrup-filled, pop-ballad-infused trailer, I knew it was going to be out-and-out shite.

If you’ve seen the trailer in question, you may recall a little tag in there stating “based on a true story” or something like that. Ford’s character, “Dr. Stonehill,” is based on the real-life character of the man who developed the cure for Pompe’s disease.

Except the guy’s name isn’t Dr. Stonehill. It’s DR. YUAN-TSONG CHEN.

*record scratch stop*

What the cArp.

One of the deadliest diseases in modern medicine? White guy to the rescue. Oh and who’s that Chinese dude? Doesn’t even get a Wikipedia page.

Next we’re going to see how the forty-niners built the railroads and Wild Bill Hickok invented gunpowder.

Bastards.

I have a few assorted things I’d like to say.

First of all, it’s raining like a mofo and I love it! It even hailed a little yesterday. Downside: I have to drive my car everywhere (can’t ride the motorcycle). No parking at school.

I also FINALLY bought myself a pocket camera: the venerable (i.e., cheap) Canon Powershot SD1200 IS. I don’t like parading around like a hack/poser with a huge expensive SLR (even though I’m not a poser — I actually make money with mine). It’s nice to have a camera I can stick in my pocket. Plus, many possible applications for shooting weddings and other events.

School starting up again = ghetto food for Jon. Instead of cooking as frequently, I plan to just constantly make and eat brown rice throughout the day. Maybe throw an egg to hard-boil while I’m waiting. That and a lot of fruit and protein shakes.

I’m working out again (meaning I’m maxing out) at the gym and I plan to get bigger!

I remember when people used to post on these things and just say random stuff like “my head hurts” and “I’m hungry” and “I lost my Bluetooth…” And that was it. Then people would leave like 12 comments. I’m talking about the Xanga days of yore, you remember, right?

No one does that anymore. All those little things have been handed over to Lord Twitter. Nowadays, anything on a blogging site has to be profound, introspective, and purposeful.

Well, I’m hungry. And my head hurts.

Also, I seem to have misplaced my Bluetooth and I can’t find it anywhere.

Start off a new year of postin’ with a shoot I did for the UCLA Alumni Association in November. It’s the Beat SC Rally and bonfire at the Intramural Field on campus. This was by far the largest scale gig I’ve ever had. It looked like there were at least 5,000 in attendance, maybe more. Check it out:

The rest of the album after the jump…

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Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”