Between movies #1 and #2, and right after eating a quick supper, I shot into an appliance store that also sells movies. You know, just to see if there were any deals. Before I could get to the shelf with adult movies – by adult I don’t mean pornography, I mean not for children – … [Read more…]
I will spend tomorrow afternoon and evening at Proceres, a mall in Guatemala City. I’m picking a friend up a the airport at 5 AM on Tuesday, so we’re heading in early because driving in the dark is scary and it might take 8 hours to do a 3 hour trip, you never know!! So, … [Read more…]
I’M NOT BEING RAINED OUT BECAUSE I’M GETTING WET (WELL, NOT YET). IT’S BECAUSE IT’S SO LOUD! AMBER AND I SAT DOWN TO WATCH THE GOOD GERMAN AND BEFORE THE OPENING CREDITS HAD ENDED, IT STARTED TO RAIN. WE STRUGGLED THROUGH THE FIRST 40 MINUTES AND DECIDED WE BETTER JUST GIVE IN. FORGIVE ME FOR … [Read more…]
For those faithful readers, I thought I would go back a few posts and provide an up-to-date report on some recent events (rather than post comments on 2-month-old posts): Frutas Extranjeras: Found out that the jocote is also known as the spondias mombin, the gully plum, the Spanish plum, the hog plum, the Ashanti plum, … [Read more…]
I’ve started a second blog. This blog deals exclusively with films that I watch. It gives me a way to debrief myself and hopefully introduce new films to people. The new blog is called Zaak Watches Moviesby himself
I finished 2 books this week. I never finish that many books in one week – I’m too slow a reader. I also started listening to a couple bands, saw some good films, and got some good reading/listening on the web so I thought I would share… BOOKS: “Girlfriend in a Coma” by Douglas CouplandThis … [Read more…]
On Sunday, January 7, I garnered permission to use the conference room at Red Willow for a public presentation of my film. I had invited everyone I knew in the area and so I was expecting based on responses from people about 30-40 people. In the end 50 people showed up. I was just short … [Read more…]
Yowsers! There’s a fair bit to catch up on, so I’m not going to bother. GUATEMALA: I finished the sponsorship promotional video, subtitling and all. We left on a Tuesday morning for Guatemala City and spent a day there getting some of our residency papers done. While on my way to sign some paper downtown … [Read more…]
There is a dog, split in two, stretched across one lane. I answer the door in my pajamas at 7 A.M. to a man wanting to know why I needed to see his son. The bank teller still asks me how my film is coming. I eat 4 meals. My 2 o’clock appointment with Oscar … [Read more…]
Amber, April, and Sirdar reminded me today that it is Remembrance Day. I don’t pay much attention to dates here, plus, it’s a balmy 24℃ outside so it’s hard to even remember that it’s November. It doesn’t take much to get me choked up about Remembrance Day. Everytime I go to a service or watch … [Read more…]