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[pics] Hawaii International Film Festival, LOST and Contrast Magazine’s 3Deep

October 25th, 2009 · 12 Comments

well. that was a tough week. these pics have been sitting here in my draft queue for a bit long, sorry. i didn’t want to really do this when we were all grieving our friend. it’s still so very sad, and definitely not real. gotta keep moving i guess.
this time of year is definitely my [...]

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Tags: Hiff · I heart successful people · activities · all over the place · celebrities · chinatown · culture · film · life · my favorite band ever · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about

[pics] HIFF is sooo close, Apt3 on a weekend, and my vacation to hawaii

October 7th, 2009 · 14 Comments

god DAMN it’s been slowing down guys. like, to a screeching halt. i would sit here and piss and moan about it but it feels sofa king good. in fact, i’m feeling pretty amazing….

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · Hiff · celebrities · chinatown · feeling better · film · fun bobby · get hyped · good timing · my favorite band ever · nostalgia · photos done · something different · work

[pics] here’s my slump. call me slumpy.

September 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments

blah, i’ve never really been in to the planets and stuff. saturn in venus affecting aries moving around jupiter’s tenth house of career in the full moon to the third power? come onnnn. we all have good days and bad days. like i’m supposed to believe that it’s some giant masses of gas and debris bazillions [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · addictions · bad timing · complaining · film · food · for the greater good · next door · philanthropicdedness · photos done · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] I <3 the Deadbeats, NeonNeon, Apt3 BBQ and Fresh Cafe!

September 23rd, 2009 · 15 Comments

GOD what is it about the deadbeats. why do i love them so much. ok, ya, i mean, woah hotties, but there’s a lot of good music in town, why am i so stuck on them? it’s like my passion pit obsession- it’s like i can only be obsessed with one band at a time [...]

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Tags: BAMP · Fabulous Openings · Hiff · all over the place · chinatown · culture · film · fun bobby · kicks · my favorite band ever · next door · nothing but love for skate · oooo fancy · photos done · showdown in chinatown · something to do on a SUNDAY night

[pics] what it’s like at HOME and on a movie set. Also APARTM3NT grand opening.

August 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments

WHAT is with the sky lately? god, last friday was the nicest sunset ever. i guess maybe climate changes? or … shoot, i could probably just google it. well anyway, it was a superrad sunset just in time for pecha kuchaat the academy last friday. you can bet i was there early to get a [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · addictions · art · chinatown · culture · film · fun bobby · hot · kicks · lurk · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · photos done · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · weekend

wanna be in a movie?

July 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

i don’t. but i really want to support my friends. they are amazing and have worked really hard to put this feature together. come to the Hawaii State Capitol at 10am on sunday (tomorrow). food. production assistants. darieus vince and robert. expensive cameras. us.

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Tags: I heart successful people · film

[pics] Maui Film Festival, oops! Almost forgot these…

July 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments

the hooks ups don’t happen as often as you think. it’s not because people don’t ask, it’s because i just kind of don’t want to. this blog was never really about influencing people to buy stuff, it was about me sharing honolulu with you, my friends. with that being said i got hooked the EFF [...]

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Tags: film · food · hook it up · learning is fun · off island · photos done · work

[pics] vans 3 feet high half cab, white party, 3 years of Soul Clap

July 1st, 2009 · 15 Comments

ahhh. not so much this sapphire martini, but more so the mirror up there. i was in the bus driver club for quite some time and sitting here having a cocktail looking at that kind of made my evening last thursday. i’m almost positive that came from the hubcap of a bus.

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Tags: chinatown · film · fun bobby · kicks · nightlife · philanthropicdedness · photos done · scooped · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] new club alert, showdown in chinatown is back, F&M are still kicking

May 21st, 2009 · 8 Comments

friday i had no idea how i was going to do the Black Diamond grand opening reception from 7p-9p and still get a good seat for Showdown in Chinatown by 8:30p AND make it to F&M’s new big Friday weekly at the old W. you could say i having what you might call a nightlife [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · all over the place · culture · film · fun bobby · next door · nightlife · photos done · press · showdown in chinatown · supercrew · they grow up so fast · weekend

[pics] openings of stuff: bonsai sushi, hush. more work too. and stuff

October 28th, 2008 · 19 Comments

so woah what are you just totally chilling til halloween or what? no, that’s cool. i mean. i hear you. i been chilling too. chilling with the completely inappropriate yet undeniably clever bar-entertainment they provide at chiko’s tavern on their monthly girls night….

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · Hiff · SMART magazine · all over the place · celebrities · fashion · film · fun bobby · hip hop · hook it up · nightlife · photos done · scooped · thirtyninehotel · work

say hello…

October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

…to my boyfriend for the next week. hawaii international film festival. we’re keeping it mellow but between us, i’m 100% smitten.

what i’m hyped on:
Beautiful Losers (united states)
Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe (united states)
what i saw and loved loved loved
The Divine Weapon (korea)
Morning Comes So Soon (marshall islands)
Gone Shopping (singapore)
Beauty Queen (united [...]

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Tags: Hiff · culture · film · get hyped · learning is fun

too busy to do these. but THIS WEEKEND is WOAH.

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

omg. it’s friday, like, every other day now. this new job is a whirlwind. very very cool. i gotta spill on some promos i’m doing around town and some other stuff that’s happening this weekend. it should be an exceptional one.
art after dark! art after dark! don’t be a jerk. you know you love this [...]

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Tags: Art After Dark · Hiff · Honolulu Academy of Arts · activities · all over the place · art · celebrities · chinatown · fashion · film · for the greater good · get hyped · hook it up · my favorite band ever · nightlife · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work

[pics] HiFi at Candy Bar, my first Babes Who Brunch, GroundUP, Showdown, and hellooooo Pool Party!

May 12th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Hi! sorry it said “weekend picks” all day Monday. I meant to have this update here for you. Like a surprise. like, woah! christa updated fast! i just heard about that miami-style pool party that everyone was at on sunday and bam! here are the photos!
ya, tell me when i ever let you down….
starting with [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · art · bikinis · celebrities · complaining · fashion · film · hip hop · next door · nightlife · supercrew · weekend

weekend picks

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

whatever’s free.

or? you can pay to go in to bars that are normally free to go in to in chinatown. oh who am i kidding, i’ll be there too.
also tonight– planet bboy is screening at friends of film friday. benson is back in town. that film? if you haven’t seen it you better see [...]

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Tags: activities · film · weekend

these times…

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

TIMES AND WIND
Director, Reha Erdem
Turkey, 2007, 110 mins.
An intensely lyrical film, and winner of both the FIPRESCI and Best Turkish Film Awards at the 2006 Istabul Film Festival, “Times and Wind” is Reha Erdem’s fourth feature. The film depicts the harsh emotional lives of three preteen friends and the ways their families curb their dreams [...]

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Tags: Honolulu Academy of Arts · all over the place · culture · film · hip hop · pics soon · thank you

[pics] rum fire, angry woebots, mini hike, queens

January 28th, 2008 · 14 Comments

waikiki woah! i spent more time in waikiki than anywhere else last week.

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Tags: Honolulu Academy of Arts · I heart successful people · Quest for a new VW · all over the place · culture · film · hawaii sites that are essential · kicks · nightlife · one last cigarette · photos done · props · thirtyninehotel · weekend · what everyone else is talking about

lech majewski wrap up

January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

welp. it was pretty damn good. my favorite part was sitting near lech and his friends during wojaczek and having them all giggling during parts that i didn’t get. inside jokes? or was i just clueless? who knows. yay art!
tonight is the debut of ‘i want someone to eat cheese with’ which is a film [...]

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Tags: Honolulu Academy of Arts · activities · art · culture · film · nightlife · weekend

circus of starfck weekend

January 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments

honolulu. what’s up. me? fancy. i’m feeling fancy. well, not really. but i gotta talk myself in to it. saturday is slotted to be fancy, i mean. just in case you don’t read the papers i’ll go ahead and mention saturday.
STRFCK
making it happen. you can hate all you want but people like brad batory make [...]

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Tags: Art After Dark · Honolulu Academy of Arts · I heart successful people · celebrities · culture · fashion · film · something different · what everyone else is talking about

Something Different.

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

you know i love it. how about this! different thursday. get downtown and stay downtown. here’s a sample different day itinerary:
5pm – 7pm
Say hello to Travis and the folks from [area] and buy some rad vintage clothing. have a pupu. have a drink. sit in a rad chair from 1967.

7pm – 10pm
Mash SF screens at [...]

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Tags: chinatown · film · nightlife · something different · thursday

we can dance IIFF we want to…

November 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

…weekend huh! Woo. This week kind of sailed right on did it not? Damn.
Well lucky for me my entire weekend is all packaged up all nicely in a box of comfy cozy indie films with enough room for cutsey sparkle tissue paper. I’ll pretty much be at Next Door and nowhere else. Wait– not true. [...]

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Tags: Saturday · culture · film · for the greater good · good timing · hip hop · hot · next door · nightlife · props · thank you · weekend

I hope you guys know…

November 8th, 2007 · 4 Comments

…about ryan lau’s new site. it’s giff-a-riffic cuteness wrapped up with a bike chain that’s tied in a bow.

and if you aren’t a huge blog-stalking type then you might have also missed elph-tastic gangster patrick’s latest project. it’s stunning to say the least. i can’t embed videos without screwing up everything on this layout for [...]

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · film · learning is fun · props · something different · they grow up so fast

Inedpendent Island!

November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Island Independent Film Festival starts THIS WEEK! Thursday is the grand major kicker and the flick was hand chosen by chris to move you in to speechless dummydom. just like two years ago– remember? that one that was backwards? but frontwards? oh crap, i can’t remember but MAN that was a good piece of [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · chinatown · culture · film · for the greater good · kalima rules · philanthropicdedness · showdown in chinatown · something different

On your Mark!

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments

wait, i mean MAKE your mark! this time it’s for one THOUSAND dollars, oahu. serious. the championship 48 hour showdown in chinatown finale island independant film festival extravaganza hootanany. mark your calendars, prepare your crew. waddalife? i can’t wait to see what you come up with. legg brothers too. woooo!

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Tags: Uncategorized · film · hot · pics soon · showdown in chinatown

Reason #48,275,024,856….

November 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

…to get tv. joe heard my song on my space today and sent me this video of one of the most amazing commercials i’ve seen like ever. it’s to demonstrate the brilliant colors on a tv or something but it’s an actual drop of thousands of bouncie balls. it is….. [speechless]. now go ahead and [...]

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · I heart successful people · Nothing to talk about · addictions · art · film · nostalgia

Remember November

November 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

well helloooo november. lots of interestingness coming up you guys. serious. my fave? THE WAVE! [wooo hear me rapping? word]. those of us with enough love know better than to let something like the entire building being torn down get in the way of celebrating the anniversary of a nightlife treasure.
this saturday there is a [...]

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Tags: all over the place · chinatown · film · first friday art walk · fun bobby · hip hop · nightlife · pics soon · something different

[pics] More Film Festivaling, Lion King Cabaret show and cosmos at Washington Place

October 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments

hi hi hi just so you know, i’m not stiffing you on anything i got. there is one more blog coming after this one then we’re all caught up k? OKAY!
so, um, we gotta go back now. like a week. to sunday. sunday at tiki’s in waikiki for Hiff’s meet the filmmakers party

making friends. gerard. [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · Hiff · all over the place · celebrities · film · oooo fancy · philanthropicdedness · something different

One more chance.

October 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

just because i like something doesn’t mean that you will. EXCEPT in this case damn it.
last night of  the Hawaii International Film Festival. Another showing of All For Melissa.  Gerard’s bringing quirky back. Get in.

join in the promotion

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Tags: Hiff · I heart successful people · film

HIFF a RIFFIC 2.0

October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

it’s that time of year again! the honolulu international film festival. and it ‘officially’ starts… well, now. as in right this second as i’ve literally just walked in the door from the opening night soirée at the halekulani… and am heading right back out the door for the other party at thirtyninehotel and eventually cancun [...]

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · Fabulous Openings · Hiff · addictions · celebrities · film · kalima rules · props · technology · they grow up so fast · what everyone else is talking about

Makana is back. BACK!

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

it’s only temporary tho. apparently california has more to offer. sad face. well, let’s appreciate the visit shall we? tonight it’s FREE makana. check him out at indigo.
he’s also going to be making a cameo in the film festival next week. WHAT! gerard elmore also has his music in his feature film that screens saturday [...]

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Tags: Hiff · I heart successful people · addictions · celebrities · film · hump day · my favorite band ever

Hiff needs your HELP

October 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments

it’s pretty easy to help with the Hawaii International Film Festival this year. they have adopted an outstanding piece of technology from a seattle [woo!] based company called the shiftboard. you just create an account, view the calendar, then sign up for the shifts that you are able to do. easy peasey! i know they [...]

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Tags: Hiff · film · for the greater good · technology