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Here’s what we looked like right after. That’s me and Joshua who’s from CollectionDX. The talk was interesting. It started off with an introduction about toys. The Korea Society had an exhibition of toys from the 70s and 80s and such. First off, who would show robots in an established environment? This is stuff for nerd / geeks. Joshua, showed a powerpoint of tons of images of toys that he’s aware of, and it’s strange manifestations as they went from Japan to Korea and into the hands of the creative bootleggers. Tons of images and tons of explanation, and then it was my turn. What would I do? I came in and had to contextualize it so people could understand what the old robots and culture around that has brought forth today. read Collection dx. Kalbi? No. The robots and such brought out a generation of creatives. Imagine a filmmaker like Joon Ho Bong, who made the Host. Did he watch monster films as a kid? Did he play with toys? Of course he must have. The geeks who collected toys are now in power at creative places, and look at what they’ve brought forward? A new world of creative minds. Check out Korea Society. Korean food afterwards was the call. Of course. Imagine that Korea Society put all this on, it’s odd, edgy, and who else would do this? That’s Jinyoung who worked on this show and talk. She rocks.
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My Bodyguard was a film that's from the 80s, while, it's been pretty much forgotten, today in NYC, I few personal mysteries were solved. The pond depicted in the film, where was that? Today my friend Claudine told me that the pond in Central Park is the one from the film, and she was sure of it. I argued that I thought it was larger, and there was more to it. I didn't remember even banks all...
My Bodyguard was a film that’s from the 80s, while, it’s been pretty much forgotten, today in NYC, I few personal mysteries were solved. The pond depicted in the film, where was that? Today my friend Claudine told me that the pond in Central Park is the one from the film, and she was sure of it. I argued that I thought it was larger, and there was more to it. I didn’t remember even banks all around, although I did remember it not being an oval, that it did have man made ins and outs. Today by the way, in NYC was perfect weather, people were out and about. So after seeing the pics below. I’m pretty sure that the pond I saw isn’t it. It’s the pond where you can rent boats and eat lunch. It’s larger and close by to the first pond. After sitting there believing that I was looking at the My Bodyguard pond, I pretty much discarded any other care about any other pond. So now I’m pretty sure I know which pond it is. Either way, I guess personal mystery solved. Meanwhile, rent My Bodyguard. I think it’s a great film. If I had to show a movie in Central Park, perhaps this one would be the perfect one to show.
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The text didn't show up hours ago with the photo, so I'll have to type it in. Did a talk at Toyota today for Asian Heritage Month. Toyota is a huge campus, and like a school, there are groups and committees which are volunteer. They create events for people to enjoy, and I'm glad they do and did. Like anywhere though this has to be at a time when they're not busy, so during lunch, etc, employees...
The text didn’t show up hours ago with the photo, so I’ll have to type it in. Did a talk at Toyota today for Asian Heritage Month. Toyota is a huge campus, and like a school, there are groups and committees which are volunteer. They create events for people to enjoy, and I’m glad they do and did. Like anywhere though this has to be at a time when they’re not busy, so during lunch, etc, employees might have some time to check something like this out. Glad they did and hope we made their lunch better. I’m still going to NYC tonight to talk tomorrow and then come back really quick!
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