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My week in review: Nov. 17-23

Monday: Acted a fool while inspiring young minds at the Academy and experimented with calamari cooking techniques, discussed Rosetta Stone and had Tagalog lessons with Trisha and Steven. Tuesday: Screening of “Milk” (Please, go see this movie. It is one of the best this year – and it was shot in SF!). Wrote. In the...

One step behind Entertainment Weekly and GQ

Okay, so based on the previous post, you know I am an avid reader of Entertainment Weekly and GQ. I have also pitched them articles many times, which have been often met with politely curt rejections or no response at all. But in the latest issues I saw two articles in each that I swear...

What am I reading? Watching? Writing? (7-16-08)

I am currently reading… The Film Club By David Gilmour: See what happens when a father lets his son drop out of high school on the condition that he watches three movies a week (of the dad’s choosing)! I’m almost done with this book – it’s okay. There are parts when the Gilmour is talking...

Freelancing for Details magazine…

This month’s James McAvoy-clad issue of Details is a good one. There’s an article on guys who get vasectomies in their 20′s. Excellent read. There’s also a fun article on Joel McHale. But there’s one thing missing – my name in the contributors section. I’ve pitched the magazine plenty of times and I was lucky...

Ugh. Is it Friday yet?

Obviously not. Why is this work week moving at a glacial pace? I feel like boring my eyes out. And I think I need to stop smoking. Anyways, this week is jam-packed…mostly the tail-end. There’s a VIP dinner with acclaimed designers James Galanos and Ralph Rucci. I am sure I will make a fool out...

Harassing Entertainment Weekly

Each week I look forward to my issue of Entertainment Weekly hoping that one day my name will appear as a byline in one of the pieces. That day has yet to come – partly because my writing is really sucking. I mean really sucking. It sucks like a toothless hooker in a back alley....