Butterfinger Commercial Kung Fu Fight

Film
Sunday I had a filming double wammy. 8am I went to shoot a commercial for a butterfinger commercial contest. The theme is old school kung fu cinema so I fought a guy with a fu-manchu. I had a heavy hand in the choreo and it was a funny project to work on.
Check out an outtake from todays shoot.

Right after this shoot I went to shoot some more of the Borat style short. It was really funny. I won’t spoil it but lets just say we had a dog licking some mayonaise off of someone’s back. Also I am working with Larry Hankins on this project. He  has been on Friends, CSI, Martial Law, Home Alone, Seinfeld, Billy Madison and much more.

Wushu
Just competed in the Long Beach Intl tournament. I took first in both my events in the chinese martial arts division. I felt good that I competed because I proved to myself my endurance was still in top shape as I was able to go 5 rounds from 9am-7pm. I got to perform at the 2009 Masters Hall of Fame and received some good praise from many respected martial arts masters.

At the end of the tournament I was interviewed and asked to give my feedback on the tournament and also a little background on myself. I will post up a link when that is online.

Training wise- I was really sore from the competition, but managed to do some jogging and light kicking due to my private lesson class.

Tea
Should be in any time next week. Still need to update site.

Clothing
Now I need to get prototype3 made.

Beverage
Met up with my business partners last week and they really broke down the drink industry. This one requires more time and financial commitment so I have to figure out quickly where I want to go with this. I should get moving on a finalized label design.

Misc
Sherry and XJ got married this week!! I went to her “xi jiu” or wedding reception at a restaurant in Chinatown.

Sherry's Wedding Day

Congratulations Sherry and XJ!

Coincidentally I watched Wedding Crashers yesterday and that was SUCH a funny movie! I wonder if people actually do that in real life? =P

This picture will be in Forbes magazine one day.

Young EO
Met up with a bunch of friends that all are starting or have started their own businesses. Everyone is relatively new (within 1-2 years of starting their business) to the CEO/entrepreneur lifestyle. Regardless of what industry or years of experience, everyone has the same passion for life and for creating something exciting/fun/revolutionary so it is bound to be a great group.

We have yet to come up with a name, but so far my suggestions were ONE – Organization of New Entrepreneurs or CEO – Creative Entr Org.

Film
Landed a non-union butterfinger commercial that we are going to rehearse for tonight. We are planning on shooting it on Sunday. The other “Borat” project wants to shoot on Sunday too. Hopefully I can fit both in.

Wushu
Went to LA Wushu on Monday and did 2 half sections and worked on some twists and aerial twists. I am still a little sick and very lethargic I will admit, but I am still forcing myself to practice. I need to practice spear and straightsword a little more. I also need to refine my third and fourth section of longfist. I am still hitting all my nandu/jumps solid.

Clothing
Got prototype2 back. We spent a lot of time and money on this one and it still was not perfect. There is a lot of value in having CLEAR and SPECIFIC communication skills because I guess if what we wanted translated better we wouldnt have to be requesting a THIRD prototype. We are going to try to blend some features from both the 1st and 2nd proto and then hopefully we should be golden.

Goal is to have this done and reach out to manufacturers within a month.

WushuKicks
Due to me finally opening my eyes to the potential that is WushuKicks and inspiration/reminders from others around me, WushuKicks is finally getting a planned site revamp. This is also targeted to be finished within a month although I think this goal is pushing it, but will heavily depend on my timing with the tea site completion.

Another goal is to have merchant account set up before the end of the month.

Tea
Production is completed. It should be shipped out to me sometime this week. Site is 2/3 ready. Need to take product pictures once the tins arrive. Also came up with a list of keywords to target.

Goal is to finish site and have model product pics done within the month.

Miss Independent

Misc
Sat went out to Pasadena and got pretty hammered off Svedka. For some reason it was extremely nasty, but normally its not that bad. Ended up singing ‘Miss Independent’ in a parking lot after one drink too many.

Sun. went to Michelle Lee’s bday with Eliver and hooked up with some homies at her shindig at library bar- alex, amanda, matt b, li jing, sun nuo, john, and tamiko.

Wushu
VERY light training at the omei parking lot. lol.
Flew up north and preparing some tai chi music and weapons.

Tea
Sent out revision 7. Got the okay on it, but still need to make minor text changes.

Clothing
Sent out 3 different designs for basic shirts to be made
Sent out text and logo files to pattern maker

PokerBling
Collected payment on sales
Learned about increasing conversions and helping retailers from a wholesaler perspective
Dropped off new inventory for Bicycle Casino

Real Estate
Turned in realtor ethics test completion certificate

Super tired. Quick update.

Wushu
Did light jogging, stretching, basics, and conditioning. Prepared weapons I would use at teams.

Real Estate
Finished and passed ethics course.
Got lease signed and security deposit in hand.

Clothing
Pattern maker no show. Rescheduled to tomorrow.
Inquired about patents. If anyone knows a good patent attorney that can help me answer a few questions let me know!

Tea
Revision #4 – Hopefully I will be done with this soon.
Spoke to chocolate contact, but rep was from the wrong department. She will have someone from the appropriate sales dept call me.

Random – I know I should add some more pics in my blog, but too busy to upload them. Also, my back end is acting weird and I’m unable to see my visual editor in wordpress.. anyone have any ideas? I deactivated a ton of plugins, but that didnt help.

To Do
Make a new spear
Kick ass at Team Trials – place 1st in longfist and straight sword/spear
Change handle on straight sword
Drop off bracelets and invoice at Bicycle casino

Well, it was back to another mundane monday at the bank. My coworker from kpmg (current contractor at the bank) just came back to work so we should be starting some IT application control testing. I’m happy that she’s back because it was starting to get lonely with me as the only IT SOX Analyst. She also brought back some delicious truffles from her trip to NY.. but thats another story.

Real Estate
Got home from work and showed my room for rent to 2 other people. Both were interested so now I am just deciding on who might be the most responsible roommate. Also waiting to hear back from a few others that came by. Tomorrow one or two people should be calling me and coming by to discuss the deposit, so if that gets taken care of it will be a relief to have found a roommate before team trials. That way, I have one less thing to worry about.

Also studied half of this ethics book which I need to read / take a test on for some real estate education credits.

Wushu
Went to 99 martial arts for a light practice today. I want to let my body recover so I just did a light jog, stretching, basic kicks, jumps, a few short sections (longfist, straightsword, taichi, and taichi sword), and light conditioning. I know my body is in prime competition shape, but today I was feeling lethargic/ in a rest mood so I didnt push it because thats when u end up getting hurt.. and getting hurt 5 days before competition is very stupid.

Clothing
Set up meeting with pattern maker tomorrow.

Tea
Went over revisions needed for the labels. Need to work on that, but its already 12:38AM. Also made some preliminary shops that make hand made chocolate because I thought it might go nicely with my tea. I will probably hold off on this, but thought I would inquire about it.

To Do
Finish that real estate ethics test
Revise tea label
Have lease agreement signed
Get new business cards

Random – Met another person on the bus that recognized me from deadliest warrior.. she also happened to be ranked 3rd nationally for womens collegiate wrestling so that was cool.