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Yanni

I know less and less but about more and more.

About Me

I prefer to do it in high def.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Not this guy!

Music:


Movies:

Some Favorites:
Schindler's List The Thing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Heat Seven Samurai Ran Kagemusha Yojimbo Delicatessen Leon: The Professional Leolo Unforgiven The Sweet Hereafter The Brotherhood of the Wolf Funny Games High Tension They Call Me Trinity Straw Dogs Blade Runner The Shawshank Redemption Chungking Express The Princess Bride The Shining The New World The Thin Red Line

Television:

Some Favorites
Meet the Press 60 Minutes Entourage 24 House Real Talk with Bill Maher Boston Legal The Daily Show The Colbert Report Family Guy Futurama Seinfeld The Three Stooges

Books:

Some Favorites
1984 by George OrwellScreenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd FieldSherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn RandSkeleton Crew by Stephen KingThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingThe War of the Rats by David L. RobbinsThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XAmerican Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges
Recently read:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
And currently reading:
Filmmakers and Financing by Louise LevisonGod is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher HitchensThe Assault on Reason by Al Gore Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates by Eccer / Hunley / Simmons

Heroes:


My Father. I have failed many times in life, but because his love and support were unwavering, I was never afraid to.
My adopted Mother, Cheryl. She has shown me a side of life I never knew existed and has taught me how to love myself because of my faults and not despite them.
Akira Kurosawa. His life is in every single frame of his films, and I strive to do that in my endeavors too.

My Blog

Impeachment papers filed? Huh?

On June 10, Representative Dennis Kucinich filed House Resolution 1258 which consisted of 35 articles of impeachment towards President Bush. It makes for fascinating reading. What I find interesting i...
Posted by Yanni on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:20:00 PST

Timelapse anyone?

I just watched this tutorial on how to do time lapse photography using Lightroom. The best thing about it was how he was able to make the camera move even though all the images were taken from the exa...
Posted by Yanni on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:58:00 PST

Absolutely amazing:

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Posted by Yanni on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:48:00 PST

It’s time!

It's that time of year again when local filmmakers get a little nuts and try to make a short film in just 48 hours. The contest was this past weekend and unfortunately I wasn't able to participate due...
Posted by Yanni on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

The Trillion-Dollar War

Just think McCain wants to continue the war. Do you? How will we ever pay this off? China is already toting our notes. How do you say "we're fucked" in Chinese? The Trillion-Dollar War The War on Terr...
Posted by Yanni on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:30:00 PST

Amen to this one:

After the Landslide Democrats should not be in a forgiving mood. by David Faris Published: June 11, 2008 In an old Arnold Schwarzenegger movie called Commando, the future governator hunts down t...
Posted by Yanni on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:30:00 PST

Whirlwind of a spring.

My intentions of trying to post a blog several times a week have been spoiled by my recent activities. It all began when Lisa and I got the call to return to the Virgin Islands. It's very difficult to...
Posted by Yanni on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:14:00 PST

Im to blame:

Clocking in at 45 pounds overweight I have my share of guilt to feel.Obese blamed for the world's ills ...
Posted by Yanni on Fri, 16 May 2008 11:42:00 PST

Matt Taibbi goes undercover:

I was going to copy and paste Matt Taibbi's recent Rolling Stone article here, but it's way too long. It's from an upcoming book about his exploits while being undercover at George Bush's church Corne...
Posted by Yanni on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:13:00 PST

Barack Obama

Today Barack is in my hometown of Winston-Salem. I was looking at some clips of him when I came across this one; the one with his comments about Americans clinging to their guns. I remembered this got...
Posted by Yanni on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST