The last day of SDAFF 2012 and a special message from the CEO.

Today marked the end of the 13th San Diego Asian Film Festival.  I had a blast, and we all did good.   To the staff, volunteers, patrons, guests, industry members, and everyone else, THANK YOU.   You guys rock.  I took some quick pictures during the closing hours. Guys, we’ve hit the 20,000 view mark….

Strawberry Scented Burnout: Taekwondo #3

The fight goes on between Mina and her teacher, Jay.  As always, Strawberry Scented Burnout is in the Korea Daily Magazine, part of the KKonnect feature!  

Who Is Mae: Through the Innocent (Nerdy) Eyes of Childhood

This onee-san shaped who I am now. Serious.

Initial D 5th Stage

5 MORE DAYS.  The Film Festival will close with INITIAL D!!!!

Justin Cruz is now the Team Mixed Nuts COO….2 CHAIIIINZZZZZ

Justin Cruz is now the Team Mixed Nuts COO 2 Chainz fan and stylistically-inclined member of Team Mixed Nuts was appointed Chief Operating Officer in a ceremony that involved a 2 Chainz video and some glue. San Diego, CA, November 3, 2012.   Justin Cruz, male fashion maven and 2 Chainz addict is now the Chief…

I spent the Halloween weekend dressed up as Sagat and pubcrawled Convoy Street.

To all our geek fam and fans out there on the internets…. YOU TOO CAN SOMEDAY CRAWL WANDER CONVOY STREET DRESSED UP AS A STREET FIGHTER OR MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTER. And big ups to our friends at White Cygnus Media, Nerd Funnel, Min Sok Chon, and that one secret bar on Convoy….which is by Hobby…

Muay Thai brings people together. It may sting a little.

I met Anthony Noceda at last year’s SDAFF when he was a facilities coordinator (I think).  The two of us hit it off when we realized that we had something in common.  Muay Thai.  While I started learning Muay Thai purely out of interest in the martial art, Anthony’s actually had some real ringtime.  Check…

Bullying sucks. Stop it. Seriously.

Here at Strawberry Scented Burnout, my message to my fans is clear.  Stand up for yourself and raise your geek flag loud and proud.  That’s somethin’ I’ve learned through my 29 years of living on God’s green earth.  But…I know that it’s never an easy thing.  And high school can be a pretty daunting battlefield….

[Hood Eats] “Golden House”

Negatron and myself are doing a new feature on SSB.  Hood eats.  Simply put, we’re lookin’ for good cheap food that probably flies under the radar on Yelp.  We’re focusing our search on establishments “South of the 54”.  The criteria that I’m using to judge them is considerably different from Justin’s.  I’m looking for taste,…

Being a Dickhead’s cool!

Hey Hey Hey! just a quick post…Watch the video below and see why I couldn’t pass on the chance to post this.