Typhoon Part 2 + Movies!

Typhoon Haitang was stronger than estimated. Very surprising to Taichung residents, some streets were flooded waist high. Taichung is famous for not getting much rain and flooding is just about unheard of. A lot of people did not know what to do it seems. On the news there was footage of people trying to rescue their scooters, which is silly, they are already under water, so of course they ended up being swept away by the water. I am not sure if there were any deaths though. This article talks about large damage to agricutlure:

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/detail.asp?GRP=E&id=65563

Dodging between rain I was able to meet with my friend Elvia. We ate sushi at a very cool Japanese style restaurant that uses conveyor belts and color coded plates to let you know prices. Later we watched a movie called Donnie Darko. She mentioned she likes Butterfly Effect, I think they are similar in theme. They both deal with time travel and making choices to change your destiny, and actually being able to see the different outcomes.

Ian + Elvia - Making faces!

Last night, Albert, KC, Claire, and 3 of Claire's friends came along with me to go see Dark Knight, the sequel to one of my favorite movies, Batman Begins. The movie was amazing. Comic book fans, and people who didn't really even know who Batman was really enjoyed it. There were many amazing actors all giving perfect performances. The late Heath Ledger was amazing as the joker and just about made Jack Nicholson look like a hack. I don't want to say anything about the plot, but right now on IMDB Dark Knight is already rated as #3 best movie of all time behind Godfather and Shawshank redemption. Of course the rating will fall back down into place over time, but it can really give you a hint of the quality. I can't imagine any mature viewer not liking the movie. GO SEE IT!

My buddies!

Well I am happy to say I have made some good friends here in Taiwan! KC and Claire are both really nice girls and very funny! I am always making bad jokes for them to make fun of me with, haha! Well KC had to go early but Albert came over later and we watched Batman begins! I felt watching it for probably the fifth time, it has quite a slow build up, but I think it will be worth it in the long run of the series because so many questions are answered that are usually a bit confusing about the Batman character.

Ian + Claire + KC

Dark Knight is getting really good reviews, I have been waiting 3 years for it. I guess I am a little hyped, I hope it can meet my high expectations!

Ian + Claire

Albert and I (sorry, no photo of him today!) have also been discussing E3 events. Thats the big video game conference where the companies announce their new projects. Seems we are both really excited for Street Fighter 4. Also Mega Man 9 has been announced. Both are really exciting for me in particular because they are part of the reason I got into drawing. I used to go to my friend Michael's house all the time and watch him play the games while I drew the characters and created my own, was really fun, and inspired my creativity!

I am trying to get going on my animation and video projects so hopefully I can get something up soon!