Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Just a thought about Fish and People

I am in a writing slump. This has been spurred on by a literary agent who I want to represent my novel "Those Who Hear" telling me thatI have some major grammar flaws in the opening chapters and she can't work with me because of them. This would be heart breaking enough, but compound the fact that after chatting with my editor about her comments, we realized that actually she's not even right about some of them. So she's wrong about my grammar errors, but I still don't have an agent. So I'm spending NO TIME writing lately. I'm just teaching, working, working, working out, drinking, watching stupid movies, and making a few really dumb videos. Enjoy my newest effort, spurred by my general misanthropy.

Friday, June 22, 2007

A commercial for LEO


Another failed advertising campaign. Who would have known that drinking and driving in Thailand would become illegal. Next they'll make it illegal to drive on the sidewalk in order to get around traffic. Oh well, I'll try another advertising angle later!
Want to see other videos, hit the title and be taken to my VIDEO PAGE.

Monday, June 18, 2007

A Search for Cartoonists! Graphic Novelists!


An exert from Errant Story.

I am looking for ARTISTS! Thai would be great because we could meet some place and work together; however, I'm open to Internet team work as well. Here is the deal, I have written volumes of comics or graphic novel type stories during my far too many years on this planet. In truth I find very little in real life interesting so I am always trying to create something new.

I WANT TO DEVELOP 3 COMIC ideas! Can you draw? Let's work together! You don't have to be great, just willing and with some ability. I'll do the computer aspect, but I need a cartoonist to do the sketching!

Hit me at Jonathon@Siminoe.com and let's see what we can do!



Some Products Just Don't Translate from THAI



I always wanted to work in advertising, but truthfully I'm not very good at it. Of course trying to sell this brand, which sounds fine in Thai, would be a difficult sale in the English speaking world.

Want to see some other videos, equally as poorly conceived, click on the title. Tomorrow's video will be a failed advertising of a local alcoholic beverage.

Monday, June 11, 2007

See the Thai Spa Spirit Magazine


Because many of you do not live in a location where this magazine is readily available, if you'd like to take a look at the articles that I wrote or the ones I edited, click on the TITLE and take a look at the page by page. Beautiful photos and amazing stories about the fastest growing industry in Thailand--the Spa industry.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

BANGKOK'S SECURITY ON RED ALERT


Tension seems to be running high over the recent ruling to dissolve Taksin's political party--at least that's what the global news is reporting. As for those of us living in the Kingdom things seem about normal.
This is our building's crack security team hard at work. Once I realized that he was on the job, I felt completely at ease and was able to relax and go back to work. He is utilizing an ancient and nearly infallible defense technique known as the don't see, don't confront, and for God Sakes don't take out that stick. I think everything is just fine.
Click on Title for link to the Nation!

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

C.R.E.A.M.

C.R.E.A.M.
Cash Rules Everything Around ME!
I hate to admit the CREAM reality, but it is a certainty on the planet Earth. I used to think it was an American thing, but their just the people who developed it, believe in it the most, and worship the philosophy with the least amount of questioning. Sadly its hard to find a heretic within the USA who would say some how we lost our way. "It's all about the green." "No money no honey." "You either have jack or get jack." And we could list a hundred or so other cash money slogans.

So what is so vital? What is so critical that everyone on the planet is working themselves to death? Flat screen TVs SIM! Bigger SUVs SIM! Italian leather shoes to go with my Italian leather couch designed by some closet heterosexual who looks through his intro to art appreciation text books to find, from something originally created with heart, the next new fad.

Well so what? It is the reality of the world's pernicious matrix, the one we created or at least inherited, and in truth it is inevitable. We need $.$$ in order to function. For the creative or artist set we are born to a life of poverty and I'm usually okay with that, but there are times when I must say that the CREAM begins to sour! There are times when it just stinks!

So you are flush and fine, you could always throw a little my way with a simple visit to my favorite nation in the world. Click the TITLE above and visit my nation!

Friday, June 1, 2007

The Hypnotic Stare of the SPEEDY has entranced this victim!


Miguel Mantero of Alabama University's Linguistics department, visited Bangkok recently. His father is the world renowned Spanish poet Manuel Mantero.
But Miguel made one very bad mistake and that was simply underestimating the hypnotic powers of the SPEED MAN. Few have ever escaped from these wild eyes once they have been used to perform the evil enchantment.
We see here that SPEEDY is captured on film, but it is too late to assist Miguel who is too far gone to be rescued. We can only hope that others, having seen this warning, can avoid the same tragic fate.
Yo, writers always pay respect to other writers. Want some more information about Manuel Mantero, click on the title for a live link and some optional reading.