I started the night at a filmmakers reception at Lit Lounge, thrown by the good folks of Jeproks. You'll be hearing a lot from them soon. They've got a feature film in post and a TV pilot on the way. Good stuff.

I was talking to my friends Clarence and Dino at the bar. Clarence had a great idea, sort of a variation on other film fest ideas, but this one is Asian Pacific American. The idea is to get a bunch of movie makers together. We'll each make a movie involving a common plot device, say the number 5, or maybe a midget. As in, the movie would have to star a midget, or make reference to one. (That's Dino's idea.) You get a couple weeks to plan the movie, then a couple weeks to shoot it. Then we'll have a showing/fundraiser/get together and it'll be a lot of fun. So be on the lookout for that. Oh yeah, the APA twist is just that we're Asian, and therefore it's an Asian thing.

Next it was on to Kabuki for the annual "comedy" shorts program. I guess it's not necessarily all comedy, more of the off-the-wall stuff. There was a short called "Dragon of Love" where an Asian American guy wishes aloud at a bar to hook up with a Black girl. It so happens an attractive Black woman hears him and answers his prayers. What follows is absolutely hilarious.

I was also there to root on my friends Gayle and Matt, and their movies "Lockjaw" and "Bampinay." One's about a lustful nun, the other about hot murderous vampires. I've seen their movies like five-thousand times, but I still enjoy them.

If a night like this proves anything, it's that Asian Americans need to keep letting their craziness out. We are pretty crazy.