Post Holiday Rejuvenation

            It's Friday night and I have decided to cancel a party to stay home, relax and blog on AnD. I hope everyone had a great holiday. It was a busy month for me but I made sure to spend X-Mas day with family. Now I have to go back to my calendar to revisit what I've done...               In late November, I went to Dustin Nguyen's house for the Viet Filmmakers gathering. It was my first time at Dustin and Angela's home. It was nice to see old friends (Stephane, Ham Tran, Tim Bui) and make new ones like Tony Bui, director of "Three Seasons". After the gathering some of us decided to lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel where I met more great people like the British in LA (Darren, Beverly and Eileen). They are so fun to hang out with; very uplifting, out-going, energetic and warm. We party till five in the morning! I haven't gone out that late since 1999! ;-) We went to a beautiful mansion in Beverly Hills and ate at Mel's Diner on Sunset till the sun rise. I never felt so young and old at the same time. If you ever come to LA make sure you hang out with the Brits in LA.   November 29th, I was supporting my man Paul Kim doing his comedy stand at the Icehouse. He was the only Asian comedian and was representing! Paul Kim won the audience award for funniest comedian. Yeah! You go PK!               December 1st was the red carpet event at the Imaginasian Theater grand opening. We did lots of interviews and party all night with the some of the best Asian Artists in America like Carrie Ann Inaba from Dancing with the Stars, Michelle Krusiec, John Cho and many more. I took lots of pictures and will post them up shortly.               Early December I did a walk through with Disney on an event that I will be involve with soon (sshh). On that same week I was invited to a green carpet premiere of Blade Runner DVD release. Most of the casts were there plus many more celebrities. I have to say, if you are a big fan of Blade Runner, you should definitely get the digitally enhance DVD final cut. I had the privilege of seeing it on the big screen at Warner Bros. studio couple months prior and it is THE BEST one out of three! After the green carpet, we snuck out of the theater, straight into the limo and went to the after party to fill up our stomach with delicious food and wine. The after party was located at the Bradbury building where they shot Blade Runner. It was decorated just like the movie. I have great pictures to prove it and with Sean Young, Patrick Stuart, Will Sanders, and of course my man James Hong with the mannequins. We had such a great time!               The rest of the week I cancelled some parties, it was all work but I'll skip the boring stuff and go straight into more parties! December 15th I help out my director friend on casting calls. Immediately went to James Hong's house to eat dinner with him and his family. I invited him and his wife, Susan Hong, to join me at a Christmas party thrown by KoreAM Magazine. My friend and host, Paul Kim, was the MC with DJ Shy. But wait... let me rewind a little bit. Before I went to the Christmas party, I had to stop by at Talk of Da Block party to say hi to my friends Grace Su, Carl Choi, FarEast Movement, Tatum Jones and Ken Oak. I couldn't stay long cuz I had to meet up with James.               The Christmas party was fabulous, Paul Kim on the mic, DJ Shy spinning, seeing old friends, Joe Hahn from Linkin Park was there, John Cho, Margaret Cho, Bobby Lee, Leo Nam, Brian Tee, James Kyson Lee, CS Lee, I can go on and on AND of course the free drinks kick it up a notch too! We dance and mingle all night, had so much fun!               For two weeks straight, work, work, work; house sit for a friend and went to James Kyson Lee's birthday party. Christmas day hang out with family, New Years Eve hang out with friends. January 6th, went to an actor friend (Lee Garlington) post holiday party. I went to some press screenings, hang out with my Brits in LA friends, learned photoshop, camera work, editing and supporting the Writer Strike! I have no time for politics yet but hoping to focus on that soon. My best friend's birthday party is tomorrow and I would like to wish Cindy Lam a Happy Birthday.   I hope everyone one have a great and prosperous year. Much love and see you soon!   Kim Mi Ly