Thursday, May 14, 2009

Updated Bio

I was bored so wrote myself an updated bio. Dont have a place to put it yet, but Ill find somewhere...

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Dan Sandoval. Born in the City of Angels on August 12th 1984. In his youth, Dan was an explorer. Whether digging a hole in the yard (and subsequently running from his mother) or reading a book, he had an insatiable hunger for exploration that constantly got him in trouble. Growing up, Dan dabbled in many things as he pursued the holy grail: Knowledge. Along his journey, Dan discovered he had many tools at his disposal—Spanish, English, and Public Speaking, which came to him naturally. Other tools, Story Telling and Leadership, he learned slowly but honed to perfection. On his journey, Dan teamed up with many unlikely allies on the road towards Knowledge. Despite natural abilities of his own, he found that sometimes they were not enough. He sought out new clues and information to reach his goal. He trained in different schools of thought with gurus from the Temple of Compu-Sci and Lit Rature. Sometimes he was reluctant to team up with some, but keeping in mind his goal, he bit his tongue. These powers included Math-e-Matics, priest of efficiency, and Bio Logy, cataloger of life. Eventually he met a mysterious man that would inspire him to train with the ultimate tool. Lumina was introduced to him by the Librarian of Sci Ance. When Dan first met Lumina, he seemed to beam with radiance—beneath the surface lay great power. Dan immediately became fond of him. Lumina took Dan on a journey to visit many scholars that held the secrets to the universe, such as Astro Nom-E and Fiz-X. Lumina attempted to convince Dan to join one of these schools but Dan desired more—to understand the power behind Lumina.

One day, 2 years after their journey together began, Lumina approached Dan. "The time has come for me to teach you about a device which gives one the ability to freeze time itself. You must train well and hard to use this device to its utmost. Keep in mind, that everyone can use the device, but it is only by mastering it that you will truly unlock its potential. A master of this device can control the minds of others; influence their thoughts and bend them to your will. You will find that you can make people feel emotions they thought they had forgotten, as well as give them desires they never knew they had. The name of this device is the Cam R.A."

He handed Dan a device that, once in his hand, seemed so familiar—a missing appendage he has somehow forgotten. Upon waking, Dan discovered Lumina had disappeared. He had known it had been coming, but was saddened, nevertheless. Dan found himself on his own once more but now with newfound determination. Dan gave a silent thanks to Lumina for introducing him to the device and continued his quest. As Dan journeyed, he developed his control over the Cam R.A. and learned to harness and control the power of the sun by bending light and capturing it. Even now, Dan is constantly refining his technique with the device, learning even as he teaches others. These days, Dan can be found in the far eastern lands of Chi Na. As he wanders he finds pieces of the puzzle that lead him further along, closer and closer to his ambition: Knowledge.

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On a side note, new weekly post up. Watch what happens when Dan tries his hand at Fashion... Weekly

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Zebra Attacks Chengdu

The Zebra Music Festival. A 3 day rock my socks event that I never imagined could happen in Chengdu. Given, its no Woodstock, but holy crap was it good to see something of this magnitude in a land where bureaucracy abounds. Alright, lets get to the meat of it:

The Zebra Music Festival (ZMF) was a 3 day extravaganza that was organized by Zebras and Chengdu (Zebra Media and the Chengdu Media Group) alongside many other associations. The official English web page can be found by visiting: http://www.myzmf.com/en/index.html

I really want to get into the nitty gritty of the festival, but my words just wont do it justice. Instead, I’ll just list some of the highlights (including favorite artists):

**3 Stages: Main Stage, DJ Stage, and the Chengdu Stage (which consisted of local artists [I wish warp tour did a local artists stage])

**Tons of food to try at different locals around the event

**Favorite Artists:
- Brain Failure
- Shin
- Essay
- Omnipotent Youth Society
- New Cools
- Hedgehog
- Ashura
- Subs
- High Tone
- Proximity Butterfly
- The Trouble

You can probably google any of those names with a “band, China” add and get their sites (or something of that nature)

Anyway, as I probably should have done from the beginning, Ill let my photos do the talking. Nevertheless, it was an awesome event, and I hope to be at the next one.

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