"ENVIOUS" update: I was at school till 9-something P.M. today editing my film. So far I've completed editing scenes' 1 and 2... I will start on scene 3 tomorrow (Tuesday). I love using Final Cut Pro!!! If I was using the Avid at school, chances are I'd still be syncing the audio and video clips for the very first shot in scene 1. Industry standard MY ASS!! BIIIG UPDATE: For those of you who want me to create a new website, HAR HAR HAR! I spit on THEE!!

A week ago today I completed the shooting for my advanced student film Envious! Now it's time to go to Entertainment Post in Hollywood tomorrow to get my footage transferred to a digital tape (in a process called telecine). After that, it's editing time! Woohoo! On another note, I went to STAPLES Center today with three of my 'yearbookie' friends (Jarik, Sarina and Usha) to watch the celebrities arrive for the Grammy Awards. It was pretty interesting...especially with the Born Again Christians/Religious fanatics who were protesting outside STAPLES and condemning us for idolizing Hugh Heffner, his Playmates, Fat Joe, Gwen Stefani and Queen Latifah--who we saw exiting from their limos during the red carpet event. Actually, I only saw Hugh Heffner's Playmates and Fat Joe... I MISSED Gwen Stefani!!! NOOO!!!!!!!

So how 'bout them, Lakers? With Kobe Bryant (and Rick Fox) back from injuries, the Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz, 93-86, at Salt Lake City yesterday. Kobe had 21 points while Slava Medvedenko led the team with 26 points. Gary Payton had 18 with a 3-pointer that sealed the game late in the fourth quarter. I have no idea what the heck happened to Shaq... He said he hurt his ankle but I wouldn't be surprised if he was sitting out because of a freakin' papercut. Anyways, I just gave you a sports update to ease you into the fact that it's geektime again: Congratulations to the Mars Rover Team for the successful landing of the second rover, Opportunity. Hahaha!


Photo courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

UPDATE: By the way, I've updated Gallery 2 with two new pics. It's of me posing with beautiful models Diane Le and Cherie Roberts. Next up on the import gals I want to meet next: Jasmine Mai and Cora Linn.

CHUC MUNG NAM MOI and GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! In other words, Happy Vietnamese and Chinese New Year!! Even though I don't know the exact date for this holiday, haha. Anyways, I sent an e-mail to Yen (or should I say, Denise? Man, that was sooo 3 1/2 years ago, haha) through Friendster with those greetings. And I thought 2004 was gonna be the first year since 1999 that I wouldn't talk to her in one way or the other. I always find a way...even though this time it was unintentional. I would like to thank import model Jasmine Mai, and one of my sister's friends, Elle, for posting the Chinese and Vietnamese translations for Happy New Year online. Yen is Vietnamese, and I've broken my promise numerous times that I wouldn't bother her anymore since she's already spoken for, so read between the lines about why I sent her that e-mail. I LOVE YA!! WHOOOO!! Yea, that was sad...especially considering I haven't seen her pretty face since March of 2002. In the words of a Hippy character from The Simpsons: "Looks like someone here is living in the past. Contemporize, man!!" Gong Shi Fa Tsai!!!!! That's Happy New Year in Mandarin. UPDATE: I'm so freakin' tempted towards trying to add Yen as a buddy on my Friendster page. But I'm afraid she'll deny the request... that, and of all things I don't want us to be just friends, but like I could do anything about it. Sure, there are other girls on my Friendster's buddy list who I'm also fond of-- but unlike Yen, I wasn't affected by them to the point where I wrote 4 feature length movie scripts (3 are 120 pages long, another is about 90 pages) and 2 student films about them. The latest film, Envious, will hopefully be done when I shoot again on January 31st and February 1st. This is assuming the weather cooperates, I get enough money to pay for the equipment rentals and certain peepz on my crew don't step out of line on set. It wasn't just the rain that got to me that day!! UPDATE #2: Just wanted to point out that you can now access Parman's Page through 3 different web addresses, not that there's any real reason why it should be accessed through 3 different web addresses. They are: http://parman.cjb.net, http://parno.cjb.net and last, and most certainly least... http://www.rich-parno.com. Just kidding about the "most certainly least" part. UPDATE #3: In case you notice the pattern if you have A LOT of free time to go through my journal and its archives, the only way I'll write a lot in my blogspot is if it has anything to do with Yenny-pooh. She'll probably get pissed for me calling her that, but oh well.

Overlooking the fact I'm 6 days late, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Being a big space aficionado and all, congratulations to the Mars Rover Team! GEEK! GEEK! Hahaha! By the way, here's an intriguing question: If Britney Spears wasn't already a famous "music artist" and she was auditioning for American Idol, what would Simon, Paula and Randy say after hearing her sing? Ahhh...the mysteries of life.



Photo courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Overlooking the fact I'm a week late (I like saying "Overlooking the fact")... WE FINALLY CAUGHT SADDAM HUSSEIN!!! Woohoo!!




Where's your fedayeen now, you punkass?? Oh, and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was cool, too.

This weekend, I worked on one of my classmates' film shoot in Long Beach (for a short called The Guitar Thief)...and I met this one girl named Teary. She was the make-up artist on this production. She's very talented. Beautiful too.

REST IN PEACE John Ritter, and Johnny Cash.

Overlooking the fact I probably forgot to mention in my Blog that two of my friends and I were extras in the first Spider-Man movie, here's a wallpaper for the next one, coming out next year. Actually, I did mention my friends in my journal. Scroll down to the March 21, 2001 entry.




Artwork courtesy of Spider-Man.com

There's an article on CNN.com that talks about how the general public still supports the American space program despite the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Of course, the article also quotes some people who don't believe we should go to Mars yet until all problems on Earth are fixed (yea, that's gonna happen anytime soon, or EVER), and other people who think the space program is bogus and that the Apollo moon landings were a hoax. Being a big supporter of NASA and space exploration in particular, I'd have to call all these naysayers a bunch of morons. Or retards, take your pick.

Today I watched Blade II on VHS tape and The Pianist on DVD. Good movie, both of them. Blade II wanted me to buy some guns and a sword and vanquish anyone with sharp fangs in sight and The Pianist made me want to buy Saving Private Ryan on DVD since it shows us Americans kicking the Nazis' ass. USA! USA! USA!... On a related note, U.S. soldiers killed two of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, in a raid in Iraq today. Two down, one to go. Not to sound sadistic or anything. Okay, I am.


In another article from CNN.com, there are over 70 sextillion stars in the universe. That's 7 followed by 22 zeros, or 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 70 thousand million million million. ONLY??? THAT'S WEAK!!! So anyways... How 'bout them Angels?