WRITINGS

My Friend


He had a rough night.
Nothing was wrong but a lot
of beer and blunts, I would say.
My friend sat there showing
me songs of pussy cats
meowing, a good tune.
It was upbeat but sad at the same time.
He fell asleep at the top bunk, while
I was staring up at the bottom of his mattress.
There were no stars, not that
i could see
at least.
I woke up from a horrible dream
to a loud thump.
He had fallen off the bed.
It was dark, I looked into his eyes
when he stumbled back up
onto his feet.
He moaned and groaned
speaking gibberish.
"are you alright?" i asked.
He didn't answer.
He stood up started pissing on the wood floor
and said "I got troubles man, troubles."

WRITINGS

TWO BLONDS ON SATURDAY

Saturday,

I hung up on Carrie.

I had enough.

I saw Melinda the same night.

She looked like how i liked-

Blond.

I touched her too much that night.

Went for a kiss, missed,

got her neck.

The morning wasn't so bad.

She disagreed.

"I'm sorry about Saturday"

I said.

WRITINGS

She Had the Face of An Angel, But

the Body of a Demon

"I want to buy you a drink"

"No. No Thanks. OK."

"Come dance with me."

"I shouldn't... well..."

"Is my hand alright here?"

"higher."

"The night won't be over until you come with me"

"I guess."

"I love you, marry me."

I thought I could at least talk

to her

tete a tete.

Music was loud, but

all I heard was the shake of her hips

her legs

her lips

I asked her to take a seat.

She preferred to stand,

so I sat.

LOCAL UPDATE 12/23

i went to chicago with my friend tubbs last night to go see the downtown struts. homies from home. friends were there and it was the first time seeing them live. fucking ruled. people coming from iowa, san fransisco, indianapolis and just across the states came to have a good ass time. i got some pictures and will be scanning them and putting them up as soon as i'm back into bloomington.




my friend tubbs has been pretty busy. he's suggested some things to watch.

these documentaries sound interesting:
The Cove
American Movie
Collapse

And this tv show sounds bomb:

Meet the Natives


peep them out cause i'm bout to.




this break is nice and all but i want to get busy again.

IMAGES

NEW PICTURES ON MY FLICKR!

goin home for christmas.
i'll probably be bloggin.
gonna try to convince my parents dropping out of school was a
good idea.
NOICE.


Check out a few. Click for larger.

LOCAL UPDATE 12/17

scanning pictures right now! they'll be up soon! so will my website!


BAOHAUS
under construction as of now.

FLICKR FEATURE: NEON TAMBOURINE

this guy rules. neon tambourine he's called. Linked is his flickr.

HIS WEBSITE.

LOOK AT THESE FOTOS.

CLICK FOR A LARGER SIZE~~!~!!~!!@!~!~!

LOCAL UPDATE 12/17

my new poems kinda suck. more will come, you hear me?

WRITINGS

God Damn It, Everything You Need

Everything you need is there.
It takes another to
realize it
label it
and tell the rest of the town.
That is, from the burn of hot fire
to fruedian slips.
Once someone realizes it,
they give it a title. (to share of course)
It's odd, you can't learn by being told.
But to realize it on
your own.
That way, it burns on like a tattoo,
a reminder into your mind that never wears off.

WRITINGS

Dum Dum and Smarties in the Same Bowl

When she was
happy she moved,
she went and
gone.
When she was sad,
she was
smart, she didn't
flinch,
still as a stone.
She knew her next time
could be a stab at the
heart.



It is not you, It is me

Ahhh.
I can never get close
enough
Damn atoms wont let me.




If Sleep Feels Like Death

We want to sleep
with others
Every Night.
Because with someone there,
Every Night
is reassured.

honey butt,
I love you, But I'm dying alone.

SKATING

If you never met Luke Shumard then count yourself lucky. Here's an edit of my friend before he went off and died. I mean flew to england and got married. kewt.




The second one is for true die hard fans of Luke Shumard

LOCAL UPDATE 12/8

fuck me. nothing yet.

FEW THINGS

ONE OF THE BEST POEMS I"VE READ LATELY. SERIOUSLY.

There was a young man from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
When asked why this was,
He replied “It’s because
I always try to fit as many syllables into the last line as ever possibly I can.”
- unknown

PLUG (Chris Sutherland blog)

my friend Chris (second to the left) has had a blog for a while but it seems like i just found that out. HERE it is. older entries are of his trip to costa rica, but more recently its about: motorbikes, women, death, pictures of ex girlfriends etc.

WRITINGS

Pair of Dice; or
U, ME, Topia.



So i said to her:
me me me me me me me me me me me
and you.
So she said to me:
me me me me me me me me me me me
and you.

ah paradise.













so i guess sean quit this blog and started his own.

LOCAL UPDATE11/25

I'm gonna be launching a foto website very soon.

I'm gonna be launching an artist production source called
Check Collection very soon.


Sean gets back in 30 days.

Rinzin gets out of solitary confinement in 7 days.



when sean gets back we are going to bleach our hair (which i hope he agrees). because i only bleach my hair with friends.





New short films are on its way!!!! i'll be ready to shoot soon enough.

IMAGES

i might as well post this now. WWE b/w images from the trip. up on my flickr. heres the set on flickr.



so heres a few to preview.




click to see it bigger









if you want a copy of potentia, email me at 
luobao.elbow@gmail.com

it's ten bucks but we can work something out.
a trade would be cool...

IMAGES

more fotos. need... more... sleep........

so these are the color images from that wwe trip.

heres a couple.





click on the images for a bigger size.

few more on my flickr and b/w will be up soon.

IMAGES

few random color images are on my flickr. the pictures from wwe raw will be up soon enough, got color and b/w. hopefully it doesnt disappoint. for now LOOK! at these, and more on my flickr.

click on the picture for a bigger size.

LOCAL UPDATE 11/15

anyone who went to the potentia premiere, THANK YOU for coming!!!!!
my friend zach schlemmer took a few pictures of the event.

thansk a lot homie.

linked to the name is his flickr and linked to the event are fotos of the event, durrrr.

LOCAL UPDATE 11/15

qiuting schol.



pictures are soon to come.

PLUG (Alice Lancaster)

who ever this girl is, i want to be with her. i dont know what she looks like but i know its one of these two.



and i dont care which





heres her blog. one of the best blogs ever

and she got a blog of her fotos.

heres her flickr.






SHES FREAKIN' ME OVER

WRITINGS

A Poets Last Joke


knock knock.
whos there?
how do you describe a metaphor?
with a metaphor.





Not Short Enough


an artist is the runt of a pack
we can't fight like the others
we don't stand like the others
all great artists die of illness,
of dis'ease
continuous stress and burden that
we
should have dried up
never reaching the nipple
hurt hurt hurt
so i whine about my cold
hoping
to die like a champion








my dirt with film goers in america: you don't read a poem like you read an article in a newspaper, do you?

CHABRE 666

just recently watched chambre 666. Here is Godard from the film. watch it and be amazed. Godard, you're a genius.

LOCAL UPDATE 11/5

just watched the french movie fat girl by catherine breillat. and i would say is a new favorite director of mine. watch it and you'll understand.

but after seeing it, i did some research on her and the movie, then i stumbled on to roxane mesquida, an actress in the film. the link is to her wiki.

here she is








but she ain't just a pretty face,

"She says she is fiercely opposed to the idea of ever becoming financially dependent to cinéma and that she'd rather do baby-sitting than accept a role in a commercial movie she wouldn't like."

"She wanted to go to Art School (the Beaux-Arts) but finally abandoned the idea to pursue her career in acting. She is still passionate about the Arts and frequents museums."


AWESOME. MORE PLEASE.



potentia is on friday. come.

POTENTIA (short film)

potentia trailer







watch the trailer, and if you're in indiana go to bloomington, indiana on nov 6th and come see the premiere of potentia!


nov 6th
123 S. Walnut
Bloomington, IN

1st showing 7:10
2nd Showing 8:20

LOCAL UPDATE 10/29

oh no not again, not another post about how busy i am. Well POTENTIA is showing in a week and i really gotta get some shit done. i'm almost done burning the dvds and headed towards burning the cds now. i'll be a having a showing copy of it with a different menu and everything, and im waiting on tubbs to send me some video to show before POTENTIA. Enough about this bull crap listen to this song.

LOCAL UPDATE 10/22

i really cant believe my last post was from 6 days ago. im very sorry. so here as a gift to you, http://mydrunktexts.com. Sean found this and its seriously so good.



heres a few of the texts.

I just found your credit card inside the bag of chips

Im bringing a shitload of asians, cool?

(sent) i'm in a dark room wearing a sumbraro and i hear mexicans talkinh...was i deported? (received) dude, ur in my closet and we're outside watching cheech and chong... (sent)...oh....i love this weed...

IMAGES

OK. So i'm sick again. sick. but i got some fotos up on my flickr that i've been sitting on for a several weeks. I got a bunch more to upload and a bunch to develop. The ones i gotta develop are from the night me and my roommate went to go see WWE raw at conseco fieldhouse. awesome. smoked in a bar and had a drink before we left to go back to our house. super. dont forget POTENTIA is showing soon! please come and have a drink or watch the films!


now here are some fotos.








click on the image for a larger size.

POTENTIA (short film)

POTENTIA.
Digital Shorts Directed By: Larry Bao

Free Admission
NOV. 6TH 7pm and 8pm
The Bishop
123 S. Walnut St.
Bloomington, IN





If you're around, please come and check it out.
At this moment we've finished the dvd and cd covers.
The dvd for the digital shorts and the cd for the soundtrack.
They will be in reel to reel boxes.
Tonight, we'll be screen printing the posters, and the dvd box covers, also probably gonna get drunk too.

I've been busy with all this
more updates on this soon!

hopefully i'll return to regularly scheduled programming.

WRITINGS

"If i sink, I might as well go to the bottom.










To find gold."



-Robert Walker

WRITINGS

Imagine A Classic Still Life Table Top



Love
It's a spilt jug of water
It's a flower with dead petals fallen off the table
It's a spilt bowl of ripe fruit
A broken lace of a pearl necklace
Where the beads are on the ground
The good taste of wine has expired to no known age
The pen is out of ink
The pencil is out of lead

Golden bread of life has turned green with mold of life
The pumpkin has dried
The seeds of that gourd can he heard
And you keep shakin'
keep shakin' it like maracas





Tinted Window



There's a tinted window between me
and that guy
The thing's about 70 percent black.
His car up in front to the left.
He switches lanes
thinking i'm competing for his
spot
He thinks it's a race.
"Pedal to the metal" he says
As he punches past 90
(miles per hour)
But i go faster than him.
I swerve a bit but hold my wheel.

I never saw him.
He saw me and gave me the bird.





Love Dogs



Randolf would give
up/in
everything for her.
Sally stares at Randy for five minutes,
takes a breath, sits down
points and
laughs.

POTENTIA (short film)

MAJOR THINGS


MY SHORT FILMS WILL BE SHOWN IN THREE WEEK OR SO

THE POSTERS WILL BE DONE BY LUKE SHUMARD

I HAVE A NEW FOTO IDEA THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANNA KARINA

I WILL BE GOING TO WWE RAW ON MONDAY WITH MY ROOMMATE TO TAKE PICTURES

DEAR ADELAIDE: I'M SCANNING YOUR FOTO RIGHT NOW

MIGHT HAVE AN IMAGE OF MINE ON THE COVER FOR A COLLECTION OF POEMS

A LOT OF IMAGES BEING SCANNED





THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT

IMAGES

So i promised new pictures and here they are. They are on my flickr. Have a look see.











I finally have a name for my digital shorts. It's gonna be called POTENTIA. One more week and i will be done. The showing is planned to be in three weeks. Crossed fingers for three weeks.

IMAGES

Keep your pants on. I'm going to my aunt's house to celebrate the chinese moon festival. Be back with more stuff. As of now, i have a few new pictures on my flickr.

POTENTIA (short film)

Sneak peek at the behind the scene
of one of the four short films




photo thanks to Nick Stange

WRITINGS

MAGNETIC FIELDS lyrics from the song
LUCKIEST GUY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE


"I'm the ugliest guy on the Lower East Side
but I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
Want to go for a ride?"

WRITINGS

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS:

I went to colombus, in- to skate with my friends will, zwizz, and hogan. Skated some spots, got worked, didn't land tricks, got filmed not landing tricks, then went to the skate park. Like i said before i was really tired and was worked, but i ended up skating the hubba in the back. It ruled. Three 14, ok lets say 16, year old girl skaters came near where i was skating and started to talk to me. I saw one of them smoking and asked that if i landed this front tail, could i get a cigarette. She said she only had one more but she implied no. Sick. Now her fat friend said i would get a high five, and pretty much in my mind i said shut up to her. I thought, let me do this front tail on this hubba, back off you stupid bitch. Awesome. So i didn't do it but when i went back up to where they were at, the smoking cigarette girl decided to share her menthol tig with me. Cool.

IMAGES

This is my attempt NOT to have a huge batch of fotos linked up to my flickr. i got a few new things on there and theres more to come.

WRITINGS

Shrill Sound of Wedding Bells



Here's how it goes:
He visits you at your work,
he brings you food to your work,
he asks if you ever need anything.
He pays for your lunch, your dinners.
He picks up your maciato.
he lends you his keys to use his motorbike,
you're not interested.
You were never interested.
But because he's so nice.

So you finally end it.
He's got a hole in his head.
"Vital juice leak", the police say.
You're not heart broken
but you need to clean your shoes.

WRITINGS

If They're "Doing It"


he was a priest, became chaste,
then fell in love.
now he's living on the fifth floor of a sky high.
So he quit.
he sits on the balcony wanting to
jump.
its not very high up.
more probable to break a bone then to break the
chest.
"but," he says
"but, everyone's jumping."
he looks up to see his lover falling before him.
what a breeze it made.

LOCAL UPDATE 9/23

This is where i live now.





Clarke and Dylan. Dylan Ettinger is coming out with his first LP. Clarke is in Rude Dudes, another music project Dylan started outside of his own work. Cool stuff.

WRITINGS

Sitting on My Porch With Poor Eye Sight



Temperament muggy,
hair to one side,
red night sky,
you're not
as red as the cherry of my
cigarette.
The red light
is
behind the black curtain.

Jarvis

Funny

LOCAL UPDATE 9/20

I have more pictures! Scanning them right now. Hold your horses, they'll be up on my flickr soon. Those digital shorts are coming along too. Give me another month, that's when it should be shown in bloomington, in. Also i have a foto to shoot for a friend's collection of poetry. It might be the cover. I hope so! Here's her blog. It's her words, her beautiful words. It started out as a gypsy drift journal she shares with her soul mate gina but i think they'll both fill it with other things. Good night, I haven't forgotten about you.

PLUG (Zack Schlemmer)

My good friend Zack Schlemmer finally puts some new shit up on his flickr or find it on the right hand side of the blog. I'm more than happy to share with you.

a good one by schlemdawg



another

SOME THINGS

Watch this.
Pipilotti is a video artist. Wiki it if you want.
The music is dreamy.

WRITINGS

It'll Be Alot Even

bacteria.
the ones we try
to kill.
the anti-effect
the revolt against
those damn buggers.
well it seems we use chemicals and other man-made
sources to rid the nuisances but
we could always go
to their source,
their food.
give em salt they'll die
they'll shrivel up and they'll die.
you're shit out of luck when you
are on their dinner plate.






"Things To Do" On a Happy Day

to forget about C i havta masturbate
to forget about D i havta headbutt a wall
to forget about J i havta throw up
to forget about S i havta pinch my skin
they all leave me sticky, bruised
hurt on a warm summer afternoon

LOCAL UPDATE 9/10

i've been eating on 2 dollar 2 lbs of chef boyardee for the past few days. some one take me out to lunch please.

WRITINGS

"Hello, would you like to subscribe to a monthly magazine?" "Hello, would you like to subscribe to a monthly magazine?" "Hello, would you like to subscribe to a monthly magazine?" "Hello, would you like to subscribe to a monthly magazine?"


She was pumping gas
standing still like a holy statue.
Even bird shit wouldn't bother her.
Her name tag said sally,
wore a red polo & khaki pants.
I guess it was casual friday.
She was here after a long
day's work
blinking once,
no twice,
no three times.
Stood there like an angel.
angel,
an angel who works at the telemarketers.







like i really wanted that


I tried to get
what he wanted to
get.
He once got
What i wanted to get.
He lost the thing he
already had.
I tried to get
what he already had.
And i left with nothing...

but adrenaline & a bruised eye
you should see the other guy.






Just a Job


A beauty like you should be on magazines & posters
movies & t.v.
you don't dress like
a woman but a
woman that's free.
REALLY baggy jeans
and
REALLY baggy shirt.
you fill the cloth
with charm & looks
I want to talk more about you
you're a natural, darling
come over to my office and I'll show you
your job
hand me your hand.
Yes
Blow me a kiss.
Yes
you'll be a star, darling.

She left.

"go ahead and call out the next girl."

LOCAL UPDATE 9/10

I've been sick. I had a lot of fucking great ideas for poems but i've been to exhausted to write em down. And i have a bad memory so that never helps any. Give me a few more days and i'll be up and full.



But since i have nothing of mine for you now, here's an edit my friend Rocco made. Mike, Steve, Rocco and Tony visited me from the windy city on labor day weekend ( i still had school that day...DUM!) and i showed them some spots in Bloomington. They love drinking and being rowdy. I wished they stayed longer.



DELTA DELTA from DookieLuv on Vimeo.

WRITINGS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA







Old News

Person ONE:
Steven lost control
of the wheel
and got in a horrible car wreck.
He was rushed to the hospital.
They tried to reanimate
him as fast they could.That god damn drunkard. I swear
If I
see that trucker I'll murder him.
Steven passed away
last night.
Person TWO:
Well I hope he's alright.




Throwing a Fit

Someone said to me, out of anger, its like playing cards,
you never know what is dealt to your hand.
Its too late.
i thought later on
No
there are 54 cards,
I will know
what is in my hand.
Great joke, joker.
Funny funny
things happen in a room
alone.
Was it me?








For all the people (which probably isn't many) who are wondering about my short films, my friend Newman is in my room right now recording, getting shit done. He's recording music for 2 of the four. Once he gets done and my friend Anson gets done with his share of music, we'll be good to go. Last bit of editing, trailering and retrieving a specific sound clip, I'll be able to show it somewhere soon in Bloomington, IN.

WRITINGS

" I need to fall in love again. Or maybe i don't."
-Nick Stange

WRITINGS

The loss of limb

he looks better from the side.
his nose protruding the profile
which is oh so nice.
it seems
he looks better when stared at, but
if you stared him face to face
from his shiny golden hair to his crevice chin
it would make you laugh. my face
is best face to face. but
my sides have no charm
so no one stares at me with intrigue.
i can't watch everyone.
He never says no.
what a fool.





"Wrong, alright?"

"Painted love!!" he yelled.
She whispered to herself,
" It's the wrong lyric.
__It's the wrong lyric."





Figurehead For Women

Missing a piece here/there
I'm my arm
I'm my leg
I'm my body parts
a loss of arm
a loss of power
my parts are gone
in the end we hope
we'll be back together
back to the old settlement.
we'll farm hairs and irrigate
the dried cellulose.
Sandy: Hit me motherfucker
_______I fucking dare you,
_______hit me.

WRITINGS

first off to clarify: If you're on your shit, you can't give a fuck.

Now here's a quote.

“I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.”

-fellini

This whole idea has been in the back of my mind for a while. Though it makes me rethink the WORD freedom, the "thing-itself" of freedom still exists. I hope. This seems like a realistic view for an artist, but if you have passion for your shit, you won't give a fuck about this quote. I merely mention his quote because fellini's work has had a huge impact on my mind. He's movies are extraordinary and also very successful; something that most artist want to secretly achieve (but also deny). I don't want to talk too much about it but the movie business will always attempt to undermine the artist (producers, marketing, and all that). For an artist to create something, it must be under pressure, it must have stress and tension for real stability. Ironically, i think this quote really says that you must be undermined and shackled for freedom to emerge.

If this seems confusing, i'd love to chit chat about it. {luobao@indiana.edu} Though i would rather talk to you in person.

Gina

My friend Gina made a great investment. Buying a camera (at cvs?!walgreens?!?somewhere?!?) with a package that includes free unlimited rolls of film. SUPER FUCKED UP GOOD. I think me and Gina might have talked about this ( i'm not entirely sure if this is factual) but i guess shes only been taking images for about a year. New blood. She's damn good. Check out her flickr.

Here's a few AMAZING pictures

Teeny Weenie



Have you ever wondered what the fuck is a teenager? are you a teenager and wondering what the fuck? Here's a website of pictures that relay some information on teens. You should look through all the images, they are great. I understand they are from a certain time period and they are only images, but the point is to understand the base not the bullshit around it.

Beauty of the Day

I remember telling you that i haven't been impressed lately. but now i finally have seen some light beam into my eye. The beauty of the day. The once young cecilia mendez...














have fun tonight