Three years ago on a nice summer day in July 2022, I asked photographer friend Riley Taylor to take some photos of me, and after the photoshoot we sat at a picnic table for a chat! Riley and I met taking photos at concerts in Toronto sometime in 2009, and we talked about what that was like and how things have changed since then. We also talked about technical challenges and the artistic process. Some form of art-making could be such a solitary process, but it doesn’t have to be. This conversation reminds me that there is truly no one way that says how you must do things, you just have to find what works for you.

Photos that Riley took of me are up on http://iamthinkingaboutyou.com

Find Riley!

Instagram: http://instagram.com/larvalungs

Print Shop: https://larvalungs.bigcartel.com/

Website: https://rileytaylorphoto.com/

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Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

To welcome Q2 2025 in this hellscape and a new world order, I opened the time capsule and bring you this conversation with my friend Philbert from 2022. When I started this little project of mine, I knew I wanted to talk to someone extensively about growing up in Hong Kong and moving to Canada as a young adult, and Philbert was the perfect guest to dig deep into these feelings with. We also spent a good chunk talking about our mutual love for music and Linkin Park. That brings us to our first content warning: we never actually said it outright, but there are mentions of depression and suicide. On the lighter side of things, we share our experiences in language learning and Philbert brought us otter facts! Don’t forget to check the website https://iamthinkingaboutyou.com/ for photos, including the ones I took of Linkin Park when I was 18 (?!!?!!???????)

Links

5 REALLY Hard Languages for English Speakers

Cantonese lesson: more numbers 100, 1000, 10000 How to say "HOW MANY" in Cantonese

A sea otter reel for your algorithm

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Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

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Annnd we are back(ish). Taking you all back to March 2022 when I recorded this episode with longtime friend Betty Xie. Betty is a career coach for creatives, a fundraising consultant and a filmmaker. Throughout the years, I’ve often benefited from Betty’s advice and counsel and I’m glad she has professionalized it! In this conversation, we take you back to 2012 when we first met and talked through the various film projects we worked on (and how I inspired a character in one of her projects). For the ~full experience~ you could check out the films in the links below and the photos ON THE WEBSITE (which I forgot to plug at the end of the episode).

Guest Links - Betty Xie

Website: https://www.xiebetty.com/

Instagram: @bettyxcoach

Everyday Talent Podcast: https://www.xiebetty.com/podcast

Listen to me interviewing Betty on her podcast here

Watch Uprooted: The Plantemic on CBC Gem (Canada only)

Watch The Home Promised (2015)

Watch the Stand Up Man (2017) trailer

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Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

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This was an episode recorded in the earlier days of the conception of this podcast in March 2022... In the episode, I caught up with singer-songwriter Gavin Sutton aka Tennyson Wolf, who introduced me to podcasts and without whom this podcast might not exist (sounds dramatic but true). We talked about how our lives intersected, the photos I’ve taken of him, friendships, making music as an independent musician and what we’ve been watching & listening. We covered quite a bit!!! There’s also a special follow-up with first guest Ammar at the end.

All the photos we talked about are on the website.

Guest Links - Gavin

• Gavin's Music: The Heights, Tennyson Wolf
• Listen to Gavin on producer Adam Newcomb podcast The Recording Story where they talk about the songs Lonely Walks and Yesterday’s Me

Mentions

• Jack’s Mannequin - I’m Ready
• Monet Van Gogh (@professional_artist_official)
• Lee Pace talking about Pushing Daisies on Vulture
• Podcast: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, Reply All, Aunty Donna, Dead Eyes, Mystery Show (Ep 4 Source Code), S-Town, Serial
• TV Shows: Pushing Daisies (starring Lee Pace and created by Bryan Fuller, who made Hannibal after!!!!), Halt and Catch Fire (AMC), Sex & the City And Just Like That (HBO), Veronica Mars, Schitt’s Creek, Ted Lasso (HBO), Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon, created by Jason Schwartzman & Roman Coppola whose name I completely forgot), Sherlock (BBC), What We Do In the Shadows (FX), Pieces of Her (Netflix, 2022)
• Movies: Scream (2022), The Power of the Dog (Netflix, 2022), CODA (Apple, 2022 - An Academy Best Picture!)

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Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies & Tennyson Wolf “This Side of Midnight”

Special Thanks: Ammar Keshodia

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In a special three-part series to commemorate my 30th birthday, I asked 3 friends to share their experiences of being in their 30s. In the last episode of the mini-series, I talked to friend, mentor, filmmaker and festival programmer Aram Collier about his 30s from the perspective of a 40-something and a parent. The topic of potential parenthood and relationships with our parents came up in the first two episodes so I was really excited to hear what Aram had to say and the advice he gave.

If you haven't yet, please be sure to check out the first two episodes of the mini-series with MilenPS & Eunice Bae.

The podcast also has a new website iamthinkingaboutyou.com

Guest Links - Aram Collier

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Stand Up Man

Common Factor Media

The Backstory Podcast

Oakland Warriors Podcast

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Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

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In a special three-part series to commemorate my 30th birthday, I asked 3 friends to share their experiences being in their 30s. This is Part 2 of the series with Eunice Bae, who turns 35 in a couple months and also the podcast’s first official female guest!!! In this episode, Eunice reflects on her early 30s and we talk about how she’s navigating life & career at the moment. We also talk about solo travelling and other observations.

If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, please do! There’s one more episode in this mini series so subscribe and check back soon.

The podcast also has a new website iamthinkingaboutyou.com

Guest Links - Eunice

Instagram @eunibae

Newsletter: https://letters.byeunice.com/

Mentions

Girls’ Night In

Eunice’s newsletter “on my relationship to friendship”

Worakls Orchestra live at Château La Coste in France for Cercle

What is People Ops?

Related

Best Friend Therapy (s01e05): Special Occasions

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Host: Jessie Lau

Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

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In a special three-part series to commemorate my 30th birthday, I asked three friends to share their experiences being in their 30s. My first guest is Milen Petzelt-Sorace, who turned 30 during the pandemic! We talked about how his first year of being 30 went, how we feel about parenthood and our relationships with our parents! Do you also have big/small feelings about turning 30? Let me know!!! There are TWO more episodes in the series so keep a set up those push notifications so you don't miss an episode!

BTW the podcast has a new website iamthinkingaboutyou.com

Guest Links - Milen

Website: https://www.milenps.com/

Tiktok: @milenps

Milen's music: MilenPS, The Frame Defect

Mentions

Olivia Rodrigo & Avril Lavigne - Complicated (in Toronto not Ottawa like I said)

Billie Eilish & Hayley Williams - Misery Business (Acoustic) at Coachella

James Bond music on Wikipedia

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Host: Jessie Lau

Music: Mayday by Jar of Flies

Special Thanks: Ammar Keshodia and the mysterious office we used that will remain unnamed for now

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