Has anyone heard from Frank Fradella?

Lantian! Great to see you back!

and can I say:

我承认犯了动词化罪。。。

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哈哈， 蓝天, 让你受到了很严重的动词化。。。

verbification?

to verbify?

Ah yes, I'm a mover and a shaker, wo shi yi ge dong ci!

我是一个动词！

Frank, I have seen Akebono live and in living color, and you ain't no Akebono! Jiao ni shuai ge! 叫你帅哥！ You handsome devil you.

SUMO team?! Just how pudgy do you think I am?!

HMPH!

hehe Lantian returned when I told him he was now officially a verb.

Yes Fudawei, sharing violation! 别说了，别说了！

别说了！

bie shuo le, bie shuo le

no say now, no say now

Don't say anything more, please!

Fudawei, don't put that kind of pictures in my head. :-D

I thought you guys knew. Frank's deep in training for the 2008 Olympics. He's captain of the Synchronized Sumo team and can't afford any distractions at the moment.

Hahaha, I've been around, TaiPan. Just busy : )

...and I was just about to post a thread titled, "Has anyone heard from azerdocmom?"

you two both went Lantian on us

Ah, 蓝天，you are still around!

别 "lantian" 我啊.......haha哈

哎呀Henning that´s hard! >_<

Frank,

you need to be careful that you get your priorities straight: Regardless whether you need to finish your multi-billion box office blockbuster, have to care about your health, or fight about the love of your life...

Do never lantian us!

Actually I would like to sneak over to Macau, win countless millions shooting craps, and start a new life in China. :-) Well, one can dream.

Weixiao,

Shanghai, Haining, Nanjing, and Foshan (near you). 3 weeks of running about.

rjberki, China next week? Where to?

Lexus. What a name. Sultry kitten, ever better description!

TaiPan -- Another monitor ruined, thank you. Every time I get a reply from you, I end up spraying Diet Pepsi all over my screen. Hehe.

And thank you ALL for the kind words and well-wishes. I have received the e-mails from a number of folks and I'll be contacting you in a day or so!

Taipan, well I dont think Ive seen that one, (at least im not admitting it) but the music sounds vaugely familiar :-)

China - next week.

Like they say in Hollywood, RJ, there are are no new stories, just the same ones retold 100 different ways... and since I live in the Valley, it's the same ones retold 1,000 different ways.

Aren't you in China? Where's the photoblog?!

I think its been done. Just a guess mind you.

He wishes he had thought of that. Now he'd have to include you in the writing credits!

Does your short film start like this?:

INT. LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT

There's a KNOCK on the door. FRANK, 40s, over-loved, under-appreciated, semi-intellectual, gets up from his Apple computer.

FRANK

Just a second...

Frank opens the door to reveal LEXUS, 18, sultry kitten, holding a pizza box.

FRANK

I didn't order a pizza.

BOWM-CHICKA-BOW-BOWM....

I sent a message too... but we know Frank is busy... my email isn't going to put food on his table.. ha ha.

I sent you an email of interest in helping out on the blog, Frank but I didn't get a reply from you. May be it went in to your spam folder or something..?

Frank,

I'm sure your project will be a masterpiece. In the meantime you're always welcome around here.

Frank, don't forget to check in with us now and then, OK? You can run but you can't hide.

If ever there was a reason to turn to the Dark Side... :-P

and sorry to be the one to inform you Frank, but Jenny... you can't be with her... she's your long lost twin sister...

Hehe. Padawan I am, yes.

newbie Jedi. ;)

Now I'm a Jedi?! COOL! :-D

It's like Luke Skywalker walking in during the Ewoks' party for the destruction of the the Death Star... everyone realizing he is still alive and safe. ;) no?

there is much rejoicing!

Hi Frank,

glad to hear (read) something from you again. You realy had us worried... ^_^

Thanks Amber!

Hiya, kids! Boy, you sure know how to make a guy feel loved! *sniff*

Sorry to cause such a commotion. I'm fine, really. Life is in progress and I live in quite interesting times indeed.

I'm currently in production on a 30-minute short film which needs to be done with post-production by July 1st to make it into the major film festival down here. In the meantime, I've kind of shut down anything that isn't directly involved with the film or putting food on my table. Mix in a little personal drama and you've got a recipe for me dropping off the planet and freaking people out. LOL

But, hey... that's no reason to let the Newbie blog languish! Have I got a volunteer out there who'd be willing to take the reins for a few weeks and share their own experiences in learning this great language? Contact me personally at Frank@frankfradella.com and let's talk about it!

And again... thank you all for worrying. Amber directed me to the post and I honestly got all misty-eyed. You guys rock.

(Moloch, glad you liked the new trailer!)

i watched a pretty good video he posted to youtube about a week ago.

He added some new photos on flickr today, so he's around.

I just relistened to Dear Amber that Frank Fradella coming to Shanghai just now. And I wonder this question too. Hope he can come to Chinesepod and leave a message for us soon!

Ahhhhhh, good news. Just checked out his flickr site and he posted a photo today. His website is pretty ominous though...maybe he's just changing it.

I've never heard about him.

OMG, that is really weird. Really weird. Anyone on CPod who is close with Frank, who can confirm that he's alright?

If you look at this http://www.frankfradella.com/, you get even more worried ...

Just checked out his blog. Last entry was March 22nd....hmmmm.

I´m telling you...it´s the hole...hopefully not!...

That's really strange, I was wondering the exact same thing yesterday. The boards aren't quite the same w/o him.

Has his blog been updated? He must be off in the wild east making his feature. Frank, drop a line and let us know how it's going...and if you need any extras!