# tokyo drift — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover tokyo drift. Page: Feed: --- ## [HAL vs Sam](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/hal-vs-sam/) _2026-08-28 · rickw · Field Notes_ Guts of a Big Machine, Dallas TX. I think there's something missing in the conversations about AI. We talk about the risk of rogue AIs doing bad things, as if that's the main worry. Maybe it shouldn't be. OpenAI didn't earn the nickname "ClosedAI" because ChatGPT did something naughty. It flipped its moral foundation because Sam Altman and the rest of the human leadership decided to do so. Their… ## [It's Not the Camera](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/its-not-the-camera/) _2026-08-27 · rickw · Field Notes_ 2nd Place, City Scenes, State Fair of Texas 2026. Three of my photos just won ribbons at the State Fair of Texas. They were printed at 11x14" on foam core. One was shot on an 18-year-old DSLR, the other two on a four-year-old iPhone. This 2nd-place photo is one of the iPhone's. Proof that if you're sharing your work online, or printing it no larger than 11x14", you don't need a fancy camera to… ## [When They're Dying](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/when-there-dying/) _2026-08-23 · rickw · Field Notes_ Abandoned Iron Truss Bridge, Denton TX. I've been thinking about love, lately. What it really means. I used to think love meant you'd do anything for the other person, but now that I'm older, I realize that's not love, that's self-sacrifice, and ultimately that's not good for anyone. Not even for a child and parent. My elderly mother doesn't live with me. I pay $500/mo so she can "live… ## [I Watched Raise the Red Lantern and Thanked God I Didn’t Grow Up in 1920s China](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/i-watched-raise-the-red-lantern-and) _2026-08-22 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ I thought Raise the Red Lantern was about a world I had escaped. Years later, I realized I had entered my own version of its competition for male attention. ## [Fat](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/fat/) _2026-08-21 · rickw · Field Notes_ c. 1955 Buick Eight, Denton TX. This is my last experiment. I'm writing this to myself; I can't keep playing this game. It's going to kill me. Over the last 20 years, I've put on 75 pounds. When I look at the math that way, it seems more human; that's just 3 or 4 pounds a year. And I'm a big enough guy that I can (somewhat) carry it. My knees and hips aren't crippled. I don't have diabetes. I'm… ## [Man, Do I Love BearBlog](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/man-do-i-love-bearblog/) _2026-08-18 · rickw · Field Notes_ Coolness. I've blogged for around 20 years. Used a dozen platforms. Always end up quitting, because of spam, psychos in the comments, ads, poor design, or boredom. I have never been bored on this platform. I have never been spammed, or had psychos come after me. The design is elegant as hell. If BearBlog were a guy, I'd tell him he's a good friend, because he'd be the kind of guy who wouldn't… ## [I Was Thrilled to Be in Tokyo Drift. Twenty Years Later, I See the Problem.](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/i-was-in-tokyo-drift-now-i-see-what) _2026-08-17 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ Long before I appeared for ten seconds in Tokyo Drift, the franchise had been borrowing from an Asian American world I knew intimately. ## [Selective Truth](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/selective-truth/) _2026-08-16 · rickw · Field Notes_ I've been practicing photography seriously for about as long as it takes to get a fine art degree. Looking back, I can see real growth in how I approach editing. These two versions of the same photo illustrate the shift: In the original edit (above), I leaned heavily on AI touchups, crushing the shadows, increasing contrast, and punching up the saturation. In my recent revision, I've taken a… ## [SOLD](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/sold/) _2026-08-15 · rickw · Field Notes_ Excited to share that my first photo sale just went through! A shot I took of an old barn in Frisco, Texas, was licensed through Adobe Stock. Big moment for me—thanks to everyone who's encouraged my photography. ## [Educational Photowalk](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/educational-photowalk/) _2026-08-13 · rickw · Field Notes_ Poison Dart Frog from Central America. I don't understand why the Texas Discovery Gardens has almost nothing from Texas in it. I'm also not entirely sold on the idea that looking at an animal in a plastic box is educational. I wonder if, in the future, zoos will be AI-controlled holograms. That way, you could walk among the tigers and not get eaten, and no real tigers would become depressed… ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CoGnCudX4xyE) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Fast & Furious 3 (Tokyo Drift)](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/fast-furious-3/) _2026-08-11 · rickw · Field Notes_ I have to talk about this movie, "Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift," which got 36% from Rotten Tomatoes critics and 69% from moviegoers, which feels about right, though as a viewer I feel it should be at around 85%. People who watch movies for a living won't enjoy this. Those of us with a more reasonable movie diet can appreciate it for what it is: a really good pepperoni pizza. It was surprisingly… ## [Fast & Furious 1-2](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/fast-furious-1-2/) _2026-08-10 · rickw · Field Notes_ Go ahead, not-so-bad-guy. You've earned it. The first nine Fast and Furious movies are on Netflix this month, so we're watching them in order, partly to enjoy, partly to hate-watch. The first movie, "The Fast and the Furious," came out 25 years ago (!), and... it's not bad. It's fun and a bit silly, but the physics and fighting are fairly grounded (the one guy who does try to do something fancy by… ## [At 35, Kiki Wong Got the Rock Star Break She’d Been Chasing for Years](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/how-kiki-wong-went-from-tiktok-guitar) _2026-08-09 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ The guitarist talks about touring, YUNGBLUD, Olivia Rodrigo, finally getting her dream gig, and why success arrived decades after she expected. ## [System of a Down (Time)](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/system-of-a-down-time/) _2026-08-02 · rickw · Field Notes_ Saturday's stock photo submission: My cat. I'm betting Adobe doesn't have enough cat photos. There's nothing more fun than doing something when you should be doing something else. My problem is that I have so many hobbies that it's hard to pick one to play around with when I'm between meetings, so for the last week, I've been trying a new system. I'm into systems, nowadays. Goals make me feel… ## [Every career I've built started with me being embarrassingly bad in public.](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/every-career-ive-built-started-with) _2026-07-31 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ I've built five careers. Every one started with me looking stupid. ## [Follow the Fish](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/follow-the-fish/) _2026-07-26 · rickw · Field Notes_ Personal Shrine, Paniqui Philippines. I've been visiting a small town church near me, and liked it for what it is: a small, dying place. No band. No projectors. A tiny, 100 year-old place that at most would fit 100 people, and even that would be iffy because there's only one toilet. The pastors who've been there the whole time I've been going -- maybe a year? -- are leaving, and the congregation… ## [Why This Equinox Ad Feels So Wrong](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/why-this-equinox-ad-feels-so-wrong) _2026-07-23 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ It objectifies all women. But making the woman Asian changes the story. ## [More on Nolan's Odyssey](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/more-on-nolans-odyssey/) _2026-07-22 · rickw · Field Notes_ Athena Parthenon at Nashville, Tennessee. A few trivial criticisms. Still loved the movie. Ancient god statues were not blank, like in museums. They were colorfully painted. (The temple of Athena in Troy looked like it was made out of sand.) Even peasants wore colorful clothes and jewelry makeup. Everyone in this movie looks like they got their clothes at Mr. Drab's Grab Bag , or Dr Evil's Black… ## [Nolan's Odyssey](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/nolans-odyssey/) _2026-07-20 · rickw · Field Notes_ Just saw it. Loved it. Possibly a masterpiece, certainly a very good film. It takes some well-made liberties with the original, and I enjoyed most of them, though I found the island of giants in silver armor confusing. That could've been cut altogether. Like all Nolan stories, it hops around in time, using the Isle of the Lotus Eaters as an anchor... and it totally works. I've got to quit watching… ## [My memoir didn’t include a single photo. Here’s why I’m posting them now](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/my-memoir-didnt-include-a-single) _2026-07-20 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ The stories behind the images that never made it into Fetishized. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r6ZpeLjH5u7r) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Refilling the Hole](https://rickw.bearblog.dev/refilling-the-hole/) _2026-07-15 · rickw · Field Notes_ Three-story Peanut Dryer, Aubrey TX. I got to crawl around and photograph it before they put up the wire. What do you replace an addiction with? How do you refill the hole? Chess took many hours of my typical week. It was my go-to the moment boredom took hold, and boredom often did that. (Like many parents of children with ADHD, I learned that I was the parent who contributed that trait.) I have… ## [Do I Have an Eating Disorder?](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/im-trying-to-lose-five-pounds-its) _2026-07-13 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ I’m about five minutes away from going on Ozempic ## [I've Lived Nine Lives. Here's How I Keep Starting Over.](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/who-is-kaila-yu-anyway) _2026-07-08 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ If you're new, start here. ## [The dream came true. My life didn’t change.](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/i-got-the-book-deal-now-what) _2026-07-04 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ On the strange grief of getting everything you wanted and still having to start over ## [I wish I could do OnlyFans, too](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/i-wish-i-could-do-onlyfans-too) _2026-05-18 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ The money looks liberating. I know firsthand what it can cost. ## [I loved Memoirs of a Geisha, and that is the problem.](https://fetishized.substack.com/p/i-loved-memoirs-of-a-geisha-and-that) _2025-12-23 · Kaila Yu · FETISHIZED_ Today marks the film’s 20th anniversary. Why is no one talking about it?