Awareness Test

I think all you bikers will appreciate this.

Cats & Robot Dogs

Tuesday I worked another shift for the Asian American Film Festival @ the Clay theater on Fillmore. I got to watch a documentary called The Cats of Mirikitani. If you ever get to watch it, you should. It's a great film following a Japanese American artist named Jimmy, living in the streets of New York. Everyday he draws, mostly of memories from the internment camps. It's pretty interesting. I guess they showed the documentary last year at the festival but it was so good they did a private screening and Q&A's for a couple high schools. Check it out.



And then there are these robots that are gonna take over the world.

Ni Hao, Kai-lan

From the creators of Dora the Explorer on Nickelodeon, comes Ni Hao, Kai-lan!
Starring...a 5 year old Chinese American named Kai-lan with her grandpa YeYe! Haha...

AAFF>Semi-Pro>Poleng

I love Haight and seeing random things like this on the floor.




This past Saturday I had my first shift volunteering for the Asian American Film Festival. The festival's going on all week long playing different films at Kabuki, Clay, and Castro Theater, so if you have time check out the listing of films and go watch one. I heard opening night was crazy and they had a showing of the new Harold and Kumar movie which was of course sold out.



My sister.


My sister and I started to get hungry so we walked down FIllmore and we found this gelato place that had paninis. With the lunch special you get free gelato with any flavor you'd like all for about $6. Thought it was a pretty good deal!


The second film people started to line up for was called "The Killing of a Chinese Cookie". It's primarily about the history of the fortune cookie from who designed it to where it's birthplace was. I didn't get to watch it but the line was pretty damn long wrapping around the corner.




After the festival I met up with Mike to watch Semi-Pro. I saw the preview for Step Brothers which stars Will Ferrell and John Reilly. It looks pretty damn funny. And I can't wait for this...

I never really watched the show until Trina got us into it! Now I just watch a shit load of reruns that come on at night since I haven't gotten the dvds yet. But the trailer looked good. I'll probably end up watching it with the girls. Considering most girls will watch it with their girlfriends I can only imagine hella girls waiting in line opening night. Haha May 30th!

That night I headed to Cha Cha Cha's to meet up with Liz, Syl, and Marie. I haven't had sangria in awhile, but it was deeeelicious. After a few cups of sangria and feeling a little buzzed, we headed to Poleng to meet up with the crew for Chiara's birthday. While walking through the door I ran into Barry from Imeem who I had just met during the week.


And then we saw the birthday girl!
Chiara and her sister.


Syl, Me, Liz, Marie


First sangria...now some Henn...all bad. Haha













These crazies! Just got their tats RIGHT before coming out. Haha







Whenever Arnelle gets a hold of my camera there are ALWAYS hella pictures. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to put all of them on here. Plus everyone looks wasted. Haha So if you wanna see more give me your email and I'll send them to you.

Sneakerology 101

Apparently this is a real class. I wish they had this at my school! Check the article out on Hypebeast.com or for the direct link to the article click here.

Fobulous

I don't know why my posts have been mainly about Asians, but this website came up while at the computer lab at school. I'm currently doing an essay about stereotypes and the assignment says to write about a specific stereotype towards a certain race. So my friend's at the computer next to me and finds this...
(you can either click on the headline or just scroll down to read)

Which Asian Stereotype are you?

This is damn bloody funny! I think those Asians living overseas in Western countries will easily relate to the Asian stereotypes…

TWINKIE

Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people. Your significant other is not Asian and never has been You have few Asian friends, if any. You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you.

You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist. You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is. You are the Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock

ASIAN-AMERICAN

You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you’re whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any. You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college. You read A. magazine and think it’s great You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are. You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below

FOB (FRESH OFF THE BOAT)

You were not born in America You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends. You do not have any non-Asian friends. Your parents do not speak any English. When you speak English, you like to make everything plural You get extremely good grades in school. You cannot dance. Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you’re from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe

SUPERFOB

Your command of the English language is minimal and you don’t care. You like dim sum chicken feet. You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn’t bootlegged Your only hangout is Chinatown. All the lights in your house are fluorescent. You dry your cloths outside your window. You need a haircut. You either smell like cigarettes or food.

FOBABEE

You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently “awoken” You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys You have taken the Asian Studies course at college You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger; Thousand year old egg) If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous

GANGSTA FOB

You have shot another Asian Your favorite hangout is a pool hall When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid. Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you’ll shoot them You have a serious gambling problem You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car. No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because. you’ll shoot them You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs

TAB (TRENDY ASIAN BITCH)

You shop at A/X, Bebe, Banana Republic and Club Monaco You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to “mix it up”. You do not weigh more than 105 lbs You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life. Platform heels are your favorite. You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless You do not smile in public. You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it. You smoke. Your cell phone is completely customized. On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man. Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item. You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car. You are often seen with Rice-boys. You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend

HOOCHIE TAB

You are an import car model.
Your boobs are not real.
There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere.
Stiletto heels are your favorite.
Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu.
Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob.
You cheat on your boyfriend.
Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school.

RICE BOY

You drive an Asian import (Honda or Acura).
Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it’s original stock form.
Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in.
The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing.
The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing.
You always drive like you are racing someone.
You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps.
The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend.
If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground.
Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit.
If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra.
If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.

FOBULOUS

You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language.
You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends.
You listen to Asian pop as well as American music You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture.
You are a good dancer.
You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race.
You are a good designer and have superior Html skills.
You have an Friendster page AND an AA page.
For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being.
You have lots of Asian pride.

This pretty much made me laugh. I think I'd have to say I'm a combination of a few.
So, if you're Asian, which one are you?

Thousand Hands

Gotta love us Chinese people!!
Crazy but pretty cool.