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I tried coming up with a clever title for this article. But, well, do I really need something more attention grabbing than that? (I ripped it off from the source.)
[China’s 'Self' magazine] asked 1000 women from over 15 cities whose bodily fluid they would like to have for some hot action. …
Bill Gates came in second to Chinese sex symbol, Andy Lau. He beat other westerners like David Beckham (5th place) and Brad Pitt (in 10th place).
So if you want to win the hearts (or loins) of thousands of Chinese women, all you have to do is be an uber-geek and make millions. Maybe billions.
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In the most recent National Public Radio / KQED’s Pacific Time program, Vanessa Hua reports “Asian Americans Donate to 2008 Candidates.”
In the past, Asian Americans have not been particularly politically active, especially
through donating money to candidates. This is the biggest barrier to getting “a seat at the table.”
In 1996, there was an alleged Clinton campaign finance “scandal,” where China was trying to buy influence by raising money through Chinese-Americans. Most memorable, was Vice President Al Gore’s visit to Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in California where money raised through the Temple, which is illegal for a non-profit organization to do. These controversies, according to the report and scrutiny turned away Asian-Americans to donate money to political candidates and to get involved.
But it looks like things are slowly changing. But even as I attend political fundraisers or events in California, I am still surprised at how low Asian American participation is…
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…why I can’t stop playing this old game based on an adult PC game: NANACA†CRASH Game.
Nanaca†Crash is a Flash game which uses characters from an adult PC game called Cross†Channel (warning, link is not work safe). Nanaca†Crash is not itself an adult game though; it’s similar to the “penguin launching” game which was popular on the Internet a while back.
I’m not sure why the link is NSFW, but I didn’t go very far to investigate.
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So I was browsing through the TIME Quotes of the Day slideshow and caught the following quote:
Taiwanese newspaper Liberty Times praising the government’s plans to drop references in school textbooks that recognize Chinese historical figures, places and artifacts as “national”
Hooray for the Taiwanese government for removing the “national” descriptor (implying China) and taking that kind of propaganda out of the textbooks.
Unfortunately, TIME’s (photo?) editors need to understand the quote a little better.
Irony of all ironies: check out the photo and the photo credit.
Photo: China Photos / Getty | Source: AP
Um, DUH! Taiwan is saying that it is NOT China.
*grumble*
That’s one step removed from the “All Asians are the same” mentality and putting a picture of a Japanese girl dressed like a geisha in the photo next to that caption.
(Click to embiggen the screenshot above.)
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If you’ve been following Margaret Cho’s blog for a while, you’ll know she’s really gotten into belly dancing and burlesque performances.
If you’re in L.A., you can catch her new work-in-progress prior to her New York Engagement as she presents workshop performances of her new show. (And of course, if you’re in New York, you can keep your eye out for this coming atcha soon.)
THE SENSUOUS WOMAN is being described as
a radical reworking of the classic burlesque/variety show. With a cast of renowned burlesque artists, along with hilarious stand-up and sketch comedy performers, The Sensuous Woman delivers a hilarious evening that presents a whole new ideal of beauty, laced with Margaret’s trademark take-no-prisoners wit.
In case you can’t read the poster, the cast is:
Princess Farhana, Kurt Hall, Ian Harvie, Ryan Huffington, Selene Luna, Liam Sullivan as “Kelly,” and Diana Yanez
The Sensuous Woman workshop performances
The Renberg Theatre at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center
August 10, 11, 17, 23 & 24
All shows 8 p.m.
Tickets: $25
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as some of you gentle readers out there are perhaps aware, august 4th of this year marks the 30th anniversary of san francisco’s chinatown/manilatown I-Hotel eviction. today, july 26th, starts off the week dubbed “I-Hotel Home Week” by the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, and what better way to start off the somber (yet festive!) commemorating than a (H)API hour happy hour featuring performances (irreverent and/or irrelevant, you be the judge) by standup comics who were being evicted from their mother’s womb roughly around the same time elderly, low-income filipino tenants were being evicted from the I-Hotel? and drinks always make things better. and festive. and commemorative-y.
the idea is to build community & interest around the new I-Hotel Senior Housing & the Manilatown Center that now stand at the site of the original & iconic I-Hotel, which was torn down a few decades ago. so from now through 8/4 there’ll be various events (a youth organizing workshop, a Kearny Street Revival Poetry Night with sf-based poetry all-stars Al Robles, Janice Mirikitani, Jack Hirschman, Nancy Hom, Oscar Penaranda), culminating with a street fair the afternoon of saturday august 4th (the skyflakes and a bunch of other musical peoples & collectives will be performing throughout the day).
i guess i’m kind of promoting a multi-event here (full disclosure: i am one of the [possibly irreverent, possibly irrelevant, you decide] comics performing tonight, and i work with KSW)–but the 30th anniversary of the i-hotel looms large in the minds & memories of many, so perhaps there’s something worth considering & remembering here. you know, considering & remembering, like commemorating or something.
or perhaps not; you decide. anyway, some memories of the i-hotel stuffs and a bit more detail on exactly what is being commemorated can be found here. there’s also a fairly innocuous yet informative entry about it on wikipedia. commemorate, bitches.
next post: probably about vampires & piles of dead babies (you decide [not really, i'll decide]).
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Filed under ‘Things I learned from watching television‘ comes the latest YouTube spectacle making its rounds over the internet.
It’s the CPDRC inmates (Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center) dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller - and you can tell they’ve tried to imitate the entire Music Video because one of the (male) inmates has actually dressed up as a Jacko’s date.
*Caution - may cause mouth to gape open.
For a prison facility to come up with such a creative daily workout regime certainly has got to have a better rehabilitation program than the penitentiary workout regime of solely pumping iron.
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Thanks to everyone at the Dim Sum Karaoke Idol. I had a great time despite being booed at for my constructive comments - (oh well, someone has to be the bad guy)
Music from Uhm Jung Hwa, S.H.E, Koda Kumi plus I get on a soapbox and start giving career advice to some stars.
Also, if you thought traffic is bad where you are right now - I guarantee it couldn’t have been as bad as it was earlier this week.
For requests, suggestions, feedback leave a comment at Popcast88.com or email at christine [at] popcast88.com. (Continued)
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