bday dinner 12/18
it's from topshop
men: adding a scarf to your outfit can change the WHOLE LOOK
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
new year's eve pics
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THE VERY BLUSTERY DAY
one day last week it was so windy that laurie and i both couldn't sleep for fear that the windows would blow in on us. there is a huge tree right behind our house, and the whole night it sounded as if a large group of people was standing in our backyard rustling grocery bags back and forth. the wind blew the shingles off the little playhouse my dad built for us when we were kids. he repaired it the next afternoon, and i took this upon papabasco's triumphant descent -
whitebeard caught redhanded
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birthday pics here and here
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THE VERY BLUSTERY DAY
one day last week it was so windy that laurie and i both couldn't sleep for fear that the windows would blow in on us. there is a huge tree right behind our house, and the whole night it sounded as if a large group of people was standing in our backyard rustling grocery bags back and forth. the wind blew the shingles off the little playhouse my dad built for us when we were kids. he repaired it the next afternoon, and i took this upon papabasco's triumphant descent -
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birthday pics here and here
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
going through the archives for a little bit of nostalgia, and found this post from dec. 2003 - still so, so amazingly put.
click, you will not be sorry: Can men become attracted to women who aren't their physical ideal?
click, you will not be sorry: Can men become attracted to women who aren't their physical ideal?
spotted in toilet stall wall today: "Don't worry: you're 'approachable cute.'"
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i have fer sure been guilty of some or many of these blog cliches, but the one that totally gets my goat and that i STILL see around A LOT is this one:
another obnoxious cliche - bringing sexy back or [adjective]back
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overheard in wishbone last weekend:
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i have fer sure been guilty of some or many of these blog cliches, but the one that totally gets my goat and that i STILL see around A LOT is this one:
[purposefully non-ghetto statement], yo.
Often used in conjunction other ghetto nonfabulous phrases like "Oh snap!" and "The [object or situation] was mad [obscure adjective]," the ubiquitous "yo" is a red flag of caucasianness, or at least non-blackness, or certainly anti-hipness. See also "haterade," "shizzle," and so on. One waves the flag to signal and suborn the anti-cool nature of the associated prose, but these days, "yo" and its ghetto-term relations sound tired even when uttered by actual ghetto residents.
another obnoxious cliche - bringing sexy back or [adjective]back
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overheard in wishbone last weekend:
Saturday, December 23, 2006
who else say last week's ep of the office about the asian benihana waitresses? i need to ponder it a little bit longer - i think it was funny, BUT also pretty racy in terms of doing an extended racial joke that many people still find offensive - would they do a similar joke re: blacks? and even if so, does that make it ok? i think anything that provokes discussion or thoughts about race is basically good, BUT there was something about this that made me uncomfortable, not sure exactly what yet. maybe cuz it felt like the show was saying "haha, isn't that funny," instead of "isn't that fucked up?" (which it does indeed do with other jokes, eg oscar being gay, the black guy having been in jail) - maybe i wasn't paying attention at the end, but i don't remember the asian girls having a chance at the end to tell michael off for being a jerk? so there wasn't that sense of showing it was wrong? just some thoughts.
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also, if you are going to go to the new hott bar in sf on the weekend that you are sure to see every person from high school back for christmas, and you are with five dudes, and you see two girls behind you in line that you went to high school with, and you ask them to go in front of you in line so that you can pretend to be with them so you can get in (without telling them this, of course) - at least have the decency to buy them a drink for getting you in! skeezy bastard!
but otherwise, slide is pretty nice - it totally reminded me of dream (dc 2k3), tho biff thinks it feels like l.a. - even the water guys are cute. rye is also a new favorite from the people behind old favorites rosewood and 15 romolo (kimi: ROMOLO!!!)
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for something different -
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also, if you are going to go to the new hott bar in sf on the weekend that you are sure to see every person from high school back for christmas, and you are with five dudes, and you see two girls behind you in line that you went to high school with, and you ask them to go in front of you in line so that you can pretend to be with them so you can get in (without telling them this, of course) - at least have the decency to buy them a drink for getting you in! skeezy bastard!
but otherwise, slide is pretty nice - it totally reminded me of dream (dc 2k3), tho biff thinks it feels like l.a. - even the water guys are cute. rye is also a new favorite from the people behind old favorites rosewood and 15 romolo (kimi: ROMOLO!!!)
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for something different -
Friday, December 22, 2006
BERET AND TOGGLES
pics here
asian am hipster xmas 2k6 last night aka clement pub crawl - we started out the rainy evening at poleng's happy hour, where they have delicious 25 cent crispy adobo chicken wings (we consumed 40 between the five of us) and $2 well drinks. alex amazed us all by managing to only use two napkins for all his wings - feat of madness! we called mike a liar for barfing in the middle of the afternoon and then denying it, robot scared off three people by putting her jacket on mike's empty seat. robot then tried to pawn stuff from her ex off onto us at papalote, but we resisted! and learned that in sf, men don't wear scarf + gloves - it's either one or the other.
went back to steve's pad for a pick-us-up (crossfade + hobnobs + coffee). the original plan was to go to a new bar on haight, but, even tho the chicks outnumbered the dudes, the dudes co-opted the plan and replaced it with GENKI (shocker). we went to rockit room first, where we learned that on thursdays rockit becomes basically a college bar - white frat dudes, white girls in zebra print halter dresses, group of geeky asian dudes playing foosball way too seriously. what the hades?!? also robot was in line for the bathroom for seriously 20 minutes, and philana gave the bartender so much sass with her car bomb order that he could no longer look her in the eye.
we left and went to 540 club down clement, where dear lord it was packed! who knew clement was so HOTT on thursdays? i shot down a guy hella fast, and my work for the evening was done.
i woke up this morning and found on the coffee table, in alex's writing: "I went too, but I didn't bring my light saber."
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i've been trying to upload rilo kiley's "xmas cake" for three days now, but for some reason it's not happening on xanga audio. so, fuck it, that song is so 2004 anyways.
pics here
asian am hipster xmas 2k6 last night aka clement pub crawl - we started out the rainy evening at poleng's happy hour, where they have delicious 25 cent crispy adobo chicken wings (we consumed 40 between the five of us) and $2 well drinks. alex amazed us all by managing to only use two napkins for all his wings - feat of madness! we called mike a liar for barfing in the middle of the afternoon and then denying it, robot scared off three people by putting her jacket on mike's empty seat. robot then tried to pawn stuff from her ex off onto us at papalote, but we resisted! and learned that in sf, men don't wear scarf + gloves - it's either one or the other.
went back to steve's pad for a pick-us-up (crossfade + hobnobs + coffee). the original plan was to go to a new bar on haight, but, even tho the chicks outnumbered the dudes, the dudes co-opted the plan and replaced it with GENKI (shocker). we went to rockit room first, where we learned that on thursdays rockit becomes basically a college bar - white frat dudes, white girls in zebra print halter dresses, group of geeky asian dudes playing foosball way too seriously. what the hades?!? also robot was in line for the bathroom for seriously 20 minutes, and philana gave the bartender so much sass with her car bomb order that he could no longer look her in the eye.
we left and went to 540 club down clement, where dear lord it was packed! who knew clement was so HOTT on thursdays? i shot down a guy hella fast, and my work for the evening was done.
i woke up this morning and found on the coffee table, in alex's writing: "I went too, but I didn't bring my light saber."
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i've been trying to upload rilo kiley's "xmas cake" for three days now, but for some reason it's not happening on xanga audio. so, fuck it, that song is so 2004 anyways.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
a short meditation on coffee cups
why is it that in sf there is no way to carry a coffee cup in the street and not look bougie? i suspect it is because all cups are either red (starbucks) or white (peets), or some variation of those. in new york, there are those blue and white 'have a nice day' cups that you get for 50 cents on the corner (75 cents near subway stations) or the white/pink/orange dunkin donuts ones that you always see on the ground, so you can carry a coffee cup and not feel like a prat (british slang returns!!). there, you could just be rushing somewhere trying to get some caffeine (or more accurately, tons of sugar). but in sf, it's a luxury item that signals you are on a break. you have no choice - you MUST drink your coffee with your leather TA schoolbag from london, kate spade sunglasses, and marc jacobs pear necklace-watch in your VW golf. you simply must!
why is it that in sf there is no way to carry a coffee cup in the street and not look bougie? i suspect it is because all cups are either red (starbucks) or white (peets), or some variation of those. in new york, there are those blue and white 'have a nice day' cups that you get for 50 cents on the corner (75 cents near subway stations) or the white/pink/orange dunkin donuts ones that you always see on the ground, so you can carry a coffee cup and not feel like a prat (british slang returns!!). there, you could just be rushing somewhere trying to get some caffeine (or more accurately, tons of sugar). but in sf, it's a luxury item that signals you are on a break. you have no choice - you MUST drink your coffee with your leather TA schoolbag from london, kate spade sunglasses, and marc jacobs pear necklace-watch in your VW golf. you simply must!
Monday, December 18, 2006
lisa -- [adjective]: Sexually stunning 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com |
link via marbot
btw, i think the guano thing was from ace ventura...
best first line of an email ever, courtesy steve
pics from friday night: the margot pub crawl (© 2006 L. Macabasco) (tunnel top, lucid bar)
black tights, suede boots, haircuts
best first line of an email ever, courtesy steve
pics from friday night: the margot pub crawl (© 2006 L. Macabasco) (tunnel top, lucid bar)
Sunday, December 17, 2006
CLARO QUE SI
post-volver dinner with chai + shawn @ tofu place, 5th ave. and clement (previously two sisters)
hyphen party (aka asian am. cobrasnake)
rj's bj face
peek a boo
for more asian am. Vice-style pics, see the flickr zeitgeist (aka alex's flickr calendar)
post-volver dinner with chai + shawn @ tofu place, 5th ave. and clement (previously two sisters)
hyphen party (aka asian am. cobrasnake)
rj's bj face
peek a boo
for more asian am. Vice-style pics, see the flickr zeitgeist (aka alex's flickr calendar)
Thursday, December 14, 2006
my berlin photos!
from others in the group:
berlin pics - part one
berlin pics - part two
berlin pics - part three
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TWO NEW THEORIES ON ASIAN AM. MEN
Q: Why are Asian Am. macktivists bad in bed?
A: Because they don't have as much experience in that area. People who have had just one or two partners can't have that great technique. Sorry, guys. Also, the girls they know are likely not trying to hook up, but trying to fight the power. A downward spiral.
Q: For Asian Am. girls who date mainly non-Asian men, why is it that when they finally try to date an Asian Am. guy, it turns out really bad?
A: Two theories on this one - 1) they have lower standards for Asian Am. men as a result of not having dated many and knowing the market. 2) They're just trying to date any ol' Asian Am. guy so they can tell APA feminist bitches like me that they have so dated an Asian Am. guy. Like racial dating bingo.
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in honor of my germany trip
(The Editors cover)
from others in the group:
berlin pics - part one
berlin pics - part two
berlin pics - part three
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TWO NEW THEORIES ON ASIAN AM. MEN
Q: Why are Asian Am. macktivists bad in bed?
A: Because they don't have as much experience in that area. People who have had just one or two partners can't have that great technique. Sorry, guys. Also, the girls they know are likely not trying to hook up, but trying to fight the power. A downward spiral.
Q: For Asian Am. girls who date mainly non-Asian men, why is it that when they finally try to date an Asian Am. guy, it turns out really bad?
A: Two theories on this one - 1) they have lower standards for Asian Am. men as a result of not having dated many and knowing the market. 2) They're just trying to date any ol' Asian Am. guy so they can tell APA feminist bitches like me that they have so dated an Asian Am. guy. Like racial dating bingo.
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in honor of my germany trip
(The Editors cover)
ARE THE DAYS GETTING SHORTER OR IS MY HAIR GETTING LONGER?
so much to write about! will do it in bits and pieces. first, for anyone who reads chinese, my hyphen story got translated for a chinese-language newspaper. there was also one offer to help the children of the immigrant i profiled come to the u.s. after the story was posted on new american media.
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new story in this month's audrey magazine up on my clips site
so much to write about! will do it in bits and pieces. first, for anyone who reads chinese, my hyphen story got translated for a chinese-language newspaper. there was also one offer to help the children of the immigrant i profiled come to the u.s. after the story was posted on new american media.
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new story in this month's audrey magazine up on my clips site
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