A Picture and a Thousand Words

MY BLOG HAS MOVED!!!

2008-06-15T01:31:00.000-07:00

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....makes me weak

2008-06-12T21:02:00.001-07:00

Good looking girls that can rap make me weak....

She raps in english after she raps in Korean...

Extreme Randomness...

2008-06-05T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is Grace Park. Im sure you have heard of her. Im definitly sure you have SEEN her. She lacks breasts and booty... but for some reason she is still drop dead beautiful and one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I never really thought that until I saw her recent pictures in Complex Magazine. Maybe its cause she has no clothes on.....

Celtics won today. And even though I want to wait until the C's play at LA to really call this series, I think Boston is way too physical for the Lakers. The Lakers dont have the bodies to bang with KG, PJ Brown, and Perkins. Unless Kobe decides to be Kobe. We shall see.

Food is the Best Medicine...

2008-06-04T23:31:00.000-07:00

Good food always puts a smile on my face. Only thing that makes it taste better is if you break bread with people you care about. Its something I have come to understand rather late in life, that eating with friends is one of the great joys in life. I have always taken it for granted. This past weekend made me realize how much of a pleasure it is. Think about it. The people you eat with most often are probably your closest friends.

Just Ranting...

2008-05-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

Dont you hate it when people make you wait? Like when they cant keep their promise to be on TIME! WTF. Am I the only person alive that cares about being on time? Like when I say 12pm I actually mean 12pm. What makes things worse is if the person your waiting for is a girl. Then your not allowed to be mad at them. Even WORSE if its a girl that you have feelings for. Then it doesn't matter if you want to be mad at them, you cant anyway.
They'll be 59 minutes late
When you swear to yourself this is the last minute you will wait
Before you bounce
But then
she comes at that last minute
And your fucking mad as hell
But then she probably senses your pissed
And asks "does my outfit look fly?"
And does that little twirly thingy
Like a ballerina does
And waits for you to answer
Eyes all big and innocent and shit
And you want to stay mad at her
But you cant
Because she really does look fine as hell
And all you can do is muster up a shy "yea, you look good"
With a smile.
Then she smiles.
Then you laugh cause shes smiling
Then you forget why you were angry.
Because in reality wtf can you do?
She REALLY does look good.
And it gets you every time.

Yellow Power!

2008-05-25T23:04:00.000-07:00

YES BITCHES!!!

Words of Wisdom...

2008-05-23T18:03:00.000-07:00

If I had a wifey I would definitely get her THIS SHIRT

Relationships...

2008-05-19T10:09:00.001-07:00

Most girls use their eyes
but not their sight.
They look at what men have
right now.
Not just material things
but beyond the superficial as well.
They don't use their sight to see
the dreams and aspirations of these men.
If they are the type of men
who will turn dreams into reality.
So these girls don't see what these men will become
instead they see what they are now.
What these men are now,
can be a very bleak picture.
Smart men dont mess around with short sighted girls.
Then they wonder why some men fuck 'em and then leave 'em.
They wonder why relationships start off great then turn sour.
'Cause the future is important, ya know?
The future is what come tomorrow,
and you cant escape tomorrow.
In some men's lives, things get prioritized.
Dont take it as men looking down on you.
But that these men are looking at whats ahead of you.
And that can be a very bleak picture.
This is not a sexist post.
'Cause the script can be flipped,
about short sighted men...
not looking at what a woman will become.
Men and women need to close their eyes and use their sight.

-_-

2008-05-12T21:23:00.000-07:00

I love this commercial.
I love Scarlett Johansson.
I love food.
That is all.

2008-05-06T23:34:00.000-07:00

I just spent 36 minutes on this site. I dont know why...

Creativity and Inspiration...

2008-05-02T19:22:00.000-07:00

I wrote this poem a lil more than a year ago...
I need to get back to this kind of creativity...
I wish I can get back to that...

I met this girl when i was like 5 years old
i wanted to make her mine, yup that was my goal
she's the flyest in town
no ones takin her crown
but look at me lil asian kid fresh off the boat
wats my chances with her? i aint got no hope
but she just walked up to me and said:
"excuse me lil homie
i kno u dont kno me
but my name is Brook and we can be friends"
since then i've gotten to kno her betta
melanin, money, status all that shit didnt matta
u come from outta town, i like to show her off
if u aint real she straighten u out, she kno u soft
she taught me how to slang, how to talk
how to carry myself, how to walk
i met other girls like Queeny and Manny,
went to school wit Queeny, partied wit Manny
but still that Brook, always on my mind
another girl like that i could never find
another girl like that i could compare
her style, grace, and smarts so rare
but we had our troubles
as my age doubled
her friends werent as pure
experienced hate and racism, for sure
but never took out anger on Brook
those assholes, no love they took
got a lil older, took her for granted
got a lil swagger, brains more potent
followed my dreams, went to school in philly
realized how much i missed her, yes really
only when i left, did it make me see
made me realize, that Brook is the only girl for me
now how u think i felt when i heard
there's these dudes who rapin' her
all her friends have forsaken her
she dont smile like she used to
broken is the joy she cruised to
wrinkles i didnt see before
bruises that were never there
pimps whoring her...
cant recognize her...
and i cant save her...

Anticipation....

2008-05-01T11:57:00.001-07:00

Another All Nighter...

2008-04-30T03:51:00.000-07:00

Finals are just around the corner...
Now for most people that means a lot of studying.
Maybe cramming plus a couple of last papers...
Me???
Well I have the heavy burden of studying for finals, writing two final 8+ page papers, and working hells balls in studio for a final presentation in Design. Couple that with Cad/Viz/Photoshop renderings the next week and a half will be a bitch.

But I made a couple of discoveries past few days.
First off I have discovered this:

Holy goodness they put STRAWBERRY CREME IN BETWEEN OREO COOKIES??? ARE THEY TRYING TO GET ME FAT??? They are limited edition and my roommate brought them from home a long time ago. I looked everywhere but I couldn't find them at any place in philly!!!! I was sad. Then one day my roommates and I went to target to buy "Charlie Wilson's War" on DVD (amazing movie btw) and my roommate thought he saw the special edition Oreos. But alas it was just Oreo "Double Stuffed". Right then there I uttered the words 'I will never ever taste those again.' Then as soon as we turned the corner to the next aisle there they were.... OREO STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE CREME cookies!!!!! I bought 4 packs. I will eat them until I am sick of them.

Also another food discovery. Well actually its beverage related. Dunkin' Donuts 710 ml extra large coffee with creme no sugar will absolutely make you hyper as a muthafucka. No fuckin' lie.

And the fact that the coffee actually kept me awake was amazing. Not the fact that I was going without sleep, but because of what I was doing. I had to write a 8 page paper on the 1947 United Nations general Assembly Resolution 181 on the Future Government of Palestine. Yeaaaaaahhhh. Sounds fun doesnt it????? Heres a LINK to the actual document. Its a good read.... cough cough... NOT... cough cough...

And lastly Lyfe Jennings came out with his latest LP yesterday without much fanfare. Its entitled "CHANGE" and even though it does not contain any classic material overall as a composition I do believe it is his strongest album as a whole. I cant stress how much I admire Lyfe Jennings. His music has so much emotion and content while still maintaining his lyrical mastery and overall flow. Most people in the music industry are so fake. Just in it for the money and they all sound the same. Some people have the incredible gift of using music as a medium of communicating emotions that have no strength on just words alone. I will be reviewing his album very soon and please go out and support good music, you will not be disappointed. The coffee I drank combined with listening to his album all night on repeat had writing that paper very much less painful.

Just a idea...

2008-04-29T13:58:00.000-07:00

For those of you for whom 'hip hop' is not the preferred cup of tea...
Please go listen to an album by The Roots before you make any kind of judgment on the genre that is 'hip-hop'.

PLEASE.

More Photoshop Foolishness...

2008-04-28T00:07:00.001-07:00

Was bored the other day and trying to master this whole vector and masking thing in photoshop...

Food for Thought...

2008-04-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

There was once a zen master and a boy that lived in a village...
One day the boy got a horse for his birthday.
Everyone in the village said, "Oh, how nice."

The zen master replied, "We'll see."

Then one day the boy fell off the horse and broke his leg.
The village all said, "Oh, how horrible."

The zen master replied, "We'll see."

Then one day a war broke out in the country and all able bodied young men were drafted to serve in the army. But since the boy could not walk he was not drafted.
The village said, "Oh how lucky is he!"

The zen master replied, "We'll see."

We'll see....

Apples and Oranges...

2008-04-22T22:37:00.000-07:00

Girls are like oranges. But the thing is us guys dont really care for oranges. What we like is orange juice. So we never realize how amazing oranges taste; we just go straight for the orange juice. Orange juice just isnt that good. Other people have already squeezed it, taken away the pulp, added sugar to it, and some orange juice even comes from concentrate. Hell, they even make orange soda, which isnt oranges at all; they just take orange flavor and add it with carbonated water. Although oranges are the best thing in the whole fucking world guys dont realize it; they're too busy with orange juice and orange soda. And when a guy does reach for a orange and takes a bite he's met with the thick and horrible skin that covers it, and trust me, it tastes HORRIBLE. So they just go back to juice and soda. But if a guy makes the effort and takes the initiative to peel the tough skin away he will realizes that oranges are way better than orange juice or orange soda.

Ok so if you read this and said to yourself: WAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT?!?!?! its ok, that just means u are normal. I came up with this whole "orange methaphor" while I was celebrating 4/20. If you dont know what 4/20, its a good thing you dont. My "orange metaphor" story was based on this anecdote:

"Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys dont want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they get the rotten apples from the ground that arent as good, but easy. So the apples up top think something wrong with them when in reality they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree."

And I came up with another story involving bananas but I shall spare you all from that one...

Dear Diary????

2008-04-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

OK i've decided I aint doing no more serious entries anymore. This is just gonna be personal shit now. With that said I went to the Mets vs. Phillies game yesterday. Santana was pitching against Cole Hamels. Santana dominated striking out 10 and giving up only 4 hits. But he ran out of gas at the 7 gave up two hits then FUCKING Aaron Heliman came in and gave up a 3 run homer. But we still won so it was all good.

We sat in the 400s section behind home plate. And DAMN some of the Phillies fans were assholes. They were cursing out of their minds and I was the brunt of many of them as I was rocking my Mets fitted. And to take the cake this middle aged guy brought two kids one had a phillies shirt on and the other one had a Mets shirt on. So the middle aged guy left kinda early- 7th inning I think - and those dumabasses start cursing at the little kids!!! They were like 5, 6 years old! Calling the kid wearing the Mets shirt a pussy and a retard. THIS KID WAS 6 YEARS OLD!!!!! Damn, phillies fans... DAMN...

And it was the second time I've been in Citizens Bank Ballpark and its a amazing place.
Click any of the pics for larger view

And a small world incident happened, a girl that i always hang out with in philly lives like a few blocks away from the frat house that my friends are in, at Stonybrook. And sorry anrong for calling you at like 3:30am about that shit, lol. But yea its a small world and that 6 degrees of separation is really true.

And my wifey is coming out with a new movie called the "Mellows" co-starring Lee Jeong-jae with filming already started.

Ok thats it, and from now till monday night i will not be sleeping because my midcrit is monday night and i havent done much.

Gone Fishing...

2008-04-17T19:22:00.000-07:00

As you have noticed (most likely not),I haven't posted anything relevant in years... thats because I got this "HOW TO BE NINJA" DVD in the mail the other day. I've been watching it religiously and I think I got it down pretty much down pat. It took a lot of practice and dedication hence the lack of posts.

ummm... actually its because of finals and design projects. My concept is pretty crazy and when a single drawing takes 5 hours things get frustrating. But my final outcome will be RIIIIIDICULOUS- in a good way. We are designing a Music center in Old City of Philadelphia. And my concept is "Architecture is frozen music" Its a quote by some dead guy. Its coming out well. If I dont get a A i will be EXTREMELY pissed. Im really motivated right now and I hope it lasts till I finish.

BTW
what other major other than architecture can you say that finals last for 4 FREAKIN' WEEKS?!?!?!? I shall think of it as a badge of honor.

Here is a glimpse of conceptual stuff:

This is why college basketball is AWESOME...

2008-04-09T21:27:00.000-07:00

no words needed...

Stressed, but Im too fly to be Depressed...

2008-04-07T21:17:00.000-07:00

I hate school. Ugh. No time to breathe. No time to slow down and relax. Seems like college is supposed to be a time where you have fun and you look back later on it like "damn i had so much fun in college"... ehhhhh NO. I feel like things are passing me by; an absence of fun times with friends, relationships I cant pursue, books I have no time to read, money Im not making, beers im not drinking, good ish im not smoking ... all i got is my drafting supplies and college bills. What am I supposed to do, except hope it gets better???

BTW

Im not a racist or sexist but I do play percentages and ratios.
With that in mind I know 8 Turkish people and I absolutely hate 1 of them. So 1 out of 8 Turkish people. Thats about 12%. If we further investigate this it means I hate 1 out of 2 Turkish people over the age of 21. That means I am racist against 50% of all Turkish adults that I know. Investigated further, I hate 1 out of 1 (100%) of all Turkish FEMALES over the age of 21. If we go into this even FURTHER I prob hate 1,000,000% of all TURKISH FEMALE DESIGN PROFESSORS.
I think that makes me a pretty racist and sexist person.

FUCK female Turkish design professors...
Actually I apologize to any Turkish individual let me rephrase...
I hate MY female Turkish design professor.
FUCK HER

Yoon Bong-Gil: This is my Hero

2008-03-30T11:22:00.000-07:00

Sun Myung Moon: It's Not a Conspiracy... Its True

2008-03-29T23:10:00.000-07:00

This is the larger-than-life story of Reverend Moon, the billionaire Korean preacher behind the Washington Times, the heart of the GOP media machine... who jet-sets around the world with members of the Bush family... who literally claims to be the Second Coming... to whom D.C. insiders shamelessly pay homage. Years ago, Moon was widely considered a dangerous madman, like Jim Jones or L. Ron Hubbard. He inspired TV specials with names like "Escape From The Moonies." His group earned its notoriety by prying young people from families, persuading them to sell flowers to underwrite Moon's New York mansions and yacht, and marrying his subjects to strangers as a show of domination. Not only is he still around, but he is richer and more influential than ever. In 2004, journalist John Gorenfeld scooped the Washington press corps when he exposed a dinner party on Capitol Hill, in which members of Congress watched as Moon held a ritual coronation for himself as the "King of Peace." Wearing a majestic cape and coronet, the publisher declared himself the Messiah. The New York Times editors compared the event, sponsored by a U.S. senator, to an act of the Roman emperor Caligula.

That, as you might imagine, was just the tip of the iceberg.

Bad Moon Rising takes you into the underbelly of the Religious Right. Which is surprisingly, scandalously entwined with Moon and his business empire -- an untold chapter in American political history.

The grand absurdity is that Moon has become a major patron of conservative politics. And from his seat of respect, he is launching odd, multi-million dollar campaigns of his own to replace Jesus (whom he considers a failure), and attack the wall between church and state; his church, that is.

There's more. The Chicago Tribune has reported that he controls the U.S. sushi industry. He manufactures heavy industry, does business with Kim Jong-Il. And he now officially considers himself Emperor of the Universe, claiming the imagined endorsements of dead U.S. presidents.

Strange sex and violence, power and blasphemy... The author invites you on an arresting journey as he explores the skulduggery with which Moon insinuated himself into Washington's most moralistic circles, with a cast including the Bush family, Jerry Falwell, Left Behind author Tim LaHaye, Richard Nixon, an overseas gangster or two, and the men who built the Religious Right... with more than a little help from Moon.

Read about the state of American democracy in Bad Moon Rising, and you won't know whether to laugh or cry.

Before Clock strikes Midnight...

2008-03-29T20:52:00.001-07:00

Lets Go....

Pardon me as I Wipe the Drool from my Face...

2008-03-26T20:39:00.001-07:00

OMG
OMG
OMG
OMG
OMG

First of all do not judge me, I do not waste my money on beer, weed, or gas.... so close your eyes and shut your mouth as I spend way too much on these...

Nike Dunk High Premium - Korea - Euro Champs

Transcending Genius...

2008-03-25T20:07:00.000-07:00

Rhythm and Hue is a Performance art show by world renown artist David Garibaldi. Garibaldi creates 6 foot portraits of pop icons, CEO’s, rock stars, sports figures, and more. Each painting is created in a matter of minutes to music.

“As soon as I step on stage I’m all over the place. I’m throwing paint, entertaining the audience, and making sure the portraits still look good. Who said the artist has to stay in the studio? The stage is where I feel the most free,” says David about his unique show. If there are any artists breaking the creative boundaries between the studio and stage, this young 24 year old artist is leading the way.
Performances by David Garibaldi have included celebrities, CEO’s, politicians, pro athletes, and audiences around the world which consist of various concerts, private parties, corporate meetings and other large scale events. Garibaldi can also be seen featured on various networks like MTV, NBC, UPN, PBS, in addition to worldwide publications.
David Garibaldi’s original portraits range from Ray Charles, and John Lennon, to Jay Z, and Bono. Rhythm and Hue is not just art in concert entertainment, but a means to highlight David’s talent as a motivational speaker in addition to his ability to captivate audiences around the world. “I use Rhythm and Hue as a platform to inspire lives, and that is the reason I do this,” says David, he also adds “We all need inspiration sometimes, and no matter what age group attends my shows, they all leave the same....inspired!” David Garibaldi’s Rhythm and Hue has proven to be a total knockout performance, and a show you will never forget.

David Garibaldi

Ridiculous...

2008-03-23T19:46:00.000-07:00

GET

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HERE...

Race Matters...

2008-03-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

This speech is about 35 minutes long but please try to make some time to watch it. This man is the greatest political speaker of our generation and this speech made in Philadelphia on March 18th, 2008 is one the greatest of all time or at least of my generation. If you cant watch the video read the transcript here.

Hip Hop Saved my Life...

2008-03-19T15:00:00.000-07:00

Dreams of Flying...

2008-03-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Tarzan and Jan

The Ghostbusters
The Dogrider
The Superman
The Peter Pan
The Jumpers

I absolutely love works and pieces of art that remind me of being young. Im fucking turning 20 this year and I dont want to. Kids have way more fun. The way kids play are so much more fun. My favorite picture is the one of "THE SUPERMAN". That pic just activates nostalgia doesnt it??? Man to be 8 years old again...

via Jan Von Holleben
check out his other work too

BOYCOTT THE BEJING OLYMPICS!! WHO'S WITH ME??

2008-03-16T18:51:00.000-07:00

::There is a retarded 15 sec commercial in the beginning::

The Chinese Government is full of fucking stupid ass muthafuckas. They use that stupid ass 'Communist' moniker for religious and political suppression while floating that stupid "we are socialists but practice capitalism" bullshit. I cant stand it. I hate China. I absolutely hate them. They suck western dick while waiting to fuck them in the ass. I cant fucking stand it. I dont think I ever felt so strongly about an issue. I hope the Chinese government get absolutely embarrassed this summer in the Olympics. I wont watch a fucking minute of it. Please be aware of this issue, step back from the insignificant things in life and get educated about this issue. Please.

This is a awesome link because in my experience the best information comes from well written and well informed blogs. Journalism is slowly dying and the internet will become the future of responsible journalism (even once reliable sources like the The New York Times and The BBC fall into partisan and biased reporting.) Trust me on that.
Tibet: China blocks YouTube, protests spread, bloggers react

Nevertheless:
Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in Second City, (NEW YORK TIMES)

Tibet unrest spreads beyond Lhasa (THE BBC)

You cant do that!!!!

2008-03-15T16:10:00.000-07:00

On "America's Best Dance Crew" Kaba Modern was voted into the bottom two along with BreakSk8. And Yuri messed up in Kaba's routine and Lil Mama pointed it out and Yuri started crying (at the 1:40 mark of the video). HOW DARE LIL MAMA MAKE YURI CRY!!! lol, just playin but JabaWockeez are going to win anyway. Shane Sparks one of the other judges usually points out mistakes, he does it I know he points it out when Status Qou messes up, but I guess he felt that Yuri would have a mental breakdown if he pointed it out, lol.

Acceptance through Knowledge...

2008-03-14T01:08:00.000-07:00

I had my Midterm Critique the other day, and to be honest it was probably the worst crit I ever had. I mean they criticized every little thing they could find. And by they I mean my Turkish professor and a 5th year student. Our other guest critics, David Brienner the head of 2nd year design and another 5th year student were both late. So im standing up there defending my every move and every aspect of my design. And let me tell you the truth... going into a critique you know whether or not you will do well. You know how much work you put into a work. You know how hard you worked to develop the concept. You know whether or not it works. You know you dont have to bullshit in front of people because your work speaks for itself. All that logic got thrown out the window for me. I mean they absolutely lambasted me. The other design students in my class were in awe and shock too. They liked my design, and were as surprised as me when they bashed me. I mean your telling me I got 27 hours of sleep over a 7 day period to get destroyed???? helll naw....That just totally ruined my day, my week, hell even my upcoming spring break. BUT, I did get a B+ for a midterm grade, which is of some consolation.

These were my drawings:

Click Picture For Larger View
They are done with ink on mylar and are on a sheet that is 3 feet high and 6 1/2 feet in length.

Model:(please excuse the poor lighting)

Perspective View

Front Door

Room on Front Facade

Window on Street Side Facade

Street Side Facade

Upstairs Bedroom

Back Door

Stairs Leading Down into the Living Room

Living Room

Site
This is the site we were to build on

Concept
WARNING: Things will get REALLY boring from here now...
Ok we had to biuld a rowhouse from two people of different occupations while including a business. So I decided to have a book store on the lower floor and that a Islamic and Jewish professor would live together and run the business. The whole idea is "Acceptance through Knowledge". The idea of the two different religions living together came from the church across the street. I thought that it would be good for the community if there was a place where you could learn about different cultures and different religions. If you look carefully at the model you can see the form of a open book. And the idea that you have step outside of what you already know about other cultures or religions to accept someone. Thats why whenever you move on to the next floor in my house, the stairs lead you outside before they lead you back inside to the next floor. And there is a bunch of other stuff I really dont feel like typing. And apparently my critics hated it.

the sickest lyricist in the game is not a rapper...

2008-03-14T00:25:00.000-07:00

... its Barack Obama

ohhhh babyyyy

2008-03-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

A good looking girl that can vibe to Nasir Jones???? Number one way to steal my heart for sure... I can even forgive the thick korean accent. This is Yu-Bin of the Korean pop girl "Wondergirls. And besides her the rest of the group is irrelevant.

Everyday Normal Guy...

2008-03-11T14:34:00.001-07:00

*dies*

L.A. Korean Town's Korean culture to be made into a film

2008-03-11T13:17:00.000-07:00

According to the Korean Content News Team:

"A film dealing with the Koreans' unique marriage and family culture as reflected in the marriage of a Korean couple in L.A. Korean Town has begun shooting.The Wedding Palace, the Korean version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and based on the life of Christine Yoo (Yoo, Mi-Na), the director of the film, is the story of a 29-year-old Korean man working for a U.S. advertising company who is being pressured by his parents to marry before he becomes thirty to put an end to the marriage curse in his family.

"This film is a fun and feel-good romantic comedy that deals with the Koreans' unique marriage culture," said Yoo. "I hope that this film will break the Americans' preconception of the Koreans and will introduce to the world the Koreans' humor and marriage culture."

This film will show not only the family culture of the Koreans who have immigrated to and live in the U.S. but also their pride in the Korean culture. The staffs of the film are currently looking for locations that can serve as the main backdrops of the film, such as hospitals, restaurants, norae-bang (karaoke) bars, and wedding shops in L.A. Korean Town. The film will also tap the people in L.A. Korean Town to be its supporting actors to make the film a community undertaking of L.A. Korean Town.

The Wedding Palace is expected to become the most truthful film about Korean culture in L.A. Korean Town in the U.S. The first scene of the film shows a Korean baby's first birthday party, which shows the Koreans' desire to follow their traditional culture.

Ok, first of all I know west coast culture may be different from us folk here in the east, but are you telling me that L.A.'s Korean Town is that much different from the one in NYC? I mean in NYC we have two Korean Towns -- one in Manhattan, one in Queens -- both of them are they same culture wise. Although many miles separate L.A. from NYC I doubt that the culture is that drastically different. I do not want to assume anything but I will in this case and say that Koreans dry-clean the same way on both coasts. (I wonder if anyone will catch that joke.)

Secondly, movies with loud explosions and special effects put me to sleep while I own every joint Disney/Pixar film ever made. Also I think Lost in Translation is my favorite movie of all time, so take my thoughts on movies with a grain of salt.

Whew, with that disclaimer out the way let me say my expectations on this movie is very, VERY, VERY low, but I feel like the potential that this film has is fascinating.

In all likelihood Christine Yoo (whose Korean name is Mi-Na, huge pet peeve by the way, people that have two names) will try to steer away from stereotypes and try to give people an unique view of a typical Korean family. That I believe, will cause this movie to suck.

I say, play every stereotype in the book. If someone that is not Korean makes fun of Korean culture, they are rude, ignorant, and probably racist. BUT if a Korean makes fun of a Korean it can be freakin' hilarious.

This movie is supposed to be a romantic comedy. I want to see the stereotypical Korean family; I want to see the overbearing, accent wielding mother. I want the protagonist to have senile and kooky grandmother. I want to see the grandfather that only talks in Confucianism. I need to see the perfect older cousin that has a Ivy league degree, with a amazing job, a house, a wife, a son, with a daughter on the way, that your mother always compares you to. I want to see the rebellious younger sister who the family loathes for dating that black guy. How about the uncle that everyone in the family respects but no one knows what the hell he does for a living? Use every single dog-eating, grocery-store-owning, evangelical-church-going, kim-chi-breath stereotype in the book.

Now, some people will say that stereotypes damage cultural reputations and prevent people of different races and creeds from accepting each other. I don't think that way. I think in most cases stereotypes are true and understanding that these stereotypes exist and getting past them is most important. Director Yoo has the power to artistically and creatively shape the communication of these stereotypes to people that may not know them and to help them understand why they exist. Ethnic comedies such as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Friday" used Greek and Black stereotypes to produce a good laugh out loud comedy. Korean families are so flawed -- I can say that from experience -- and if Director Yoo takes the initiative to make fun of us, the Korean family, I think that will accomplish more than anything else ever could. I just hope Director Yoo just flat out makes fun of herself, me, and every other Korean. Because if you cant laugh at yourself and your own cultural idiosyncrasies, what else is there to laugh at?

View From my Tabletop Room

2008-03-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

Midterm Critiques are on Monday which means as of right now until 10pm Monday I will not be sleeping...
And i havent done a "view from my table top" in a while, although I had many of them. And im thinking about making a new blog called "View From My Table Top" "a picture and a thousand words" really has nothing to do with me anymore after my teammates jumped ship. ehhh, maybe.

And he walks away...

2008-03-04T14:16:00.000-08:00

Let me just say that this man transcended football. You couldn't but help to root for this man in all his endeavors. I can not think of a person more revered and more respected in the NFL since Walter Payton was toting the ball for the Chicago Bears. Peter King, the best sports writer in the country, (that is fact people not opinion) says it best in his favorite memory of Brett Favre. (read the article, its worth it)

"You're kidding!" I said. "You had that penny in your sock all game?"

"Of course," he said. "She said it'd be lucky."

In 50 years I will be proud to say that I had watched Brett Favre play the game of football.

The Power of the Photo

2008-02-29T09:33:00.000-08:00

I am no photographer. Nor do I claim to be one. But just watching the bevy of amateur self proclaimed photojournalist as they snap away sometimes saddens me. Myself, being a designer, know that there are certain responsibilities that that title holds. Making something cool only for the fact that it looks cool is irresponsible. There must be reasonings behind ideas, development based on explorations of interior space, materials, light, site, and a collection of other aspects. Such is the case in photography. I feel like the person who takes the photo has a responsibility. Truly a picture is worth a thousand words. But more importantly a picture can tell a story. And even without manipulation photographs can lie.

Take this famous photo from the Vietnam Conflict. It was snapped by the Pulitzer Prize winning Eddie Adams. In my favorite magazine, AdBusters it was featured which got me thinking like this. It said:

"This photo soon became the the most defining anit-war image of the Vietnam Conflict. The coldness of the killing, a single shot to the side of the head while the prisoner was handcuffed, cemented the perception that the United States and its allies were war criminals."

But Eddie Adams who later wrote in Time magazine years later said he sympathized with Loan, General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who is holding the gun in the image. He had just watched the Viet Cong brutally murder 34 of his soldiers and their family members. Eddie Adams also later wrote that:

"The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the General with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them...[but] they are only half-truths."

So whose the villain who's the victim? Which one is the terrorist? The power to decide that is in the photographers hands, and it is a power that holds tremendous responsibility. In a NYT article:

When General Loan was severely wounded while charging a Viet Cong hideout three months later and taken to Australia for treatment, there was such an outcry there against him that he was moved to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where he was repeatedly denounced in Congress.
Back in Saigon, Mr. Loan, who had been relieved of his command after having been wounded, seemed a changed man, devoting time to showering presents on orphans. At the fall of Saigon his pleas for American help in fleeing were ignored. But he and his family escaped in a South Vietnamese plane.

After his presence in the United States became known there was a move to deport him as a war criminal. But the efforts fizzled, and Mr. Loan, whose right leg had been amputated, settled in northern Virginia, where he eventually opened his pizzeria, which he operated until 1991 when publicity about his past led to a sharp decline in business. As a message scrawled on a restroom wall put it, ''We know who you are.''

Im just tired of all the self proclaimed photographers that take pictures and they have no meaning. Photography is an art, and can be a powerful form of expression, much like music or writing. We need more people who care about what kind of pictures they take, and take pride in the meanings they hold.

Leap Year!

2008-02-29T07:28:00.001-08:00

Enjoy the extra day peoples...

WOW...

2008-02-28T19:06:00.001-08:00

hella coooool

Audacity of Hope...

2008-02-28T13:46:00.000-08:00

A South Korean tourist, left, and a North Korean guide at Pakyon Falls, the first stop on a tour

Ok, in my last post I very subtlety blasted the efforts of North Korea's effort of a "Symphonic Diplomacy." Being of Korean descent myself, I am very "touchy-feeley" when it comes to talking about this topic, whatever that means. In fact, when I blew out my birthday candles for the past 5 years I wished that I would have the opportunity to be alone with Kim Jong-Il inside a dark room with a samurai sword in my hand (and f.y.i., on the strength of those failures I have decided this year to just wish for a pony.) But staying on course, jennifer said:

"I can only hope that even with a little exposure to the outside world will make some sort of positive impact in North Korea"

Hope. Many events have given me hope for North Korea. The treatment of foreign press during the concert for example. I wrongly assumed (as I usually do), that they were on extremely strict leashes, with as much freedom as an Asian student during SAT season. Surprisingly they were provided with cell phones, unrestricted internet access, interpreters for every few journalists, and they even gave photographers unusual high freedom in what they snapped. Even the South Korean press got involved as South Korean television channel MBC drove in satellite trucks into the North. In more good news the North opened up a tour of Kaesong, which unlike Pyongyang, is just a regular town with regular civilians, although it is very picturesque, hence the tour.

BUT with all these unprecedented activities going on its hard for me to have hope for the North Korean people. I can not remember or think of a group of ethnic people separated by different countries where both groups of people being well off. Ireland comes to mind. So does Cyprus. The Kurds in Turkey/Iraq and the imperialist split-up disaster that is Africa. Hundreds of thousands of lives were sacrificed to stop the split of countries. Abraham Lincoln ONLY decided to go to war after the South decided to seceded. The VietCong absolutely bitch-slapped any attempt of splitting Vietnam. I refuse to believe any of this "opening of North Korea to the West" BS. Hell, the 2016 Olympics can be held in Pyongyang I still wont believe it. In the NYT article on the tour to Kaesong there was a story:

"One bus was filled with South Koreans who had grown up in Kaesong and were returning for the first time in six decades. Everything had changed, they said, except the very same tourist spots they were visiting.

On the steps leading to Sungyang, a Confucian lecture hall, another North Korean guide with a white bullhorn was dramatically interrupted by an old man who jabbed a large finger in the air and yelled out: “Why isn’t there a nameplate on the entrance? Every Korean house should have a nameplate.”

Flustered, the guide remained speechless as the South Koreans streamed past her into the hall. Inside, though, she said, “The Japanese imperialists took the nameplate and burned it during the occupation.”

Later, the man with the large finger, Lee Hee-tae, 80, who had lived here until the Korean War, said he was dissatisfied with the answer. “I don’t think the Japanese took it,” he said, “because I saw it after the end of the Japanese occupation.”

Overhearing his comments, a young North Korean guide asked, “Is there anything wrong?”

After listening to Mr. Lee’s explanation, the guide said simply, “I can’t believe you remember what happened 60 years ago.”

That just captures everything. He does remember. And hopefully things should change for the better while people like him still remember. But allow me to be the cynic, with apologies to everyone. But I guess thats "the audacity of Hope and there is nothing false about hope." [(c) Obama] But again, some things will never change. [(c) Tupac Shakur]

...as long as Kim Jong-Il is alive anyway, stupid birthday wishes.....

p.s. Wow i just quoted Tupac and Barack back to back. That cant be scholarly writing...

Most Amazing Video Ever...

2008-02-28T11:30:00.001-08:00

Just for the pure Joy of it...

2008-02-27T20:53:00.001-08:00

Oh Yea, If the Giants do not Re-sign Gibril Wilson I will be extremely angry...

SIGN THIS MAN!!!

Broaden Your Horizons...

2008-02-26T15:37:00.000-08:00

AYOOOOOO, people I am now also blogging now at 8asians.com. It is a pretty cool blog with many different views from Asian-American authors and they present many interesting posts and ideas. Their link is also in my side bar.

Going MIA...

2008-02-23T10:11:00.000-08:00

I will be going underground for the next several days... I have a Design Critique and a Paper for Writing for Design on Work and 'Ethics' due AND a Middle East Reaction Journal AND I have to study for my History of Architecture Exam. Wish me Luck.

~~Also I would like to thank the thousands of people who loyally read my blog daily.~~
~~Also I would like to thank the hundreds of people who loyally read my blog daily.~~
~~Also I would like to thank the dozens of people who loyally read my blog daily.~~
wait, who am I kidding.... YO An Rong i would like to thank you for loyally reading my blog, lol.

Jeff Chang will be on CNN!!!

2008-02-23T10:05:00.000-08:00

Jeff Chang will appear in CNN's "Blog Buzz" segment this Sunday, February 24, at 6:30 PM EST live/3:30 PM PST. This weekly segment, hosted by Tony Harris, features two people, one from the Left and one from the Right, discussing the political issues currently being buzzed about online. The program is broken into two segments of approximately 2 and a half minutes each. For a sample, the Blog Buzz segment for January 13 can be viewed here.

via Cant Stop Wont Stop

Random Blob of Stuff...

2008-02-22T14:40:00.002-08:00

Somebody needs to buy me this desk like RIGHT NOW!!! This is Han Solo in Carbonite desk that was designed by Tom Spina. Check out more of his stuff HERE

This Dinosaur Skeleton has made out of plastic lawn chairs by Brian Jungen. His other designs and projects are pretty cool check it out Here

3 year old Prodigy named 'Hero Ha' plays and sings Hey Jude by the Beatles. Sometimes cuteness can overcome any playing or singing deficiencies.

I know, I know... WTF am I doing watching MTV??? But actually i dont watch it. And I dont watch 'America's next Dance Crew'. Its a crappy show with a crappy host and sugar coated judges. BUT I do go on Youtube to watch the performances of Kaba Modern and JabbaWokeez cause they are FIRE!!! This is JabbaWokeez latest performance, and I think they will end up wining the thing, unless Kaba Modern decides to step it up a notch, nothing against them because they are talented but JabbaWokeez are at another level right now. And major crush on Yuri Tag from Kaba but we will leave that be.

Went over to Ye's blog today and I saw
THIS

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST:

One day the there will be medicine and self help groups for the epidemic known as "Facebook". The first Step in solving your Facebook addiction is admitting you have a Facebook addiction. That and dont buy a iPhone, lol.

Something is Fishy...

2008-02-20T11:41:00.000-08:00

Its one of three things:

1)
Barack Obama is taking performance enhancing drugs, HGH maybe? From what I know the Democratic Party does not have strict drug policy tests or screenings. Performing Enhancing Drugs have always been a part of the political landscape, William Howard Taft took illegal weight loss pills, Bill Clinton was VIVA VIAGRA!!!, and ~~John Edwards~~ Howard Dean was obviuosly on crack 4 years ago uncontrollably yelling out YAHHHHHH TRICK YAHHH!!!!! (btw when is John Edwards going to file suit against Soulja Boy for copyright infringement???) And Obama's swagger has been pretty darn swagtastic lately. Well, Hillary is taking like 55 testosterone pills a day anyway so I guess the field is even.

2)
Barack Obama is illegally video taping Hillary Clinton's signals. Barack Obama has won 10 straight states. The Patriots won 18 straight games. Im not saying anything specifically, but Im just saying something generally. Take it for what you will. And btw, I heard that Cornell West took a queue from Roger Goodell and burned all the evidence anyway. With the Spy-Gate controversy ongoing in the NFL, I think Barack will wise up and stop video taping. I think he will do it the old fashioned way and just send a sweet little birdie on over to Bill's room, if ya catch my drift.

3)
Now the final possibility is that people are actually coming out and voting for Barack Obama. That white people are voting for him. That Black people are voting for him. That Latino people are coming out and voting for him. That, God forbid, Asian people are voting for him. That men are voting for him. That women are voting for him. That young and old, rich and poor, Democrats and Republicans are actually casting their vote for Barack Obama.

I mean, come on, American Citizens are NOT voting for Barack... the thing is rigged or he's taking steroids... I think im going to write a letter to Senator Mitchell to propose an investigation....

BY THE WAY.....

Dear America,
YES WE CAN!!!!

OH.... MY... GOD...

2008-02-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

A Picture ~~and a thousand words~~
watch Dwight Howard's Dunks from the slam dunk contest even if you hate basketball...

NBA Best of the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest February 16, 2008
by Grdgez

Warren Ellis: Freak Angels

2008-02-15T12:22:00.001-08:00

I fux with this which has a firm grip on my attention, as brief as my attention span is
that is saying something...
Freak Angels

Congratulations are in Order...

2008-02-15T11:41:00.000-08:00

Congrats to the new dean of architecture of Philadelphia University Vini Nathan. Before coming to Philadelphia University, Dr. Nathan was director of New York Institute of Technology’s Interior Design program, assistant professor of Interior Design at Michigan State University and has taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
In addition to her academic work, Dr. Nathan was a practicing architect in New Delhi and more recently worked as an architect for Walker Group/CNI in New York, a full-service architectural design firm. She was part of the team that worked on the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, a design venture in conjunction with noted architect Cesar Pelli, former dean of Yale University’s School of Architecture.

Dr. Nathan has presented at numerous professional conferences and her research interests include chaos theory, design processes and research methods. She is currently researching the relationship between mathematics and architectural canons in traditional and contemporary Indian building designs.

Dr. Nathan received a B.Arch from Anna University in Chennai, India, an M.S. in Interior Design from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Michigan. In addition, her credentials include a certificate in Health Care Design from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and she participated in the Bryn Mawr College HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration.

In addition to her academic work, Dr. Nathan is a classically trained dancer, a competitive chess player and a self-professed trivia buff.

Maybe this means studios will be 24 hours now???
..............NOT

?uestlove and Travis Barker kills it

2008-02-14T15:32:00.000-08:00

Overcoming Demons...

2008-02-14T14:41:00.000-08:00

Trust me, you know who that man is in the picture. If you have not heard of him you must have been living in a cave the past 3 weeks. You know of him. But not many people know his story.
Read it Here

Why Asians Will Always Be Insignificant...

2008-02-14T10:20:00.000-08:00

DISCLAIMER
First off, let me start by saying I hate using the word "asian". The word "asian" (btw my spell check wants be to capitalize asian but I refuse to do so) means you are from the continent of asia. It generalizes all the idiosyncrasies and intricacies that each nation in the largest continent in the world has to offer. The term "asian" groups together people that have different values, customs, languages, and traditions. So I will use the term "people from asia".

The reason why people from asia will always be insignificant in this country is because the duality of a certain nature in them. Their greatest strength is also their greatest weakness. Let me start off by talking about Chinese people as a microcosm for people from asia.

They were the first to step into this land that stretches from sea to shining sea. They have lived, eaten, played, and died in this country since the early part of the 19th century, thats the 1800s if any stupid person is reading this because I do not discriminate against stupid people. So Chinese people have lived through the Civil War, The Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, Prohibition, the World Wars, the Civil Rights movement, and the Bush administration. Thats a lot of shit, pardon my french. Through it all, they remained self sufficient, as that is the nature of people from asia.

When i say self-sufficient I mean they have accepted changes for what they were, good or bad, and just kept on living. During the Chinese Exclusion act, that lasted for more than 75 years, can you find a Chinaman in history that stood up and spoke out as a leader of his people speaking of how unconstitutional it was? The U.S. government blamed the Chinese for being willing to work for lower wages thus putting white men out of work. Well the reason why that reasoning wouldn't make sense is that the population of Chinese during before the Act was around .002 PERCENT!!! When the U.S. invaded the Philippines and used the Spanish American War as a cover-up and when William McKinley said "GOD" told him to takeover that country, did anyone of asian descent rise up to speak against it? Also during the Japanese Internment of WWII when anyone who was of Japanese descent were put into concentration camps because America was afraid they were all spys, including the children. Yes, the reasoning again works out well there doesn't it?. And no one spoke out on the behalf of the Japanese-Americans, the Chinese and Filipino brethren did not say a word in public. During the Civil Rights movement not one person of Asian descent was involved. NOT ONE!!! And most recently during the controversy of Affirmative Action, where many students of asian descent do not get into the schools they deserve to, again no one from the asian community spoke out. Never in U.S. History has a person of asian descent spoken out, on anything or about anything. And when I speak of "speaking out" I know there have probably been rallies and demonstrations, but no one has been in the forefront, in the front lines of the civil arena.

Now the ironic thing is that people of asian descent are living quite well in contrast to what they have been through. 49% of people of asian descent, age 25 and older, possess a bachelor's degree or higher level of education highest among all race groups. Asians have the highest proportion of college graduates of any race or ethnic group in the country, including whites. Median household income for Asians in 2005, the highest among all race groups, at $61,094 a year. The proportion of employed Asians 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses, is 47%, highest among minorities. Our high school proficiency is highest among minorities at 86%. Our neighborhoods started out as slums but we have made them into thrivings areas of culture, residents and businesses, Chinatown in NYC and LA, Flushing in NYC where the places were dead before we settled there.

But after all we have achieved as a community, name me one "Asian" leader in the civil arena. Name me one person of asian descent that fights for the well being and continued betterment of the "asian" community. You cant because there are none. The reason why Asian-Americans never spoke out during the atrocities done against us in U.S. history is because no one was educated enough or well spoken enough to come out and make a change. But now we are. Its funny, we have that reverse 'Cosby'ism where Bill Cosby says that blacks blame their environment too much and dont blame themselves. Well us as Asians (notice how I now use the term "asians" and capitalize it now?) never blame our environment we just keep chugging along. Although this aspect of Asians is admirable it also is extremely negative and goes against the whole concept of what this country was built on.

NO ASIAN PEOPLE!!!!! THE BASIS OF THIS COUNTRY IS NOT THAT YOU COULD LIVE A BETTER LIFE (although that is a part of it) THE POINT IS THAT EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN HAS A VOICE AND THERE IS A MEDIUM IN WHICH WE CAN EXPRESS IT AND BE HEARD!!!!!!

That is the point people! And it is up to us, the younger generation of Asians to change this. No matter what your occupation, it is your responsibility to speak on behalf of your people. To have a opinion about your people. To bring up issues regarding your people to politicians. To actually care about politics. To perform filibusters if necessary for the sake of your people. The sad part about the Asian community is that there is no spokesperson or spokespeople that voice our opinions to the rest of the country. Where are the Martin Luther Kings, the Malcolm X's, the Booker T. Washington's, the Frederick Douglas', the Tavis Smiley's, the Cornel West's, and the Jim Brown's of the Asian community?

Hopefully they are being groomed today so that they can lead tomorrow.

I am all alone...

2008-02-12T12:43:00.000-08:00

.............NOT

People who dont give a F*ck

2008-02-12T10:22:00.000-08:00

Bye Pic and Thousand Words

2008-02-12T09:31:00.000-08:00

Hey Jun, Sorry But i got a new blog. Its been a pleasure, soo yea, u can read mine giveme coments i can read urs u can give me comments. Much Love, An Rong <3

P.S. heres the link to my new blog

Why am I so Angry?

2008-02-10T21:11:00.000-08:00

Why am I so angry? Is it cause I'm frustrated with life, and how I've been dealt a full house of kings and another guy has a royal flush.

Well today started off well, I got a big sister now. After the ceremony of her asking me to be her little, and me saying "I Do," I headed out to Chinatown to go wish my Grandfather a Happy New Year because I love him.

Confetti was all over Chinatown because of the celebration. People of all races were there, brown, yellow, white, black, everyone. As I was walking around trying to make my way to the Oriental Palace, I started to ponder on why there were white people here at such a celebration, didn't they make the Chinese Exclusion act so that us Chinks, couldn't spread this yellow fever and take all their jobs. Is it our fault, my ancestors wanted to work hard, and find a better living so that they can provide for their families. White folk did bring Opium to China and make us useless for many years. So why are you in Chinatown, celebrating a tradition with people you never wanted in "your country"? But its not fair to think of it like that because White folk now could not control what their ancestors did. As I was slowly finding my way to the middle of Mott Street, I saw Ms. Asian New York.

Then I started thinking about the way people view Asian sexuality. Nowadays everyone is catching Yellow Fever. Yellow fever as urbandictionary.com defines is, when a male of non asian decent gains an attraction to Asians of the opposite sex and in their efforts go forth and try to obtain an Asian female. Or as many of these non asian males say, they have an Asian Fetish. What the hell does that mean, Asian Fetish, does that mean Asian girls are like animals or something. You know why they freaking like you? Because they want to put their freaking penis' in your tight little Asian Vagina. This may be a bias outlook so whatever, maybe because I am angry that I can't find myself a girl. But yea, so Non asian males, you make fun of my culture, you make fun of how we speak, you go Ching-Chong mak a hai, or whatever u say, and then say i have a small penis, so that you can make yourself feel better and more secure of your own manhood. When i finally got to the restaurant, I was really angry at other races. Then something added more fire to my fuel. I saw a bunch of White folk eating Dim Sum. Alright I know White folk love to go and experiment with different taste and such. I have no problem with that you are supporting my struggling Asian community. However when you come to eat, will you please have some freaking decency. It's Chinese New Year everything sound be happy and fun, and respectful. Your damn kids were playing with chopsticks. That is probably one of the most disrespectful things to do. The two kids were fighting over the chop sticks as if it were a toy or something. Then they dropped one into a glass of soda. That's really disrespectful. If your going to be in our restaurants be respectful. Again i am being a hypocrite because us Chinese people have no manners, and we are freaking rude pieces of sugar honey ice tea. Anyway, so I am going home, to wait for my big sis to come and pick me up. That was cool, getting to call her big sis haha.

Conclusion come upon by An Rong, Man is his own worst enemy. We try to see the differences in all of us, instead of trying to understand that we should see our similarities. We make laws the ban this and that because we are afraid of it and we do not truely understand it. The reason we are at war is because we loathe each other, instead of that we should help each other. I am probably considered the most racist person there is. I make fun of one race, then another, why because i am jealous of what they have. I am really just a lost sheep among the flock, questioning the reason for existence. When you look at it, the reason why the world has problems, is because we just look for differences, we never try to realize that we are all alike, and that at the end of the day the reason we are afraid of each other is because we don't understand each other. I guess it doesn't matter, everyones going to just say yea, we should do that, and do this and that, but since the beginning of time we have hated each other, so how are we going to stop that. I guess part of being human, is to learn to hate, flawed we are. Maybe the meaning to life is really to find a way to not hate, find a way to be able to love all that is on this earth. but you what, all i am is just an angry asian in the world filled with billions of people who i look like right?

You live to make money, soo that in the future you can enjoy yourself, but in the end you realize what's it all mean?

I'm Thinking About Her Again

2008-02-10T00:42:00.000-08:00

Since I have come back to the city, I usually do a lot of photography in the city because I love this place.

I met up with my dear friend Jessica, and she told me she saw my Korean Love. My Korean Love is a beautiful girl I had fallen in love with the idea that I could love her. She's beautiful, she laughs at everything i say, she knows how to make me smile, i can talk to her for hours, i can just picture myself being with her, holding hands and running around in daisies. However, she is currently with someone. I had made a new years resolution to get over her, but whenever i least expect it, she pops up in my head.

The times i had spent with her, it makes me feel like i'm in a Woody Allen movie, and our song is Embraceable You (Take A), that the Charlie Parker Quinitet performed. Now I have the song playing over and over again in my itunes because it reminds me of her, and the way her and i would just compliment each other perfectly. However, me and her being together is facing its problems. I guess it was never meant to be, this movie won't end happy.

View From my Table Top,

2008-02-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

Nothing to do really, in terms of school work... and I absolutely love it. Couldn't have come in a better time. My main nigga Long Wu and his lady friend is coming down to philly for the weekend, and im about to show them a good time. Plus on top of it football fam David the "illiterate Jamaican" and Jared Nesbit coming down too. Its going downnnnn...

but the thing on my mind is obsessions...
Everybody has obsessed over something. A girl. A guy. Sneakers. Food. Music. Whatever it was, you couldn't stop thinking about it, could you? It totally consumed you. Eventually though, the obsession passed and you resumed your normal life. But imagine if you were still obsessed with whatever the thing was. For some, their obsession never leaves them and it takes over their entire lives. Like a castle being attacked by an army, they are constantly besieged by the thoughts of their obsessions (which is an apt visual, incidentally, since the original meaning of "obsess" was to "besiege") They become completely possessed by whatever it is that they are obsessed with and, powerless before it, they give their lives over to it. Or is it just me???

Rude and Dumb Fucks

2008-02-05T23:51:00.000-08:00

Alright so i don't have any new photos, thats because, i am here in what i would like to call the no photo zone. Besides the occasional dead squirrel. However i am going to be posting photos soon from my film rolls because I am going to learn to develop on thursday SCORE.

ok now time to explain the title of this post

I really hate ignorant people who do not give new things a try, or anything thats weird, and try to pretend they know something but they really don't.

I am currently taking a film class, and we watch movies that are domestic and foreign. Today we viewed Rashomon, a Japanese film from the 1950s, which displayed a story told from 4 points of views. The story is in feudal japan, and a bandit is trying to steal another mans wife, and the bandit is caught and he gives his side of his story, then the wife, the husband and a witnesses different perspectives. In the conclusion you learn what had truely happened, and a weird way to the story to end it off on. But basically, it was back to the age old conflict of good vs. evil. It seems that evil will win, but in the end somehow good rises above. Anyway the movie was probably popular back in the day. Also there is a different view to it than how a Western filmmaker would create it.

Well during the film i was trying to enjoy it as much as possible but occasionally i dosed off. But i noticed this Caucasian female sitting in front of me keep giving hand gestures as to say "WTF". She was being extremely rude, and ignorant. Many people did not understand it, however i did. Soo i was sitting with my bro Anton, and he didnt quite understand so being a good bro i explain how i perceived it. i explained the good and evil involved the use of symbology. The rude female overheard my conversation, soo when she was with her friends was mocking what i had said with the word symbology.

BITCH WAS FUCKING MOCKING ME. OK BITCH IF YOU CANT FUCKING UNDERSTAND A MOVIE ITS NOT MY FUCKING FAULT YOUR SOO RETARDED THAT YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND SIMPLE THEMES BITCH.

So when i had heard her say this, i was like hey you know its fucking rude to talk shit about people when their standing right here? and she goes ooh sorry i didnt see you.

Ok your rude bitch so if i didnt say anything youd continue. Fuck you. your whats wrong with the world ignorant motherfuckers who don't give things a chance and are not willing to fucking understand shit.

Futhermore she was ugly, not only was she rude she was FUCKING UGLY.

yea soo there's my rant. if i see her tomorrow ima mock her "ooh im sorry" i will kick a bitch in her chest.

mad love to my bros jose, anton, and nemo, and his lady fish. mad love to the 3 1/2 chinamen crew. KINGSTON, i apologize forgive me

Truly a single Picture but a Thousand Words...

2008-02-04T09:01:00.000-08:00

Do you see that picture above you? Do you understand what that means? No no, beyond the obvious, beyond the superficiality of the moment, beyond the glory of the moment. That picture has so much meaning, both physically and metaphorically which the individuals that rode the bandwagon all the way to the Superbowl will not understand. So for those of you that bleed the red, white, and big blue (no im not talking about patriotism, yes pun intended to the fullest) here is what the meaning is.

Look at the Lombardi Trophy, what do you see? I'll tell you what I see, I see fingerprints. You see them too right? But its the fingerprints of people that were not on the field. In fact there are fingerprints of a man that no longer works for the Giants. And his fingerprints are all over this win. He orchestrated this win. This is HIS win. He is the man who mortgaged our future who traded 2 first round picks, a second round pick, and a fourth round pick, to acquire a young, subdued, emotionless quarterback from Ole Miss. He also bared the criticism that came with every interception, every loss, every time the young quarterback refused to come up with a quotable. People said this young quarterback is not and will never be a leader of men. We had to watch A big armed quarterback from the same draft class win a Superbowl. We had to watch a brash and outspoken quarterback, from the same draft class and who we traded, go to the probowl. All this while our young quarterback get lambasted in the press.

But this man had a plan

He was criticized for drafting too many Defensive Ends. His predecessor, the legendary George Young, already drafted Michael Strahan. He then drafted an unproven talent from Troy University with a hard name to say. In fact, this young man with the difficult last name almost halted the trade talks when acquiring the young quarterback from Ole Miss because the Chargers wanted to include this talented Defensive End.

But this man had a plan

He then drafted another talented Defensive End from a horrible Notre Dame team. Why????? The Giants have needs, our Defensive Line is a strength why draft another one?

But this man had a plan.

Then in 2006 he drafted ANOTHER Defensive end, another young man with a hard name to pronounce from Boston College. You can never had enough pass rushers he said. Again more criticism came his way.

But this man had a plan.

Too protect that young quarterback from Ole Miss, he decided to feature an offensive line with a 5th round pick, two undrafted free agents, the coach's son-in-law, and a player that the other team that plays in the same stadium deemed not worth to re-sign.

But this man had a plan

He signed a Middle Linebacker that was not invited to the Draft Combine because he was too small to play in the NFL. You mean you want him to carry on the legacy of the legendary Giant's Linebacking that produced Harry Carson, Carl Banks, Lawrence Taylor, Sam Huff, and Jesse Armstead? Lunacy the critics said.

But this man had a plan

He signed a Wide Receiver that spent more time on the sidelines than on the field with attitude issues to boot. He will clash with the young unassuming quarterback the critics said. He will clash with Jeremey Shockey, the critics said. He will never stay healthy the critics said.

But this man had a plan

He signed two old men at cornerback. Their best days are behind them the critics said.

But this man had a plan.

Speaking of old men, he hired a man that would drive the players into the ground the critics said. After three seasons, "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!" the crtics yelled. No, this man gave the old coach an extension.

All because this man had a plan

Then this man had the audacity to retire! With question surrounding the young unassuming quarterback from Ole Miss, with the Defense he constructed getting blown away, with the players about to start a mutiny against the old coach, he gave the reigns over to a under qualified man in Jerry Reese, that had no General Manager experience.

But this man had a plan

Then this under qualified man that took over, then hired a Defensive Coordinator that ran a scheme that we did not have the personnel for. You mean you want to blitz and put Corey Webster, and those old men in single, man coverage? Are you crazy, that will never work the critics said.

But this under qualified man also had a plan

And as of today the plan came full circle.

That young unassuming quarterback named, Eli Manning, is now the unquestioned leader of this team, not to mention a Superbowl MVP.
Those Defensive Ends he drafted put Tom Brady on the ground all game long not to mention all the other quarterbacks in the NFL. What is most scary is that Mathias Kiwanuka did not even play in the Superbowl.
That undersized Middle Linebacker, named Antonio Peirce is now the unquestioned leader of our defense.
Corey Webster shut down Joey Galloway, Terrell Owens, Greg Jennings, and Randy Moss respectively this postseason.
Those Old men turned out to be still pretty good. Sam Madison played well all season and proved to be a great mentor. R.W. Mcquarters had 3 interceptions this postseason.
That under whelming Offensive Line protected Eli Manning all season long and is uquestionably now our strength on Offense. Even with the loss of Tiki Barber we still had the 4th best rushing game in the league.
That receiver, Plaxico Burress, lived up to his reputation as being injury prone. He was hurt all season. Oh yea, but he caught 13 touchdowns including the game-winner in the Superbowl. He also lived up to his brashness. He predicted the victory during Media Week. He also walked that walked.
And what of that under qualified Jerry Reese you ask?
Oh that Defensive coordinator is now the hottest assistant in the league.
Not to mention his draft class of 2007.

He drafted Aaron Ross who played incredibly all season, showing incredible ball skills and toughness against the run.
Steve Smith looks to be the next Amani Toomer for the next 10 years.
Kevin Boss filled the incredible big shoes that the injury to Jeremey Shockey left vacant.
Michael Johnson flew across the field making big hits filling in for James Butler.
Ahmad Bradshaw made people say Tiki who?

And we have Tom Coughlin. When he came to this team he preached discipline, special teams, and toughness. We went from breaking the team record for penalties (with 127 in 206) to breaking the team record for least (with 77 in 2007). He got Jeff Feagles, the best directional punter ever to play, not to retire. Whoever returned for the Giants had succes whether it was Willie Ponder, Ahmad Bradshaw, or Dominick Hixon. And if there is anyone who questions this teams toughness from first stringer to the 52nd man on the roster please stand up. Anyone? No? I didnt think so...

And there was a player Tom Coughlin refused to cut.
He played played Kickoff Coverage.

He played Punt Coverage.

He blocked on Kickoff

He played on Punt Block

But he did not make an impact on what his position listed him as on the depth chart: Wide Receiver. Well, David Tyree made an impact as a receiver on Superbowl Sunday.

That is why that is my favorite picture from the superbowl. The Lombardi trophy with all those fingerprints on it. Because as a true Giants fan, more than anything we have Ernie Accorsi to thank. Somewhere, someplace Mr. Accorsi is smiling. He could say "I told you so", but he doesnt have to. He knew it would work all along. My favorite quote in hindsight is this, in an interview with the New York Times in March of 2006, when asked but his favorite deals and/or draft pick was:

“the Manning deal will turn out to be the best one because he is going to be a championship quarterback.”

He was the man with the plan
So let the bandwagon riders celebrate Michael Strahan riding off into the sunset.

Let the fair weather fans talk about Spagnuolo and his defensive schemes that stifled the vaunted Patriot Offense.

I'll turn a deaf ear to uneducated die hards who say they believed in Eli Manning since the beginning.

Because the man that gave all these players and coaches a chance was Ernie Accorsi.

Ernie Accorsi, the man with the plan.

World Champions

2008-02-04T06:27:00.000-08:00

I can finally say it for a team that I am rooting for. Nineteen Years going on Twenty later this month, I can finally say it. We're World Champions. Nothing sounds sweeter than that, and it doesn't get any better than this. The IMperfect Giants with the Quarterback that could(n't), the coach who should have been fired two years ago, a former Franchise Running Back turning his back on the team because HE believed that you couldn't, FUCK THAT THE WHOLE WORLD KNEW that you couldn't but here we are, Monday morning February 4th, 2008. We are the World Champions.

View From My Table Top

2008-02-02T22:28:00.000-08:00

"click on pic for larger view"

Still working on that thesis paper on "Chinese Calligraphy and its Relationship to Chinese Architecture"... and im starting to think I bit off way more than I can chew....

Reading a new book for Writing for Design class... its called "Nickel and Dime" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Its about this white lady (with a PhD) who attempts to experience the life of a working class individual by working "low class" jobs. I think the book is a total joke but whatever....

Discovered something new....
WaWa Ice Teas.... ABSOLUTE CRACK
shit is BANGIN'...
and of course Honey Bunches of Oats, no comment needed there.

Had some loose change and bought the 100th issue of XXL only because they had the Nas interview I wanted to read... it was ok. And the 100 greatest moments of hip-hop of course was pathetic. Just full of people stabbing and people dissing and people killing each other. Definitly was not worth the 4 bucks I spent on it. I was better off buying two more WaWa ice teas. At least the issue made me bang Illmatic for a good while.

Mets Fitted = We got Santana, we made him rich, and he will make us win. That's how it works right?

Giants Fitted = Do I have to say it??? Lets just say on April 4th we will have the 32nd pick of the draft ya diggggg?

Right now (besides Illmatic) im listening to Asheru's 2003 LP "Soon Come" it also features Blue Black. Asheru is an underground artist that is not your rapper's rapper. He has a master's degree and is also a teacher. He contributed to the Boondocks controversial episode "Return of the King" for which he won a Peabody Award the first rapper ever to do so. He's a part of the group Unspoken Heard, and has smooth flow and sharp lyrics. Cant say I know much more about him, I just started listening to him a couple months ago. His product is fire, thats for sure and I have a couple of his other albums but havent gotten around to listening to them. Stay up.

Not Too Late To Apologize

2008-01-29T09:41:00.000-08:00

View From My Table Top

2008-01-27T23:14:00.000-08:00

"click on the pic for a larger view"

Working on my thesis paper where I speak about the relationship between the development of Chinese characters and Chinese vernacular/contemporary architecture in terms of construction and aesthetics.

I think i drank like 6 Dr. Peppers while I was writing it, which cant be good.

And btw, I can only listen to Nujabes or Miles Davis when I do design Work, even if it is writing.

Jeon Ji-Hyun is coming to theaters near you...

2008-01-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

She will take the U.S. of A. by storm, mark my words....

Digital Editors will take over the world...

2008-01-26T15:17:00.000-08:00

3 dudes with some props re-create D-day from WWII...

Last Friday Of Vacation

2008-01-25T21:24:00.000-08:00

Today last day of work till Chinese New Year. So vacations coming to a close, bout to hit them books again, party hardy, and rock out with my cock out. Anyway, long day today, but it ended, and I'm sad to see it go, and mad that my Tham Tham rain checked on me, but i hope papa Tham is quite alright.

So heres a rant i had a couple of days ago, but never blogged it.

I was on an illegal van back to Queens, and theres this fucking Chigger talking on his sidekick LX was talking really loud. He was discussing how this bitch did this and that as if he were hot shit. I tried seeing if i could see his face and what this chigger looked like. I usually would just put on my headphones and listen to my music, but the driver had the best of Jacky Chueng on, and of course, when one of the heavenly kings is on i had to listen to it. But this chigger was ruining my listening to Jacky!!! Later on he gets a phone call from his mother, and hes like "wai? mut see a?" he was talking to her with no respect, man this woman carried u in her for 9 months and then popped u out of her vagina which is probably one of the most painful things i have witnessed!!! (Knocked Up) Then he's back on the phone talking to some bitch about going to a party and shit. Asian parties, yes dancing is the female rubbing her ass on your crotch for a few songs, yes real dancing. So as people called out their stops, this chigger says "a sook, (his stop)" very fucking disrespectful. Wtf man what happened to manners didn't this chiggers parents teach him. As I got off i took a look at this guy to see what he looked like, he grilled back at me, and i was like man u want to start shit come outside fuck ill beat your ass and steal your steeptech. fucking chigger, no manners whatsoever.

Anyway back to the news, heres a photo of one of my students who is in the boy scouts!
Yea, i call him big head boy, he's a good kid though, gets on your nerves sometimes, but you know hes good at heart.

After work chilled around, was trying to be rushed by Hooters McGee, but just chilled, in the end she didn't even chill gosh. But took some cool photos.

This is Louie's Silhouette.

This is Untitled. But w.e. haha you can dl the full versions from my flickr.

Flickr.com/Anrizzy
Now time for a photo dedication for ISSY!!!

Long Day

2008-01-23T17:11:00.000-08:00

First off, I would like to say, R.I.P. my man Heath.

Alright, so I had a 9 A.M. driving lesson. I showed up early so I found a place that made a really good lemon tea with honey.
Walked towards the driving direction, saw this. I was like damn I have a knack for finding Dead animals. This one is more gruelsome, than my dead squirrell. This got blood and shit, someone hacked this rat, or something fucking bit it, maybe a hobo. Anyway, I finished my driving lesson, did good, SiFu was like gotta practice more and try to remember steps, going be drifitng in no time.

After my lesson headed towards Babies R' Us up at Union Sqaure, as always I take the walk so i can save 2 dollars! As I walked up Lafeyette Street I started seeing all these satellite dishes, then I was yo they over at Heath's, so I was like why can't they leave him in peace. So as I walked by Broome Street where I use to party with Heath.

Fucking Media FUCKING FRENZIE, leave Heath alone, man, he was just not happy, it is hard, he just got divorced and lost his daughter in the settlement, and now you guys are just piling outside his pad. So I was taking this photo, and then the camera man on the left pointing, pointed at me, i thought i was in trouble and i was like fuck, hightailed outta there and went my way to go towards Union Square.

Along Lafyette they have this one block where its full of as you guesed IPOD ad's wooo IPOD!!!

On my way to Union Square, i saw this shop called Pie i should try it out one day, but it was just the chairs outside, that were pretty cool. Yea soo then After i bought the baby shower gift, i sat round in Union Square park for a while, It was pretty, i also bought a photography magazine its pretty cool, it featured the top images of the year 2007 it was awesome. Went to work, fucking shitlings 5th graders man. Anyway, I'm watching this "The Moment of Truth" on Fox, and it's pretty shitty, its just invading on people's lives to give them money, I would totally go on that fucking show, they ask me something like "If you could cheat on your wife without getting caught would you?" HELL FUCKING YEA!!!!! man i'd be honest 500,000 dollars is bread. Anyway, till next time, my negros.

I kno Im a lil Late but...

2008-01-22T08:40:00.000-08:00

Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
by Nina Simone

Once upon this planet Earth,
Lived a man of humble birth,
Preaching love and freedom
For his fellow man.

He was dreaming of the day
Peace would come to Earth to stay,
And he spread this message
All across the land.

"Turn the other cheek," he'd plead.
"Love thy neighbor," was his creed.
Pain, humiliation, death he did not dread.
With his bible at his side,
From his foes he did not hide.
It's hard to think that this great man is dead.

Will the murders never cease?
Are they men or are they beasts?
What do they ever hope to gain?
Will my country stand or fall?
Is it too late for us all?
And did Martin Luther King just die in vain?

But he had seen the mountaintop,
And he knew he could not stop,
Always living with the threat of death ahead.
Folks you'd better stop and think,
Everybody knows we're on the brink.
What will happen, now that he is dead?

He was for equality,
For all people, you and me,
Full of love and goodwill,
Hate was not his way.
He was not a violent man,
Tell me folks if you can?
Just why, why was he shot down the other day?

But he had seen the mountaintop,
And he knew he could not stop.
Always living with the threat of death ahead.
Folks you'd better stop and think, and feel again
Cause we headed for the brink,
What will happen, now that the King of love is dead?

Thinking of the great late Rev. King

Let's Talk About?

2008-01-19T16:03:00.000-08:00

So I am into that stage of my single hood, where i am like what the fuck, where are all the women? BAHHH! Haven't been doing much with my life. Going to work, doing my thing, sleeping, dreaming about things i can't have. you know the same ole' same ole'. Ok so here's a pretty cool story. (Well not cool on my part)

My friend he(or she, whichever he/she prefers) goes to art school, he meets this girl, who i guess say is an alright measures on the looks part, but nothing to call home to mom about. So lets say, this sexual gender ambiguous friend, decides to go to a big digital gathering at the Jacob Javitz center and invites my our two other good friends and partners in life, but I do not go. then the 2 1/2 of these chinamen tell this girl that i had never met before, lets call her "sam" so let's say "sam" never met the golden nigz rong, and then my 2 1/2 chinamen go off and tell this "sam" somewhere along the lines that i rape and pillage on a horseback. "Sam" gets creeped out especially, when my sexual gender ambiguous friend, lets call him "Allen", "Allen" then calls me and says "AN RONG THERE'S A HOT KOREAN GIRL HERE, AND SHES MY FRIEND AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR NOT HERE!" and "sam" hears this. Then before i ever met this "Sam", "allen" shows "Sam" the music video I Ran, the reproduction made by
3 1/2 Chinamen Productions

So then the first time i actually met this "Sam" she had already predetermined in her head that i was a freaking pervert.

Few weeks later, this girl comments on a photo of mine, and calls me pervert, i get offended, but being a gentleman i was like w.e. let her be.

Few more weeks pass, then she goes and does it again, calls me pervert. So i sent a very not nice message on facebook that may have had a racial slur. soo she sends a smiley face. I get more angry, eventually i decide if i want to set things straight, i should speak to her myself. I do so, and i explain everything i do not rape and pillage on a horseback.

Moral of the story is, bitches will be bitches, and i guess do not go to anything ur friends are all going to and their bringing a friend uve never met.

P.s. I bought a beanie from Paul Frank today, soo here is a photo dedication to Ariella

Working at Play, Playing at Work

2008-01-18T07:58:00.000-08:00

Im reading a amazingly interesting book for my Writing for Design Seminar class. Its called The Working Life by Joanne B. Ciulla. Despite forewarnings about how boring this book is, I am enjoying it so far (this is probably so because I am a dork but thats off topic). These are all just thoughts, just exploring how weird us humans are and trying to kill a hour before my class.

The idea in one of the chapters is how we incorporate work into play. Even in areas and activities of leisure we find traces and evidence of work. Basically we make play sound like productive work. Terms like "Working Out", "Playing Golf to woo clients", "Basketball to unwind" "Jog for cardiovascular health", and the list goes on. We tend to justify why we play, forgetting that play is in fact illogical and inefficient. Just think of little kids. They get so much pleasure out of the stupidest things. Like jumping. My little cousin can jump all day, for no reason, and she gets so much joy out of it. I remember the scene in "Knocked up" where the little girl is chasing bubbles, and the two guys are amazed at how fun she is having. Work is Work, Play is Play. Stop trying to mix those two up in a laboratory to create a hybrid, wlay or plork or any other stupidness like that (lol plork, good stuff, no?) But in fact it is natural for humans to flip flop work and play. When playing football I tend to forget to have fun, as the inner competitiveness comes out and all I care about is work to win. Think about just the nature of football, the point is to but the ball over a imaginary endzone. But we make that task difficult putting 11 defenders with helmets and pads that try desperately to stop you. The example used in the book is Golf.

"...if your job required you to put a little white ball in eighteen holes, you certainly wouldnt do it by hitting it with a thin stick over lakes, hills, and sandtraps. The point of golf is to make it as difficult as possible to get the ball in the eighteen holes. Getting the ball into the hole is important to the player, but having the golf balls in the holes serve no purpose whatsoever outside of the game."

Ans then conversely, we try to make work into play. I dont have to tell you, you know everyone attempts to "enjoy their work" make it "not seem like work" Offices, firms and business try to "create a playful atmosphere".

So we "work in hope to play" and "play in seek of work" instead of letting "play be play" and "work be work".

Say that 6x fast.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

2008-01-17T08:06:00.000-08:00

DR PHIL:

The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on THIS side of the road before it goes after the problem on the OTHER SIDE of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not
taking on his CURRENT problems before adding NEW problems.

OPRAH:

Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH:

We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:

Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:

We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:

Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:

That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:

To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART:

No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS:

Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:

To die in the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL:

Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the “other side.” That’s why they call it the “other side.” Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like “the other side.” That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA:

In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:

Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

JOHN LENNON:

Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

ARISTOTLE:

It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES:

I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#@&&^( C \ …

[reboot]

ALBERT EINSTEIN:

Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON:

I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of “cross the road”?

AL GORE:

I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS:

Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY:

Where’s my gun?

Credit to:All Things Cool

Megan Fox

2008-01-12T09:05:00.000-08:00

"I’m young and have a lot of hormones - I’m always in the mood! But I like sex with one person when I’m in a relationship. Sex with random people who I’ve met at clubs is not really my thing."

I don't know whether to put her in the 'good girl' category or the 'bad girl' category... maybe thats a good thing...

Waxing Poetic...

2008-01-11T08:40:00.000-08:00

Of the many reasons why Obama should become president, I feel this is his greatest strength: When he speaks, people not just listen but actually take it into their hearts and minds. Here is a little of what he said at the NH primary:

We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

If you look back at the all great leaders in modern time the one thing they have all shared is articulate, emotion stirring speech. To get more specific, the greatest of our presidents have been gifted with speaking to the people. The greatest of them all arguably, Abraham Lincoln, had the ability to transfer his words into hope.

"We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name - liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names - liberty and tyranny."

Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Maryland" April 18, 1864

The gift of mediation, to effectively communicate while at the same time connect with the audience.FDR and JFK also shared his invaluable gift. I think it is impossible to lead without the seamless communication between the one individual and the people. Mind you, the people are a group of over 300 million in America's case. The greatest speech's of all time don not share a single theme except the ones of oppression, hope and change. Martin Luther's "I have a Dream comes to mind. The theme? In times of oppression he gave gave and enacted change. Winston Churchill's "We shall fight them on the beaches" during the second World War where a surrender of England seemed imminent.

we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender

England, June 4 1940

Again in times of oppression, hope is given that promises change.
How can a nation not be uplifted when their leader speaks of courage during abominably hard times? Although words can be hollow the effect it has on people should not be minimized. JFK's inaugural speech also comes to mind: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but but you can do for your country." Hope and change. Also does FDR's many radio broadcasts during the Great Depression. He went on the radio everyday to speak to the people. Now do not think I am comparing these men's achievements and accomplishments in any way to Obama, who has yet do anything. But in this society where the President is a figurehead and representative of 300 million people and an envoy for the world, an individual must have this gift. And in my lifetime I have not witnessed a president speak where I took the time to respectfully listen. Maybe it's because I am grown up now. But I do not think its that.

Yes we can

A New York City Story

2008-01-10T18:05:00.000-08:00

Before I begin my New York City Story, here is a photo which will lead me onto the rest of my story. I was walking down Lafeyette when I saw this. Parents are just treating their kids like their pets, like wtf, what happened to loving and caring for your child and teaching them the right thing.

I was with a different group of kids today at work, and I was told i was working with a child who called the po-po on his grandpa because he was being mean, wtf is that shit man. So I was told not to be authoratative because he might call the po on me. Fucking little shitling, the whole time I'm thinking how the hell does his parents teach him, cause obviously this kid is just doing whatever the fuck he wants because no one has taught him correctly. Ok yea alright so, here comes the story.

I'm on the F train Queens bound with my co-worker the llama. We were talking sharing our thoughts on our day at work and such. I was seated against the wall, so to the right of me was the train doors. The F train goes through some of the richest and some of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City. One of the poorest being the neighborhood of Queensbridge, home of Nas and many of the poor inner city youth who have to do horrible things to survive and try to make it "Big". Sitting perpendicular to me was a middle-aged African Amerian male who looked like he had a long day at work and just wanted to enjoy his tunes on his mp3 player. The F train stopped at 21 Street Queensbridge, the train was stalling because the dispatcher had given a red signal. There were 2 African American children walking on the platform, they peeked in and saw the male sitting perpendicular to me walked in and grabbed his head phones along with his mp3 player and started running. Then all of sudden the entire train started talking about what had happened. Then I thought to myself what a bunch of apathetic fuckers, including myself, I should've done something to stop these fucking shitlings from robbing another person. But I just sat there when I could've just tripped the kid or pushed him or something. The man chased after them. The train started moving
and the entire train was discussing it. I felt horrible. Then as I got off the train, I was moving towards an exit, and I saw the man who had been robbed sitting on the train. I feel horrible for not doing anything. But as they say anything happens in New York City, I guess that's true except for others helping others.

Got Sexy Back

2008-01-09T18:26:00.000-08:00

So, I finally brought Sexy back, as in my camera. I had left it at Stony Brook but now i got it back. Some interesting things happened so if you can make it to the end of this entry i applaud you.

I was walking to the LIRR station, and my bro Jose was like "Yo that's a dead squirrel nigga, take a pictue of that shit." And so I did.

2 and half hours later I have arrived back in
the 'hood, and I headed to work and I got stuck with these shitlings

After work went to see England's Number
1 artist at the moment. Thats right Kate Nash bitches, she was pretty good live, then i obtained her single,foundations, in an undisclosed way, but yea shes pretty good.

Then walked with the crew down to the village did the most dangerous thing a person could do without big black men around, WALK THROUGH WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK AFTER DARK. luckly we made it thru alive, or else i wouldnt be making this entry. We went looking for a flask cause everyone needs to have one nowadays.

And here is my money shot of the day. Louies foot gives it a cool look. Shout outs to my homies, stay cool. Till next time peace out from your friendly neighbor hood Golden Nigz Rong.

back in the day... when music was amazing...

2008-01-08T09:57:00.000-08:00

Soul For Real - Candy Rain

Dru Hill- 5 steps

City High - What would you do?

Some Racist Shit

2008-01-07T20:20:00.000-08:00

damn target yall mad racist what the hell kwanza just ended too damn!!!

Watching It like It was the Superbowl

2008-01-07T16:56:00.000-08:00

Election season is underway. I been watching it like it was the Superbow. American Politics interest me in the wrong way, not the issues, but the numbers. It is a sports race to me. So much has happened in the past week, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee both won Iowa, both a surpise. There are a few things that I am weary of...

1) Anyone out there know where exactly each candidate stand on issues?
2) Anyone out there know what the issues are?
3) Hiliary Clinton cried, is it passion or just breaking down because she is trailing?
4) Will Barack Obama be assignated if he gets elected because after all, we are not advance of a country when it comes to race.
5) Can you really imagine yourself saying "President Huckabee?"
6) Is Ron Paul really the worth the hype? and come on, he's not going to win. So people give it up.
7) I think John Edwards is going to be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic party no matter what happens.
8) anyone care whats going on with the Republican Party?
9) Aren't all the candidates hypocrites by attacking each other?

With that said, "a nation under God, indivisible" well the political parties are divided, let alone the country and no knows whats going to happen when the race is down to two? Well stay tune, for the primary tomorrow.

Bill Gates > Steve Jobs...

2008-01-07T08:57:00.000-08:00

.....in the funny video category at least...

Intel quits One Laptop Per Child

2008-01-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

I wont get into the absolute stupidity of this program. And if anyone has seen the commercial for this program with that dumbass Korean from 'Heroes' , with him saying 'help a child... buy them a laptop...' (well im paraphrasing), its hard not to laugh at this program.

Hey, I have a idea in all seriousness; how about one toilet per child?

In Kumasi, Ghana, a country which privatized public toilets in the 1990s, private toilet use once a day for a family costs 10% of the basic wage.

In Kenyan slums such as Mathare it costs 6 cents (US) for every visit to a privatized toilet: this is too expensive for most poor people, who prefer to defecate in the open and spend their money on water or food.

Source:World Health Organization

Read the full article on Intel's failed program here

Well.....

2008-01-04T22:26:00.001-08:00

Well, lately, I've been thinking about her a lot. Her chubby cheeks, her squinty eyes, her laugh, the way she just finds everything I say funny. But this is so long ago and I just keep playing the tape of my time with her over and over again. Why? Because I am in love with the idea that I could love her. When I'm with her, my worries go away, but I never even got to spend so much time with her. But have you ever felt that feeling like man I know there's something special going on here, and you just don't want to let go? Areum Han if your reading this I just want you to know, I think it's about time I forget you and move on. Because I just can't wait for you anymore, and give up my happiness for a few moments. I'm not going to call you anymore and just get the voicemail, I'm not going to try, I'm gone. Sae Rang Hae Yo.

dammmmmmmm....

2008-01-04T15:14:00.000-08:00

good thing alicia keys writes her own stuff ya catch my drift???

Olivia Thai

New Years

2008-01-04T00:12:00.001-08:00

I took this photo on New Years day at belt parkway. So i know people say they dont keep their resolutions but motherfuckers An Rong will give it his all soo here it is motherfuckers my resolutions.

1. Get into Art School
2. Loose some weight, reduce moobage
3. Raise GPA
4. Stop cursing so much
5. Tell her I love that idea that I could love her.

3 1/2 Chinamen resolution- FINISH NEW FILM!!!

BTW Instant noodles is still a work in progress been running into problems but no worries when push comes to pull 3 1/2 Chinamen do it all!

Best and most Overrated Careers

2008-01-02T15:13:00.000-08:00

U.S. News and World Report presented a research of the Best & most overrated careers for 2008. They have in-depth featurettes on all the careers with videos to pair with it.

Best Careers Of 2008:
Audiologist
Biomedical equipment technician
Clergy
Curriculum/training specialist
Dentist
Editor
Engineer
Firefighter
Fundraiser
Genetic counselor
Ghostwriter
Government manager
Hairstylist/cosmetologist
Higher education administrator
Investment banker
Landscape architect
Librarian
Locksmith/Security system technician
Management consultant
Mediator
Occupational therapist
Optometrist
Pharmacist
Physician assistant
Politician/Elected official
Professor
Registered nurse
School psychologist
Systems analyst
Urban planner
Usability/User experience specialist

Link to U.S. News Best Careers

Most Overrated:
Advertising executive
Architect
Attorney
Chef
Chiropractor
Clinical psychologist
Medical scientist
Nonprofit manager
Physician
Police officer
Real estate agent
Small-business owner
Teacher

Link to U.S. News Most Overrated Careers

My Reaction:
This article hits home for me as an aspiring architect. Much like most of the 'overrated careers' the passion factor is so huge. The fact a career is overrated is the perception of individuals that are not in the field. The outlook of whether the job is glamorous or not has nothing to do with the overall satisfaction of a job. The missing element and the the most important is PASSION. If you have passion for whatever your endeavor is, it can never be overrated. And yes I will concede being an architect is very overrated. The long hours, the unlikelihood of ever being recognized, the years of school, and the low pay all factor into the equation. The the fact of the matter is, I love it. Case closed.

I Think Im reaaalll late With This But,....

2008-01-02T14:27:00.001-08:00

who cares...

Ahhhh... the satisfaction...

2008-01-01T15:30:00.001-08:00

Its funny... this is Mike Hart's and crew first bowl win. After the Appalachian State loss I felt this season was over then the blowout to Oregon further cementing that fact. But this is probably the most satisfying season the Wolverines have had since John Navarre was throwing to Braylon Edwards. And with Rich Rodriguez on board we even have a bright hope for the future.

I will sleep very well tonight.... =)

Happy New Year!!

2008-01-01T15:07:00.001-08:00

Hope everyone had a blessed 2007 and even more blessings for 2008. Today I ate "duk gook" which is a traditional Korean rice cake soup simmered in beef marrow broth. In Korean Restaurants they give you a free bowl of duk gook for free. Patrons just walk in sit down, and receive a delicious bowl of duk gook then leave to go about their daily business. The restaurant hopes the free blessing upon the people will be returned ten times over onto them in the new year. Funny thing, I didn't even know this traditional until this year.

The Upset that Almost Happened-Playoff Predictions

2008-01-01T07:50:00.000-08:00

I am a three days late with this but I am proud of the New York Giants' fight against the New England Patriots. I go to school in Boston, and I get a lot of shit of being a Giants fan. I boldly stated that the Patriots will go into the season finale 15-0 and lose to the Giants. That was back in October and it almost happpened. The playoffs lie in the arm and brains of Eli Manning. When he plays well, the Giants can easily be the best team in the NFC and when Eli plays like Eli, well...I don't know. The Giants had the best makeup to beat the Patriots, strong aggressive front 7 and big running backs. I don't know why we ran away from it in the second half but somehow I felt the change in momentum in the 3rd quarter coming. Whatevs so here is my Playoff Predictions:

Wild-Card:
Giants over the Bucs
Redskins over the Seahawks

Chargers over the Titans
Jaguars over the Steelers

Second Round:
Giants over Green Bay
Cowboys over Redskins

Colts over the Chargers
Patriots over the Jaguars

Conference Final:
Giants over the Cowboys
Patriots over the Colts

Superbowl:
Giants over the Patriots

come on you really think I was going to root against the Giants??? haha...well give me an unbias bracket because I can't since the Giants are in it.

Blogger Spotlight

2008-01-01T00:49:00.000-08:00

If there is something I enjoy, its a well written opinionated blog. I'll be spotlighting some good blogs that invoke some thoughts and reactions whenever I get the chance.

Andrew Jones is a student that attends Boston College who is from Bed-Sty Brooklyn. I went to High School with this dude and played football with him also. He been had (excuse the grammar) a sharp tongue and his thoughts are never lacking in grounded intelligence. His topics vary widely but articulate writing always remain constant. Hit him up.
Sluggah Jells

much mo comin...

2008-01-01T00:41:00.000-08:00

i have bunch of lists up and comin for the new year but while yall wait for that check out Time Magazine's 50 top ten lists of the year... they have some really good and entertaining stuff... I really enjoyed their top ten photos of the year and top ten tv ads...
che-che-che-check it out, ya dig?

Time Magazine's 50 top ten lists

Top-Ten Things I Digged about 2007

2007-12-31T22:11:00.000-08:00

Another year is over, and here are 10 things that I really liked about 2007.

10. The Apatow Clan

Everything these days are big budget, green screen, and elaborate sets. But Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd and Judd Apatow brought back a very traditional method of comedy.... good jokes. Knocked Up and Superbad not only permeated through the eyes of viewers but into the depths of pop culture.

9. J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
Yes I read Harry Potter. All seven books and I am a big fan of J.K. Rowling's written fantasy. But what makes me dig her is the culture she has created. We live in a media driven society where young people spend most of their free time playing video games, on the internet, and watching MTV. But whenever the next Harry Potter book came out kids of all ages dropped everything to get a 1000 page book. Getting people excited to read is a feat that is as amazing as near impossible. And every time I think about it it never fails to leave me incredulous.

8. Barry Bonds gets Busted
OK, I know he wasn't the only one that was exposed as a cheat. But just the arrogance at which he carried himself not only about himself but the records he broke. Hank Aaron's 755 is not only a baseball statistic, it transcends sports into issues of race, humility, and class. Barry Bonds does not represent that. Yes Barry you are not the only one who cheated, but you are in the position of breaking hallowed ground. I vote for the fattest asterisk Major League Baseball can find and cement it next to his name.

7. Korea's Developement
I take extreme pride in the fact that my parents immigrated here to the United States to live a better life. The irony now, is the economic and social development of South Korea has surpassed anyone's expectations. In early January Ban Ki-Moon became the new Secretary General of the U.N. There is a effort to stop foreign adoption because the country is no longer is a 'developing country'. South Korea won the bid to host the 2014 Asian Games. The Free Trade Agreement was a great success in Korean trade diplomacy between Washington and Seoul. Things done change, and quick.

6. Al Gore Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
With all the troubles of the world, death, and destruction its important to realize if we don't take care of the environment we wont have a place to kill each other. The Nobel Prize winner said it best when he stated: "The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?"

5.Hip Hop is NOT Dead
I cant remember a better year for Hip Hop in my short lifetime. With legends such as Common, Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Little Brother, ad Scarface releasing solid albums. Newcomers like Lupe Fiasco and Saigon making their mark on the industry. Underground rap rearing its talented voice with my album of the year Blu & Exile 'Below the Heavens' and the always solid Blue Scholar's 'Bayani' all coming out of the West Coast this year. And you know the South still producing all the anthems for the seasons and hits for the charts. Not to mention solid efforts by veterans, Kanye West, Fabolous, Beanie Sigel and Freeway all with solid LPs.

4. The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team.
Its sad that a certain asshole Disc Jockey overshadowed the fact that this team had an amazing Cinderella run in basketball terms. They upset Duke then LSU to advance to the Championship game before losing to the more talented Lady Vols. This story is enough to make it on the list but then these ladies demonstrated incredible class, poise, and intelligence in the way they handled themselves in the whole Don Imus situation. Not only did they sincerely accept a rather unsincere apology from Imus but they exemplified the polar opposite of the very definition of what a 'nappy headed hoe' is. Cheers ladies.

3. Golden State Warriors
Million dollar athletes diving for loose balls, running breathlessly up and down the court to viciously dunk it, and when they dont they launch 3 pointers. Just the way basketball should be played. With guys you cant help but root for, the ferocious Baron Davis leading the team, the unfairly stereotyped Stephen Jackson, the underdog Matt Barnes, and the hustling Monta Ellis. Not only the fact that upset the Mavericks to make NBA history, but just the way their arena explodes with every momentum swing their way. Just the hard nose way they play reminds me of the Knicks from the 90s with the tough point guard in Ward and Childs, the undersized front court players in Oakley and Johnson and the way the Garden would erupt during games, win or lose. SIGH*... i miss those days... anyway Golden State Warriors are probably the most fun team to watch. Last year and this year to come.

2. College Football Upsets
In an ironic twist I am a huge Michigan Fan. So the fact my season was over after the first game when they became the first Division-1 team to lose to a Division -II team in NCAA history, had a bittersweet taste as it was a prelude to the crazy season that would follow.

Stanford 24, No. 2 USC 23
They were 40 point underdogs. Not that fact alone but the dramatic fashion in which they won on a game winning fade to the front corner of the endzone. Did I mention they were 40 point underdogs?

Pittsburgh 13, No. 2 West Virginia 9
If West Virgina wins they play for the National Championship. But in this unexpected year Pat White goes down with injury and so does the their championship aspirations.

Colorado 27, No. 3 Oklahoma 24
Boise State was down by 3 scores in the second half. But they overcame that ad beat a more talented team with a last second field goal. Oh wait... did I say Boise State??? I meant Colorado... silly me, what made me think of Boise State in a game where Oklahoma was upset???

Syracuse 38, No. 18 Louisville 35
Syracuse -- a 36 1/2-point underdog -- ended Louisville's 20-game home-winning streak and completely exposed the horrendous defense that would haunt the Cardinals all season long. This astonishing triumph ended up being one of two wins for the '07 Orange.

Arkansas 50, No. 1 LSU 48
Following a heart-breaking, triple-overtime loss to Kentucky, LSU rolled off four straight wins to reclaim the No. 1 spot. Then it ran into Darren McFadden. This game almost cost them a chance to play for the Championship.

Illinois 28, No. 1 Ohio State 21
The top-ranked Buckeyes simply had no answer for Illinois QB Juice Williams. Williams -- who had struggled for much of the season prior to this game -- made big play after big play, burning Ohio State for four touchdown passes and 70 yards rushing.

1.Tony Dungy Wins a Superbowl
There was probably nothing more satisfying this year than watching that man be carried on the shoulders of his players to lift up the Lombardi Trophy. With the tragic event of his son's suicide still fresh on all our minds; the First black coach to win a Superbowl; his exemplary leadership and poise that permeates through all this players; and the fact he turned the worst franchise in NFL history in the Tampa Bay Bucs to only watch John Gruden win a Superbowl with HIS players; and finally the fact that he turned the Colts from a "finesse team" into a smashmouth team, on both offense and defense. A man that has every right to be revered in every aspect of the sport and life.

Happy Kwanza

2007-12-26T07:27:00.000-08:00

Hey all Merry Kwanza we need to have time to re think our prirorities and what all our ancestors went thru for us, have a solemn Kwanza everyone

Back Home

2007-12-23T12:12:00.000-08:00

Back Home, theres nothing like home guys its nice to be home, been chilling, catching up on my z's yea so happy holidays motherfuckers, and a good kwanza!

2006 year in review

2007-12-20T10:16:00.000-08:00

this year is almost done...
but watch this video from last year...
i had a good laugh

Parody Videos at JibJab | Funny Jokes at JibJab | Funny Stuff at JibJab

watch 2007 here

Slide in Case of Fire

2007-12-19T21:13:00.001-08:00

no words....
none...

via Media Daum