May 2010
“Oh my flying Appas! That’s gonna be amazing!” →
I urge you not to pay to see Avatar: The Last Airbender. Not in 3-D. Not in 2-D. Not by any means involving handing hard-earned money over to the most accepted form of bigotry today: dismissed…
May 27th
Happy belated birthday, Maru! →
The world’s most bestest cat. The one who has convinced me that cats might be as cool as dogs. The very first YouTube channel I subscribed to.
May 26th
Fremont, hometown of champions, lures President... →
The president will then give a speech Wednesday at Solyndra, in Fremont. Via President Obama expected to arrive in the Bay Area today | abc7news.com.
May 26th
Hey Steph, make me a Bernese puppy. IRL. →
We’re taking care of the former My Little Pony designer‘s rats this weekend. (Don’t tell our landlord!) In exchange, I think she should make me a big, floppy puppy: The Brain…
May 26th
Gleeking out for global good. →
Perhaps you didn’t know this, but Dianna Agron – Quinn Fabray of Glee – is a Bay Area native. So on top of her Former President of the Celibacy Club beauty and her avid love for indie rock, you…
May 21st
MADE, Mahfia, Moxsie, and Mission San Jose High... →
This post is going to seem tangential, so bear with me. Last week, a coworker dispensed his theory that if you were something of a big shot in high school, you basically…
May 20th
Dov Charney can lick his own…boxers. →
(I almost wrote “ball sack,” but even I know that some things are better left out of headlines. And anything that might inspire supremely grody mental images.) My overly self-righteous response to
May 20th
It’s okay, I’m a modle. →
So I think it’s really cool that the Director of Marketing for Seychelles and BC wore a $35 H&M dress for her wedding. (Though maybe that’s just her reception dress?) Hip hip hooray for her. What’s…
May 20th
“Here’s your ass. On a plate. Now drop and give me... →
Last Monday I took a biiig step in not not being whiny and inactive about my physical shape. Went to a personal training appointment with the team at Phoenix Fitness Gym, and even though I…
May 19th
Lloyd Banks – “Beamer, Benz, or Bentley” →
It’s Monday morning. I didn’t write over the weekend. But I do love nodding my head to this song. Some songs I just love for their surface value, and this one gets me because I <I>love</i>…
May 17th
La Roux – “Bulletproof” →
I wish I had enough time in the day to write about everything that flows in and out of my mind. Since I don’t, here’s the song that I can’t get enough of these days:
May 14th
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Rewinding back to WonderCon. →
Overdue small sample, but worth sharing. Yes, that book is called Asian Ladies. I giggled like a schoolgirl showing off the nudie pics (which happened to be very poorly…
May 11th
Experience a live Barack Obama speech: Check. →
Guess who saw No. 1! (And needs to sit down and recap all of our whirlwind tour of Michigan.) Fearmongers, Feminists and Philanderers: Your Guide to 2010 Graduation Speakers – Commencement –…
May 11th
I need it in my life. →
This post has been on the back burner for many many months, but basically, if you see these shoes (Alexander McQueen for Puma Elevate) for less than $150 in or around a size 7.5 in women’s, holler…
May 8th
Good morning, here’s Maru. →
I’m taking a break from my regularly scheduled Saturday morning session of “Who Got Fat since High School?” on Facebook.
May 8th
FINALLY – Daria’s on DVD! →
Just when I was setting aside the cash to buy a bootleg at Comic-Con, Daria has been released to DVD! I have no qualms with watching this years after its original air dates. In fact, the only way I…
May 7th
Queen of Trees. →
A couple of weeks ago, Billiam and I had finally set a night aside to sit down and watch Precious. I’m not going to get into my review of it here, but all you need to know is that you have to…
May 7th
From the kitchens of Cambria. →
Shame on me for not addressing Cambria’s food earlier. It’s got so much weekender foodie charm. Somebody save this town!! The Brambles Dinner House – Recommended by Troy from the …
May 7th
Can we all just stop and think about this... →
… It’s like Crank Yankers, and they could get away with nude characters masturbating and phone sexing because they were puppets.
May 7th
Arizona, your face is ungrammatical. →
Under the ban, sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer by the state legislature Thursday, schools will lose state funding if they offer any courses that “promote the overthrow of the U.S. government,…
May 7th
Sad but True: No Asian stars in the Hollywood... →
Now, “stardom” is a term that’s loaded with all sorts of implications. But here’s the stark reality—currently, there is no Asian American actor we can define as a true star. “What?!” I hear you…
May 6th
Key Stone of Ages. →
This doesn’t have much to do with anything, but the actor who plays Keith Smooth in Key Stone Light’s latest batch of commercials is Mitchell Jarvis of Broadway’s Rock of Ages. Rock is the musical dually suited for non-musical people and people who love 80s hair bands.
May 4th
NO CAPES! Tim Gunn on superhero costumes. →
This Looks So Broadway: Tim Gunn Critiques Superhero Costumes – Monkey See Blog : NPR. …Where’s Edna Mode?
May 4th
Daggering. →
So help us World and Future, I have just been exposed to “daggering.” I… It’s… You… There’s… I have no words. Umm, I like the song?
May 1st