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Re: Where are the Asian-American movie stars?

estarla — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:44:37 -0000

Is this article supposed to make up for THR's whitewashed article of LARB (that is, not including any editors of color as an interviewee or photo subject) just 2 weeks ago?

Re: Fresh Off The Boat - ABC - Eddie Huang

estarla — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:40:40 -0000

Uh, you've never felt like an outsider as an Asian American growing up? I certainly did. What was Fresh off the Boat supposed to do - lie about it? Are you kidding me? And relying on American's Best Dance Crew as role pop culture doesn't further communist stereotypes? C'mon - did you see the Beijing Olympics ceremony? It sounds like you're actually ashamed or afraid of the Asian American identity. Yes, stereotypes exist for a reason. This show is owning them, but also pointing out the unjustified difficulties and racism faced by everyone - including the lone black kid at school. I'm Taiwanese American, and this happened to speak a lot to my experience. My mom started a Kumon chapter and I had seaweed in my bagged lunch. I DID feel safer when I was with my white friends' families. My family got stared down all the time. I get your need to have Asians assimilated into American culture as if there are no differences, but we all come from somewhere and we have to recognize and even celebrate our differences instead of being SCARED of them.

Re: 'Asian Girlz' Crams Every Racist Stereotype About Asian Women Into One Awful Video

estarla — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:29:45 -0000

Maybe nix Wikipedia and look up "prefer" in the dictionary?

Re: 'Asian Girlz' Crams Every Racist Stereotype About Asian Women Into One Awful Video

estarla — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:48:51 -0000

http://www.xojane.com/issue...

Re: Woman's Counter-Offer to San Diego Padres: 'Suck my d--k'

estarla — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:39:59 -0000

Broadcasting or PR are vastly different. I hope she wasn't sending the same resumes and cover letters to the same employers...

Re: One Man Says L.A. Has Best Chinese Restaurants in America

estarla — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:51:13 -0000

Din Tai Fung is Taiwanese - Taipei to be sure - and by a Shanghainese guy who immigrated post WWII... The xiao long bao is a Shanghai invention but DTF itself is Taiwanese, so it's debatable.

Re: hi summer vacation

estarla — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:01:43 -0000

XOXO, Tony.

Re: Samsung DROID Charge review

estarla — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:56:31 -0000

Actually, you cannot output movies to an HDTV via HDMI - the agreement Samsung Media Hub has with the studios does not allow this. It goes the same whether you purchase or rent the movies. (I learned this the hard way.)

Re: Who's Checking Out Your Check-Ins?

estarla — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:00:23 -0000

Geotagging is *not* enabled on my tweets!!

Re: A single person’s guide to the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market

estarla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:22:33 -0000

Thank you for confirming that I, a single non-breeder, have a lot more work to put in than am willing by visiting the Santa Monica Farmer's Market! :)

Re: rickt.org

estarla — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:33:28 -0000

Whatever it is, you've caught him in the act.

Re: PhillyStream

estarla — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:16:50 -0000

Well that looks familiar...a block from where my college ex lived. Yup. ;) Audi wins in my book.

Re: FriendFeed Launches Beta, Leaves Twitter and Facebook In The Dust

estarla — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:36:19 -0000

This is interesting. You're correct on absolutely all usability reasons. As for that term they use to describe how fast this will spread to the masses ... viral, right ... that remains to be seen. What I am seeing happening with Twitter right now is ppl who didn't "get Twitter" are still hearing about it and learning about it.

FriendFeed has presented itself as that next stepping block and I'd be interested to observe how many ppl will go that high up on those steps and how fast. :)

Great post!

Re: Belgian Modernist Architecture

estarla — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:27:05 -0000

How interesting, Nils. You know, a really crafty piece of architecture in my own neighborhood is a British Petroleum piece, too - though it is actually a gas station. (My own piece)

Still, though, wire frame and wire suspension? Pretty amazing - especially for the 1960s. :)

Re: It’s 6AM: Start to Run

estarla — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:29 -0000

Good for you, Nils! I've trained for and run a marathon before but had problems immediately after. I had knee problems on one side - but I can definitely say your run-walk program is a great way to get started. :) It'll build up your endurance and get your muscle memory trained to go longer.

I have to stress that there are a few stretches that are really important. Stretch your IT bands (the ones on the outer side of each thigh). They tend to get tight with running and track your patella (kneecap) to the side. Also with running your inner thigh muscles tend to get weak because with all the pushing forward, you don't use those very much (which enable you to go side to side). Strength train them by doing hip abductors and adductors. You can google all the terms above. :)

Re: Downing Street on Twitter, Good Idea?

estarla — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:44:36 -0000

Nils,
I totally got ecstatic when Anderson Cooper (CNN correspondent) followed me first on Twitter. ;) Who knows, maybe it's not him but just the brains with that sort of mature hot guy-ness kinda made me giddy!

Just letting you know I also get geeky about random online and offline celebs who randomly follow me. :)

Re: Where Do I Pay for Twitter?

estarla — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:41:47 -0000

I'm with ya, Nils. As much as I hated it (okay, wanted to hate it) in the beginning, I am effectively sucked in. Everytime a couple hours has passed without my tweeting, I have that sense of urgency like OMG I forgot to do something important!

My yoga teacher (who is following me on Twitter and I am following her) described the service as "masturbation." I think she's right. Haha.

Re: Who Needs Permanence?

estarla — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:32:12 -0000

Who are these people who will take magazines from you? I need to find some gracious magazine receivers, too. ;)

I have lived in my current apartment now for 4 years. That's the longest since I've been in the city, really. And there's a whole lotta crap lying around. Yes, CRAP. When you don't have to move, you don't have to choose that which is important enough to take along with your non-nomadic existence. :) Essentially, I'm not dragging anything anywhere ... which is too bad for my inner minimalist.