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You are viewing the most recent 20 entries December 13th, 200901:11 pm: Raping for "normality"???????
I just read a disturbing post over at Pam's House Blend. Apparently young men are raping lesbians in an attempt to turn them straight (not to mention beating them, etc.). There was a saying when I was in college: Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity. I can't imagine how anyone could think that getting raped was so wonderful that someone would go and seek out related experiences (not the force, but the mechanics). hate + ignorance = cruelty Here's the video from the Guardian. It was heartbreaking for me to see this report: Current Mood:  sad Current Music: none , lesbian, rape, south africa
September 28th, 200911:30 pm: Daiso vs. Ichiban Kan, or Betrayed by Glico
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) seaweeds has sung the praises of Daiso, so when I arrived at San Francisco Japan Center Mall and saw signs announcing the opening of a Daiso store there, I just had to check it out. It's tiny, perhaps around 600 sf (55 square meters). But it did have all sorts of gadgets, apparently all for US$1.50 each and all crowded together on the different shelves and all with Japanese labels. I immediately went into overload mode and wandered around the store in a daze and ultimately left without buying anything. to compare, I decided to go upstairs in the mall to Ichiban Kan...different things. Despite having the subtitle "different things," some of the items overlapped with Daiso, such as the plastic baskets which are sufficiently small that I don't know what I would put in them. and the prices were much more variable, ranging from $0.99 to $23.99, way more than Daiso's uniform $1.50, so obviously they are going after a different market. they also had some food items, including several varieties of Pocky. the Pocky that caught my eye went under the name "Dessert Pocky Chocolate." I decided to buy it and try it. bad move. when I sat down to enjoy it, upon opening it and biting into it, I discovered a weird fruity flavor to the chocolate. wtf, I thought. examining the label, the english ingredients list referred to the product as "Pocky wheat cookie chocolate-orange." arrgh! no wonder it tasted weird. why didn't I notice that? so I look at the original front and it did indeed say "Dessert Pocky Chocolate" with no mention of orange. then I saw it! a picture of an orange without the WORD orange. Glico, how could you do this to me??????? P.S. to Malaysian readers: in case you don't know, it My it is the product you know as Glico Rocky, not Glico Pocky. Mood: annoyed at Glico >:( Additional music heard during this post: Vamo Batê Lata-Os Paralamas Do Sucesso Wanderers Love Song-Wu Bai and China Blue Vou Com Você-Dominguinhos Spiritual Suicide-Elf Fatima Africa The Land Of Food And Water-Yusuf Ahmed & Village Culture Current Mood:  annoyed Current Music: あなたを呼ぶ声は嵐にさらわれて-Koshi Inaba/Rain-영턱스 클럽/Avenida Corrientes-Vivanativa/אל האה-רוך , food, japan, shopping
September 26th, 200902:27 pm: I get microagressed
Somewhere in the LGBTQQITSBBDSMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ spectrum belongs a GE for Gender Expression. This is for anyone who engages in activities outside the expected behaviour for their apparent gender. I'm male, usually consideder butch and occasionally mistaken for straight. But I'm not so committed to it that I can't wear a pink shirt. So, this week I was wearing a pink dress shirt as I walked through San Francisco's Union Square area. (Singaporeans, it's kind of like your Orchard Road but with only one mall and with large department stores and lots of street-facing shops instead.) I was walking across from Macy's when someone yelled out in what I would identify as an Eastern mountain accent, "Hey, you're wearin' a pink shirt." I looked around and didn't see any obvious source, so guess it was a drive-by. I thought "yeah, so?" Then I realized I had been microaggressed for not conforming to my gender role. The term "microagression" (Wikipedia'd as " Racial microagression") is coming into use for those little slights for being who you are which are enough to annoy or stress you but not enough to do anything about. All of the discussion I've read so far takes place around racial microaggression, but it can occur with regard to sexual orientation -- someone saying "Those midwestern faggots can't deal with it so they move to San Francisco" as I walked by about 15 years ago; cross dressing -- "Hey, take off that dress!" said to a man in a dress, on Halloween yet; transgenderism, gender and gender expression. So, LGBTQQITSBGEBDSMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ: L lesbian G gay B bi T transgender Q queer Q questioning I intersex TS two spirits B bear GE gender expression BDSM bondage/discipline domination/submission slave/master sadism/masochism NOPQRSTUVWXYZ some silly stuff I added in the style of writer Ann Rostow which can be abbreviated to LGBTQ. Current Mood: microaggressed >:| Current Music: O.NO.RE - Koshi Inaba/Love Letter - Koshi Inaba , gender roles, lgbt, lgbtq, microaggression
September 25th, 200912:38 am: Let's kick some butt!
Lonely Tree Lonely Bird by Wu Bai and China Blue Live! the way Wu Bai is meant to be heard El Carro Verde (The Green Car) by Los Olvidados alas, only the first 40 seconds of a great ska-rock song 大切なもの (Important Thing) by Road of Major quite possibly the rocking-est song involving cherry blossoms Paghihintay (Waiting) This performance by William Galespi is not bad; I prefer the Razorback version but couldn't find a decent version on YouTube and finally an oldie and goodie Rockaway Beach by the Ramones Current Music: listen to the post lah , rock
September 16th, 200911:08 pm: The return of Mr. Gym Manners
...unraveling the mystery of gym kabuki for the queer masses Dear Mr. Gym Manners, There's this 40's guy at the gym who dao'd me for several years, going so far as to avoid me when I offered him to work in on my machine. Suddenly one day he seemed interested, even going to far one eve as to show off a mari kita to me in the locker room, but after all that dao'ing I was inclined to dao him back as one nvr knows when a dao'er is going to dao again. Anyway, we hv been dao'ing each other back and forth for six years and counting. Tonite he was watching the sports on the TV bike next to mine. Was he trying to get my attention or just too lazy to pick another TV? Is there any hope we will stop dao'ing each other? More importantly, will anything good come of it if we do stop? Signed, Average Dao Jonez Dear ADJ, Yes, something good will come if the two of you stop. The remaining gym goers as well as Mr. Gym Manners will stop straining our eyes from rolling them in disgust. The two of you are hereby ordered to either permanently ignore each other or start talking. If your implied question is whether a roll in the hay is in the offing, I cannot imagine two guys as able to communicate as well as you two have been doing would be able to let each other know what you want in bed. Find someone you can talk with and see where that goes instead. Signed, Mr. Gym Manners Dear Mr. Gym Manners, There's this 20's guy in the same aisle at the gym as me. Sometimes when I am changing he sneaks looks at me. Sometimes I sneak looks at him. He has even turned his chair in my direction so he can watch me. When I look at him he keeps a flat expression -- not acknowledging me although it does not rise to the dao level. This evening I even nodded to him with no response in return. Is it a coincidence he is facing in my direction or is he interested? And if he is interested, how do I proceed without feeling like a cheekopek? Signed, Nude and Puzzled Dear Nude and Puzzled, I'm assuming from the "cheekopek" comment that you are old enough to be his father, if not his grandfather. Have you considered that he is looking for entertainment, that he might wonder what kind of older guy would play this game with a mere snip of a lad? Or maybe he just likes looking at your lanjiao. Find someone a bit closer to your age to cruise and you'll have a better chance of finding a connection. Signed, Mr. Gym Manners Dear Mr. Gym Manners, But I actually cheated and asked two questions. I am really both Average Dao Jonez and Nude and Puzzled. Signed, Third Time's a Charm Dear Third Time's a Charm, Let it not be said that Mr. Gym Manners is not compassionate, even though I'm actually quite a bitch at times. I said you'd have a better chance, not a guarantee. And that's three questions. Signed, Mr. Gym Manners (Too true to be funny lol) Current Mood:  amused Current Music: Take 7/8-Ofra Haza; Duna Móvil-Cuidad Jardin; さよならなんかは言わせない-B'z , gay, gym, humor
August 4th, 200911:02 pm: Fifteen movies that will always stick with me
Meme from miak: Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (Although apparently only paid account holders can do this.) In no particular order after number 1. 1. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2. Comrades: Almost a Love Story 3. The Consequence 4. Rocky Horror Picture Show 5. The Deer Hunter 6. Formula 17 7. Brokeback Mountain 8. Tampopo 9. The 400 Blows 10. Batman Begins 11. Star Wars 12. Days of Heaven 13. Three Women 14. Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye 15. Morgan (aka Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) Current Music: Mumbai Theme Tune / A.R. Rahman , movies
June 27th, 200910:44 pm: More music
There's a wide variety of popular music all over the world. It's a rare thing when it makes it to American shores. Here is some stuff that through luck I've run across. There's a variety of music, so if you don't care for one number, try the next. Treaty by Yothu Yindi Australia This one combines traditional aboriginal musical instruments with modern ones for a danceable political hard rock number about broken promises. ( more music after the cut )Current Music: Whatever's in this post , afropop, angelique kidjo, australia, benin, brazil, china blue, hey, mexico, music, os paralamas do sucesso, poland, taiwan, wu bai, yothu yindi
June 26th, 200909:26 pm: so salah!
You Should Get a JD (Juris Doctor)
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You're logical, driven, and ruthless.
You'd make a mighty fine lawyer.
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got this from seaweeds, a lawyer who got told to be a doctor Current Music: Lush / Ottmar Liebert June 13th, 200911:05 pm: Who knew post-its could be such fun?
I'm going to pass along this fun video DEADLINE by Bang-Yau Liu, a stop-motion animation. Rated G. although my favorite all-time video remains the Not Safe For Work real life public-transit rage drama of the Hong Kong Bus Uncle (in Cantonese with English and colloquial Cantonese subtitles) in which a passenger goes verbally postal after being told to talk more quietly on his cell phone: Current Music: none, listening to the videos , cantonese, cantonese characters, cell phone etiquette, humor, post-it, public transit, road rage, transit, video
March 14th, 200910:43 pm: Songs from my childhood
I don't think I've mentioned that I've got a mental iPod which will start playing random songs in my head. I can often retrieve particular songs with varying degrees of accuracy. some of these songs I have on CD, such as hip hop by LMF, from HK, or rock by Parokya ni Edgar, from the Philippines, or by Mashina, from Israel. some of these songs exist on scratchy old 45 RPM records (remember records) which I have no longer devices to play them on. a particular song, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight, has been going through my head. I'm particularly susceptible to mondegreens and this song has quite a few for me, so I went hunting for the lyrics. well it seems the various transcribers are also mondegreen-challenged, as some of the transcriptions don't seem to make sense, but anyway, for thank goodness for YouTube. the phrase "a bonnie-burning question" does seem to be part of the third verse. I had always thought it was "a commie-burning question" but if I listen closely it does seem to be "a bonnie-burning question." so what does that mean???? this brings back some memories Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight ( more music after the cut )Current Mood:  nostalgic Current Music: listen for yourself , music, rock
January 1st, 200903:58 am: Happy 2009
Wishing everyone a happy 2009. May it bring you happiness and see you on to a happy 2010. Current Mood:  hopeful Current Music: Bin Ich Nicht / Gagu
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