Happy New Year! According to the Year of the Dragon, 2012 is a time to be bold, start a new business, and pop out babies (and if you’re still single, to once again gloat over the fact that you get to hoard red pockets instead of give them out. The mun-mun-muny, the yen and the pesos!).
BCB wishes all our readers a 2012 filled with happiness, success, and just a tad less to bitch about. And Mr. President himself wishes you a very happy New Year too:
恭喜發財! Gong Hay Faht Choy! Chúc mừng năm mới!
As the number #1 source of entertainment and culture if they keep pulling off amazing stuff shit this:
Let’s see Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock try to remake that.
Thanks Dobs.
While this kid is dropping rhymes like this. In diapers.
You really do sound like a super hero league and not the collection of rich white people playing with million dollar toys and trading and buying African American and foreign players like the modern day slave owners that Jesse Jackson loves to refer you as.
So why all the fuss now? Well, you totally f’d up the CP3 deal yesterday. But I’m actually kinda happy about it. Not only does it keep the Lakers from getting the Rook that lands them the Bishop that is Dwight Howard, but it also chips away at the lowly Hornets, owned by the NBA since they couldn’t find a buyer that wasn’t a rich Silicon Valley mogul sitting in a city with a basketball ready arena that’s only being used for hockey games and Taylor Swift concerts. And no disrespect to the City of New Orleans, but I am not in the camp that thinks professional sports helps build up a city economically. Au contraire mon frere, I think they’re all an economic drain with their free land grants, tax exemptions and inconsistent/low paying jobs. So what now? Well, its a lose-lose all around according to the worst source for sports best source for news ever, the NY Times. And then what? Glad you asked. I have the next few outcomes all chronologicalized just for you:
If you don’t want this to happen, call up the NFL and ask them how they share revenue so teams like the Green Bay Packers will never ever leave Wisconsin.
My favorite NBA player in China dropping a little knowledge from The Mao Of Steph:
Marbury says his buddies just don’t understand the difference between Chinese food from China and the Chinese food Americans eat back home. You think that’s Chinese from the corner store, but that’s not Chinese food,” he said. “I’m telling you because I live there.”
And a Moment of Zen with Starbury:
When it comes down to it, life is all about tradition. And how we pass it down. Or lose it.
I’ve given some shit to the Milwaukee Brewers before for having a hot dog race that includes a Mexican themed hot dog wearing a sombrero. Yes. That was Milwaukee. But this here sushi race in at the Vancouver Canadians‘ stadium is downright awesome. Chef Wasabi is Cbruh’s favorite. But I can’t go against the avocado maki with the creeper smile. He wants that California Roll reeeaaalll bad. But in terms of the actual Sushi race, who has the leg up? Apparently Chef Wasabi has a huge ego and celebrates way to soon while he’s in the lead and ends up losing every time. Or pulling a “DeShaun Jackson” for short.
The National Film Society has broken it down for us. All the top Asian bad guys of the silver screen conveniently scrutinized and analyzed and brought to you via youtube:
Before I saw this video, you probably knew who my favoriate Asian bad guy was, Al Leong from, well, everything. But NFS has changed my mind cause the women from Joy Luck Club were far more cruel and evil.
Thanks Patrick and Stephen.
If you’re like me, you imagine the world in Legos. When the Lego architectural series came out, I can’t say it was LIKE peeing in my pants because I literally peed in my pants. So when I was trying to figure out all the international debit crisis stuff, especially in Iceland cause I’m heading there next month, I had to rely on all the national/state/local stuff I read for work. But for Europe, I depended on Michael Lewis’s articles on Iceland, Ireland, and Greece.
Thank you Michael Lewis, but a picture is a thousand words. And your 17 page article on Iceland was better summed up with this:
As for the rest of Europe? Look no further than Michael Cembalest, JP Morgan Chief Investment Officer. Based on his son’s Lego play, he created the most detailed map of the debt crisis in Europe with Legos AND he was able to use Star Wars Legos too. G-E-N-I-U-S. Peep the link for the explanation of each node.
Saturday February 4th -- San Francisco
Hyphen Survival Issue Release Party
Join Hyphen to celebrate the release of their "Survival" issue. Participate in the silent auction and win a chance to spend the day with a prominent Asian American community member. Asian American Donor Program (AADP) bone marrow registration drive (if interested, please read requirements) will also be there. Performances by Taiyo Na, Dirty Boots, DLRN, and beats by DJ Boogie Brown.
9 pm to 2 am (AADP Drive 9 to 10:30 pm in Zappa Room)
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street, San Francisco
$10 ($20 with 1-year subscription); pre-sale tickets here
21+
Its gonna be hard as hell to write a review of a book like this without spoilers. So let me just say this book has gently nestled its way into my Murakami top 3, just under Wind Up Bird Chronicles and barely inching above Norwegian Wood. This means a lot cause I'm a fanatic over his ish and spend way too much money on multiple copies of his books... If you're a veteran Murakami reader, you'll love how long this book is. More time before the Murakami-withdrawal hits. You'll also like hearing from a female protagonist for the first time. If this is your first Murakami book, I'd read one of his books with less magical realism first, After Dark or Kafka on the Shore then move up to 1Q84 about 3-4 books later. Also, you might wanna buy the digital version (although the US hardcopy if a sight to behold) cause this book be phat!
|
