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DISGRASIAN’s Summer Reading: Busy Dad Blog
We’ll be away from our desks the month of August, carrying on with the non-bloggy aspects of our lives, watching mindless movie blockbusters, and indulging in summery drinks made with generous pours of bourbon. During this month, we’ll be linking each day to a different website that we ♥. Hopefully you’ll discover something delightful and new while we’re gone. If not, you are a serious Captain Crankypants and are probably in dire need of a summery drink made with a generous pour of bourbon.
‘Til September, lovelies.
I’ll admit that I am personally a bit of baby whore, someone who walks up to any strange little ‘un with wide open arms to offer a bounce or a burp, loves getting puked on, files “squishing baby thighs” under “favorite pastimes,” and is truly validated not by career achievement but by the squealy giggle of a toddler who can’t distinguish me from a play-and-learn musical puppy. I love babies. I probably love your baby. Give me your baby. I want to squish its thighs.
But still, I think it takes a lot for a parenting blog to be good reading for those without child. I don’t spend a ton of time on mommy and daddy sites (although I did follow a mama trail to this post about family bikes once, and almost dropped a few grand on a family tricycle just for myself), so I’m surprised that I keep finding myself browsing the stories of Busy Dad Blog and giggling at the life of Huggies-sponsored daddy Jim. Jim (Busy Dad) is one of the three people I know of in Los Angeles that rides Metro besides myself, seems like a real dude’s dude, and is constantly being outwitted by his older cutie of two, Fury (real name Marcus). I am most eternally grateful for baby Lessi (real name Alessia; Busy Dad has acknowledged that she got shortchanged on family nicknames), who has inspired a whole new cache of oogy-woogy photos to fill the empty space in my stomach that arrives every time I realize Fury is smarter than me. And she’s got those baby thighs. Just the cutest, most squishable baby thighs.
Filed under: Angelenos, Are you smarter than an Amazian Jr?, Busy Dad Blog, Coolass Asian Dads, Dads, LA Metro, Parenting blogs
Asians And Journalism Go Together Like Ramma Lamma Lamma Ka Dinga Da Dinga Dong [We're Headed To The #AAJA Convention]
Angelenos! Where U at?
The Asian American Journalists Association will host its 21st Annual AAJA National Convention at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles from August 4 to 7. We will have the pleasure of speaking on two panels on Thursday, August 5 as part of the “Diversifying Your Coverage” series with some of our favorite and most esteemed colleagues. Please join us if you can!
Information below for Thursday, August 5 @ The Renaissance Hotel:
“Diversity in the New Media”
11:15AM TO 12:15PM, Los Feliz, 3rd Floor
PRESENTERS: Gil Asakawa (Medianews Group Interactive), Phil Yu (Angry Asian Man), Jocelyn Wang (8Asians), Jen Wang and Diana Nguyen (DISGRASIAN)
The Internet offers a mixed bag of voices, but the success of ethnic outlets is still developing. Experts and experimenters alike gather to talk tips, hurdles and highlights of how to make diversity in new media work for you and your readers.
“A Hyphenated World”
2:30PM TO 3:30PM, Los Feliz, 3rd Floor
PRESENTERS: Jeff Yang (SF Chronicle), Bernice Yeung (Hyphen Magazine), Cynthia Wang (People Magazine), Oliver Wang (CSULB), Kai Ma (KoreAm), Jen Wang and Diana Nguyen (DISGRASIAN)
Journalists, every day, are challenged to report on a diverse and multicultural world. This panel discussion shines a light on some of the stereotypes most prevalent in media today — with a focus on Asian-Americans in Hollywood – and offers insight into covering the subtleties of a world rich in nuances and culture.
Filed under: 21st Annual AAJA National Convention, 8Asians, AAJA, Angelenos, Angry Asian Man, Asian American Journalists Association, Bernice Yeung, Come Hang With Us, Cynthia Wang, Gil Asakawa, Hollywood, Hyphen Magazine, Jeff Yang, Journalasianists, Journalists, Joz Wang, Kai Ma, KoreAm, Los Angeles, Medianews Group Interactive, Oliver Wang, People Magazine, Phil Yu, Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, San Francisco Chronicle
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Freddie Wong
Name: Freddie Wong
Age: 24
Hails from: LA (via Seattle)
Occupation: YouTube star, budding filmmaker, video enthusiast, Guitar Hero pro
Known for: Well, he actually says it best…
“Most people know me from my brief stint as a professional Guitar Hero/Rock Band player.
When I am not rocking faces with plastic, I am a filmmaker and musician in Los Angeles.”
Like 7,166,489 other people, we first encountered Wong when he released a sick video of himself rocking Rush’s “YYZ” on Guitar Hero’s expert level, and watched with nodding approval as he rose quick as crème fraîche to the top of the pro GH ranks.
But Wong’s real gifts, as highlighted by NewTeeVee’s Liz Shannon Miller this week, lie in Continue reading AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Freddie Wong
Filed under: Angelenos, Bloggers, Film Geeks, Filmmakers, Freddie Wong, Guitar Hero, Musicians, OK Go, Rock Band, Rocking Faces, Rush, Seattle, So Nerdy It's Fantastic, YouTube, YouTube Sensations, YYZ
ROCK OF ASIAN: Nosaj Thing
L.A. beatmaster Nosaj Thing (real name: Jason Chung) was profiled last week by Flavorwire’s Tomas Palermo, who celebrated the young Angeleno as chief among Southern California’s hot bunch of experimental beatmakers (or, more lovingly, “MIDI warriors”).
In this dense Q&A (prepare to take an ego hit if you hear about 35 artist names dropped that you don’t know), Chung emerges as a charming, ambitious electronic producer–a self-confessed web geek whose inspiration comes equally from Chopin and Daedelus, that composed much of his latest and greatest on a laptop while in air transit (an approach we’re happily familiar with).
We’ve tasted his newest tracks, and trust us, they’re delicious–lulling yet alive, dangerously smooth and complex. Now we’re dying to buy his new release, Drift, which drops digitally next week (a week earlier than the CD/LP)–so might we suggest buying the mp3 version if you’re a web geek, too?
[Flavorwire: Exclusive - Nosaj Thing Rides LA’s Post-Dilla Glitch-Hop Wave]
Thanks, Josh!
Filed under: Album Releases, Angelenos, Beat Freaks, Chopin, Daedelus, Drift, Electronic Music, Hot Asian Men, Inspirasian, Jason Chung, Keyboards, Los Angeles, Nosaj Thing, Web Geeks
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Judy Chu
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Judy ChuName: Judy Chu
Hails from: Los Angeles
Occupation: U.S. Congressional candidate, 32nd District
Known for: Running for Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis’s vacated Congressional seat in the 32nd District (which includes East L.A. and the San Gabriel Valley); holding an undergraduate math degree from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology; working in local and state politics for the last 24 years; earning the endorsements of L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (for what it’s worth), the California Democratic Party, and organized labor; having a name that is really fun to say over and over again.
Voters in the 32nd Congressional District…Tuesday, May 19, is the special election. Reprzent, people and make your vote count! For voting information, click here.
Filed under: 32nd Congressional District, Angelenos, California Politics, Judy Chu, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Ph. D.'s, San Gabriel Valley, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Special Elections
ROCK OF ASIAN: The Little Ones
It’s hard not to fall hard for The Little Ones, a band of boys that share our hometown and seem sweet as ice cream. We hear soft musings à la Deathcab (like, in its 2.o state, not Stability EP-style) with an almost Mamas and Papas-esque, folksy group vibe, all made more interesting by the occasional dabble in new wavey, maybe Psychadelic Furs-y, texture.
That is not to strip anything away from the identity The Little Ones themselves, who have a singular appeal and a welcome, warm, fresh sensibility. They’re like a glass of lemonade on a icky-hot day, a soft kiss on the lips at the end of a slow dance, a long walk in the middle of a 9-5 afternoon. Simply put, they make us happy. And in times like these, that ain’t no little feat.
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Thanks, Henri!
Filed under: Angelenos, Kissing Rules, Lemonade, Making Everyone Happy, Sweet Boys Are Rare, The Little Ones
BABEWATCH: Thuy Nguyen
Name: Thuy Nguyen
Hails from: La La
Occupation: Co-founder of the blog organic, Green Grown and Sexy.
Why She’s A Babe: Yes, we’re biased because she rocks a most attractive surname. But bias aside, Nguyen’s a glamorously un-crunchy poster girl for the new green millenium: a pretty lady that recycles, kicks back sustainable liquor, would rather go naked than wear fur–but would still look great in a bikini.
Listen, we’re human! And we’re often swayed by a pretty face. With a spokesperson like her nudging at us to do so, we can almost imagine ourselves giving up Korean BBQ and frito pie. Almost.
Filed under: Angelenos, Bikinis, Bloggers, Fur, Green Grown and Sexy, Nguyens Rule, Pretty Ladies, Thuy Nguyen, Vegetariasians
BABEWATCH: Grace Kim
Name: Grace Kim
Age: 29
Hails from: Los Angeles
Occupation: November 2008 Playmate of the Month
Why She’s a Babe: Yeah, yeah, Grace Kim has a nice rack. And no, we don’t know if those puppies are real, but we seriously doubt that you care (you’re going to have to get the November issue of Playboy to judge for yourself). But what we really like about Grace is that she’s a dork. She worked for Red Octane, the game publisher of our raison d’être, Guitar Hero, before she became a pin-up, and she is not only a GH competitor, but she likes to throw down about her skillz.*
“I play a mean game of Guitar Hero, and I’m willing to challenge anybody,” she says in the November Playboy. “I must warn you, I’m a sore loser!”
Dude. So are we, because, as we all know, Asians hate to lose. So that’s why we’re challenging you, Grace Kim of the gorgeous breasteses, to a Guitar Hero duel. Know that we play to the death (or, like, until one of us passes out from drinking too much brown liquor, same diff). Are you in? (Please please say you’re in. Our A-cups and carb-guts will never be able to compete with your C-cups and your 21-inch (!) waist, and this is the only way we think we’ll ever have a chance of getting a fat leg up on you, okay?!)
*We did not actually read this in Playboy, even though, like you, we read the rag for the articles. It was reprinted online in COED Magazine, which, in August, also put Grace on a list of–ready for this?–“Amasians.” Style-biters!!! At least when you’re ripping us off, learn how to spell it, assholes. And, uh, thanks. We’re flattered.
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Thanks, Henri and Jasmine!
Filed under: Angelenos, Beautiful Korean Women, Boobs, Breasts, COED Magazine, Duels, Grace Kim, Guitar Hero, November 2008 Playmate of the Month, Playboy, Playboy Playmates, Red Octane, Tits
