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DISGRASIAN’s Summer Reading: F*ck Yeah Memebon!

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.

Memebon, cutest kitty in the world. He once fit in a bowl.

I’m definitely a dog person, but I’m no speciesist. I love any darling animal, even when said animal appears to be a giant severed fish head. And once upon a time, I fell in love with Memebon, a kitten from Cute Overload (one of my morning indulgences, right after Daily Puppy). For years I couldn’t get Memebon’s round face, concerned eyes, and tiny paws out of my head. Memebon. Memebon. He fits in a bowl! He is the cutest kitten that has ever existed! Memebon!

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Filed under: Animals are a Reliable Source of Joy and Awe, Cute Overload, Cute Things, Daily Puppy, Fuck Yeah Memebon, Fuku, Goma, Memebon

Apple FTW

On Wednesday, Apple’s market cap moved past Microsoft’s by $3 billion, which had CNN Money declaring Microsoft “no longer the industry’s alpha dog.”

CNN Money interviewed a couple experts on what Microsoft had to do to continue keeping up with the Jobses, with one analyst suggesting:

“They have to continue to try to find other businesses, otherwise growth is always going to be bound by the PC market. Wall Street believes in Apple because Apple continues to put out new products that capture the imaginations of the press and tech pundits. Microsoft just hasn’t been able to come up with a new multi billion dollar business like Apple.”

And while we’re no experts, we are a target demo, as the owners of about a dozen Apple products between us, so here’s another suggestion:

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Filed under: Apple, Apple Products, Apple Surpasses Microsoft in Market Cap, Asians And Their Unholy Obsession with Gadgets, Cute Things, I'm a Mac, iPad, iPhone, Macbooks, Microsoft, Microsoft Kin Phone, Microsoft Products Are Depressing-Looking, Steve Jobs, Ugly Shit, Zune

BABEWATCH: Forever 21’s Linda and Esther Chang

Names: Linda Chang and Esther Chang

Ages: 28 and 23

Occupations: Forever 21’s marketing and visuals department heads, respectively

Linda and Esther Chang are the daughters of Don and Jin Sook Chang, the Korean American founders of one of our favorite places on Earth, Forever 21. (Where else can you get a cute, fashion-forward $12 dress, we ask you? A $12 dress!) Like the company’s wares, the Chang sisters are young, fresh, and adorbs. They were recently profiled by the LA Times’ Booth Moore, where we learned the following:

• They’re best friends.
• They’re both Ivy League-educated.
• They work for the family business, which opened its first store in 1984 and, by the end of that year, had grown its sales from $35,000 to $700,000.
• They go to church with their parents on Sunday.

We tend to hate on people like this–i.e. people who please their Hardass Asian Parents all the time rather than disappoint–but with the Chang sisters, we just can’t. Their devotion to their family and the family business is just so earnest (older sis Linda says things like, “I love it when people come out of our stores being so happy”). And the girls themselves are just too cute.

Then, of course, it all goes back to the fact that the Chang sisters represent the $12 dress. The $12 dress!

[LA Times: Meet Forever 21’s stylish sisters]

Filed under: Adorbs, Asians Love Discounts, Cheap Fun, Clothes that Look Great on Diana and Jen, Cute Things, Discount Fashion, Discounts, Disposable Fashion, Don Chang, Esther Chang, Fast Fashion, Forever 21, Immigrants, Jin Sook Chang, Korean-Americans, Linda and Esther Chang, Linda Chang, Pretty Dresses

We’d Rather Punch Ourselves In The Neck Than Listen To A Jason Mraz Tune, BUT…

…add a ukulele and a munchkin. We melt. We simply melt.

And we forget all about Mraz’s stupid hats and all of that “Mr. A to Z” garbage.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. OH!!!!! [wombs a-rumble]

[via The Daily What]
Thanks, Jasamine!

Filed under: Adorable-ness, Amazian Jr., Awesome, Cover Songs, Cover Versions, Cute Kids, Cute Things, Instrumentasian, Jason Mraz and his idiotic "Mr. A to Z" Schtick, Jason Mraz And His Stupid Hat, Lame Songs Made Better, Little Guys Who Rock, Ukulele, Ukulele Makes It All Go Away

BABEWATCH: Dinky Ninja Bears

Sure, plushies are everywhere. But the Dinky Ninja Bears, which we just discovered this week via Twitter, are something special. Is it the indefinite tummy forms? Their tiny arms? Their lack of mouths? We don’t know! But somehow they perfectly encapsulate the essence of adorably incapable silent ninjas with cute little ears and pseudo-appendages, and we can’t stop loving them.

Pretty Dinky

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Filed under: Adorable-ness, Arty Farts, Asians and Their Unholy Obsession with Stuffed Animals, Critters, Cute Things, Dinky Ninja Bears, Friends are Nice, Little Friends, Plushies, Twitter

Kitten With Spirit Fingers

Asian people love small animals.

That is all you need to know.

Watch, melt…

…repeat.

Thanks, Angie!

Filed under: Adorable-ness, Animals are a Reliable Source of Joy and Awe, Animals Tricks, Asians And Their Unholy Obsession With Small Animals, Awwwwwww, Cat, Cute Things, Kittens, Purina, Spirit Fingers, Surprised Kitty, Video Gems

ROPID: Cuter Than A Baby Prawn

Meet Ropid (Rapid + Robot), a new robot just unveiled by scientists in Japan that jumps, responds to directions…







…and is about 10,396,574 more adorable and fun to watch than your obnoxious little cousin with 1 year of ballet and 4 years of piano lessons under her belt, who your aunt dresses up in stupid party dresses every time there’s the teeniest, mundane family function going on–who she will HUSH AN ENTIRE ROOM FOR (sometimes even an NBA Playoff game) so that the little fucker can sing a song and dance it out, then follow with an encore presentasian of a plunked-out, shitty Sonatina on the piano.

10,396,574 more adorable and fun to watch than your cuz. And you can turn it off.

[BBC News: Jumping Robot An 'Entertainer']

Thanks, Jasmine!

Filed under: Adorable, Adorable-ness, Asian Families, Awesome Inventions, Baby Robot, Cousins, Cute Things, Dope, Dopeass Stuff, Family Functions, Fun, Japan, Performing, Piano, Piano Lessons Are Required, Robots, Ropid

ROCK OF ASIAN: My Little Airport

My Little Airport, in many ways, could be Jen’s and my dream band. Two adorable Hong Kong sweeties (Ah-P and Nicole) rocking addictive Casio/Twee tunes, obsessed with cute things but charged with a naughty fire. Ever-so sweet and spicy–our favorite combination! In fact, we can’t believe it’s taken us so long to discover them (Thanks, Rameniac, for the video below):

But now that we have, we must urge you to sample some My Little Airport tonight. Pairs well with smoked cheeses, seafoods, sexy Hansel from Basel socks, the film Heavenly Creatures, and the twinkly tunes of Takako Minekawa. Enjoy!

[My Little Airport - Official Site]

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Filed under: Ah-P and Nicole, Awesome Band Names, Casio, Cute Asian Chicks, Cute Things, Cuteness, Late Adopters, My Little Airport, Obsessions, Synth, Takako Minekawa, Twee

Long Weekend

Pretty sure my mind is still at a barbecue. Is anyone else having a hard time getting back into the work swing of things–besides me and this dog?

[via Buzzfeed]

Thanks, Eliza!

Filed under: Adorable-ness, Buzzfeed, Contemplative Dog, Cute Things, Exactly How One Feels the Tuesday After a 3-Day Weekend, Long Weekend Hangovers, We Love Dogs

And for the Record…

The little bear costume I intend to buy for Jen’s future offspring looks like this:

…NOT this:

Or–shit, is that baby actually in a monkey costume?

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Filed under: Babies, Bear Costumes, Cute Things, Good Things Come in Small Packages, Little Dears, Midgets, Monkey Costumes, Offspring, Oops, Small Persons, Some Dudes Really Can't Catch A Break, Verne Troyer

Sari-Torial Choices

Suri’s not wearing a… sari, is she??

Sari, everybody, I can already tell this is going to be one of those “bad joke” days.

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Filed under: Bad Jokes, Clothes Horses, Cute Things, I Think That's A Sari, Little Saris, Sartorial Choices, Sorry Saris, Suri Cruise

AMAZIAN JR. OF THE WEEK! Bao Xishun’s Baby

Name: So far, all we know is that he’s the the baby of the world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun. But we quite like the sound of “Baby Bao”

Hails from: Hebei province, China

Occupation: Baby

Known for: Being the first-born son of Bao Xishun and wife Xia Shujuan. Hey, Daddy Bao already gets most of the hype for holding world tecords (Tallest Man In the World, and now, incidentally, Tallest Father), so why bog him down with more accolades?

The way we see it, when you’re the newborn child of the world’s tallest man (and his cute as crumb cake, average-sized spouse), expectasians can be–dare we say it–impossibly high. We’re going to kick off this kid’s spankin’ new life experience by telling him that he’s Amazian no matter what!!! After all, the name Bao reminds us of steamed dumplings, and little dumplings are pretty frickin’ awesome.

So there ya go baby, a no-strings huzzah for you. Doubt that’s gonna ever happen again. Oh well.

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Filed under: Amazian Jr., Babies, Bao Xishun, Cute Things, Guinness Book of World Records, Little Guys Who Rock, Unreasonable Expectations, Very Tall Men