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BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN! Sometimes You Just Don’t Feel Like Partyin’, Partyin’ (Yeah!)
DISGRASIAN turned 4 earlier this month, and we didn’t celebrate it with Sichuan food and bowling (like our first birthday), a fine old bottle of Scotch (like our second), or a post in which we admitted–for possibly the first and probably the last time–that we are sometimes wrong about stuff (like our third). We didn’t even mention it to each other!
There’s always a teeny bit of discomfort that comes with a birthday–a heart sigh from being another step closer to the end, whatever “the end” may be. Some bewilderment about where you are, what you’re doing, disbelief that you’re only this far (or already too far). A bit of grief for the way things aren’t anymore, for the people that aren’t anymore, for the dreams that you have put to bed.
And that applies to a blog birthday, too. After all, four years is a long-ass time on the Internetz (Reading this, 10-year-old Angry Asian Man will likely roll his eyes and flip us the bird). But seriously, in 2011, who the eff is Sanjaya Malakar? And when was the last time we wrote about crazypants Tila Tequila? And have we run out of things to say about Gwen Stefani? (Probably, as her DISGRASIAN solo singing career seems to have stalled.)
While it’s certainly a relief to move on to more au courant items like, say, Rebecca Black’s awferful “Friday” song that we can’t stop fucking singing aloud (hence, the title of this post) and the inscrutable spelling habits of the Tea Party, it’s hard to think that we’ll never, for example, write about a new Guitar Hero edition (we were actually too sad to write about the death of our favorite all-ages pasttime on the blog) ever again. Maybe it makes just makes us feel old. Holy fudge, we ARE old!
Let me restate: This whole birthday thing makes us feel old, because we are.
And the reason I’m saying all of this? Because I love this Japanese YouTube cat, who seems about as stoked to be birthdaying it up as we are.
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Filed under: Birthday ambivalence, Birthday Cat, Birthdays, Cats, Cuteness, DISGRASIAN turns 4, Grief, Grouchy Birthday Cat, Grumpy Birthday Cat, Japanese Birthday Cat Party, loss, Not stoked, Rebecca Black, Scotch, Sichuan Food, Sighs, YouTube Gems
ROCK OF ASIAN: NY Kollaboration Winner, Paperdoll
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Filed under: Adorable-ness, Cuteness, Dance Wid Me, Indie Bands, Indie Pop, Kollaboration, Nerd Pop, New York, No Doubt, NY Kollaboration 2010, Orange County, Paperdoll, Pop Music, Save Ferris, Ska, Teresa
ROCK OF ASIAN: Legaci aka LGC aka Justin Bieber’s Backup Biebs
Until recently, I knew very little about tween pop phenom Justin Bieber except that he once performed a sold-out free show at the garish outlet mall (you can see it from an airplane!) fifteen minutes from my house, has monopolized Twitter’s trending topics for nearly two months, and apparently has the same weave as Tiger’s quack porn flame, Joslyn James.
But hey, I kinda like the kid. He’s got a sweet little Cinderella story (a young, cute, Canadian YouTube sensation gets discovered by a fancy manager who turns a few mall appearances into international superstardom and a Billboard #1 album). He seems sweet. He’s got a young Joey McIntyre’s pipes. And he kinda reminds me of Hayley Mills.
So I can see why Bay Area R&B outfit Legaci (aka LGC) decided to cover Bieber’s sugary, chart-topping hit, “Baby”–it’s addictive in a modern doo-wop sort of way. Just a month ago, Legaci posted a magical living room performance of the song for YouTube with sultry-voiced Cathy Nguyen and smooth talker Traphik, which has clocked nearly Continue reading ROCK OF ASIAN: Legaci aka LGC aka Justin Bieber’s Backup Biebs
Filed under: Backup Singers, Canadians, Cindarella Stories, Citadel Outlet Mall, Cropped 'Dos, Cuteness, Discovery, Hair Trends, Hayley Mills, Josyln James, Justin Bieber, Legaci, LGC, Mall Stars, Porn Stars, Tiger Woods Sex Scandal, Trending Topics, Tween Stars, Twitter, YouTube Sensations
File Under: Baby Docs We’ll Watch Over And Over Again Because They’re About Babies
If you haven’t heard, Focus Features will soon bring us Babies, a Thomas Balmès documentary that follows “four babies, in Mongolia, Namibia, San Francisco, and Tokyo, respectively, from birth to first steps.”
Quick question: Can you possibly watch this trailer without blurting out, “I want one in every color?”
More questions, actually: Is it, like, wrong to get totally baked and watch Babies, like watching Planet Earth while going munchy in couchlock? It’s not like the babies in the movie can see you. Or that you have to keep ‘em out of drawers or support their neck or anything.
[Trailer Addict: Babies]
[Film In Focus: Press - Domestic Rights To Unique Documentary Baby(ies) Acquired By Focus Features From Studiocanal]
Thanks, jRu!
Filed under: Amazian Jr., Asian Babies, Awwwwwww, Babies, Babies: The Documentary, Beautiful Babies, Cuteness, Documentaries, Focus Features, Little People, Movie Trailers, Why Didn't Somebody Think Of This Before?, Womb Rumblers
Happy Hardass Asian Birthday
Welp, today is my birthday. And to celebrate, my friend sent me this adorable video of a kid taking an avant-garde approach to singing the “Happy Birthday” song: a little feedback, a little beatboxing, a little more feedback, a little freestyling, a little sampling (“Old MacDonald”), some rhythmic laughter.
It’s so damn cute. So damn cute. But um, does anybody else hear his Vietnamese dad giving him the full-on shutdown? No feedback! No giggling! Stop messing around and sing the song professionally, like a respectable baby!
That seems a little Hardass for a birthday present, even coming from one of Us…
Thanks, jRu!
Filed under: Amazian Jr., Asian Kids, Awesome Gifts, Beatboxing, Birthday Presents, Birthdays, Cuteness, Hardass Asian Parents
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]
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
Cute Wars
A couple of years ago, my boyfriend and the cutest dog in the world (see above) were approached by his DISGRASIAN female neighbor, who had one burning question she wanted answered:
“Who’s cuter? Me? Or the dog?”
I don’t have a photo of this chick on me, but let me tell you. I’m not convinced she would’ve won this competition with a cactus (ZING!). The answer, which she didn’t like, was a stunned: “THE DOG.”
Point is, humans can’t really contend with the cuteness of animals. It just doesn’t work. We don’t have the huggy softness of pandas. We don’t have sad, round, kitten eyes. We don’t employ a tiny frolic like the baby pudu deer. We don’t have wet, little, puppy noses.
Few people have a shot against a cute animal. And I will argue that when it comes down to it, we’ve really only got one secret weapon against our animal kingdom pals: the Asian baby.
“Pandas, you don’t have a prayer.”
My GOD, our babies are so damn cute that their cuteness could melt glaciers.
So if a teeny-tiny Asian baby dukes it out with a tabby cat (like in this photo competition we just discovered via Buzzfeed)…
…we honestly don’t know who has the upper hand. Probably the kid. Probably.
[BuzzFeed: Asian Baby vs. Garfield]
Filed under: Animals are a Reliable Source of Joy and Awe, Asian Babies, Cuteness, Dumb Questions, Garfield the Cat, Strange Competitions, Stupid Chicks, Tabby Cats, Ugly Chicks, We Love Dogs
Swine Flu: A Great Excuse for Cuteness
The World Health Organization’s fearless leader, Margaret Chan (who, incidentally, I’m totally fascinated by) just announced that it has raised the alert level of swine flu to Phase 6–making it the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century.
Now before y’all get your antibacterial panties in a bunch, let’s talk about what this alert means. Phase 6 refers to the geographic spread of the flu, not the severity of the ailment. So although it may be reaching out across territories, you’re overall more likely to get killed by a car accident or the regular flu (Hmm. It’s never comforting for someone to say “you’re more likely to get killed…” is it?).
Chan says, “We have good reason to believe that this pandemic will be of moderate severity, and we know from experience that severity can vary on many factors from one country to another.”
So let’s try to relax. And think about more important things.
Like… how now seems to be a perfect time to break out the HELLO KITTY FACE MASKS!!!
Avoiding swine flu, the cute way![The Washington Post: WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level to Highest Level]
Filed under: Alert Levels, Cuteness, Face Masks, Fashion Bungles, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty Face Masks, Influenza, Margaret Chan, Pandemics, Panic, Sick Days, Swine Flu, W.H.O., World Health Organization
