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HONORASIAN ALERT: Winnie Cooper
Because of the dearth of Asian characters on TV when I was growing up, I always imagined that Winnie Cooper of The Wonder Years was one of us. She had those bangs, and that shy nerd quality, and she kinda looked Filipino, you know?
When Winnie grew up and became a math geek IRL, that sealed the deal for me. Now I hear Winnie, aka Danica McKellar, is pregnant with her first child. This is what she told People magazine about taking her home pregnancy test:
…she originally put off confirming her suspicions [about being pregnant]. “I was in the middle of a really intense deadline for my book,” explains McKellar, whose third tome, “Hot X: Algebra Exposed,” comes out in August.
“I wanted to put off the [pregnancy] test because I didn’t want any distractions. That only lasted a day — I couldn’t stop thinking about it and I caved! You can’t try to put that off.”
Putting off your pregnancy test because you want to focus on finishing your third book…about how math is fun and shit?
God, that is so fucking Asian, I love it.
[People: The Wonder Years's Danica McKellar is pregnant]
Filed under: Danica McKellar, Danica McKellar Pregnant, Honorasians, Kiss My Math, Math Doesn't Suck, Math Geeks, Math Is Cool, One of Us One of Us One of Us, The Wonder Years, Winnie Cooper
Cotton Candy, Sweet And Low, Reprzentasian In The Super Bowl!
THE SAINTS ARE FINALLY GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep your eyes on amazian linebacker Scott Fujita (aka “Asian Assassin”) when they do.
Damn
That’s not actually asking much. Last night, during the NFC Championship shootout/battle royale/best game of the season, it was hard to look at anything else. When Fujita wasn’t putting pressure on Brett Favre, he and Anthony Hargrove were tackling him hard.
Continue reading Cotton Candy, Sweet And Low, Reprzentasian In The Super Bowl!
Filed under: Amazians, Brett Favre, College Sweethearts, Defense, Defensive Linemen, Focus On America, Football, Gay Rights, Go Saints, Honorasians, Hotties, Linebackers, National Equality March, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, NFL, NOLA, Professional Athletes, Rad Japanese Dudes, Reprzentasian, Saints, Same-Sex Marriage, Scott Fujita, Sports, Super Bowl Ads, Super Bowl Miami, Super Bowl XLIV, Who Dat?
ROCK OF ASIAN: Pumashock
Our friend Joyce recently introduced us to the vocal stylings of her girl, Pumashock (aka Natalie White), and we’re becoming a bit obsessed.
Cuz here’s the thing. Ms. White has got a voice like butter, million-dollar smile, freaking gorgeous face, swimsuit model body, longstanding devotion to video games (photo above is an homage–can you place it?), deeeeeep affinity for Korean dramas and K-pop… and seems like an all-around, super fun, super nice chick. Are all of these sweet-ass qualities together in one pretty package a common find? Hell no. Is Pumashock, then basically DISGRASIAN’s wet dream? Oh, yes.
Witness, for instance, this near-perfect interpretation of the Wonder Girls “Nobody” (Like, WOW):
And if you think that accent is just a fluke, check out her synthed up interpretasian of Lee Hyori’s “U Go Girl” (Also, like, WOW):
There’s something about her silky, smooth delivery, cheeky winks, and sweet, inviting smile that is ever-so seductive and, well, surprisingly perfect. Sometimes, it’s damn nice to be shocked.
[YouTube: Pumashock's Channel]
[Pumashock on Twitter]
[Pixel Gamemusic - Official Site of Pumashock]
Filed under: Awesome Korean Behavior, Beautiful Ladies, Gamers, Honorasians, Lee Hyori, Rock of Honorasian, Wonder Girls, YouTube Sensations
HONORASIAN ALERT: U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor
After the Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court was announced yesterday, a few of you wondered if Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican descent, wasn’t a little bit Asian. And who could blame you, really? Her eyes are kinda Asian. Her bio–immigrant parents, high school valedictorian, Princeton summa cum laude, Yale Law, bootstraps–is certainly Asian. She has the word “honorable” in her title (and, for that matter, she has a title). But it wasn’t until our pal Jeff Chang sent us this photo of Sotomayor and her twin nephews Conner and Corey (who were apparently born in Korea), that we knew for sure:
I mean, c’mon. The peace sign is a DEAD. GIVEAWAY.
Filed under: Asians and Their Love of Peace Signs, Barack Obama, Honorasians, Nuyoricans, One of Us, Puerto Ricans, Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Yale Law School
BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN!
Oh, lovely David Byrne. You are always ahead of the curve, seem to better with age, and look younger every day. Are you sure you aren’t Asian?
Happy 57th birthday.
xo,
Diana and Jen
Filed under: Adventurous Spirits, Birthdays, David Byrne, Eccentricity, Honorasians, Musical Geniuses, Prodigies, Talking Heads, Users of Anti-Asian Cream?, Visionaries
BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN!
Happy birthday to the lanky, wacky, and wonderful Perry Farrell, who (Wow!) turned 50 this week! Besides being a legendary rock star, Farrell is also an honorasian by way of marriage, and one of the nicest people we’ve ever met.
Here’s hoping his *cutest kids ever* (see below) made Daddy a nice card for the big day!
Filed under: Birthdays, Cute Kids, Etty Lau Farrell, Honorasians, Jane's Addiction, Looking Good, Nifty 50, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, Race Mixing is Cool, Satellite Party, Users of Anti-Asian Cream?
HONORASIAN ALERT: This Hannah Montana-Hating, Metallica-Loving Kid
If this kid isn’t DISGRASIAN’s love child…
…I don’t know who is.
You fucking rule, kid.
[via BuzzFeed]
Filed under: Cool Kids, Disney Sucks, Good Taste, Hannah Montana, Honorasians, Love Children, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus Chink Eye, We Love Child Geniuses
HONORASIAN ALERT: Myron Rolle
Dear Myron,
I am writing today to begrudgingly extend a formal invitasian to you to join the tribe. Here is a brief overview of your accomplishments that helped sway our decision-making process:
- First, ESPN rated you the number one high school football prospect in the country. This ranking, of course, didn’t at all factor in your pristine 4.0 GPA.
- Then, you play Division I football at Florida State, at the safety position, my personal favorite.
- Next, you graduate in two-and-a-half years, pre-med. Why, Myron, why? For shits and giggles? Because Orgo was just too easy for you? Jesus.
- Then you decide to get a Master’s of Public Administration while finishing up at FSU.
- And then you win the Rhodes.
BUT...what to do what to do? The NFL wants you. You’re projected to go in the top 49 picks!- Oxford? The NFL? Oxford? The NFL? Oh, to have your high-class problems.
- Finally, you announce this week that the NFL will have to wait a year–I mean, who does that?–so that you can pursue your MA in medical anthropology, whatever the foos that is, and rub elbows with future world leaders and whoever is going to be your generation’s Kris Kristofferson.
- Not to brag, but you tell the world that once your NFL career is over, you’re going to attend medical school and become a neurosurgeon, with the hopes of “opening up a clinic for the needy in the Bahamas,” where your family is from.
- Also, you’re a beautiful, beautiful man.
Once this post goes up, thousands of Hardass Asian Parents around the country will be calling up their hospitals, wondering if they weren’t the victims of some cruel baby-switch and if you aren’t, in fact, their long lost son. Prepare yourself for the onslaught, the way a QB might protect his rib cage when he sees you coming on a blitz. (Never mind that you’re black and they’re yellow; Asian parents can be awfully convincing when they think they’re right, which is always.)
And thanks so much for making the rest of us look bad. Even though we think you’re actually a showoff jerk, we would still like to confer Honorasian status on you. Because, as the old saying goes, If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em to your hip, make ‘em play for your team, and don’t ever let go, or something like that.
So, whaddya say?
ever-so-humbly yours (and not liking it one damn bit),
Jen
Filed under: Ballers, Future Doctors, Hardass Asian Parents' Wet Dreams, Honorasians, Making the Rest of Us Look Bad, Myron Rolle, NFL, Overachievers, Oxford University, Rhodes Scholars, Studs
Michel Gondry Is French for Genius
I finally watched Be Kind Rewind last night, Michel Gondry’s new valentine to moviemaking, and I could not stop giggling. Gondry’s “Sweded” version of Rush Hour 2, with Jack Black as Jackie Chan and Mos Def as Chris Tucker, is a pitch-perfect send-up of that pile of poo.
Filed under: Be Kind Rewind, Brett Fat, Chris Tucker, Honorasians, Jack Black, Michel Gondry, Mos Def, Really? We Can't Understand a Word Jackie Chan Says?, The Rush Hour Franchise Is Unforgivable
SPORTS ILLUSTRASIAN: Sam "I Am…Jen’s Grandma" Cassell
Hi Sam!
Duuude. I’m so pissed that the Clips let you go. As some people know, you bear an uncanny resemblance to my wai puo and I just, like, love you for that. All of these sports writers are now calling you “injury-prone” and old, which may be true, but shoot, so is grandma, and when it’s time for her to suit up and get her mah-jong game on, she brings it and cleans her friends’ clocks. I know you’re cut from the same cloth. So do the Celtics, apparently, which is a helluva step up from the Clips. Who are now dead to me.
See you in the Eastern Conference finals, Sam-ma!
familially yours,
Jen
Filed under: Age Discriminasian, Grandmas, Honorasians, Mah-Jong, Racial Transliteration, Sam Cassell, the Boston Celtics, The Los Angeles Clippers
BIRTHDAY CELEBRASIAN!
Today we honor the 34th birthday of Honorasian Steve Nash, point guard for the Phoenix Suns. We love point guards particularly cuz they’re compact, nimble, and smart–Nash is all of those things turned up to eleven. Happy Birthday, Steve! You’re a god!
Filed under: Basketball Boyfriends, Birthdays, Everybody Loves a Winner, Honorasians, I Love Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns, Point Guards
ROCK OF ASIAN: The Pipettes
The NY Times recently mentioned that retro concept-trio The Pipettes were launched in Japan because it seemed their cute polka-dot outfits and sugary harmonies would stick faster, and we’ll admit, we sniffed a little. Ka-Ching Chong, indeed!
But when we watched their video (above) for “Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still A Feeling), which was partially funded by Panasonic to serve doubly as a commercial, we realized that The Pipettes are simply trying to, as Tim Gunn would say, make it work in a quickly imploding musical industry. It’s pretty Honorasian of them to hop on the techno-consumerism train to make their indie shtick work. And they’re so damn cute that we hope they become big everywhere else, too.
Check The Pipettes out officially here.
Filed under: Big in Japan, Honorasians, Ladies Who Rock, Rad Music Videos, The Music Industry is Dead
