OK, I’m feeling sheepish about admitting this. But I signed up this week for a lifetime membership … to get my shoes shined by Claude, the King of Shoes.
I’ve seen Claude for years. In fact, he’s plied his trade on the corners of Denver’s downtown 16th Street Mall for nine years. A few weeks ago, [...]
Entries from August 2008
I joined the Lifetime Club
April 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: pop culture
Sanjaya’s “Idol” journey
April 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
I don’t watch “American Idol” (”Dancing with the Stars” is enough reality TV for me), but I’ve been mildly curious about this 17-year-old kid, Sanjaya Malakar, who managed to squeak through week after week of elimination on “AI” with his breathy singing voice, toothy grin and bizarre variety of hairstyles.
Well, he finally got voted off [...]
Tags: asian american · media · pop culture
Apolo kicks butt
April 19th, 2007 · No Comments
It’s silly, and I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but Erin and I are addicted to “Dancing with the Stars” this season. We hadn’t watched it at all in the past, but began tuning in because 1) it began during the down time for new episodes of “Heroes” on Monday nights and 2) it [...]
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Not the smartest racist in the class
April 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Seen recently on a bumper ahead of me on a late-night trip to the Taco Bell drive-though (OK, so you know a little bit about my lousy eating habits):
“I’d rather eat shit than ride a Jap bike!” with an American flag next to the text.
This was on a Toyota pickup truck.
Tags: asian american
Are Asian Americans affected by Cho Seung-Hui?
April 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
There’s a fascinating discussion going around in the e-mail list for New York chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. It began the day that news of the Virginia Tech shootings broke, when the media first reported that the shooter may be Asian. Since then, various perspectives have been shared about whether it was journalistically [...]
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It’s hard to keep up blogging when you work all day
April 19th, 2007 · No Comments
I started a fulltime job in February, working for Examiner.com as Director of Content. And it’s kept me from blogging.
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