Posts from February 2005
February 25, 2005
Does that white chick come with a manual?
For all those Asian guys who marvel at the seductive charms of that elusive creature known to us only as the White Woman...
This book is for you! [from: growabrain]
Customers who bought this book also bought:
The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks by Karl Mark
The System: How to Get Laid Today! by Roy Valentine
How to Attract Asian Women by Ming Tan
Design Patterns by Erich Gamma
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by the writers of The Daily Show
February 24, 2005
Hey, isn't that my uncle?
Ok, I found this delightful little Taiwan tour guide through the Taipei Kid's site, which linked to Chewin in the Chung.
I think these ladies are probably still working in Peitou off of Kuang Ming Road somewhere. You can see the geriatric men getting out of their Benz limos up there on a Friday night.
February 22, 2005
Can you say "Does this come with bulletproof windows?"
Sounds like this karaoke royalty collections guy will need to install bullet proof windows on his Land Rover.
February 21, 2005
Vote for my friend Ben
My friend Ben has a security products company, and they hope to win the 2005 SecuTech Awards for Best Alarm product.
Please spend 30 seconds and vote for their product.
Thanks!
February 13, 2005
Motherfu$%# cocksu%$ing sh%tface idiot as$hole
Ok I admit it. I enjoy swearing, and I also enjoy teaching Chinese people how to swear effectively in must-swear situations.
What's your favorite swear word?
Geeksta Rap
Rajeev Bajaj has produced an album called "Geek Rhythms" which is a rap album praising the coolness of engineers.
February 06, 2005
Brian Funshine flash fooling around fun
Brian Funshine sent me this hilarious link of him in a flash English teaching movie.
I sent him my updated lyrics:
I am watching watching watching the video now, the video now...
I am watching watching watching the video now, the video now...
I am watching watching watching the video now, the video now...
I am viewing in Mozilla, to see what it will do
Cruising all around to check the open source view
I am watching watching watching the video now, the video now...
And incidentally, while you are watching, you might pick up that the melody is from the American Civil war, which happens to also be a song I had to play in the freezing cold at high school football games, and most recently for the Jin Ma Jiang (The Golden Horse Festival).
Unalaska is as Untaiwan as you can get
My "little sister" Laurie lives in Unalaska, which is in the Aleutian Islands. Looking at the photo she sent me it's as Untaiwan as any place I've ever seen.
If you're interested in knowing what she's doing...
February 05, 2005
24hr flower power
Ok, it's 3:00am, we've closed the club, and are dropping off fresh nian-gao presents to friends who are of course still up, since it's a Friday and they're already getting started on their new year mahjong binge.
We pass a flower market in Neihu and Irene screams "Stop the car!" and we all jump out and wander around the largest display of colors and flowers I have ever seen in my life. A 24 hour flower market? Only in Taiwan.
Of course we buy everything - The eucalyptus plant that smells remarkably like Pledge, various cool herbs, a beautiful hanging plant that's called a "dancing lady," some nice smelling white flowers, a deep green bush named "cigar," a bunch of leafy purple flowers, and an assortment of dog proof horticulture that will look good on the porch, keeping us ahead of the Jones.
The week of rest which is not really rest is upon us again. It's Chinese New Year!
February 01, 2005
Geeks
Wang Lee Hom dropped by the Living Room tonight for an interview with a reporter. It's private, no crazed fans, and we know each other, so I guess they felt comfortable here.
I hadn't seen him in years since I played a concert with him, but our conversation immediately turns to geek stuff.
"Check this out, I recorded this at home." His latest hip hop track is grooving along. The vocals sound expensive. Studio quality. He's proud. Sounds good.
"Paris or ProTools?"
"ProTools dude."
"What mic?"
"Manley Reference."
"So what's the Manley sound like? I haven't used it before."
"Like a Sony 800G."
"No shit? But you have some serious sheen to that. C'mon, what else is on that?"
"Ok ok, it's going through a Neve preamp, then into a Manley compressor, before the 8088."
"No wonder. I really like that sheen."
"Yeah, I recorded most of this in my apartment and in hotel rooms around China."
"No..."
"Yup, I got this little 2 octave keyboard and a pair of headphones. Fits in my backpack."
"Dude, you're such a geek."
"Absolutely."
I've never figured out whether it's pronounced "Moe's (like owned by one of three stooges) or Moss (like that guy out of Bonanza), but the one down the hill from me is open until 2am most days, which means that if I get out of the club early enough, I can catch the best burger in town, the muo si la bao or the Spicy Mos Burger. They have lots of jalapenos and 
