IT'S RAINING (ASIAN) MEN

This terrific blog I read has an amusing interpretation of the recent snafu committed by People magazine who apparently mistakenly fell into the "All Asians look the same" sandpit by placing a photo of Karl Yune (brother to moderately successful actor and model Rick Yune) next to a feature blurb on Asian pop singing sensation and Colbert's bitter rival, Rain.  It's easy to chalk this up as yet another indicator of the US entertainment industry's whiteness and ignorance, and a good chunk of this probably is...BUT what about when the Asian paparazzi can't tell...Asians apart?

Needless to say, if the Asian paparazzi is mistaking me for Rain (albeit momentarily), then I think it's safe to say that all people -- Asians and non-Asians alike -- think Asian people look alike.

Read more here.

Anyway, people and People,

I can't stress this enough: please avoid the "All Asians look the same" sandpit at all cost. It's not a good place to be in. Also, dodge the need to inquire "Where Asians are REALLY from?" And lastly, sidestep the category of "Oriental" unless referring to rugs. Thanks.

Regards,

MRod

COLBERT VS RAIN DANCE OFF

Colbert and Korean pop singer Rain have a dance off. USA! USA! USA! [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=19yAP5FBGkc]

Back story of the simmering feud between Colbert and Rain is explained in the clip below.  Will someone please step in and establish a DMZ zone between these two before children and innocent back-up dancers get hurt???

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LET THERE BE SUN!

It finally stopped raining after two days of ceaseless downpour. The perpetual overcast and darkness of the past two days is clearing and more and more patches of blue appear in the sky. I'm lying here in my bed looking out the window and I see the setting sun--sun at last!--shining through the scattering clouds. As the storm departs, this sight is really beautiful and peaceful to me. I feel a sense of tranquility watching the low floating clouds swiftly race across the sky as the sun casts a bright frame around their ephemeral bodies. If I climb to my building's rooftop and stood on the tips of my toes, I think maybe, just maybe, I could reach up and touch them as they glide by. Of course, because this is New York City after all, half of this view from my window is blocked by a tall condo being built next block over. Goodbye rainstorm. We hardly knew ye. Thanks for waking me up this morning with the loud crack and boom of thunder.

Update:  Apparently the calm was just a temporary reprieve.

It is currently raining and windy like a $%*&.