December 2008

Asians really want to be friends with me (a half-Asian)

I have 28 unanswered Facebook friend requests from people I don’t know. They’re nearly all Asian and live in Asia, so I’d expect them to have lots of Asian friends. But, weirdly, they seem to only have friends that are Asian girls. Sometimes hundreds and hundreds of them. My name doesn’t sound Asian, so I [...]

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Is Magnolia Bakery a landmark?

Look closely at this Google Map. Why is Magnolia Bakery on here like this? I wasn’t searching for it. Has it been given landmark status? If so, I would guess that it commemorates New York’s domestic immigrants, small town girls who come to New York seeking a better life through H&M, Gawker, no-wage internships, and [...]

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Band On The Street Profile of Welcome Wagon in this week’s Village Voice

I wrote a Band On The Street on Welcome Wagon for the Village Voice. They are the nicest band in the world, probably because they didn’t start out as a band, but as a married couple. I’m working on a review of another couple band. I am sorta grossed out about how cute every couple [...]

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Kings of Convenience Progress Report on Sgum

Kings of Convenience Progress Report went up yesterday. ØØØ!

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