<center>2006.03.21</center> <a name="mycdcollektion"><h3>my cd collektion</h3></a> <p>화요일 아침: 봄이 시작했어요. spring started. however, the eastern hills r capped w/ snow this morn. "my frickin' goodness, it's alpine meadows up there," i sed to myself during my morning commute as i rolled over the portion of lawrence expressway that passes over the train tracks by costco. wow, that's like ned flanders's diddly iddly talk, huh? <p>[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i had a decent werkout in the werk.com gym. ah, i hadn't exercised in so long, so it felt very good. 4 lunch, i ate 2 trader joe's chicken, rice, n' bean burritos. maybe that wasn't the <i>healthiest</i> lunch. s'pposedly, 'twas low in fat; but i felt it had 2 much na<sup>+</sup>. <p>the <a href="http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/" target="new">sf international asian amerikan film festival</a> is going on rt now. check out their website: <a href="http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/" target="new">http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/</a>. the movie i <i>think</i> i most want to c from the festival is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410403/fullcredits" target="new"><i>only the brave</i></a>, a movie 'bout japanese.amerikan soldiers in ww2. it has big stars: jason scott lee of the famous bruce lee biography <i>dragon</i> n' tamlyn tomita, who of course a long time 'go was the cute japanese gurl that ralph machio had the hots 4 in <i>the karate kid, part ii</i>. ha ha ha, those descriptions prob'ly sound rather silly; but *sigh* u know how it is in the asian.am film world: those credits make them pretty big stars... well, no... it makes them <i>"legends"</i>. u know, asian.am film's much better now than it was in the 1980s. i like it so much better now. it's funny how <i>some</i> things get bettwr w/ time. movies like <i>better luck tomorrow</i> n' <i>harold n' kumar go to white castle</i> r <i>so much</i> better than 1980s movies like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109655/" target="new"><i>double happiness</i></a> n' <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/" target="new"><i>my beautiful laundrette</i></a><sup>*</sup>. no doubt. <p>[later] oh, 2day's 1'f those 60% off <a href='http://www.restaurant.com/index.asp?rpid=3451&raid=176' target="new">restaurant.com</a> days enter code "87539". u can get a $25 dining certificate 4 $4. <p>[later] u know, i think i have some very valuable cds in my collektion. however, i wrote my name on most'f my cds w/ a black permanent marker. if i ever wanted to ¢:a$h out, i'd hafta somehow remove my name from all those cds, rt? i have some rare stuff: limited editions, imports, box sets, promo only stuff... just think, my depeche mode <font color="black"><i>black celebration</i></font> cd's a uk import, while my cure <i>wish</i> cd's a japanese import. i <i>think</i> i have some german imports in there as well, but i 4get. yah, it's crazy. *sigh* someday, i'd love to dig thru my ol' cds n' relive memories fromt he 1990s. just now, i ripped my new order <i>in order</i> cd into my 'puter. had u even heard'f that album? it's not common. wtf? i just <a href="http://www.froogle.com" target="new"><font color="#0000cc">f</font><font color="#009900">r</font><font color="red">o</font><font color="#ffcc00">o</font><font color="#0000cc">g</font><font color="#009900">l</font><font color="red">e</font><font color="#0000cc">d</font></a> it up n' found 1 place selling it 4 $60.18, n' 'nother guy <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1728583-10314237" target="_top" > <font color="red">e</font><font color="blue">b</font><font color="yellow">a</font><font color="green">y</font> stores</a><img src="http://www.tqlkg.com/image-1728583-10314237" width="1" height="1" border="0">ing it 4 $3.95! dude, i could make ~$55 just like that! <font face="times new roman" color="black">"i've got the brains. you've got the looks. let's make lots of money."</font><sup>**</sup> <p><[later] 밤, 1118p: after werk 2nite, i went to taekwondo praktice. dennis led a good werkout. afterwards, i hung 'round n' chitchatted w/ the guys n' then took sooni to fantasia, where i got myself a almond milk tea w/ boba. some ppl came up to pet sooni, etc.; n' this couple was training their bulldog mix to behave well 'round other doggies w/ sooni. sooni growled n' lunged a li'l, n' that dog barked n' lunged a lot. i'm glad sooni's better than she used to be, but maybe i should've disciplined her a li'l more when she lunged n' growled. however, it was only cos the other dog was doing the same. that couple were new dog owners, n' i 'member well the feeling. after that, i came home n' cooked some well... some kind'f 만두국 mandoogook w/ these shark's fin 만두 mandoo n' some 오댕 odaeng n' lots'f <font color="#007700">야채 yachae (veggies)</font>. i'm glad 'twas a lower na<sup>+</sup> meal than those packaged noodles. <p><b>한류 hanryu: selling out the hermit kingdom?</b>: 2nite, @ the cupertino 99 mall (where the cupertino fantasia is), i noticed that silver wing chinese restaurant's being replaced by 한국 두부 hangook dubu. that corner'f the mall now has <i>2</i> <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> biznesses: <i>that</i> 순두부집 soondubujip n' that pinky winky women's clothing store, which has nice things but is <i>waaay</i> overpri¢ed. *sigh* u c, sobay <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font>.amerikan merchants <i>know</i> that the lokal <font color="#005500">tai</font><font color="#ff9900">wan</font><font color="#005500">ese</font> n' chinese amerikans r <i>sooo</i> into <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> culture just like their counterparts in the muthaland (asia). i know it's snobby'f me to say this, but i've sed it b4 n' still think that what's big in <font color="#005500">tai</font><font color="#ff9900">wan</font> is then big in hk n' china n' then the rest'f continental asia. (japan, they're just sort'f on their own.) neway, these <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font>.amerikanmerchants r capitalising off'f the whole "한류 hanryu/halryu/hanliu" trend that has grown so more huger than when it was just a few ppl on <a href="http://www.bjunkyard.com" target="new">bronx's junkyard</a> forums, etc. what do i make'f this? personally, i embrace pan.asian.amerikan ethnicity n' love to c fellowship 'mongst the asian ethnicities. i hate how certain asian communities, mostly on the east coast n' to a lesser extent down in socal, refuse to coalesce to support a united asian.amerikan community, which is what we asian.ams need in order to achieve the level'f respekt (equality) we deserve in this nation. u don't c this kind'f intraracial bickering amongst afrikan.ams or latino.chicano.ams. @ the same time, i still as always warn <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> n' <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font>.ams not to resort to selling out their culture 4 short.term gain, whether financial or social or whatever. it's a delicate balance, man. i hate cing punk@$$, 이세 2세 isei <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font>.ams go 'round being all exclusive n' shunning asian.am peers'f other ethnicities, shouting <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rea</font> pride this n' that. dude, i'm so sick'f that. i've cn way 2 much'f that in my time, u kidding me? neway, i still just say, "be careful." hey, u should check out the rather decent article on wikipedia 'bout 한류 hanryu/halryu/hanliu: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanryu" target="new">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanryu</a>. yah, that article also mentions the <u>backlash</u> 'gainst 한류 halryu. by "backlash," they're talkin' 'bout the chinese, vietnamese, etc. parents who hate that their kids watch k.dramas, n' cmingly 4go their own ethnic identity to idolise specifically <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> pop culture. well, hey... u know what? that's pretty silly but @ the same time not totally silly. i'll tell u this, just as the article sez, asians n' asian.ams love <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> pop culture cos it is well developed but is more relevant than "western" pop culture. that's totally true, n' i've been saying it 4 ages. i related so much better to k.dramas n' than stoopid amerikan tv shows. sure, i'm an amerikan, yes; but amerikan media is so racist n' only focuses on black n' white culture n' ignores asian culture etc.; so, yah, asian.ams like me <i>can't</i> relate to the stuff they put on tv here. we sure can't. neway, i was sort'f surprised that the "criticism" sektion'f the article that talks 'bout vietnam threatening to ban k.dramas to protekt its own culture doesn't talk 'bout backlash by <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">reans</font> who oppose it, like those certain punk@$$ 이세 isei <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font>.ams that i mentioned earlier. i read in the article that "some chinese brides have even chosen to wear korean hanbok in their wedding pictures." whah? really?! wow, if so, that's pretty extreme. i gotta admit that w/ this whole 한류 halryu thing; yah, my having a <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> wife n' <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> doggy n' doing taekwondo n' being able to communicate in <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> n' all must cm pretty darn hip n' trendy. <tt>:-/</tt> eh, i dunno, man; i tell u; i don't wanna ¢heapen the <font color="#550000">ko</font><font color="#000099">rean</font> culture. frick, it's a country, n' they have a rt to have an identity. well, *shrug* maybe sumpthin' good'll come out'f all this neway. maybe <i>this</i> is the thing that'll promote asian pan.ethnicity. *shrug* could it be? u know, i think 1 thing to watch out 4 is if amerikan media tries to capitalise off'f all this. yah, in a way, i think that's where the japanese went wrong. in a way, well... heh, i'll surely offend many in saying this; but yah... i think the japanese were 2 quick to sell off their culture to amerikan media, huh? i s'ppose 한류 halryu is still primarily an <i>asian</i>/asian.am thing, eh? neway, dude... it's now 1155p. i s'ppose it's gettin' late, n' that's the 1 thing that'll stop me b4 i offend even more ppl. ha ha ha! dude, this is 1 offensive entry! <p><sup>*</sup> that's british, not amerikan! ok, then we'll compare it to <i>bend it like beckham</i>, which is still 1'f those "why can't my parents accept my white bf?" stories. i'm sorry, but there r <i>many</i> more asian.am issues than that! however, so many'f those stories end up on the screen just like how a disproportionate 'mount'f g@y asian.am films end up on the screen. in a way, as i sed, it might just be a reflektion 'pon the type'f ppl who end up making movies, which isn't a good x.sektion'f society. <p><sup>**</sup> "opportunities" by the pet shop boys<br><br><br>