Cause I was told to....

Reliving stupid things?

2007-10-08T16:17:59Z

Alright so apparently this year I've found a way to revive things that I used to do in years past. This includes my deviant art account, drawing, teaching (it is my major now..), and now live journal. Go figure. Perhaps I'm going through a pseudo midlife crisis. Who knows. Regardless in order to break new ground for my art and what not I was thinking of buying a tablet. Unfortunately of course, they are obscenely expensive and anything remotely cheap I have this bad feeling is going to explode and remove my face (not literally but if it breaks soon after I get it or doesn't work well, I will remove my own face).

I found this on amazon which is an 8x6 tablet for 50 bucks. I also probably need a full edition of photoshop (being that I only have elements which is a shitty and expensive way of giving me barebones to work with,) but I can probably torrent that bitch up. Anyways was looking for some kind of input on the tablet being that my knowledge of them is fairly limited.

rawk,
we'll see if I post again.. well ever.
Alex

now i'm official

2006-10-20T03:02:42Z

OMGZ!!!

DRAQMAZZZ!!!1!!!!

now this is officially a live journal
:-D

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-08-29T14:22:00

2006-08-29T18:23:22Z

i have class with someone who has been on national news, had articles written on him in newspapers like hte new york times, has been on ESPN highlight films, is in video games, and is going to be in the NBA.

weird.

also he's a really cool guy

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-08-19T22:33:00

2006-08-20T02:34:04Z

sometimes tom kenny does everything in the WORLD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kenny

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-08-06T09:08:00

2006-08-06T13:27:24Z

read this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/03/bfthai03.xml

did you read it?
am i the only person who thinks that its wrong for an article written about thai hookers is directed at the rich people who abuse it rather than to discuss how its tragicly sad that people sell their bodies as the only means for them to support themselves and their family? granted that the news source is not of the highest grain, but nonetheless, this is an article telling whitey to watch out for them sneaky slanty eyed asians who they pay 10 bucks for a good time.

and aside from the fact that this is just ridiculous asian fantasy, who fucking cares that a multi millionare got killed by an asian hooker who he retardedly decided to pick up at a bar, marry, bring back to europe, and then go ahead and completely relocated back to asia with. he's fucking stupid. first off, if you're going to pick up a hooker, YOU DON'T MARRY HER. this is not pretty woman, hookers generally don't care about their clients. second, you don't bring her home, and you don't move for her. she's a fucking hooker. if you think that it's a good idea to relocate your multi million dollar ass to third world country and think that you're going to be safe, YOU'RE RETARDED.

from the asian perspective, no one fucking cares about asian and its ridiculous. and this is just another stupid fucking example. you know the movie ong bak or any of the UFC fighters who utalize Muay Thai as their form of choice? fun to watch, but no one cares that in thailand, children are muay thai fighters as young as ten years old because their families need money for basic need stuff. and these fighters are completely expendable, no one gives a damn about them as people, if one of them breaks a leg or is unable to fight, he is simply passed over and the family loses its only means of survival. the whole thai hooker thing is exactly the same. american and european jackasses decide that its ok to exploit the economic condition of another country because hey, i get to have some cheap asian pussy. and its not even like it can at all be justified as giving people jobs or giving money to the poor, because i'm willing to bet that an underaged asian girl who speaks little to no english is going to be able to bargain or enforce that they get paid for what they do.

god

i fucking hate other people.

[[EDIT]]

also here's another article on asian american students. i don't have the time to write something about it, but its worth the 1 minute it takes to read.

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=b89773ee251042d994e23ca0fd927512

it just makes me so angry that the acomplishments of all of asian culture has been reduced to kung fu, cheap food, and academics. and even with regards to those three things, the depth of understanding them is superficial at best.

on holloween i'm just going to go around dressed like normal and tell people i'm bruce lee in the yakuza while watching out for my sneaky ninja friends who are bringing in asian hookers who all have avian bird flu and if they say anything about it to anyone i will kill them with chopsticks thrown at precise locations decided by quick mathamatical calculations and then i will cook their dog and serve it at my resturant which is also a laundromat.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-08-02T23:04:00

2006-08-03T03:07:10Z

man
there are just some films that push the genre so far that it creates something so amazingly brillant and original that its hard to react in any way other than sheer physical love.
for me, there are 3 movies that will always make the list.
the lion king
the original star wars triology
and who framed roger rabbit

there are others, but man, i just bought who framed roger rabbit, and OH MAN. so good.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-07-18T23:29:00

2006-07-19T03:29:55Z

i'm old biznitches

I fucking hate Winnipeg...

2006-07-14T02:25:57Z

what a good show...

learning some new songs for the git-tar. its been a while since i've had a guitar goal.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-07-09T11:59:00

2006-07-09T16:05:49Z

i was listening to some music, and i have decided that i want to make a cover band just so we can do a set of ridiculously high energy music. actually i wanted to make a cover band period, but now i have a bigger goal. anyways, if we record, the album will definately be called 'this heart's on fire: the album.' as the name suggests, we will be playing some wolf parade.

the bands i was currently thinking about for high energy indie rock were, Wolf Parade - This Hearts on Fire, I'll Believe in Anything, The Walkmen - The Rat, North Pole, Xiu Xiu - Clowne Towne, I Luv the Valley OH, Pedro the Lion - Rapture, Radiohead - There, There, Blood Brothers - ANYTHING, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - ANYTHING.

There's more i'm sure, but i couldn't think of anything else at 2 am last night. leave a comment if you're interested or you think its sweetastic or if you have more bands/tracks that would be fantastic.

Also the band will definately be called Those Guys We Are. No negotiation

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-07-09T00:09:00

2006-07-09T04:09:38Z

if you comment on this post:
1. I’ll respond with something random about you.
2. I’ll challenge you to try something.
3. I’ll pick a color that I associate with you.
4. I’ll tell you something I like about you.
5. I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours.

because i commented on ed's...
go crazy, i'll try to actually do it..

ALSO

I GOT ME MY SINGLE BITCHES

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-07-08T01:37:00

2006-07-08T05:44:47Z

i really should do a real entry, but i just don't feel like now is the time. maybe i just don't really care too much. anyways, today was tracy's birthday, so happy birthday to the new 18 year old. she now joins the ranks of many who can buy cigarettes, vote, and buy and star in porn. hurrahs are in order.

also today was the last day of the first session at the camp. kinda sad to see the kids go after only 2 weeks (really only a week and a half). most of the kids are staying for more sessions, but to see any of them go puts a sense of inevitablity and fanality into the sessions. i don't doubt that it'll still be fun, its just sad to think that its 1/4 over. doesn't sound like much but i just wish that it would never end.

that sounded gayer than i had realized.

whichever.

also, if you don't already watch paranoia agent, catch the episode on adult swim's fix this week. its very much of a stand alone episode so don't worry if you don't know the current running plot.

have a good weekend all

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-07-04T07:00:00

2006-07-04T11:00:53Z

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monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-30T21:31:00

2006-07-01T01:33:25Z

week 1 is done!
and what an awesome week it was.
all my kids are fantastically cool and thankfully we don't really have any huge trouble makers.

really tired though...

very glad i'm working at the camp though, I think it was the right employment choice for me this summer.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-26T22:36:00

2006-06-27T02:41:19Z

ahhh
work has begun

and i love every minute of it.
there is a joy in children which can be found no where else.
and as concerned as i was about working with tracy, it seems to be perfectly fine. we'll see how that developes though.

although it is very tiring and very time consuming. i am absolutely trashed (in a tired sense, not a drug/alcohol sense)

also a public sorry to jesse for not calling back over the weekend. i was at my counselor orientation as well as meet the parents thing. sorry about that. i'll try to give you a call either this week or over the weekend so we can hang out. the problem is that even once work is over, i am just completely worn. again, sorry aboout that.

anyways, i need to sleep soon so i can wake up bright and early again tomorrow.

got to go to work, got to go to work, got to get a joooobbbb.

PEACE

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-22T02:21:00

2006-06-22T06:31:15Z

As much as I like to think that I'm on the ball regarding all things that I am passionate about, it's just so hard to remain hip on everything.

But here's a little racism fiasco that went down on the 14th of June. To quickly summarize, on a nationally known radio channel, the voice of cnn headline news anchor made a joke regarding the state of Earth and global warming. He played a short clip from An Unconvienent Truth, and after the part regarding the flooding of Shanghai he stopped the tape to make a comment. As to not ruin the suspence for all of you, I'll let you listen to the radio clip itself.

http://mediamatters.org/static/audio/beck-20060614-shanghai.mp3

Did you listen to it? Ridiculous. First, Shanghai is one of the most populated cities on the face of the planet. So to mock the loss of a massive amount of life is ridiculous. Second, to look at a situation like global warming and the rising of sealevels at a catastrophic level and then to pause to say well fuck the chinese, is just absurd. Seriously, that's like a hospital burning down and patients dying and cracking, well who cares about the cancer patients all they do is throw up after kemo anyways. This man is a fucking anchor on CNN Headline News. He knows the fucking rules.

Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.

You can read more on the incident in this article.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200606150002

[[EDIT]]

The funny thing about researching stuff is that you often come across more things that are equally ridiculous (in this case a bad way)

Although this time it is not a CNN headliner, it is local news.

Although I don't listen to too much clear channel radio apparently this happened on the "Free Beer and Hot Wings Show" that is aired on our very own 97.5 The Hawk. Go fucking figure. Here's an account of an event that took place not too long ago.

The departure of Howard Stern from "free" radio has apparently left an offensiveness vacuum for morning DJs in the NYC metropolitan area. This morning, the "Free Beer and Hot Wings Morning Show" on 97.5 The Hawk, the call-in topic of discussion was reminiscences of times listeners, as children, had been lost or left behind by their parents.

At approximately 8:15 am, a female caller called in to tell about the time when her parents had accidently left her at a Chinese restaurant, and she had to walk home. On DJ (possibly "Free Beer" -- I can't tell these idiots apart) told her that she was lucky she hadn't been "sold into slavery" or "cooked". She was also asked if she tried to speak with the waitstaff, at which point the other DJ ("Hot Wings"?) started to make "ching-chong"-type noises. The first DJ then praised him on his "excellent Chinese impersonation", and the second DJ then made more "ching-chong"-type noises, followed by "Me so sorry."

They then discussed a summer job that another DJ "Vance" had at a Chinese restaurant. One DJ then stated that "Chinese food stinks" and asked why it was that when one went to a pizza restaurant, one did not smell like pizza, but when one went to a Chinese restaurant, "you stink."

This happened this morning, June 12, 2006, between approximately 8:15 to 8:21 AM. I'm glad that I was alone in the car, and didn't have to explain to my son why these idiots were mocking his heritage on-air.

Although I have yet to find any other accounts of said show, its hard to make something like this up. Funny part is, even as an Asian living in the area, I hadn't even heard of this until I found it online.
Again, I have yet to find any other accounts of said incident, but point is not the specific incident but rather its common and repeated occurance.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-16T02:33:00

2006-06-16T07:19:49Z

rare is it that i find something so entertaining on the internet. the series of video clips from the same game show are RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME! some americans have tried to recreate it but oh man how we silly asians take it to the next level.

check them out if you have time to waste on some cool things (and if you're using a livejournal at all you have time to waste)

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/matrixpong.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/karatemaster.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/live-action-mario-brothers.html

here's one done by americans, its not nearly as polished
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/live-action-mario-brothers.html

i'm bored, shut up

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-12T23:36:00

2006-06-13T03:36:19Z

Guilt	What is yours?	Explain yourself
Culinary:	taco bell	yeah its gross when you think about, which is why you stop thinking and let the taste buds do the talking
Literary:	Ayn Rand	lots of educated people hate Ayn Rand's philosophies. Although I agree that they are not applicable to the real world, I find the ideals of value based on merit and society where we do not pull each other down but rather rise on our own.
Audiovisual:	Zatch Bell	My tivo auto recorded it one day and it just was so ridiculous that it was cool. Almost a pokemon type effect
Musical:	Asian Pop Music	shrug there's something appealing about high boy voices in different languages. i mean, look at sigur ros (and go watch the music video's too). Also, its indie acceptable because music in another language is super hipster.
Celebrity:	Brad Pitt	Simply put, if I was gay, I would do him in EVERY orafice

Now I tag:-

monkey_from_nj monkey_from_nj monkey_from_nj monkey_from_nj and monkey_from_nj

to complete this same Quiz, Its HERE.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-12T02:43:00

2006-06-12T06:49:25Z

not too much to say
life has been good beyond words to describe them

also, i love the sigur ros music videos
they're fucking amazing
period

you can find them on their site, here: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldvideo.php

watch hoppipolla (especially ed) if you've never seen any of sigur ros's music video's before. even if you have seen any, watch it regardless.

than watch viorar vel til loftarasa
if you have a heart it will touch it

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-06-06T00:06:00

2006-06-06T04:07:51Z

meeeehhhh
i found a sweet comic panel
but i can't seperate it
whichever

here it is:

its the top half that i like
its just so awesome
its from diesel sweeties, but the background story doesn't even really matter.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-05-31T20:35:00

2006-06-01T00:35:52Z

not feeling too hot..

i haven't done one of these things in a while...

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk		75%
Superman		70%
Green Lantern		70%
Robin		67%
The Flash		65%
Supergirl		62%
Spider-Man		60%
Batman		60%
Catwoman		60%
Iron Man		60%
Wonder Woman		57%

You are a wanderer with
amazing strength.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

also, i extremed out my answers so i'm less of EVERYONE, to see what it would look like, and...

Your results:
You are Hulk

Hulk		100%
Batman		95%
Green Lantern		90%
Iron Man		90%
Robin		73%
Wonder Woman		70%
Supergirl		60%
Catwoman		60%
Superman		55%
The Flash		50%
Spider-Man		30%

You are a wanderer with
amazing strength.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

personally i think i'm more of a batman than of a hulk, simply because i'm darker and angrier. whichever. HULK SMASH

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-05-30T02:04:00

2006-05-30T06:12:12Z

i was bored so i was coming up with band names. clearly the names depend on the music i'm making, but here's some of the better ones.

eight day anthem
bunny death cry
society's anti-socials
burnt-out bulbs
ampersand
asterick
sunny shadows
dancing smiles
echo chasing
tan dynasty
the figureheads
those guys we are
i don't get it

yeah, so clearly some of the names fall to certain genres but man how i already have favorites. I think if i made a serious indie band it would be eight day anthem or the figureheads, if i make an emo band it would be burnt out bulbs or sunny shadows, and if i just feel like fucking around it would be either those guys we are or bunny death cry. I actually really really like bunny death cry. also burnt out bulbs would be sweet cause it would shorten to bob.

anyways, yeah haven't written any music in a long time, but just wastin time.

[[EDIT]]

BULLOCKS!

apparently ampersand, asterisk, and the figureheads are all already taken...
fuckin lame

maybe i'll go with my original idea, the alex eng sexsplosion

clankity clank

2006-05-26T08:20:04Z

i was gonna do a huge thing aboout the shows and their sweetness, but i'll pass on that for now and leave it as this.

sometimes music is beautiful

even if it was never beautiful.

hurts donut

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-05-22T01:43:00

2006-05-22T05:51:45Z

The Lion King is one of the most complete movies I have ever seen and quite possibly will ever see. Everything is just amazingly perfect. Fuck the fact that it's a kid's movie, it is a lion rendition of HAMLET. Not for kids in any way shape or form. Do this right now if possible. If you have the special edition version or any version, pop it in and turn it on. Now watch the movie, but look at everything that is NOT the focus of the frame. Look at the ground, look at the trees, look at the negative space, look at the color choices, look at the contrast. Just everything. Then you will understand what I mean by a complete film.

The musical choices are brillant, the references and script are amazing beyond words, the voice actors, the animation, the art, all fucking ridiculous. In every aspect that a film can be great, The Lion King raises the bar.
Also, one of the first appearences of mature themes in a children's movie because children should understand how life works?
Also, the animators were the B-list animators because the hot project at the time was Beauty and the Beast?
RIDICULOUS.

Compare the completeness and attention to detail of EVERY SINGLE FRAME of The Lion King with any other movie (especially if you're trying to pick a Disney best,) and there's no competition. Look at the complexity of the background and the use of actual focus in comparison to say Aladdin. Nothing against Aladdin, but there's not even close to a comparison.
Also, the actual voice actors for the characters did all the singing?
Also, attention to anatomy of animals is amazing (with the exception of those meant to be a characature)?
RIDICULOUS

I really need to find myself a copy of the special edition, and so do all of you.

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-05-20T23:23:00

2006-05-21T03:28:58Z

Dear intarwub,
sorry for ignoring you these past couple of weeks. However, while I do apologize, I do not find it appropriate to adjust my actions. Hopefully you understand. Friends in real life take priority over friends online. Not to say that I take for granted the many times you have kept me company during slow afternoons, late nights, and even during class, because I remember and much appreciate your pressence during those trying times. However, there are times when two entities have to realize that there simply needs to be a hiatus in a relationship to make room for other things. I hope you understand and that you will learn to forgive me. I still love you internet, there just isn't enough time to go around.

Alexander Eng

On a more serious note, check this article/list. I agree with most of it with the exception of the Memoirs of a Geisha stuff. Sure we can all bitch and moan about accuracy of cast members, but hey, its hollywood, how often do any directors cast with cultural accuracy. Anyways, check it: http://www.nypress.com/19/19/news&columns/feature2.cfm

monkey_from_nj @ 2006-05-11T04:33:00

2006-05-11T08:34:30Z

it is not often that i jump onto a bandwagon type movement given the nature of the counter-culture which i embrace and love so dearly. However, it is and has been the case that i do feel strongly about the mainstream issue of portrayal of asians and the issues of asian americans. it is my personal opinion that in all actuality, today asians have to deal with the greatest amount of racism of all ethnicities in the United States. I only speak of the United States because, one i live here, and two the role of asians in other countries is mainly restricted to the america's, asia and some countries in europe. And this isn't some liberal thing that i picked up in college, it is something that i have been passionate about my entire life and clearly have first hand knowledge of.

I think that in so many ways asian americans pay the consequences of poor portrayal in popular culture and in the media. Even when people think that they're are forwarding the movement, it is usually the opposite. Case and point, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and any other asian actor who knows 'kung fu' and makes money off of that is generally a reinforcement of asian stereotypes. They play the quiet asian guy who can do magical martial arts and fly around and believe in stupid asian rituals and what not. Also, take for example the wu-tang clan. Although they claim to embrace the asian culture, in actuality all they are really doing is portraying a stereotype for asians and exploiting the culture to make money for themselves. It promotes ignorance of all other aspects of our culture, ignoring the great advancements in art, architecture, sculpture, film, written language, clothing, food, etc.

And the worst part of it all, is not simply that it is happening, but the fact that respect and modesty are so ingrained in our upraising that we don't stand up for ourselves, and that we don't do anything to change this continuing and worsening injustice. We play the role of the quiet submissive asian and we are expected to do so. People walk all over us because we're asian and it's stupid and it has to stop.

I was thinking about creating a little website project directed towards the advancement of asians in the world. Yes lots of these sites already exist, one of my personal favorites is AngryAsianMan.com, however I feel that these sites still maintain that submissive stereotype. I want to create a site that will be a place not only for news of what's going on in the world regarding asians, but also will be a place to organize and begin doing whatever is necessary to start change. I think that a lot of ethnicities are waiting around for leaders to take them by the hand lead them into revolution. I think that a movement must be created and I think that someone just needs to take the initiative to put the ball in motion.

Please give some feedback with regards to how you feel about this.
Happy Asian Heritage Month

[[EDIT]]

Because sometimes someone has said it better...