Uhh what??

Uh.. I just read this on nymag.com. Color highlighting done by me.

"The minimalist composer Philip Glass, who wrote music for both the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2004 Athens Games, isn’t looking forward to the competitions in Beijing. “I think that we should pull out,” the noted Tibet supporter said at the BAM Spring Gala honoring Paul Simon, on April 9. “The Chinese are supposed to be taking care of human rights; they haven’t done it. The only reason we don’t pull out is that people are more interested in money than they are in human rights. I think the Olympic Committee should really pull the plug on it.” His anger at the Chinese government extends beyond human-rights issues. “Basically, the Chinese commies have been isolated for 50 years; they have no idea what the rest of the world is like. They think that we’re just another province of China and that they can do what they damn well want to. And they’re a bunch of losers. They make a distinction: As long as you’re not political, you can do whatever you want in China. But politics is about the way we live! They’re drawing the line on the very things that matter to us most.”"

What? Where is he getting these facts from? Cold War history books? Perhaps he is the loser who has been isolated for 50 years and has no idea what the rest of the world is like. Ugh, I hate these gross generalizations from public figures. We should boycott his movie soundtracks, you know really pull the plug on it.

Stuff Asian People Like

There's been a craze States-side of "stuff (insert race/ethnicity) people like" blogs. Here is the Asian one. Of course, the site seems to define "Asian" as encompassing the big three: Chinese, Japanese, Korean. Looking at it more closely, it looks like it's mostly Chinese. But I suppose that's because there are so many of us out there. haha. idk.

Some of the stuff is random and silly but then there are some good entries on Asians in the public eye, not just movie stars like Lucy Liu (a pretty interesting post) and Jackie Chan but also politicians like former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori (okay, he's more of a crook).

maybe we should start a "stuff these two girls like" section.