Yearly Archives: 2008

The origin of ethnic slurs

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Ben

If you’re easily offended by racial slurs, do not read this. The intent of this post is to look at words targeting a certain populace is later on applied to a general population. I was reading my daily dose of … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Asians just need to tell a good dog-eating story.

Posted on February 3, 2008 by jozjozjoz

In an effort to continue my streak of possibly-inappropriate blog titles (see my post at blogging.la which has generated a number of interesting comments), I share with you a post written by one of my favorite bloggers, no milk. Actually, … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | 19 Comments

Lil’ Kim Goes Asian – and Dim Sum

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Mike

OMG. Is that really… Lil’ Kim?? She looks, um, different. This photo was snatched from gossip blog TMZ. Here’s a video the paparazzi took. She’s also been seen wearing that same outfit, so I guess she must really dig it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, WTF | 9 Comments

Secret Asian 007: the guy who loves her

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Lily Huang

Secret Asian 007 is an autobiographical video by filmmaker Christine Choe about her secret three-year relationship with a black man. It’s apparently not a secret to the internet, of course. Just her Korean parents. (If you can tell the internet … Continue reading →

Posted in Lifestyles | 4 Comments

Lydia’s Funeral Video: Samantha Chanse’s one-woman show

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Ernie

She’ll probably kill me for posting this, but what the hell: Sam Chanse is a not-so-frequent poster to 8Asians. That being said, she single-handedly has the best reason for not having time to write or do pretty much anything: She’s … Continue reading →

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Kaba Modern on America’s Best Dance Crew

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Ernie

One of the things I’ve always admired about SoCal schools were their hip-hop dance crews. The closest thing I ever came to one was dancing in the hip-hop suite during the UC Davis Filipino Cultural Night. There were fifty of … Continue reading →

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Paging Dr. Miracles…

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Brian

Here’s an internet comedy series from LA based comedian Randall Park (member of MTV’s Wild’n Out) called “Dr. Miracles” about a doctor with certain life saving abilities in his.. um… “DNA”, let us say. This series literally had me spitting … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about sex

Posted on January 27, 2008 by jozjozjoz

The other day, I made a post on my personal blog that garnered a lot of (private) comments. I got a bunch of comments via IM and email, but just a few public comments. Here’s an excerpt… I was having … Continue reading →

Posted in Lifestyles, Observations | 45 Comments

How To Properly Eat Sushi

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Mike

New to sushi? Want to make sure you eat it properly? Watch this. In case you didn’t get it, this is comedy. Japanese comedy at its best. It was created by the Japanese comedy troupe The Rahmens. (Get it? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Food & Drink | 9 Comments

Who is Asia Cruise? A Pretty Good Pop/R&B artist, actually

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Ernie

The relatively anonymous illadub sent me an e-mail telling me about Asia Cruise, a multi-ethnic [Asian, Native American, White] Jacksonville Pop/R&B artist signed onto Jive Records. The way she was marketed was interesting – her music was leaked first onto … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 14 Comments

Cashmere Mafia … this is … different …

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Xxxtine

‘And this is when my mom kicked me under the table when I mouthed off to my dad.’ Jack Yang and Lucy Liu show each other’s war wounds in Cashmere Mafia. Last nights IM conversation with Will-W. willw: omg cashmere … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Race Finale – Ronald & Christina

Posted on January 22, 2008 by John

Sunday night was the finale for the 12th season of The Amazing Race. I had blogged about the Chinese-American father-daughter team of Ronald and Christina at the beginning of the season. Unfortunately, Ronald and Christina came in second place, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Observations | 6 Comments