little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

Attack of the Giant Bobblehead Policewoman

Your goal today is to find an appropriate caption for this horrifying picture. Go. (Picture from the Evil Wahine, your stop for everything related to reality television and Hong Kong flicks)

Christmas w/ the Guy I’m Dating

Well, Christmas Eve, actually. And yeah, he has a name, but I enjoy the fact that all of his friends and co-workers who have directed them to this weblog now call him “Guy I’m Dating” or G.I.D. for short.

Ernie: Okay, first of all, I’m not good at giving presents and Christmas time, so [...]

Christmas w/ Mom, Part 2

Exactly four things are open on Christmas day: gas stations, movie theaters, porn stores and Chinese shopping centers. And seeing as my mom can’t understand movies in English and has a full-tank of gas in her car, it left us with only one option: porn! Just kidding, we went to Marina [...]

Christmas w/ Mom, Part 1

(A low-key Christmas lunch with my mom. As always, italics means dialogue spoken in Mandarin.)

Ernie: Ma, I got you a present. Open it.
Mom: Oooh, a crystal clock thing! I can tell you spent a lot of money on it, because the clock is gold-plated and the box is fancy and [...]

Colonization. And Pudding!

Last night I had dinner with some friends from college. One of whom, Gina, I haven’t seen in three years. Gina is an adorable, politically incorrect Taiwanese girl who is graduating from medical school in a couple of months. But because of her adorable-factor, she can pretty much get away with [...]

12/25/1999

Note: This started out being your typical “Xmas sucks” post, and you will see, turned out very differently. I’m a little uncomfortable posting this, not necessarily because it’s too personal, but because the memory is one I haven’t really shared before to so many people, not to mention my god-awful attempt at using [...]

I Am A Demographic, Part 2

From Charlie Chan’s Revenge: AsianBud.com. Hrm.

From the website: “This site exists as a part of Anheuser-Busch’s continuing commitment and interest in the Asian American community.” Well, thank the good lord for that — I don’t see enough Bud Light banners at the gay pride parades!

Now, if you’re Asian-American, let me ask [...]

“Hi Alice,” or “Give Me Back My Damn Money”

There’s obviously some cons about people reading about your personal life on the internet so easily, but one of the cool things that have come out of this is that I’ve received e-mails from people I wouldn’t have otherwise. Take this e-mail I just recieved today, for example:

do you know who this is? [...]

The Thing About Dating, Part 2

(Hmmm. Let’s see how much I can write about him without actually writing about him.)
He’s been insisting on paying for every single dinner we’ve gone out for. All of them. Even when I insist on paying for it, he talks the waitress into giving back my credit card and replacing it with [...]

The Thing About Dating, Part 1

So, I’ve been dating someone for maybe a month or two by now. It’s weird.
It’s weird, because the last guy I had anything close to a romantic relationship with was when I was nineteen, and I’m currently 26. For all purposes, he was my boyfriend, and that was that, and we were automatically [...]