little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

Posts from January 2003

Small Woodland Creatures Strictly Prohibited

An actual e-mail supplied by the client we work for, regarding cubicle space.

There will be an unannounced audit of cubicles during the month of
February. Small appliances are not allowed in cubicles. This includes
fans, lamps, coffee warmers, etc. … for the time being you should assume
that all small appliances are a violation of Company Policy and [...]


The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince

(Ernie, Big Mike, Paris and Jen are driving back from the grocery store. “Starfish and Coffee” by Prince comes on the car CD player.)

Ernie: What’s the name of this song?
Big Mike: “Starfish and Coffee.”
Ernie: What is UP with Prince and his overtly sexual song titles, anyway?
Big Mike: “Like Little Red [...]


Oakland: We Eat Rioters For Breakfast

Wow, so people expect me to write about the Superbowl, huh? Okay, then:

In all honesty, the rioting in Oakland wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Don’t forget, this is a city where I was ready to have a 100 Homocide party last year. Our official city motto is “It Doesn’t [...]


Send a Kid to Camp

Loud, cheesy thirft store shirt : $7.00
Fruity alcholic drink in fancy glass : $5.00
A Donation to Help Rannie get to SXSW : $25.00
Rannie being Ernie’s backup dancer at Karaoke in Austin : Priceless


My Name is Ernie and I’m a Gluttonous Bastard

Dirty secret time: I read food blogs. You know, weblogs that don’t talk about the war or who spited who in the Bloggies, but honest to goodness food.
When I was growing up, Mom would cook all these awesome Chinese dinners, which are great. But then it was time to head off to [...]


About Asian Fraternities

One dead in California Fraternity Brawl. This particularly hits home because I was the president of a service organization that include active members of both ΛΦΕ and ΠΑΦ, both Asian-American fraternities. The two fraternities have chapters on many of the same campuses, including my alma mater. And yeah, there’s always been [...]


PuppetMaster 2

Okay, I think it’s time to create another webgame again. I am now accepting applications for PuppetMaster 2. Applications close March 1st.
For those of you not familiar with the original PuppetMaster game, why don’t I let Entertainment Weekly magazine explain it for you?

Twelve disaffected young people write blogs, like disaffected young people do [...]


No GLBT for LYD in 2003!

Aaah, the 2003 Bloggies. For those of you not in the know, the Bloggies are like the Oscars of the weblogging world. Actually, replace “Oscars” with “Teen Choice Awards” and the fact the winners don’t even get a fake surfboard, and everything would be much more accurate.
I would, however, like to make one [...]


SURVIVORblog 183: Beating a Dead Horse! (kidding.)

Two big pieces of news in the webgame world:

Apply for SURVIVORblog 3! I’m not hosting it this time, though. For the record: SURVIVORblog is a weblog version of Survivor, for those who don’t get the obvious. The winner gets real money. I was the guy behind SURVIVORblog 1 and [...]


You Know You’ve Been Invited to a Gay Superbowl Party When…

Everyone is just as excited about Celine Dion singing in the pre-game show as much as the home team being in the Superbowl for the first time since 1984.
(Obvious reference to Celine Dion being Canadian, yet singing “God Bless America” deleted)
Update: Fill in the blank: You know you’re at a gay superbowl party [...]


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