http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com A weblog by Ernie Hsiung Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:38:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After coming back from visiting my mother and sister for the umpteenth time -- after another round of me convincing Mom not to make a fifth dish, after another round of my sister asking if my glasses were new (no, it's the same pair I've worn for three years) what ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/conclusions-and-concessions/ It's the night before Thanksgiving, my neighbor is at a sing-along "Sound of Music" at the Castro, my married friends from college are probably getting a good nights sleep in preparation of their Thanksgivings with their new babies and their aging Filipino grandparents, and my bear friends are probably fucking ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/disquiet/ It was decided today that while out for ice cream with Jen, Paris, Laurie and Belinda, that there are questions that seem absolutely outrageous and inappropriate, but if you're with a group of people, there is at least one of the people in the group who has sat down and ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/questions-we-secretly-know/ Here's the thing about San Francisco -- there's the Bay Area that you know and there's the Bay Area that I grew up in. The Bay Area I grew up in didn't have internet culture or crazy ass social media parties or Valleywag; it was blue-collar, more diverse and we ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/the-yay-area/ Hey, Ev! Do you remember seven years ago, in 2002, when I had my birthday party at Min Jung’s house and we were all high on ecstasy and then you guys swung by and you were all, “are you on drugs” and I was all “yeah, I’m totally twacked” ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/hey-ev/ (Posted as a writing exercise as part of The Joy Luck Hub. 63 words over, but they can just suck it if they have problems with that.) The Joy Luck Club was the first and last movie we ever saw as an immediate family. I mean, it seemed like an obvious ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/the-joy-luck-club/ "ReadyMade" I'm the worlds worst crafter - I can't cut anything in a straight line, I can't measure anything correctly, I have a low patience where if something doesn't look perfect I throw down whatever I'm working on and walk away. And yet I totally love ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/the-magazines-i-read-hint-its-not-playgirl-anymore/ chorizo by rick It seriously does not help that Cancun Taqueria in the Mission - one of the best burrito places in the Bay Area - is less than a block from my house. If I've had a fairly terrible day, I have been ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/stressito-sometimes-you-are-my-only-friend/ One of the nice things about being the editor of a general interest website like 8Asians: I get to go in and make inappropriate image changes for the original writers to be mortified at. I’m particularly proud of this one: this started out as an image of a ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/the-man-in-this-photo-would-not-be-proud-of-me/ This came to my Inbox because I do testing for Hoffspace. And by “testing,” I mean “I was a featured member when ... http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/and-a-merry-hoffmas-to-you-too/