little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

oh, canada

I’m currently buzzed off of half a glass of wine. I figured this would be the perfect time to update my blog.

• This is what I have learned about my first day spa treatment: when you have a mud wrap, this tall dutch guy smears mud on your chest, arms and legs and wraps a thin sheet of aluminum foil around you while you lie on a table with your arms around your chest. He then turns off the lights and leaves you alone for 35 minutes to “relax,” which is practically impossible because you’re, well, wrapped in aluminum foil with your arms around your chest, while beads of sweat drip into your eyes that you can’t wipe, because your arms are caked in mud and wrapped in aluminum foil.

  Never in my life have I felt like a rotisserie chicken. A rotisserie chicken on Fear Factor.

• I’ve seen two types of guys in Vancouver: gay men wearing sleeveless t-shirts and camo pants, and Asian guys from Taiwan and/or Hong Kong wearing sleeveless t-shirts and camo pants. You would think I would be able to relate to this, but alas, I own neither a sleeveless t-shirt nor camouflage pants.
• I just learned from Ritchie (and watching Trailer Park Boys) that Canadian shows can swear whatever they want, whenever they want. You’d think they would do this for every Canadian TV show as an attempt to get higher ratings. The Canadian news anchor could begin every evening with “In the news tonight… it’s FUCKING COLD.” It would sure make curling more interesting to watch.

On a completely unrelated note, it looks like someone is scraping the e-mails of LYD commenters and spamming people. So if you do comment, which I hope you do, just put in a fake e-mail address or a person you don’t like very much. Sorry about that.

this is all too weird. i’ve been a lurking reader since…. 2002… when i was living in israel. i continued reading through my one-year sojourn in seattle, & my past two years in vancouver.

now looking through pictures of you against places i recognize (i go to school on granville island, & i love the food stalls at the richmond night market) makes me giggle very nervously. i am stalking you without hardly trying.

speaking of stalking, if you’re in vancouver for any length of time, you should come have coffee or whatnot with my boyfriend & me. he is asian but does not wear sleeveless t-shirts (for, i imagine, the same reason you don’t). in another weird happenstance, he used to be racer96 on diaryland & you once invited him to be on a blog-reality-show-contest thingy of yours.

anyhow! enjoy vancouver. i do.

Umm, there actually ARE rules regarding swearing on Canadian TV. I believe the swearing has to be bleeped until 9pm - though some channels aren’t time shifted for the west coast, so some swearing probably sneaks through the cracks.

i love vancouver! i went up there for a gay asian conference (lotus roots) and had a great time.

on a wine note, i just bought some great wine from napa. if you’re like wine, give me a holler and we’ll have a few glasses.

Hey! I met you at the Nerd Picnic - I’m the girl who couldn’t find the bathroom. It was great to meet you! Hope the rest of your stay in Canada was as interesting as the first half!

Yep, Vancouver, San Fran of the Great White North. One of MY favorite places.

Probably warmer than the real SF half the year, eh?

Rob

I’m really craving for rotisserie chicken after reading that.

Aye. Vancouver. The city that does not believe in left-hand turn lanes at stoplights. Has a cocky crappy hockey team and all their residents must insist on flocking the mall here in my town during their many long weekend holidays.

hey ernie. you don’t know me but i think you’re funny and i’ve been reading your blog for awhile now. i linked you from someone else’s blog but i don’t remember who. i was in vancouver last spring and i think it’s the most beautiful city on the west coast of north america. there’s a cupcake store on Denman that is really good. i wasn’t a cupcake fan before nor am i now but i would do almost anything for a cupcake there. you should definitely go there. it’s called Cupcakes and it only sells cupcakes.

A rotisserie chicken on fear factor. That alone is enough for me to subscribe to your feed.

I have the camo shorts but am short on short sleeved shirts. (say that 10 times while buzzed on a half glass of wine). Also, I am neither gay nor Taiwanese.

had to do an update. i’m wearing a sleeveless shirt and forgot to wear my camo pants, i’m also from hong kong and gay.

damn it! ….i’m a stereotype!

just had to let you know

So what you’re saying, Re, is that Vancouver is the Los Angeles of the Great White North?

[shudder]

I haven’t been there since Expo ‘86. And as I was 15 at the time, and traveling with my family, I didn’t have the chance to explore all that, um, the city has to offer.

I’ve heard stories, though.

I really must get up there some time…

What kind of crazy S&M spa are you at?

“What kind of crazy S&M spa are you at?”

(perks up)

eh, I’d go to that kinda spa hehehehehe

you’re in van right now? I’m jealous. And hell ya, I’d watch the news a LOT more if that was the approach on weather forecasting…

affe. =lol

and what did you learn from Bubbles?
hope you’re enjoying my home city!