Joseph Vincent is like kettlecorn

Musician Joseph Vincent (guitarist, honey voice, Clara C collaborator, cute Filipino) has a ton of videos on YouTube and it's hard to watch just one.  He's very addictive, like kettlecorn.

Do more of what makes you happy

One awesome thing about the Web is coming across cool stuff by illustrators.  Regina Silva urges us to do more of what makes ushappy (which for her include her cats, drawing, and eating Flaming Hot Cheetos)!  See her portfolio.

I am a Ghost by H.P. Mendoza

Many moons have passed since a ghost movie lingered in my consciousness like H.P. Mendoza's I am a Ghost.  His 2012 indie film centers around a ghost named Emily.  The new owners of her Victorian house want her gone, and through the help of a clairvoyant, she's contemplating moving on.

With I am a Ghost, you have to be patient and open minded as you watch Emily go about her day over and over.  My girlfriend who likes horror movies on blockbuster scales didn't last through this film.  That is too bad because Emily's monotony is explainable and make the final minutes of this movie even more RIDICULOUSLY FRIGHTENING and disturbing.

If you live alone, I'd be hesitant to watch I am a Ghost.  If scary movies keep you up at night, you might want to watch I am a Ghost on a sunny day and do something fun afterwards.

I am a Ghost is available for rent on Amazon.

Goats yelling like humans

I watched this video one morning and laughed so hard I cried.

Frida + chihuahua

Tascha Parkinson is an artist from Toronto, Canada. She is known for, among many lovely paintings, whimsical portraits of Frida Kahlo.  Visit Tascha's store on Etsy and her blog.

How to say Kim Yuna's name

I have been saying Kim Yuna's name wrong for the past four years.  A few weeks ago, some Korean friends and I were chatting about the upcoming Olympics.  I called their famed figure skater Kim Yoo-NA.  They corrected me that her name is actually Kim Yuhn-AH.  In Korean, she spells it 김연아.

Photo via Slate

3 Opinion-Editorials worth reading today

Teaching "The Odyssey" at San Quentin by Bill Smoot
He worried the inmates would dismiss the ancient story.  Instead, they saw themselves --and the power of literature. Read more.

The 'How Are You?' Culture Clash by Alina Simone
Ask a Russian, “How are you?” and you will hear, for better or worse, the truth. Read more.
 

A Boundless Love Contained by a Single ZIP Code by Wendy Kennar
Born at the same hospital, went to the same schools, rode the same bus.  Love grows even when the territory doesn't.  Read more.


Images via BLDG BLOG (Willy Pogany),  LA Times (Gail Anderson/Joe Newton), Girly Bubble

Bad timing- Angry Asian Man posts

Angry Asian Man is one of my favorite sites on the Web.  AAM covers pop culture, politics, and news involving the Asian American community. The site's creator, Phil Yu, unabashedly wears his heart on his sleeve in many posts.  He doesn't shy away from the good, bad, or ugly.  I am a huge fan of AAM, but I was disappointed to run across two posts by Phil within a day of each other--one that reported a woman had been beaten to death by five people on a street, and the other cheering on endless asskicking in a new movie.  The movie's still features a woman (holding a hammer) brawling with a man on a subway.  

I realize that Phil doesn't make the news, he just reports it.  Still, for me it feels wrong to cheer on violence in movies within a day of mourning Kim "Annie" Pham, who was hit and stomped to death in a fight outside of a nightclub. Or if we're going to champion violence in entertainment, we shouldn't act aghast when it's acted out in daily life.

See Angry Asian Man.

He's been told he looks like a Kennedy

Farewell, to thee, Piercinald Anastasia Hawthorne!  You will be missed around the study table on Community. If it weren't for your Reformed Neo Buddhist beliefs, you might be enjoying blurple cocktails with Earth Kitt in heaven right now.  Here are a few of my favorite Pierce (Chevy Chase) moments:

Pierce, always up on the latest technology, and his ear-noculars

Pierce dressing up as the Beastmaster for the Day of the Dead party, switching pills with fellow student Starburns, then tripping balls

Pierce and his Greendale music rival,Vaughan

Pierce, the Level 5 Laser Lotus Buddhist, in his robes

Pierce pointing out Jeff's shirt is trying to escape through his pants

Pierce attempting to paint Annie's apartment, only to spill paint everywhere and suffer major hallucinations

Pierce throwing a Gay Bash at Greendale hosted by his family's corporation, Hawthorne Wipes

Pierce showing up uninvited to the gang's Dungeons & Dragons game with Fat Neil

Hopefully Community fans will see more holograms and flashbacks of you in future episodes. 

Photos courtesy of Community Wiki, CDN Hollywood, Stylinonline, Girls Gone Geek, and Rubazahran

Asian rockabilly hair

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