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LMFAO: Doug Stanhope

“Why would you die for someone’s sins? Your sins are the only thing interesting about you you dreary, bleak motherfuckers.”

Last night, I had the pleasure of discovering Doug Stanhope. It was so funny Justin was slapping his knee. (That just doesn’t happen often enough!)

He is the first Doug that comes up in the suggestions on YouTube. He’s been going for 17 years, has at least 8 albums…. He’s got an interesting, honest point of view that is funny as fuck. This is the kinda guy that comes up to you at a party and starts going off — you wanna argue with him, but you know he’d just put you in your place and pretty soon he’s got the whole place roaring and everyone’s feeding him Jager shots cheering him on.

I’d be his friend.

This is part of the hour set we watched last night.

Have a listen to this one that starts about MySpace Pedophiles, and ends with Porn.

Follow some links to other routines after those, it’s worth a little comic relief, but not around work. He swears and talks about doing drugs and nakedness and abortions and Jews.

Parties: Feng Jia Nightmarket & HHHT Satisfaction Taizhong

Wasn’t much going down in Taipei, so I decided to hop the High Speed Rail to Taizhong with Marcus to check out the kick off to High Heels and Hi-Tops’ Satisfaction Tour. Had to, had to go to Feng Jia Night market by the University. Apparently, so did everyone else. I’ve never, never seen a nightmarket so packed in Taiwan. Shoulder to shoulder 7 people wide, and one row going back out. At times we’d stop for 5 min. But being beside this guy made it seem better:After passing 3 stores (yes, 3 in 30 min) we found a little alley (freedom!) and bolted out. Fresh air! Hungry after that effort.This little I’ll help you BBQ stand had the best new invention in fried foods- bacon wrapped pineapple! Here’s the lady chopping behind the counter. I love that there is propane everywhere you go in Taiwan. I wonder how often they explode.Still hungry. But whatever you do, DO NOT buy this. It’s yuckier than a chocolate bar made in China. (Those are cornflakes on it!)Nightmarket shopping/eating = FAIL. Must do it on a weeknight sometime. Too many people to move. Next time, Taizhong, I know you’re good for it. On to Light Lounge…… had to go early so Marcus could set up and meet up with Leo. Normally I would’ve went a bit later, but this way I just had to drink more whiskey…More Leo in action (Played some Sweat Off Your Brow, forgot all about Jully Black!)Met these cool cats, Ben and Crystal. Ben surprised me about 5 times with his track knowledge – I was skeptical so I kept walking behind and checking the Serato to see if he was right. Yes, every time. What an ear! (Besides that he recognized the Misfits shirt I was wearing was from Upper Playground! Hooooooo, you know, in the Taiwanese 5 year old kid kinda way. You know, right?)It’s kinda nice getting out of Taipei cuz a certain kinda people live in Taipei, and a certain kinda people don’t like to live there. That said, these cool people I met should come up to the Big Smoke and party sometime! I met Kate. She likes to wear weird things on her neck, like this:Circle was there to attend to our whiskey needs. I got her to dance with me around 2, but then she bailed, aw well. So cute!Pon De Floor! This is when the Taiwanese crew got up and started dancing!Then, YAY, ran into Beth Cox!

What High Heels and Hi-tops party would be complete without a shoe shot? Leo wins with his Ultra-white (eraser in pocket) Nike Hi-tops. I would own them, but I would keep those sneaker cleaners in business trying to keep them that way. I’m a messy kid.

Speaking of sneakers, I hear Themba from Bullet-Proof Toast has quite the shoe collection.

Vacation – Thailand

Goodbye rainy and cold.

Hello Bangkok. I’ll be there til Sunday.

Thank you lovely boyfriend Justin for the amazing late birthday present! Sun here I come!

Got some scheduled posts for you, so my blog does not die a small death for not posting anything for 5 days. Major update next week when I return with a massive shopping HAUL.

Kisses, readers! Hope you get to go on vacation soon too!

What Taiwanese Kids Got for Christmas

Just thought this post might be interesting to some people. I know it’s not about clothes, but it is about what kinda toys are in fashion.

Here’s what my Grade One students got from Santa, after we finished performing our Christmas Play on Christmas Day.

(PS – FU Taiwan for making us work on Christmas Day. We should have a right to our own holiday. Also, FU to my school for making us perform a fucking play on Christmas Day, and do regular lessons in the evening. I don’t wish to work 130-7 on Christmas Day again. That said, we all made the most of it and had fun with our kids.)

NiNi

Hannah

Kris

Jonathan

Dustin

Calvin

Sean

Tim

Morris

YanWen

Jeff

Minnie

Here is the Santa presentation.

I got to sit on Santa’s knee, too! (Who was actually Mr.Awesome, sssh, ahhaha)

I’m pretty thankful a lot of my close friends work with me, so we were able to bitch about working on Christmas together: Lisa, Mel, Emily, Jason, Tommy…. boy were we happy when the end of the day came!

Adidas x Star Wars

Ya heard. Adidas- stencil advert to promote party, new sneakers, and new line? Um did they just watch the second Star Wars Family Guy too?

***NOTE – Check at the Adidas store for the DL and they said that they get the first shipment of the Star Wars sneakers in on Jan 8, 2010. Not all of these will be there, but they’ll be slowly bringing them all in.***

Found it in Dong Qu down the tiniest lane.

Then we walk into some store 20 min later an they got Storm Troopers on the TV. Trend take 763?
Really?

Found the Darth Vader ones online: Here’s a close look at the Darth Vader Adidas sneakers.

I thought about being a journalist and just stating the news without my opinion. But, you come to MY blog for MY take, so I’m telling ya what I think. If you have a different opinion, please blow up the comments or buy the shoes I diss so I can take a picture of you and laugh. I’ll piss myself if someone I know buys the Yodas!

Photos following stolen from The Vine(thanks right click copy save as)

The X-Wing, quite possibly my favs for how mellow they are. I could imagine a cute boy rocking these out:

The Darth Vader ones (ew, seriously? Some 8 year kid might be stoked? Not me, even NB looks better than these, I don’t care if they took elements from the Vader costume and incorporated them into the design. NOT COOL):

The Darth Vader Shell Toe (Which is only ok cuz it’s basically a black shell toe with the Vader logo on the side):

The Princess Leia (I wouldn’t rock it, mostly cuz I couldn’t find something to match, but I think it might look good on a dude in jeans. I do like the hi-top)

The Storm Trooper. I dig the short toe and the extra long tongue, but doesn’t every girl:

The SuperStar Death Star (Yet another Shell Toe, could it be the best selling Adidas ever?):

The Star Wars Micropacer (Micro = small = made for children. I’ve seen this shoe already on the feet of 5 year olds, who don’t even know what Star Wars is. Like maybe SpongeBob has the same style. I only like the silver plate on the bottom)

The Millennium Falcon (…so….. white sneakers with a blue label. Easy sell. Low key. I’d totally buy them just for chillin’. Rain is gonna happen though folks. Or you probably have a friend who steps on new white shoes. Carry an eraser with you to keep them white!)

The Forum Mid At-At. (The big robot things they drive that walk.) I dig the strap across the top. They kinda look like skate shoes, ala Globe, great ankle support. Kick flip anyone?

The SkyWalker (Points for making the SKYwalker a HIGH-top. But ORANGE??? Come on now, if this shoe was any other color – or perhaps a basic color – I think it would sell better than ORANGE. There’s not a lot to be said for words that nothing rhymes with.)

The Fighter (I like it cuz it looks like a jazzed up version of the classic Converse All Star. It would be cool if those side panels were rubber and, instead of printed lines, were actually 3-D like the bottom tread. I would buy them instead of a new pair of Chucks. Adidas, that’s your new selling point? You invented the new Chuck? They even have the circle on the side!):

Last, and least, The Yoda. This style of sneaker is not what Adidas is loved for, and by far the ugliest ones of the collection. I suppose, Yoda is the ugliest main character, so it’s fitting. Doesn’t he wear a burlap potato sack? Is that what they’re made from? FAIL. Leave the people who do this shoe right to making them cuz this one looks like shit. Camo colors? What kinda guy is gonna buy these? Please don’t introduce me.

I know what you’re thinking. Forgetting a few people??

What about the Chewy x Adidas? Would they make them out of fun fur? I’d really like to have some R2D2 metallic ones that actually have a lazer in them, or with a hologram button!! Or maybe metallic gold C3PO ones for Cresencio? Come on Adidas, if you’re gonna do a collab, you better do the whole shebang! Furry little EWOK shoes? Or maybe this season is only Return of the Yedi.

One side of me thinks – ADIDAS – seriously, can you not be more creative? Star Wars came out 33 years ago. It’s over. It’s gimmicky. It’s fucking played out man. There are a thousand rad artists that could make those shoes look awesome and ORIGINAL.

The other side is – OOOOOHHH so you wanna capitalize on a classic to get your millions. Almost everyone I know has seen Star Wars, and it’s made over 4 billion, and that’s just at the box office. I wonder how much profit they have to split with George Lucas? Everyone has a favorite character, and now maybe they wanna get the shoes too. There’s so much HYPE. HYPE = $$$ (well, not always, smarty pants)

It comes down to cool shoes – yes or no? If you get them – which ones do you get? Definitely a conversation starter. (Cuz I’m SO ragging on you if you get the Yoda ones!)

PS – While we’re at it, go read the Wired review of Family Guy’s new Star Wars spoof, Something Something Something Dark Side and try to download it somewhere. I watched it already and it’s great. (So you should too, theoretically.) Stewy is Vader and the Dark Side is Gay. Worth the hunt to watch it.

oh and PPS – They are doing another one in 2010. (Yay!)

Projects – Show Your Power MRT Contest

This is an ad I found in the MRT at LiuZhangLi Station, a call for creative animations about the MRT going on until Feb 23rd. There is an Internet Popular Voting time to decide the winners from March 15 – 30th. You down? You could win up to 410, 000 NT. They got over 2000 entries last year.

Can you draw better than this?

There are 4 categories – Poster, Yonkoma Manga(wins 410,000NT), 30 second Creative Animation(240,000NT), and Saving-A-Yuan Digital Photo Upload. The later is due Jan. 18.

You have to Show Your Power – by following the rules and being polite on the MRT. Kinda like making a PSA.

Check the MRT’s website for more info.

Busy Bee

Hitting up Dong Chu today! aka around Zhongxiao Dunhua. Cross fingers for successful shopping spree.

Mad Busy

Hey y’all. Working mad hours today (9!) so Ill finish updating the last of the 100 outfits with the second half in thumbnails tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!
If you’re going to Guns N Roses tonight Have a BLAST!

Music – Ke$ha vs. Uffie

So, I just thought I’d mention this cuz it’s been on my mind.

First came Uffie – allies with Ed Banger Records, Steve Aoki…. young, hot, white, (sometimes)blonde girl who rapped about going to parties and getting fucked up.

I know first hand she gets fucked up cuz when she came to Taipei a little more than a year ago with Aoki, she fucked my friend and got herself into a pile of trouble where she almost wasn’t coherent enough to perform, cuz she was greedy. And she was engaged? hmmm well…

My point is that new chick on the scene, Ke$ha -who was on Flo Rida’s Right Round, and has a single out, Tik Tok (which has been making waves on the electro circuits) sounds a lot like Uffie.

Is she biting Uffie or what? Also young, hot, white, blonde hair with a dirty mouth (that she brushes with a bottle of Jack) who sings about partying- you could almost mistake if for Uffie on that Tik Tok track.

The difference is I like her better than Uffie. (**** WTF was I thinking????****) Even though she’s kind of a biter. I think other people will like her better too.(****YA, maybe for a second until they see her for what she really is.*****) And maybe she won’t come to Taipei and cheat on her husband.

Check out her official page here.

What do you think??? Who’s better? Uffie or Ke$ha? ****uffie*****

*****UPDATE******
She sucks.