My Tweets During the Pacquiao vs. Margarito Fight
Manny Pacquiao, right, lands a punch against Antonio Margarito during the eleventh round of their WBC light middleweight title boxing match Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) I was going to blog about how Pacquiao’s beat down on Margarito made him look like that Korean woman who injected vegetable oil...
Where Was I When the San Francisco Won the World Series?
San Francisco Giants Brian Wilson celebrates with Buster Posey, left and Aubrey Huff, right after winning the World Series in Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Texas Rangers Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. The Giants won 3-1 to capture the series. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) In a global sense, not many people...
World Series Game 2: Merkins and ‘Tron Legacy’
I decided to show my Giants spirit by wearing my Filippa K coral shirt (I know it’s not really orange, but it’s in the same family, right?) and my black waxed denim April 77 jeans. It was quite festive. For some reason, I was nervous that I was gonna jinx the team because I wore...
World Series Game 1: The Jets vs. the Sharks and Chez Papa
Last night was game 1 of the World Series. Despite my connection to Texas, I am rooting for the San Francisco Giants because: 1.) AT&T Ballpark is in my hood. 2.) Because Lincecum is half Filipino, I contractually obligated to support him. 3.) I figured that since I live here, I might as well go...
GQ jumps on the Manny Pacquiao Bandwagon
If it wasn’t official before, it’s official now. Filipino Golden Boy, Manny Pacquiao has carved his name into the pop cultural zeitgeist of the 21st century with an upcoming spread in the April 2010 issue of GQ. Photo credit: Mark Seliger Although his fight his past Saturday left much to be desired (but it wasn’t...
Pacquiao is watching over us
Now that John Park got the boot on American Idol, Manny Pacquiao is driving the Asian American pop culture train. He is our only hope. All of our eyes are on him. He is our God. He is watching over San Francisco in the form of a billboard perched atop Nike Town in San Francisco’s...
Blatant cultural branding and the sexualization of speed skating
So how about those speed skating races last night? Man, that Apolo Anton Ohno sure knows how to do a nice crotch shot. Seriously – did the camera man wake up in the morning and say, “I am going to get an upward angle shot of Apolo’s crotch today.” That whole sequence made me feel...
Hot trends in men’s figure skating apparel!
AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev Reptilian bedazzlement: Gold medalist Evan Lysacek from the U.S.A. sports some sparkly snakes on his black onesie. Very Snakes on a Plane meets Ice Castles meets Matrix. And how bout that hair? Apparently he needed to use one more bottle of Dep gel because during his sit spins I saw a clump...
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No more Olympics…
…until the 2010 winter Olympics. Still, I am kind of sad. What am I going to watch now? I mean, I actually watched the U.S.A. vs. Espana basketball game on Saturday night. And I NEVER watch basketball. I felt so butch and jockish. There’s no more swimming, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, track and field, diving….I was...
Is that really Shannon Miller?
If you haven’t seen this commercial, than you obviously haven’t been watching the Olympics…they have been playing it NON STOP throughout the telecast… Really? Is that Shannon Miller from the illustrious Magnificent Seven from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Here she is IN ACTION back in the day: I remember watching her in 1996 thinking that...
