http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYpfXNov2kw

The Discovery channel has been airing this commercial (actually, a little bit longer version) to the annoyance of me and my mother (and hopefully other Asians?)  Notice trigger words such as “the Japanese” and um, “it’s up to US to stop THEM.”
Let’s get something straight.  Whaling is bad.  No doubt about it.  But when you […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyuEQKNyvA

A cute video with sleek design and animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFamDZkb-0

Above is a clip of Dave Chapelle’s stand-up talking about Asians (contains some swearing, probably NSFW.)
In it, he points out that Asians “have beef with other Asians,” and uses the example of mistaking a Korean person for a Chinese person. I have to say that this is an unfortunate truth in many cases, especially […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLliH_XiQqA

OK, so we all know that Disney, or the pathetic shell of what used to be Disney, had to go back to the drawing board in order to come up with a less-offensive version of 2009’s animated The Princess and The Frog.
Watch the trailer and you’ll see an adorable Princess (albeit with straightened hair) avoiding […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUPeVfrvlg

An awesome animated short about owls that a 5th grade teacher made for his students.  If teachers did this sort of thing for every subject they were passionate about, the world would be a lot smarter.
Source: Drawn!

A hilarious look at what fonts would be like as people.

A lot of people outside of the design world might not realize how much personality fonts actually have, and by changing a number of variables (spacing, boldness, positioning, color) you can express limitless ideas. I was once asked to change the font of someone’s […]

…And all I have to offer is this music video inspired by Bollywood movies sung in Spanish featuring Natalie Portman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPU1dtqrtho

I came back to America at the beginning of June and I have to say that I still feel like I’m adjusting to being back home. I am not sure why I have been absent […]

Despite having never seen the show (I know, just shoot me now), I found this clip extremely funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDQl9ueNfg

Here are my attempts at translating the mangled Japanese:
“Hello.  This is Pam.”
“Pam.  Pam, Pam, Pam, Pam…..-san.” (-san is the equivalent to “Mr./Mrs./Miss”)
“?? What is it?”
“(couldn’t understand)”
“I am Japan’s most interesting boss.” (holds up mug that says the same […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDSGmx8c2AM

Hopefully this video will make up for my lack of posting lately–school is coming to an end and of course all papers are magically due at the same time.
Anyway, this is the Algorithm March, which is featured as part of children’s programming in the morning on Japanese TV.  Basically they show you how to […]

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I am so glad I was able to find a video of this ridiculous competition, in which four women competed to see who could eat the most okonomiyaki. I saw this on TV and was completely mesmerized.
For those unfamiliar, okonomiyaki is a Kansai dish […]