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I like how your entire page is littered with sarcastic/sexual/vulgar/immature humor, yet you get upset when someone else does it on YouTube. I mean, if you expect YouTube Partners to behave like the President or Mother Theresa, you’re smoking something. So if it’s at all possible for you to answer a legitimate question without sarcastic gifs and other miscellaneous internet memes, or a flippant “fuck you”: Why is it okay when you do it, but not okay when someone else does it?

“all you do is criticize in an unconstructive manner that we don’t need” Insulting their marriage and clothing doesn’t make you look any better hun.

Oh, and if “Ask some help from a ‘white’ friend” is the “most racist and inconsiderable shit” you’ve ever heard, you must have it pretty good. I’ve heard way worse, so as someone whose entire family has worked in civil justice, I could get equally as upset about what YOU said, but I won’t because I’m actually mature and clear-headed. Also, if I was lost on a Hangul word, I would totally ask a Korean friend, because that’s what people do when they don’t speak a language fluently. So what’s the racist part behind “ask a white friend”? I’m sure there aren’t very many Hispanic people that SM songwriters are friends with (if any), so of course they’d ask a white person. White people love to go to foreign countries and teach English anyway.

“all we need is to embrace our fandoms peacefully” Wrong again. A little humor poking fun at how Siwon’s hair looked like Conan O Brien’s, or how Big Bang’s video has the same street sign that other kpop videos have is just what we need. Stop spewing your inchoate social rules and realize that laughter keeps us honest and sane, honest so we can recognize the shitty parts of the kpop industry, and sane so that we don’t lose our minds in a pit of depression. Nevermind, you probably think that there are no shitty parts. It’s all gay sex and glitter to you. Ugh, fans like you make me wonder sometimes. I see your type everywhere, saying the same things like “butthurt, lulz, kthx, strikethrough text, fail, batshit, oppar, wank, slash, calm your tits, etc.”, mainly on LiveJournal for some reason. At least your type has a home on the web, I guess.

Just in case you didn’t understand a word I said, let me translate in your language, “gifTroll”:

So today I get my cell phone bill and it’s $120. One hundred and twenty dollars. I have never had a cell phone bill over $50 my entire life. I call Sprint (need a snarky new name for them) and ask for the explanation. Apparently, Sprint bills you for the current cycle, PLUS a month in advance whenever you change your plan/get a new phone. Usually I’m diligent about knowing these types of things, but I was not aware of this. If someone had told me when I went to get my new phone, I would have gone elsewhere. Maybe that’s why no one told me. Or maybe it’s so common that everyone is presumed to know already, and I’m just out of the loop. Either way, we need to petition our congressmen to get a bill going to regulate these damn cell phone companies. There probably already is/was a bill, but it obviously left out an important part.

The whole thing stinks. It’s all set up so the wireless companies never break even or (god forbid) lose money, only profit in some way, shape, form, or fashion. Pretty slick! Imagine if every business ran that way….

McDonalds - They charge you for your meal, PLUS a future meal that you haven’t even eaten yet. A “meat & soda credit” in case you go vegetarian/healthy and stop eating at McDonalds.
The Doctor - You go in because you have the flu and you get billed TWICE, just in case you change insurance carriers, or in case you DIE. A “health credit”.
Jewelry Store - You go to buy an engagement ring and they charge you for TWO rings, just in case in case you get dumped or divorced. A “future fiancé credit”.

Yeah, she’s dumb, yeah, she’s insensitive, yeah, she represents everything that’s wrong with the country, and yeah… she has a point. Minorities say stuff like this ALL THE TIME about other minorities. If I had a dime for every time my mom or grandma talked crap about the smell of African food filling up the apartment building hallway, or every time I heard an Asian person complain about the loud mariachi music some Latinos play from their trucks while they’re washing them, I’d be BEYOND RICH. Hell, even I complain about annoying, superficial white girls and their lack of manners on a regular basis! We all have differences. It’s okay to vent about them, especially if you have experienced discrimination yourself. By knowing what it’s like to be “vented on” firsthand, you can judge how far to take things; what’s cool, and what’s waayy out of line. You have a built in Offense-o-meter™. Alexandra Wallace should know better though, because she’s just a spoiled brat who has no Offense-o-meter™. She should know by now to keep her lips sealed; like she said, she’s an American, after all. White Americans know this!

If you’re one of my friends reading this blog, I hereby grant you a Temporary Minority License (TML). You can rant about any of the following without fear of misunderstandings or retribution:

- Men (sportaholics, sluts, egotistical, dumb, farty, etc.)
- Women (shopaholics, gold diggers, prudes, nags, bleedy, etc.)
- Ghetto people (loud, fat, poor grammar, poor financial planning, fake nails, rap, etc.)
- White trash (loud, fat, poor grammar, poor financial planning, missing teeth, racist, etc.)
- Young people (always on those damn cell phones, always on my damn lawn, being whippersnappers, etc.)
- Old people (smelling like oldness, bossing people around, keeping floss in their purses, liking butterscotch-flavored things, etc.)
- WASPs (trophy wives, cheating husbands, plastic surgery addicts, afraid of minorities, etc.)
- Asians (short, always talking in ethnic language making everyone paranoid that they’re gossiping about them, skinny even though they eat carbs all the time, etc.)
- Mexicans (short, always talking in ethnic language making everyone paranoid that they’re gossiping about them, might be here illegally, etc.)
- Blacks (big butts, always hitting on women, starting annoying trend topics on twitter, etc.)
- Alaskans (sarah palin)
- Native Americans (if you can think of anything)

Your TML expires 24 hours after issuance. Use wisely.

One of the biggest problems I have with nuke whores (supporters of nuclear energy) is their lack of good arguments. Maybe I should have been a lawyer, because a good argument with valid, provable points is of utmost importance to me before anyone starts mouthing off to backsass. Logic and reason are becoming lost arts! One of the logically-challenged’s go-to comebacks whenever someone brings up safety issues is “If we used more nuclear power, we would have had more advancements in the field by now!” Uh, GTFO. That the most ass backwards argument ever. It’s *my* fault *they’re* unsafe?! Wow, let me apply that logic to everything and see where it gets me. If someone dies driving a car I built from scratch, it’s everyone else’s fault because they didn’t pay me to build more cars, so that I knew what I was doing. Everyone else on Earth should have paid to send me to college so I could learn to be a mechanic. It’s not my fault for selling a piece of shit to the public; YOU should have supported my car-building educational process by purchasing my crappy cars and making me rich in the process. Right. Got it.

The second argument I hear most often is “Other energy production methods emit radiation too! Look at coal ash!” This argument is possibly more asinine than the first. No one, I repeat, NO ONE wants *more* coal mining; when and where did you hear someone say that?! OF COURSE coal is bad, everyone knows that, which is why we want clean energy production; modern, safe methods of harvesting man’s and the Earth’s natural energy. How you heard “we think coal ash is better than nuke waste” is beyond me. Come up with better arguments, acknowledge the risks that nuclear power inherently has, as well as the flaws that the nuke industry has, stop defending the indefensible, and keep an open mind.

(Another pathetic argument I often hear: “Why doesn’t PETA complain about the starving children?!” Hmm, maybe for the same reason The American Cancer Society and Greenpeace don’t - they’re not an organization dedicated to starving children, they’re for animals! DUH. /rant)

This is really the pot calling the kettle black. Half of the reason why I deleted Twitter for Blackberry from my phone was because when I went to use UberTwitter while T4B was installed, some of the menu items had changed to FORCE me to use T4B instead of UT!! I was shocked, outraged, and felt that my privacy, freedom of choice, and UberTwitter’s rights were violated. Now Twitter is claiming the same thing?? Hmm, funny, Twitter didn’t have a problem with going into other apps and changing things around; now they’re claiming that UT did the same to them. Hypocrites. Look in the mirror first!

(Back story: Twitter banned UberTwitter from using it’s API because they didn’t like it’s name, link shortening service, and Twitlonger capabilities. Among other things.)

Reading the headlines and blogs this morning, I can’t help but marvel at all the haters The Blackeyed Peas have. Is hating on BEP the new black? I didn’t get the memo. What do people want?! Yes Fergie sucked, but that’s how she is. You knew she wouldn’t just sing Sweet Child O’ Mine straight. It’s almost comedy, deal with it. At least you laughed. But to hate on the rest of it?!? Get outta here. BEP did great, and they didn’t lip sync. Same goes for Usher, who KILLED IT. I’d like to see your fat ass do a split after dropping from the sky like a pop-lockin’ angel. Slash was amazing, though underused, and the dancers in the field were so visually cool. Whoever choreographed the aerial views is a genius.

If you honkeys (and I say that with the utmost respect) want The Who or Bruce Springsteen back, go turn on the classic rock station on the radio. I for one am glad we got a real show, an extravagant, fitting spectacle. I was pumped for the game after it was over. Let’s get it started! Tonight’s gonna be a good night for the Packers! And it was.

Wake up, shower with soap filled with parabens. Shave/epilate armpits, then put on aluminum antiperspirant. Use mouthwash with alcohol for fresh breath. Lotion with more parabens. Spray silicones on hair for that shiny, “healthy” look. Eat a bowl of oatmeal zapped in a microwave. Drink coffee zapped too. Drink acidic juice from a plastic bottle. Go to work and sit in front of a computer monitor all day, absorbing its rays. Make calls on your cell phone; get a weak signal, so go and stand by the window to absorb a stronger radio signal. Listen to the radio in car on way home. Turn on digital signal TV. Use the internet from your ultra powerful WiFi-N router.

So NBC has canceled Law & Order. End of an era, and end of NBC getting anymore of my viewership. I swore off NBC after the Leno/Conan fiasco, but Law & Order remained my one temptation. Now that it’s gone, I doubt I’ll make the effort to tune in to SVU. Why bother, it’s probably next on the chopping block. It will probably be replaced by a cheap reality show — The Divorce Ref, perhaps?

Whoever this cad is that’s running NBC, he really needs to get his head out of his ass. He’s running the network into the toilet, and taking good people with him. Well, he won’t be getting anymore of my advertising dollars. It’ll be interesting to see if any local news stations complain about dropping ratings, since L&O precedes the late night news in most markets. I wonder what will happen with the current cast? Poor Jeremy Sisto. I really like him as an actor, and was looking forward to Kidnapped (canceled by NBC after THREE episodes) back when it premiered. Now it looks like he’s going to have to find wherever Vincent D’Onofrio is hiding and join him there. Don’t even get me started on Criminal Intent…

On April 13th, SM Entertainment filed a breach of contract counter suit against 3 members of DBSK. Fine, that’s their right; in fact, I wondered why they didn’t do that in the first place. That’s usually what happens when a big moneymaker breaks ranks. The thing I’m hung up on is, what leg do they honestly think they have to stand on in the court of public opinion? Yes, they might win their court case, but they’ll lose in the long run. All of SM Entertainment’s dirty laundry has been aired already; what point is there to counter sue? You’d just be taking your own money back.

I got into a little Twitter debate earlier with a lady who was defensive of SM, to the point where she was almost in denial of the human rights offenses they’ve committed. She also believed that women in South Korea get paid fairly, but I digress. The original tweet that sparked the debate was alluding that the other artists at SM were ~happy as clams~ and resentful of the ones bringing lawsuits. I replied with my second thought, my first being, WTF RU SRS GRL PLZ. As if the other artists enjoy being broke and having to work like dogs just to take care of their families! Ha ha. Pardon my raucous laughter. The nature of the beast is hard work and loss of some personal freedoms, I get that, but SM exacerbates it to the nth degree. There’s no denying that, many “defectors” have said so themselves.

She then responded blithely by saying that the other artists could sue too, if they were so unhappy. Yeah, right. Filing lawsuits isn’t as easy as 1, 2, 3. It takes time, money, preparation for a shitstorm, and more money. I doubt SNSD has enough dough or more importantly, clout, to even begin thinking of fighting for reform. If anything, their best bet is to wait it out and see what happens with the other lawsuits. Maybe changes will be implemented that directly affect them, not to mention current & future practices at the company. Let’s say for a lark, that one or more of them did decide to sue. It’s not as if the scenarios are the same in any way, shape, form, or fashion. DBSK and Super Junior (and their respective litigious parties) have both been around for more than 5 years and have thriving careers in countries other than South Korea: DBSK = Japan, Hangeng = China. SNSD would have a bit more difficult time picking up their career where they left off in South Korea, I’d say. That’s not even delving into the issue of pay fairness. If the members of DBSK and Super Junior aren’t being paid enough, what in hell are the girls of SNSD making?? Let’s not kid ourselves, sexism is alive and well, and from what I hear, it’s doing particularly well in East Asia. I’d be willing to bet my own measly monies that all the female groups and solo artists in SM Town are paid less than their male counterparts for the same base contract. Of course, there are the other jobs they all do; radio shows, movies, etc., but at the root, I think it’s safe to say they are getting the shorter end of the stick.

To answer my original question, besides a few lone supporters on Twitter, SM Entertainment doesn’t have an ice cube’s chance in hell at salvaging the remnants of their public image. The question is, will that have any effect on their bottom line? Probably not.

Today’s news outlets are reporting that rescuers have just found a 16-year-old girl named Darlene under some rubble in Haiti. Now, keep in mind, it has been over two weeks since the quake initially struck, one week since the 6.1 aftershock, and the Haitian government called off official search-and-rescue operations 4 days ago. In light of all that, it must be said: Those Haitians are some tough motherfuckers!

Scientists are baffled. An article on ABC News’ website gave quotes from medical experts stating how it’s implausible that a teenager could make it after so long. Of course, the elements play a part — Haiti is hot, even at night, so the risk of hypothermia is greatly diminished. In my opinion, however, that does not explain why they keep finding people, nor how these victims are bouncing back after the limited treatment they receive.

Here’s my theory, as sad as it may be. Haitians in general are probably used to having very little food and water, and to being outside in the elements all day. Let’s face it, Haiti was and is a country with a high poverty rate. By contrast, many people from more developed countries have metabolisms that evolved or are conditioned to match that level of economic development. To put it crudely, there is no way my fat American ass is living for more than a week without my flat iron, let alone water. Meanwhile, Haitian Grandma was holding on for 10 days. Next thing you know, we’re going to hear a report of a pregnant lady found under some rocks. “She gave birth 2 days after the quake; she chewed through the umbilical cord and used it to signal for help. Mother and baby were given some water and fruit and are now doing fine.”

God bless those Haitians; I have never seen a more determined, resourceful, or ameliorative country of people in my life.

Here’s my theory on why Sun Mi left the Wonder Girls. Let me make a disclaimer before I begin: I do not know Sun Mi, anyone in her family, nor anyone who works for JYP. This is pure speculation.

I bet Mimi’s parents wanted her to focus more on her future educational goals, so they made JYP let her go. As you may know, on June 14th 2009, both So Hee and Sun Mi dropped out of school to tour the US with the Jonas Brothers. I do not know what the agreement was with their parents, but something tells me Sun Mi’s parents stipulated an exact time frame for her to return to school, a time frame JYP could not fulfill. These plans for her to leave the Wonder Girls and be replaced by a new member have probably been in the works since May 22nd 2009, when Sun Mi flew back to Korea by herself and missed the fanmeeting in New York. Was this the beginning of the end?

Now, Sun Mi is not an only child, (she has 2 younger brothers), but she is the only girl in her family, so her mom probably misses her greatly and wants her to come home, and is using her education as an excuse. A good excuse, mind you, but an excuse nonetheless. JYP is of course aligned with his trainee’s parents, in that the primary focus is education, not fame, so he had no choice but to let her go. Being a minor, she has no choice, and neither does he. She will turn 18 this May; maybe then we will get to hear her side of the story.

I support Sun Mi 100%, always will. I feel a connection to her, and how she got caught up in a whirlwind of fame and promises that eventually ended up broken. As fans, the best thing we can do is let her know she is gone but not forgotten, and we will always be here for her once she is free to make her own decisions. I still disagree with the choices JYP has made; like letting her drop out of school in the first place, signing under aged performers, etc., but what’s done is done, so let’s move on. If anyone is planning a fan project for Mimi, count me in. I will do whatever I can to support her and show her love.

- Victoria

A few headlines really gave me heartburn recently. Literally, I just ate too much and now I’m angry and it’s hard to breathe and I can feel the food coming back up. Remind me to never blog in anger after a big meal again.

Grandma Is Abused By Injustice System

This pissed me off so bad. A 78 year-old grandmother was pulled over for, get this, driving too slowly. Wow, cops in Florida give tickets for driving slow? If they did that in Ohio, they’d be pulling people over all damn day. Anyway, so they find out her license was suspended, so they give her a ticket and she has to go to court. Maybe she forgot to take her ginko biloba pills and her Focus Factor; from what I hear, no one really tells you if and when you get too many points on your license, so maybe she didn’t even know it was suspended. Well it’s all inconsequential anyway, for a few days later the DMV sends her a letter saying “All is well! You got your license back.” Grandma sings Oh Happy Day, praises Jesus a bit, and goes on about her business. Whodathunk that the court date was still set, right? Well she missed it, of course, and the cops come barreling into her home, hooting and hollering, ready to attack as always, while Nana’s just trying to watch The Price Is Right. Almost gave her a heart attack, I presume. Good thing Fifi didn’t nip their ankles off. They probably didn’t even let her get her cornbread out of the oven first before they hauled her away in the paddywagon! Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but it’s plausible.

Long story short, the public defender who was supposed to be defending the public’s grandmothers was passed out on his sofa from a booze-and-crack hangover, the second public defender didn’t meet her at the jail (maybe he got held up playing Farmville on Facebook), and the pretrial services division didn’t bother to tell the judge that they thought she should be let go. Grandma Driveslow was kept in jail for FIFTEEN DAYS, INCLUDING THANKSGIVING. Can you imagine? Can you imagine how her family felt? I like how it’s okay for the system to fuck up three times, but if Miss Daisy forgets twice, it’s over! Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, etc. etc., continue this lame Monopoly joke on your own.

I don’t know why, but I ventured to read some of the comments netizens left. One somewhat reasonable douchebag made what would have been a good point, if it weren’t for the fact that she’s seventy-eight years old:

I’m not excusing this mistake, and it’s completely wrong for her to have spent 2 weeks in jail for this offense, but it sounds like she had opportunities to set things right before it happened.

*blink*

I’d like to see you keep track of all your shit when you’re pushing 80. I’m 23 and I can’t even remember to take my laundry out of the dryer. I bet it won’t be so easy then, when you’re searching for your glasses because you’re blind as a fucking bat, can’t figure out what’s junk mail, what’s a bill, and what’s Publishers Clearinghouse in the two dozen pieces of mail you get every day, and the one letter you *do* manage to read assures you that your driving troubles have been taken care of. I hope you’re one of those old men that gets laughed at by teenagers when they fall down at the mall. I’ve had the “privilege” of having to go to court over a ticket, and let me tell ya, these people are Grade A sickos (and I use the term “people” loosely) who get off on seeing regular folk suffer. I sat waiting for my turn in front of the judge and witnessed a nice, classy, articulate lady make a valid point about a speed trap in a respectful way, and the honky ass judge ripped her a new one and quantitatively dismssed her entire presence as a human being, not to mention her case. It’s all one big waste of time. But now I’m getting off point. The point is, I hate the injustice system and I love grandmothers. Even ones who drive annoyingly slow. (I actually got stuck behind a slow grandma the other day, and I did honk my horn and yell obscenities at her, but I still love her damn it!)

Google Threatens To Exit China

BUSTED, CHINA! Haha! Apparently China (who knows which governmental or political sector) tried to hack into the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and major tech companies. I don’t know much about hacking, but I’m betting that the same geniuses who make shitty knockoff software like YLMF and Vii weren’t that good at fooling Google, aka God Of The Internet.

Good for them. Yahoo may have caved in, but Google has the brains and clout to hightail it out of there when something funky goes down. Whatever did happen to that Yahoo CEO dude? Didn’t he quit? Eh who cares, that snitch made more money in a year and a half than either I or my grandma will ever see. I’m sure he’s not complaining. At least not as much as the people he ratted out are. They’ve got… how many more years labor in a shitty chinese jewelry factory? Five? Yeah. Hope his wife and kid are doing alright.