OK, maybe it’s less of an Asian thing and just another example of how technology is changing the ways in which we memorialize good times, but does anyone not have at least a few friends whose phones and cameras are cluttered with photos of food?
I don’t mean the title of this post to be taken literally, of course (that would be ridiculous). But isn’t there a similar thing going on? You’re grateful for that beautiful cheap, plastic plate of hot guo tie in front of you, or the bowls of curry and bharta simmering on the tabletop in the dim light, or the steaming, enormous bowl of pho under the fluorescent lights and what better way to show it than by trying to preserve the memory pho-rever?? You’re a food pornographer. You and everyone else at the table who whipped out their phone. You think that someday, you’ll flick through the photos on the Camera Roll in your iPhone and remember exactly how you felt staring wide-eyed at that styrofoam container filled with xiang qiang fan, and you know what: you’re RIGHT! You will!
Take that photo, you food pornographer. In fact, take several from different angles for safety.
that’s two video game-related posts in a row. And I’m not even a gamer. Maybe I should be.
My band - comprised of the very talented Quincy Surasmith, Helen Hua, Eugene Kim and David Tran - will be playing at the Lotus Festival in Echo Park tonight at 8pm. So come join us.
Never been to the festival before, but I hear it’s a pan-Asian cultural event, which indicates I may be trying to keep my mind off all the awesome cheap, fried food while I’m on stage. The website - http://www.laparks.org/calendar/lotus/lotus.htm - claims this year is highlighting the people and cultures of China. Man, if that includes cong you bing or any other kind of Chinese comfort food, I’ll be very distracted while I’m trying to perform…
Recently I was having a conversation with a buddy of mine on IM. We were laughing at uh… this. My friend, who’s had some experience with that site, explained to me that the algorithm it uses to decide who’s “hot” or not is actually pretty logical, as it takes into consideration things like how many views a profile got and how it was rated by your peers. My response was, “blah. fuck my peers.”
I think that about sums up my feelings re: a recent study that suggests our feelings of attraction towards someone are influenced heavily by other members of the same sex being attracted to that person. In other words, if you see all the other guys checking out a girl, you find her more attractive.
To which my response is: bullshit.
Have a nice day and trust no one’s eyes but yours.
