Summertime, and the livin' is easy ... when you're lucky enough to have an ice cream shop as good as this. The homemade mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor.
Two signs you're in metro Washington:
1) GOPESQ. The license plate number of a silver, late-model V8 jeep sporting a Bush/Cheney sticker and an "AMI" (Amelia Island, Fla.) sticker on its rear window. Seen during morning rush hour last Friday.
2) STAY ALERT ... RAISED TERROR ALERT ... CODE ORANGE ... REPORT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ... DC POLICE 311. Seen on a flashing neon sign as I crossed the Francis Scott Key Bridge from northern Virginia into Georgetown.
The Washingtonienne story, or, I'm a Slut and proud of it: The Washington Post magazine today wrote about Jessica Cutler, a.k.a. Washingtonienne, the former, comely low-level mail clerk for a Ohio congressman. She cheated on her live-in boyfriend by sleeping with six politicos or Capitol Hill staff (a couple of whom are married) - often for money - and blogged about it. Wonkette ratted her out a couple of months ago. Cutler deleted her blog (on Blogger, na'theless), but it's been cached, so you can read it here.
What a stupid bitch. The fact that she fu**s anything that moves is unfortunate and pathetic. The added fact that she's also Asian-American makes me cringe. We're already seen as fragile or vampy sex objects, sloe-eyed human dolls with long black hair, women cast in the mold of Suzie Wong and Madame Butterfly. Her story certainly doesn't help combat that inaccurate, outdated image. I hope her book bombs.
Olympics rowing: I just watched the Americans beat the Canadians by a hair's breadth to garner a spot in the mens' eights finals. Our team also set a new world record time in doing so (cheers all around). My fiance rowed the eights for Oxford back in the day, so I like to keep track of this sport. Now beach volleyball is on NBC. What a silly sport for the Olympics. Rhythmic gymnastics is more dignified.
Either I am in the dark, or live under a rock -- but I have never thought of Asian-american women as tramps.
ReplyDeleteI'm saying there's a perception that Asian-American women are tramps. Rather, they're often seen as fetishized sex objects. There's a difference.
ReplyDeleteWhoops - I typed too quickly in my comments above. I meant to say, "I'm NOT saying that there's a perception that Asian-American women are tramps ...."
ReplyDeleteHi Bex!
ReplyDelete(Yes, I am back! Will reply to your email shortly!) :-)
She does sound like a stupid bitch. Women like her not only made Asian-American women look bad, but all women.
Those damn hentai cartoons aren't making it any easier. :-(