Well, Memorial Day came and went.
FC, my sister, and I checked out the Vilcek Foundation‘s exhibit of “Lost” props and photos. Mr. Cluck! Dharma van! Dharma beer!
My sister and I then checked out Asia Society’s museum (exhibits on “Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art” and “Inspired by India: Works by NYC Students“) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (“Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art“; “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity”; and “Tutankhamun’s Funeral“).
The end of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, but really for us at Triscribe, APA Heritage stuff is every day. But, some items of interest:
Great stuff at the AABANY/SABANY/KALAGNY event: “Blazing a Trail in the Law.”
Angry Asian Man showed a clip of this funny and poignant comment from Ben Kingsley to the ladies of “The View,” about how he was with a terrible dinner guest – a German woman who (1) asked if he was Jewish, and (2) said it was “worse” when he said he was half-English and half-Indian. His outrage was on point, although I wonder if this incident had occurred before he was on “Gandhi” or “Schindler’s List.” (or maybe it did occur afterward! What a terrible dinner party that must have been).
NY Times covering the Bon Chon v. Kyochon trend; fried chicken will never be the same, now is it?
Time’s Techland (the geek/nerd/etc. coverage) post by Evan Narcisse, on a Memorial Day special – honoring Asian/APA comic book heroes (the Atom; Jubilee; the ex-Batgirl Cassandra Cain – I had to smile over those, even though, yeah, I think Asian/APA comic book heroes have gotten a little shafted. Just a little).
Last but not least to note: Qing Hong Wu is now an American citizen, thanks to Governor Paterson’s pardon; there are second chances and redemption is possible.
But, life – yeah, it’s complicated.