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Chinky Or Not Chinky: I Think I Have ‘Yellow Fever’ Edition!

  • March 19, 2010 12:06 am

Yellow Fever:
Sexual obsession felt by a non-asian (Usually white, usually male) towards asians of the opposite gender. Symptoms of yellow fever include stalking, halfhearted attempts to learn Japanese/Mandarin/Cantonese/Korean and whacking off to Sailor Moon video’s.
And I should know.

–From Urbandictionary

The other day, an ex-Asian American girlfriend who currently lives up in San Francisco posted some photos from a Lunar New Year’s celebration she attended. She was dressed in a cheongsam that fit tightly around her still curvaceous and lovely body. The dress also had that slit that runs down the side to show off her long and silky smooth legs. And damn, if I wasn’t turned on! I haven’t thought about this woman in a long time, but the only thing that kept me from jumping on a plane to the Bay Area at that very moment was the fact that she has a husband and a kid now.

But it got me thinking about why these photos got me all hot and bothered. Like I said, she’s not someone I really think much about these days, yet there was something…well, I think I might just have to conclude that it was the whole cheongsam thing that made her look so fine. Which begs the question: Do I have yellow fever? And maybe even more pressing than that: Is it even possible for an Asian guy to have yellow fever?

An Open Letter To TV Writers On How To Write Your ‘Chinatown’ Episode

  • November 24, 2009 11:23 am

law and orderDear TV Writer:

My fellow Offender Roger recently wrote about how almost every television series has their “Chinatown” episode. Roger may have called you to task for doing this, but hey, I’ve written for TV before, and I know how difficult it is. You have to put out a new episode week after week and it’s hard work and sometimes you have to rely on familiar stand-bys to get you through a grueling schedule. Familiar stand-bys such as the “flashback” episode (mostly comprised of clips from past shows allowing you to take a little bit of a break), the “very special” episode (where the lead character has a bout with alcoholism, spousal abuse, ghost whispering or some other “hard-hitting” social issue) and the “Chinatown” episode. Believe me, I sympathize. In fact, let me do more than that. Let me make your job easier. If you’re about to write your “Chinatown” episode, make sure to include the following and you can’t go wrong.