My better half once told me a story of how a guy trying to make a move in highschool on her asked the H.S. Radio D.J. to play Bowie’s verion of IGGY POP’s China Girl (for the record, both bowie and Pop were dating Asian women at the time.. and I think Iggy married his and she got him off the smack in a way that Bowie and eno never could, but then Bowie married a man, or rather IMAN, but I digress). She was shocked and offended by this,but let’s face it… that is a fuck of a great song, but it is way to intimate for a first mixed race date, and way way way way to intimate for a never dated, detached sound… she was mortified and not even Chinese, but I still think the China refers to porcelain dolls not CHINA, but I’m not certain this would help his case. I hesitate to post this.. The Sarah Silverman joke:
I’m no racist: I love Asians… or something like that.
There seems to be a trend on flicker and vimeo, etc. of Young Asian Women photographing themselves as models… but model artists. I wonder if this is at all realted to Cindy Sherman, or Laurie Anderson, or maybe the flux fluke of Yoko Ono (bar none the most famous Asian Woman in the world… to be followed by Tokyo Rose? or what? Gong Li? All great looking). whatever the explanation, I support the…(cough cough) trend…How much? Sooooooo Much….that said, I miss the better half, like I’d miss my legs should you decide to blow them off with an IED…. and why would you want to do a shitty thing like that.
Thomas Aquinas once told me (in a book) that the revolution of Jesus Christ can be summed up in one sentance: “Love thy neighbor as thyself”.
Now most of my neighbors are Jews or mixed religious marriages (is it possible that we are the only couple not married…no…. it is probable)… but can I tell you something: I really have fallen in love with the people in my COOP… doesn’t happen often, but wow…. these are people you acutally enjoy cooperating with…they bring you music and coffee and wine and song and drums and guitars and …. well I’m not much on testiments, but I’d like to testify… that bit of Jesus works for me.. and plus he takes out the trash… god bless Jesus.