Rice Queen, Part 1

I remember the first time someone called me a "Rice Queen." I was humored by it at first, because although my boyfriend at the time was Filipino, I had previously dated guys from a wide variety of ethnicities (my first crush was a white guy, my first boyfriend black, and my roommate I secretly wanted was latino). However, when I ended up dating a second Filipino guy, the appellation was cemented and my reputation sealed (and perhaps the tattoo I got of the Chinese characters and zodiac rabbit contributed as well).

Soon I began hearing comments like, "Oh, you should come to this party. There will be lots of Asians there." Or, while driving along in the car with a friend, he would see an Asian guy (any Asian guy, no matter how old or ugly) walking down the street and say, "Look, an Asian guy for you." Unfortunately, in my insecurity at the time, I allowed those comments to bother me, since I knew that I was not exclusively attracted to Asian guys. Perhaps I felt it would portray me as being one-dimensional or limited, but I felt compelled always to defend myself against the charge of being a rice queen.

This culminated in my wanting so badly to prove (perhaps even to myself) that I was open to guys of many ethnicities that I actually hooked up with a white guy once for no other reason than to be able to say I had done it. He was legitimately a hottie, but how insecure does one have to be to take a guy to bed for no other reason than to round out my sexual resume?

Fortunately, in the time since then, life has helped me to grow up and get my priorities a bit less off-kilter. I realized that, though I am truly attracted to guys of almost every variety, and though I was attracted to Asian guys I have dated for more reasons than just their exotic appearance, the fact remains that yes, Asian guys are hot! And my life has been a more wonderful and exciting and fulfilling adventure because of the Asian guys I have known and cared for. So, call me a rice queen. Just as with those who call me a power bottom, the label is incomplete but yes, it does have an element of truth to it.

W turns 60

To celebrate the president's 60th birthday today, President Bush and Vice President Cheney reportedly decided to pull out the outfits they used to wear at the old Halliburton parties and attempt to show they still "have it."

Apparently, though, the Secret Service hates these "special" parties because they end up having to bottom for "Georgina" and "Rita," as they are both tops (a fact, of course, which comes as no surprise to the country, since the past 6 years have made it apparent that George fucks everything he touches and Dick screws everyone he meets).

At press time, reports that a White House staffer walked in on the two leaders doing it "Jefferson-style" in the Lincoln Bedroom could not be confirmed.

Countdown to Gay Games 2006 in Chicago: 9.....

World Cup Finals (Sigh)

Ok guys, I put a picture of a hot guy on here in an effort to trick you into reading another post about soccer. So, for those of you paying attention, France defeated Portugal 1-0 today, advancing them to the championship game of the World Cup which will be played this Sunday against Italy.

Now, no team that I particularly care about made it, so I have little to say about the finals (other than I already miss David Beckham). But I was humored today as I was driving in my car and was listening to a political radio talk host (who I listen to simply for his absurdity, as the guy is pretty much nuts and should be locked away). He obviously knew nothing about soccer and was probably just reading from the AP wires.

But he got all worked up about France playing Italy, and he said that Americans should unquestionably be cheering for Italy over France (apparently being the great soccer fan he is, he forgot that Italy was one of the teams that contributed to eliminating the US from the tournament).

Amazingly, though, the radio guy said that Americans should be cheering against France because he doesn't like France's politics. What sort of insane troll logic is that? To choose sides in a sporting event based on which team aligns itself better with your political views? I'm sorry, I just don't see the connection. Well, there's no accounting for some people's thinking, particularly since it is clear that the true reason we should cheer for Italy is because their players are way hotter than France's team (Some of Italy's players even participated in a fundraiser for cancer research by posing shirtless for a hot calendar this year....mmmm!).

Random Blog Theft #1

I am going to begin occasionally posting items that I find while reading other blogs, blatantly stealing them and posting them on my own. However, I will always say really nice things about the people that I steal them from and include lots of links to their blog, so I'm hoping they won't view it as theft so much as free advertising. Also, I will make a rule for myself that I won't allow this to be a substitute for my own creativity, so I will only do this if I have posted something original in the previous 24 hours.

For my first Random Blog Theft, I saw this picture on the Beautiful blog, and I thought it was hilarious. It's an advertisement for Nobby's Nuts, which apparently is a very popular brand of nuts in Australia (one of their old advertising slogans read, "Nibble Nobby's Nuts Before Nobby Nibbles Yours"). Anyway, I thought the ads and their placement were perfect.

If you want to check out a blog that truly lives up to its name, take a look at Beautiful sometime!

Countdown to Gay Games 2006 in Chicago: 10.....