Yellow Fever video

Captain’s Log, Stardate 05.03.2006

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Yellow Fever: This video was produced by a couple UC San Diego students, and it's hilariousy funny. Or maybe it's just funny to Asians. Watch it and tell me what you think. It's about 15 minutes long.

Comments

Stuart said…

Well I laughed. :) Though I think they missed on the chance to comment on the inability of giant green dino-men to attract the ladies. ;)

Wed May 03, 05:49:00 AM 2006

Jennifer Crosswhite said…

I thought it was hysterical. Of course, I went to UC Irvine and am one of the rare white girls married to an Asian guy.

I thought it was interesting (to make this somewhat writing related) how the guys tried to figure out what girls wanted and found attractive. And their thought process was pretty funny. But it's those kinds of things that we as writers can use to differentiate our characters and make them seem real.

Wed May 03, 07:51:00 AM 2006

Chaos-Jamie said…

LOL! What I want to know is whether you are married to a white guy Camy? And FWIW one of my white girlfirneds is married to an Asian guy. Maybe it is a supply and demand thing. Not many Asian guys in Kansas!

Wed May 03, 08:41:00 AM 2006

Anonymous said…

I'm really having problems with Quicktime. I looked up how the knee joint works and had not problem getting that (could have been on a different system, I suppose but I thought it had the QT logo). I've tried to install it several times but it always gives me an error message. Of course, I do have an old and decrepit computer a Pentium II and it seems that even some of the things that should work on here won't.

Please say an additional little prayer for me. Thanks, sweetie. I just seem to have no-one truly supportive close to me.

Wed May 03, 03:18:00 PM 2006

Domino said…

That was so funny! My husband (white) walked by my computer to see what I was listening to. And yes, his arms are hairy. TMI, sorry.

You never can tell what that Camy is going to post next.

In the meantime, I'll be at
http://www.lauradomino.blogspot.com

Wed May 03, 04:36:00 PM 2006

Georgiana Daniels said…

Ha ha ha, LOLOLOL!
I think I found it sooo funny because I'm from a inter-racial family (mom Native American, dad White)..so what does that make me? A hybrid, of course. There's a lot of similarities like the hairless arms and no-butt. Too funny!

Wed May 03, 07:34:00 PM 2006

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