Category — Weird and Wonderful

Original from wow, 2003?? Here. I thought it needed updating so I made this new one… although some things like Uber Hot Asian Female are ALWAYS in season. WINK! I got 8. What about chu?

Poor Hello Kitty, she’s been used and abused in so many ways. Her image has been depicted on guns, vibrators [which we all have..right?], banana covers?!, Sars masks, and now a notorious Columbian drug lord has found a new way to pervert our favorite feline prom queen by hiding coded messages inside Hello Kitty images.

This kind of reminds me of the time in high school when I would hide condoms in a stuffed plush hot dog. I like it. If I were a drug mastermind I would do the same thing. Perhaps I would send secret messages through images of corn on the cob. Like I don’t already.

I go bonkers for anything panda-related so this recent post from Fops and Dandies about Beijing-based artist Zhao Bandi’s panda-themed fashion show immediately caught my eye. Bandi, who also goes by the name ‘Pandaman’ has been known to use stuffed pandas as a medium to express modern Chinese social issues in a satirical manner. The fashion show, which debuted last fall, allowed a new kind of platform for his amusing social commentary.

Over thirty models decorated in outrageous panda-inspired outfits walked the runways portraying different characters of Chinese social classes, from corrupt government officials and web celebrities, to lesbians and label whores. Well, now I have a good idea of what will either be my next Halloween costume or Madonna Inn photoshoot…

And as with any interesting artist comes a backlash of controversy, the show triggered the acceleration of a “panda law” to be passed in Chengdu, protecting the endangered animal’s image from being represented as anything considered suggestive or demeaning. So basically, the artist would not be allowed to strut around the town arm-in-arm with a couple panda girls like a Furry-loving pimp daddy! For shame!

Obviously, this picture of me jumping on the bed in a panda hat would be outlawed! This whole thing sparks my interest, not only because I squeal at the sight of anything panda, but also because my vacation to Beijing last year exposed me to their incredible art scene.

I can’t wait to see what Pandaman has up his sleeve next.

[Sources: Fops and Dandies, Pandatime, Art Zine China, Show China.]

My friend Tricia gave me this Japanese Cat Fight Pose book she found at Wacko because the girl on the right supposedly looked like me. Scary because from certain angles she does and I had to do a double take!

Of course IN OUR COMIC BOOK WORLD, this really would be true, except I would be wearing a better outfit, like my corn suit.

Thanks to Gea, I haven’t been able to log out of this website I joined called Poupee Girl. Forget about your girly addiction to Polyvore, once you start dressing your Poupee doll you will forget about all your other websites. Or maybe that’s just me.

Poupee, which means “doll” in French, is basically a virtual way of playing paperdolls, [which I naturally love, seeing that I will have my own paperdoll game on here soon!] except you can customize them to your very own likeness. Ribbons are the cash money of the Poupee world, which you can earn through various methods: uploading personal pictures of clothing, accessories, and dolls, commenting on other people’s personal items, and selling your Poupee items to other people. After earning your ribbons, you can “shop” at the marketplace. You can then dress your Poupee doll up daily and take “snapshots”. Here is my page.

Are you still there? Have I lost you? Do I sound like one of those RPG nerds that I never thought I would be?

Anyway, because the site is Japanese there are still a few things I am confused about, but once you start playing around with it you will pretty much get the hang of it. It reminds me of the time three years ago when a friend and I traveled outside of L.A. to encounter the magic that is Purikura and all of the instructions were solely in Japanese. We had to do it by trial and error but came up with masterpieces such as this:

So remember, where there is a will there is a way! With some Googling I have found a few helpful Poupee communities. Flickr has two here and here. And there is also a really good community on livejournal.

As with any social networking type of site, some type of drama is always guaranteed. Over at Poupee, you’re not supposed to upload pictures that weren’t taken by yourself. I even saw some warning message that said “ Moreover, I will punish severely when such an act comes to light.” YIKES! I wouldn’t want to offend the Poupee suits if I were you. Of course there are a few people that are blinded by ribbon greed and will label a freakin’ My Little Pony under the Tarina Tarantino brand, which you know my ass pointed out to her in a flash. Fakers. Why you gotta lie? Remember, “Lighten up, it’s just fashion!”

If any of you ladies want to join this kawaii kult, please tell me so I can send you an invite. If you sign up that way we BOTH get thirty ribbons each. OMG obsessed.

One of my best friend Reyna and my favorite games to play is called “In Our Comic Book World” which is much like the game of “What If?” but with us saying “Imagine if _______ happened….well in our Comic Book World it would.” Of course it’s always some ridiculous cartoon-plot fantasy and one day when I learn how to draw I will make a comic book featuring of all of our dreams.

In the meantime, I like it when I see weird coincidences like this that make me think we might not really be far from a comic book world after all:

My sweet Loverbot other half, Leyla, showed me this link of a bride who had a cake made in her very own likeness. I like seeing things like this because it makes me feel like less of an asshole. Just kidding. Anyway, in three years when I have my Sweet Thirty birthday bash [which will be just as obnoxious as those teens' on MTV, if not more], perhaps I will do the same, but use a photo like this. Chola cake! Take a bite outta that! ON A FASHION NOTE: Look at that sista’s wedding dress. Is that paisley or butterflies? I hope the latter because it would be very Mariah of her. A girl can dream.