KID ETHNIC IS WRITTEN BY:
saleem
who is currently moving around East Asia.
kidethnic@gmail.com
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SEAWEED BREAKFAST
A weekly column about Japan that I wrote for Glimpse.org.
100JapaneseThings
A collaborative site to help folks (and each other) find Japanese stuff.
The Alpaca Song
I wrote and recorded this for you. Because you <em>need</em> a song about alpacas, don’t you?
The Annual Kid Ethnic Valentine
Because I love you so much.
Twitter
I twitter infrequently. But hope we can stay friends.
The Whiteboard Videos
Music+Whiteboard Markers+Friends=Good ways to spend weekends
The Card that Let the Bling Run Free · 16 October 08
YOU: Hey, Bouncer. How’s things at the club tonight?
BOUNCER: Sorry, club’s full. You can’t come in.
YOU: What? But I just saw you wave in the three hot girls behind me?
BOUNCER: Club’s full.
YOU [reaching into pocket for a very special government issued card]: Ah, but sir, perhaps you were unaware. I am carrying… [showing card]…
BOUNCER [nearly coughing cigarrette out of mouth]: Sir! my apologies, I was indeed unaware! Please, my Safe Driving friend, right this way. May I take your coat?
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NOTE:
The blinging piece of paper above is an actual card issued by the Kumamoto government to people who drive safely for a set number of years. It won’t really get you into clubs, but it should.
For it is beautiful and bright and true. And gaudily magnificent.
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