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Asian Poses

June 11th, 2009



By KARRIXLIN

I was talking to one of my besties today (Beth) and she happen to stumble upon a website called “asian poses” (asianposes.com) Granted I was a model once who struggled with ways to create interesting poses, but never in a million years did I come up with the ideas that many Asian girls in this world have thought up of. So I’m half Chinese and I can understand some of the culture and interests of these girls but when I dug into it deeper I really thought to myself, “Why are you posing this way?”

Here are a few of my favorites from the site…

Exhibit 1: “PUFFY CHEEKS”


The puffy cheeks has been known to be used quite frequently in the asian photography world. But why… the simplest reason for this gesture is to… look like a cartoon character. Perhaps to resemble an anime chipmunk or hamster, which ever you find cuter.

Exhibit B: “CLAWS”


Claws resembles Anime characters when they laugh or get excited about something. Remember Sailor Moon? No? Well, you obviously were not with it in the nineties, when this popular character on Sat. morning cartoon would jump with excitement about a boy she liked into the claw position… because it’s like a hug… a hug from yourself, oh and you look like a hamster again.

Exhibit C: The Giant Heart- WTF



you look like a McDonalds sign or a pair of balls at the end of a penis. This is not as cute as you think, ok maybe you look like a cute ballerina, but it would have been cuter if you were a hamster ballerina.

In conclusion I have came to the realization after talking to my friend Bruce about this, that these girls truly live in a different world then ours. Where, and I quote him, “everyone has straight hair and perfect skin and its okay to pose, and everyone looks like a girl.” It’s so true. They simply want to look cute in photos, or cute in anything… so whether that be pretending you are an anime character, a cute hamster, or a pair of balls… it makes a photo that much more interesting then if they were to just stand there. And for that young asian women of the universe, I salute you…





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Our Lives Together Starts Here…

May 8th, 2009

Just thought it was about time to say hello from beautiful Oahu, HI…. Last night made me realize how fucking beautiful this island is and how amazingly clean and comforting the beaches are. Alicia and I walked the beaches at midnight last night and looked up at the falling stars and it made me realize how perfect things can be even for just a second. I can’t believe all of us managed to make it all out here together. These are all my best friends and the only other way it could be more perfect is if Beth was here… miss you dood!

So our lives together starts here… never in a million years would I think all of us would have a chance to enjoy a vacation together to celebrate my last month(s) of bachelorette-hood and Sarah’s big 26 (damn it, I’m still older)
But I love my Hawaii crew, check out our amazing ridiculous punk rock leather bracelets that haven’t left our wrists in days:

Today will consist of relaxing (or attempting to relax for me since I’m still in wedding stress mode) and more snorkeling, but the best part will be our 2-hour horseback ride at Kualoa Ranch check it out: http://www.kualoa.com/
AMAZING! We will be going through the LOST set which I was told includes Hurley’s made up golf course for all of you who watch the show. I’m so excited I’m a huge fan…. Sarahs hoping to see a Velociraptor when we enter “Jurrasic Park” world out there, ahhhhhh….excited…Pictures to follow.

Miss all of you back home, give my baby pug Lucas a kiss for me Ian!

xo, Karri



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"All You Need Is Love"

May 1st, 2009

 I really love my friends, It blows me away each day at how amazingly talented and caring each of them are. If you ever find yourself surrounded by a group of people who immensely support and care for you, consider yourself lucky because some of us cannot be as fortunate.  

 Sometimes I think in LA it’s impossible to relate to anyone without stumbling over the words, “Who do you know? Who’s your agent, What band is your friend in?” How ’bout who fucking cares?! One of my best friends lost her good friend today and all I could think about was what she was going through. If I lost her, or any of my girls or guy friends I’d be torn apart. They feed me the creative positive energy I need to get through each day and I am grateful to have them be so involved in my life. I sware to each of them that I will be behind them 100% and nothing is ever going to get in the way of our friendship. But without sounding anymore like a gayfish I will end it on this note… All you need is love really, and all I need right now are Ian, Beth, Sarah, Elissa, Alicia, Bruce, Ryan…. etc.. etc… Just positive people that continue to help me grow. I love you guys.

By my talented best friend Sarah for my Wedding Table Names

 

…4 more days till Hawaii!



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Shark’s Cove by KarriXLin

April 30th, 2009



  So all this talk of sharks got me thinking, will I realllly   see one in Hawaii, will I be on my period and suddenly   become shark bait? The answer is, I don’t know and I     don’t care cause even though the other girls plan on         putting themselves in cages to be a hanging shark toy     for some local fish vampires, I plan on staying clear away from that. Personally, The only place I’m going to go that will have any sort of shark in the name will be “Shark’s Cove.”

My girls have never been to Hawaii… so I plan on being the asian tour guide that will probably be taken as a local… Mahalo… lol. This little cove on the north shore is like a giant 4 foot deep bath tub that little fishes and what not get spilled over from the other side of the rocks. It’s seriously the best place to snorkel out there. However, the rocks can get kind of scary.


I also wish I had a pimped out underwater camera to take with me there, but for now I will settle on looking at this beautiful hello kitty blinged out casio… because I am asian and I like shiny things with hello kitties on them, haha.



Oh just 5 more days left…



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Death Week Becomes Her by KARRIXLIN

April 24th, 2009

So I’m a little bit shocked at how the array of recent events have occurred. First off, I was laid off yet again from a slowly deteriorating business due to lack of funds. I poured my entire soul into trying to build up the music division that I envisioned but unfortunately the powers that be didn’t seem to take a strong interest in my efforts… well that and I definitely had a boss that had a strong Vendetta out for me. Anyway, this had just happened the other day right after I had surgery to remove cysts and scar tissue from my lower abdomen…. perfect timing right? It gets worse…

Yesterday I was feeling quite energized to give back to the world that had taketh away from me. I started out by offering to bring lunch to Elissa because of her never ending support and love she has given me through a lot of hard times… plus, the girl was at work till 8 pm without a nom to nom on. As I proceeded to navigate this wonderful world of Los Angeles I found myself Lost on my way to sherman oaks. My fault really, I was desperately trying to avoid getting on the Montezuma revenge 405 freeway but finally had to succumb to the traffic. As I pulled into the lane I came nose to bumper with stop and go traffic. Hard stops, aggressive acceleration, then BAM! I skidded right into the 2009 Brand new black BMW in front of me. We immediately pulled over… My first words… “Uh, this is my first accident ever, uhhh we exchange info right?” Thank God she was super pleasant. She was obviously the Bev Hills Country Club type with her Prada jacket and 10K diamond earrings on. My fave part… “Don’t worry I have a daughter who gets into a lot of accidents, shes 17, I mean but this is a BMW and yours is a… well you know” (It’s a 2006 GT Mustang and it’s more badass then your beemer but whatever)



Finally delivered sandwich…. the most expensive sandwich to date officially due to the accident. But it was for Elissa and I would basically run my car into a wall for her. (even though that would prob only cause a scratch.) But seriously my car was barely shaved of color, her mess was minor, I think my bumper is a little loose. That’s it…. oh did I mention my insurance agent is my Dad?

Enter family drama here… My dad owns Allstate in Valencia. Like OWNS. The sister that I know longer speak to is one of his agents and secretary. I avoid any and all contact with this girl or this company. Fuck…. “Hey Jackie, is dad there?…. No… Oh really, Uh, I just got into my first car accident… are you serious, what the hell did you do?” Hmmm love how no one asks if I’m OK and assumed immediately that it was MY FAULT. WOW. Dad calls me back screaming at me saying “I’m paying for this shit, I’m a loser for getting laid off” blah blah blah…. hang up to pull into a gas station ’cause I’m on empty. Fuck, I left my debit card at the restaurant I bought Elissa’s sandwich from. Arrgh, guess I’ll have to use the joint account card I have with Ian… *swipes card* nothing. Nothing? NOTHING? “Server error” *goes into gas station, *swipes*, NOTHING… “Sorry you’re card isn’t working. OMG OMG, I’m in the middle of “who the hell knows” and I have no money and no gas, and I had just been in a car accident, shoot.me.nao. I get a tap on my window and I open my door to an amazingly sweet guy who asks, “So it didn’t work out huh, would $25 help?” Uhhhh… (enter tears here) Yes, and please accept this check you are a wonderful person for helping me. His response- “My mom is in the hospital somewhere out here and I thought, maybe if I helped someone, someone would help my mom.”

Oh Karma, I hope you are real and things can only get better from here.



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