From PostMimi, the Asian American version of PostSecret.

Here's a video from singer David Choi about race and the kinds of friends we choose:

Ridiculous X 2

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It's official: Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been sentenced to 12 years in a hard-labor prison camp. It's absolutely horrible news. When I heard they were going to go on trial in NKorea last Thursday , I've been nervous every time I checked my Yahoo! front page, worried that I was going to be met with, a "Found Guilty" headline. Even finding out about their arrest was ridiculous, these women had done nothing wrong. And given that they are Americans, I guess I had one of those momentary lapse in U.S. arrogance, assuming that there was no way they would not be freed soon, after all, they're Americans! Countries don't want to mess with us! I'm still in disbelief, it seems incredibly surreal, like I'm waiting for North Korea to come out with the statement, "On second thought, because we like to think we're such a good country, we're going to free them. Of course, that should mean that you, the U.S., can't say anything more about our bomb pursuits." I just can't imagine what they've been going though and what will happen to them in the future..

And the other ridiculous news of the week:
Given the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown last week, police in China were patrolling the square, as well as shutting down certain Internet sites and keeping watch over dissenters, for any show of remembrance of the protest 20 years ago. And what was their bright idea to stop the media from filming on site for news coverage? Umbrellas! Really now, it's so juvenile. When I read it on AAM, I thought it was really bizarre and didn't think it would be effective. But then I saw the videos of it happening in person and it makes the whole attempt look even more absurd. I literally shook my head in amused disbelief. Really, Chinese people? This is your solution?