The #1 Movie in America

I guess we all know or already heard about that narrator on your flat, screen TVs who always say the same thing to every movie that hit box office, “Americans #1 Movie is...(...)...”. I found it ironic because there so many #1 movie in America. I can't keep track of all of them. Sometimes, I find movies that hit box office to be outrageous and bogus. For instance, let's take a closer look at "Fast and Furious", we all know that here in America, no male or female is gonna get on the street on a highway bridge and start racing around. Maybe in Eastern countries, but here, we get a so call "TICKET", (there goes a $350 dollar fine).

In my opinion, we take a lot of credit of other movies that came out first and simply turn it into an original (when it's not so original). For example, Legend of Speed (1999) vs. Fast and Furious (2001).

But, then you can fall in love with an actor in your favorite movie and blast off about how cool it is. But if it didn't even reach to many hearts like yours you'll find yourself disappointed.

Then we have those narrators who goes, “Based on The Best Selling author……in America”, “Best Director”, and so on. Okay, so how many best authors/directors are out there? Who should we appreciate more? I guess we don't really have to favor just one single AUTHOR or DIRECTOR. :)

I know that after searching for gross movies, “Titanic” and "Gone to the Wind" are going to be the number one highest selling movie here, but how about the thousands of movies that were NUMBER ONE in our 21st century?? Every single 3 week of one month, we have a new film shown in our theatre. You picked a comedy film to watch that day, then you go home complaining how "dull" that movie was, turned on your TV, and that narrator guy pops out to say, “America’s #1 funniest video”. So not what you think right??

Now I understand that he sometimes said “Of the year” after he goes #1, but I think it would be more appropriate if he goes something like “This is the #58 (#1) Movie in America” or something to actually represent why it is -what it is. But who keeps track anyways? In Hollywood, all movies are consider to be number one, we promote ourselves before we promote others, so why should we care? Movies after movies, in such a long time does give us a better view of understanding the world. But it sure did make us forgotten about old ones and think about new ones. After all the narrator had said so many #1 movies in America: Pirates of the Caribbean, Twilight, Avatar, Time's Travelers Wife, etc... we’ve already have so many #1 movies, might as well expect it next month.

By the way, if you like Avatar and is wondering if it hit other countries, you'll surprisingly find that it's not necessarily #1. :)

Why Asian girls dye their hair blonde?

I am Asian, but why do I dye my hair blonde? Actually my hair is brown, but I do dye my hair a lighter color. All I can say is that if Asian girls dyed their hair blonde, it is not because she wants to look or act “Caucasian”. The answer is obviously because Asian girls had been inspired by the old European beauty. Even some Caucasian women, who were originally born brunette or red head, dye their hair blonde, but particularly the Asian race get picked on most when going to blonde or a lighter color.

If an African American person had blonde hair, no one asked why she wants to look Caucasian, and if a Mexican streak her hair blonde, it just looks cool because she's sexy Chica, but if an Asian girl dyes her hair blonde, people would ask why she wants to look “white”? That’s because most people are very ethnocentric about their own culture.

Take Japanese and Korean icons for example, who had been dying their hair blonde even back in the 80s. This is why the 21st century judge Asian with blonde hair. All of a sudden if you have "white mom" and "Asian dad" and you're hair turns black, but you want it blonde, then you're not suppose to because of your dad?? That's offensive to her pride, what if she wants to look like her mom? We all come from a different background and if you’re hair is black and you want to add blue streaks, go for it!! I ENCOURAGE YOU to go for any color you wish for ( go Gray if you want).

It might sound weird to say that only rich and popular people should go blonde like Pamela Anderson or Tila Tequila, and cruelly judge that they're are dumb or "stupid", but there are many Asian idols who inspired the "White", "black", "Gold", and "Brown" people, like Japanese idol: Ayumi Hamasaki.

By the way, I'm not picking on the "Caucasions", or also to "Asians" who ever thought this way. This is just my view on why no one own one or another color, they don’t define who owns blonde, red, pink, or green. Life in America, is where we choose our own politics and parties, meaning our own will, our own LIVES. (Which certainly puts a bound to those who care to think twice of an Asian going “white”). And with so many freedom, speeches, and expressions, all I can say is if you get out into the world more, you’ll find many lovely people in BLONDE especially in Asian girls.

An American Dream

The American dream is nothing more than everyone views on being capable to achieve in equality. To achieve something within ones’ life, we, Americans often set out our goals before we dream. Our dreams are set at a mind as an individual. We look forward to wealth, freedom, and happiness. All which are given to us by the same opportunity. In reality, an American dream does not have an exact definition. But associating to American lives, I describe the American dream of having any opportunity and freedom given and allow by the American citizens to achieve their goals through hard work and determination.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “American dream came through long and patience, from desperate war, to fight, to be on one side of another, and especially to be proud of every soldier who had fought for those of an American whose dream had came true”.
About the American dream, Thomas Wolfe once said, “…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity…the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him.” I've heard people said that the American dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity; that people work more hours to get better cars, bigger homes, given by the fruit of prosperity for their families, yet have less time to enjoy their own prosperity. The American dream is beyond the grasp of the working poor, who must work two jobs to insure their family’s survival. Yet more often, we look toward a new American dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple and fulfilling life.

If equality from our American dream are more open minded for the individual who do look forward to working hard, the new society of having an American Dream are truly to be accepted in reality. This also applied that no true American dream would become proper unless someone begins work their blindfolds. Equality from the American dream is given to everyone with the same benefits, but it will not always be fair. Equality describes the American dream in its own way and how we describe our American dream is up to us.