I moved to South Carolina the summer I turned fifteen, after growing up in Singapore and spending four years on a ship. Unknowingly, I stepped into a paradigm where my half-Singaporean Chinese self was now firmly classified as Asian, a title that brought with it very specific expectations. I quickly learned that the best way… Continue reading Self-Hating Asians
Author: Joshua Tong
Build/Buy
Wow, it’s late. I’m only just writing this at around 11:30pm California time, so as long as I post this guy within the next half hour, I’m technically still on schedule. It’s been another wild week for me, one packed end-to-end with apartment viewings capped off with a lease signing and starting the hunt for… Continue reading Build/Buy
Cut The Exposition
Marvel’s been doing great with their TV shows, which continues to be a wild sentence to write even after we’ve had three complete seasons of shows. WandaVision was an absolute delight that had a lot of fun with its television format, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was solid fun, even if it didn’t lean… Continue reading Cut The Exposition
2 On The 2 Road
Hey, Still driving across the United States; we’ve made it to Arizona and by next week these blogposts should return to your regularly scheduled nonsense. We’ve crossed the 3,000 mile mark and found the World’s Biggest Ball of Twine (which is as magical as you’d imagine). Also went stargazing in the middle of Arches National… Continue reading 2 On The 2 Road
On The Road (But Not In A Kerouac Way)
Hey, I’m in the middle of some Pretty Big Life Stuff at the moment that has me leaving New York and engaging in a Great American Road Trip heading towards Pasadena by way of pretty much the middle of America. We’re hitting some of the big sights (The World’s Largest Ball of Twine is day… Continue reading On The Road (But Not In A Kerouac Way)
He Knows Kung Fu
So we’re a month away from Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings coming out, a movie I’ve been eagerly waiting for since it was announced. Besides the wonderfully pulpy name, I’m excited as all get out to finally, finally have an East Asian protagonist in a major Marvel movie. As someone of East… Continue reading He Knows Kung Fu
Spice Flows Like Time
Didja hear? There’s a new trailer for Dune out! I haven’t seen it, because I already know I’m going to watch it, and the first trailer was super dope and I’m on board because the look is right and Dennis Villeneuve is a director whose work I love and, given his three-hit-combo of Sicario, Arrival,… Continue reading Spice Flows Like Time
Vacation
I’m on vacation this week, like a real, legitimate, vaccinated vacation (this post coming to you from middle-of-nowhere in the south of Iceland). Not gonna have too much of a post here, so, in keeping with the last time I was on vacation, I’m gonna link up three posts from the last few months. Adventuring… Continue reading Vacation
There’s My Dang Black Widow Movie
Almost exactly eight years ago I posted a rant essay lamenting the lack of a movie about Black Widow in the MCU. This brings to the front of my mind that not only have I been keeping this blog for a long-ass time, but that it’s taken a long-ass time to get a dang Black… Continue reading There’s My Dang Black Widow Movie
Of Batches Bad
Between The Mandalorian and Marvel’s offerings of WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Loki, it feels like there’s been a steady shift of those Big Movie Franchises shifting to tv over the past year-and-a-half, ever since that one Star Wars movie that I don’t talk about came out. It’s a little surreal to… Continue reading Of Batches Bad
Essays, Not Rants! 