Announcement
- 51% Marlene Dietrich.
49% Olive Oyl.
http://elena.ningin.com
My blog
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Roger Fan Fans....Don't Miss This
Saturday, Aug 2, 2008 11:45AM / Standard Entry
People,
If you like the actor Roger Fan (and who in their right mind doesn't?), you need to read
"Roger Fan: The Out-Takes, Part 1"
on my Ningin blog
http://ningin.com/elenastevenson
And the comments after the blog are funny if you like Sung Kang or know who the other guy in this photo is.
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Super Short Update
Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 11:04AM / Standard Entry
Not a normal blog entry for me at all....
I would love to spend more time on here tonight, but don't want to fall asleep at the wheel tomorrow. While other aspiring filmmakers are in NYC at the 72 Hour Shootout, I'll be in Kentucky. But if you go to http://ningin.com/elenastevenson you can see my blog interviews of some of the participants. Very fun people at that shootout, eh?
I will catch up with you guys later! I promise!
What am I doing in Kentucky? Dropping John off at my parents' house, then taking Roland to my college class reunion. Jeremy has to work
, but my parents are so excited to see the babies. I still can't believe it's been 10 years since college graduation. It flies by....I am compelled to make the most of it. Hugs to everybody. Take care, Elena
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Friday, Jun 6, 2008 8:24PM / Standard Entry
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Hapa's Mama Goodbye of Sorts
Thursday, Jun 5, 2008 4:02AM / Standard Entry
Dear AnD Friends,
We all have to make hard choices in life....there's only so much time, plus you have to make income and take care of your family. It's with a little sadness that I make this announcement.
Some of you might have noticed that there’s not as much going on at hapasmama.com recently. After careful consideration, I’ve decided to leave the website up, but stop adding to it. There seem to be so many other sites/groups within sites devoted to multiracial families. As a one-woman operation, I could not generate enough content and direct enough traffic to the site to really make it viable. Besides, I have taken on freelance writing work to support my family, while I work on breaking into screenwriting. I just had too much on my plate, especially with two small children. But I don’t regret putting up hapasmama at all! I’ve met so many great people, and I’ve grown as an artist and a person by doing this.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for your support. The AnD community has really backed hapasmama.com so much; the comments you left on the site have literally brought tears to my eyes.
I love to blog, but I wanted the freedom to blog about a lot of subjects, not just race and family. You can visit my new blog at http://bigworldsmall.wordpress.com. I would love to hear from you over there. You don’t have to be a member of anything to leave a comment. I don't think I'll be posting links from this site to that site--just bookmark it and check it out. I hope to add a blog subscrīption service soon.
Again, hugs to all of you for your awesome support of the site. It really was a worthwhile venture because you made it so. It's so great to find others who feel as strongly as you do about the equality of all people.
Blessings, Elena
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So You Think You Can Dance
Friday, May 30, 2008 11:25AM / Standard Entry
I just went over to YouTube, hoping to find a video of tonight's show. No dice, so the pretty British host will have to suffice. It cracks me up how she says, "Los AngelEEZ"...
I love this show. I took a lot of dance lessons as a kid, and loved it. I won a swing dance contest once, but only because my partner was so good. (Swing is unaffected by feminism. The man leads, period.).
The "poppers" are fun, but what really moves me is grace and beauty. The human body is just incredible. I find it distracting when contestants wear anything baggy. Let me see the body, see the lines, how they move, the muscles, the proportions. Aesthetically, this is really important. You can laugh all you want at men in tights, but there's a reason for it.
On the teaser for tonight's episode, I had seen a guy in the yellow Finishing the Game jumpsuit, and my reaction was, "FORE!" Obviously, I could not miss the show. The guy in the suit was Phuc Dat Nguyen. You can only imagine the ribbing he's taken over his name. He had a really original, fun routine, and connected with the judges and the audience. He also had a moving backstory of being picked on a lot as a kid. The choreography did not go as well; I was sad to see him eliminated. I'll keep an eye peeled for him--maybe he'll be on Kollaboration or something. But if someone puts up a video of him, I'll upload it here. Wonder how he got the jumpsuit?
One more thought on SYTYCD--some people are very confused about what a dance competition really is. You can bust a move at a club, or your cousin's wedding reception, and it's all good. OK, you have the chutzpah to put yourself out there. Great. But it's not choreography--it's not competitive dancing. And when the judges call you on it, giving a solilloquy on how you feel good about yourself is really beside the point. Feel good about yourself doing something else, and leave the dance to the people who excel at it. Because I really enjoy watching the people who do excel, who are using their bodies to make an artistic statement.
