Tirumari…

j… well, j-just Tirumari, really… my name’s long enough already. Quick disclaimer: I have never watched a Bond film, except for the first few minutes of Goldfinger. Still, I feel that most movies come up a little short every year; it’s odd that so much of them suck so much, and no one seems to care except the Indian guy who doesn’t really watch movies all that often. And for the record, I don’t like Bollywood movies either; they annoy me. Ironic that I still enjoy anything from Pixar and basically most cartoon movies. Well, besides a handful of Dreamworks movies, a good bunch of them suck. Ah, I’m so judgmental when it comes to movies… I think it has to do with my cliché-sense. But that requires an explanation for another comic strip. I promise I’ll explain it, just not now.

~Tirumari

PS - Darren is actually not evil; he only sometimes pretends to be. In fact, in a lot of ways, he’s a nicer person than I am. He does have one hell of an evil laugh, though. I’ve also apparently partnered up with Jessica Rabbit’s twin sister. Go figure. I didn’t intentionally draw it that way.

Secret Asian Man

Let’s face it: Being an asian male on the dating scene sucks. I mean, can we help it if the sterotype for what’s sexy is Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig and not Jackie Chan?

Okay, admittedly, that’s not completely true. Yes, Asians I’ve seen typically don’t date white girls, but that’s not really because we’re unlikable or ugly. Nah, it because we don’t have this thing called CONFIDENCE to meet other people and so we end up just going with what’s comfortable and what we know and this is pretty much the result. Which brings to mind a critical question: Why the low self-confidence? Personally, and ironically in a sense, I blame the sterotypical (and typical, actually) Asian attitute toward education.

And if you think I’m kidding, ask me, T.J., or just about any Asian that goes to U.C. Berkeley (if not in general). It’s not that funny though. In fact, it’s actually kind of abusive. x(

But anyway, my point is (besides being a soapbox for the social injustice within the Asian community), give us a reason to feel good about ourselves: date an Asian guy today! Like T.J.!

Really. I mean it. His number is (925)-654-26…what’s that T.J.? You’re saving yourself for someone special? Oh, I’m sorry. Nevermind then. ;)

Oh, and as far as movies are concerned, I’m putting in a shameless plug for Watchmen. I could never resist a good superhero movie.

~Darren