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About Me

My name is Mark, Im gettin my PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity at USC and am about to be the first Thai American US historian. Don't believe me? google me. You might have also seen me hoopin, writin and drawin an Asian American comic strip called Fresh Laundry, cooking, golfing, stayin "much more fresher," and reading. Probably just reading though. aight man holla then...
For all you pessimists who believe our current U.S. society is the best we can do as a people: "The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in." the great, late - James A. Baldwin
And for those who really, really believe this is the best system on earth:read a book...
"I'm the new face of Asian America! And Asian Americans are mad as hell...they're thinking 'he's the darkest muthaf*&@a out of all of us and he wants to be a professor!? a damn comic stripper!? to be seen!? to represent US to America!? drawing, teachin and shit...why can't he just be a damn biologist, chemist or an accountant or some shit, like the rest of us - go work in the back where nobody can see your ass.' Dark and intelligent doesn't make sense to my people...plus its not an equation so they really can't figure it out." - Mark Padoongpatt
To my family-blood and fictive - i love you all.
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My Interests

US history, race and ethnicity, food, travel, cities, suburbs, Cuba, culture, research, writing, transforming existing social relationships, cooking, getting better at cooking, pretty much trying to throw down any meal my creative heart desires, traveling, stand-up comedy, and keeping it real without going wrong...

Music:

Kanye, Marvin Gaye, Little Brother, Jodeci, Ginuwine, Jagged Edge, Keyshia Cole, Utada Hikaru, Chapter 4, Public Enemy, Immortal Technique, Jin, Coltrane, Thelonious, Miles, Jill Scott, Pac of course, New Edition, Snoop, Suga Free, X-Clan, Sabor Cubano, I can never remember...

Movies:

The Motel, Boyz N tha Hood, Malcolm X, Eddie Murphy's Raw, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Departed, Ong Bak, Tom Yum Koong, Above the Rim, Scarface, Juice, Primal Fear, The Usual Suspects, Better Luck Tomorrow

Television:

The Boondocks, The Office (US and British), Top Chef, Reno 911, Family Guy, Fresh Prince, Curb Your Enthusiasm, the Daily Show, Chappelle's Show, Lakers games, Vh1 - I love the _'s, I try not to watch too much.....

Books:

Race Rebels, Yo Mama's Disfunktional, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Freedom Dreams, New York Before Chinatown, Epic Encounters, Birth of a Nation, The Boondocks, Calvin and Hobbes, The Peanuts, Guerilla Warfare, The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, A Peoples History of the United States, Whitewashed Adobe, Thinking Orientals

Heroes:

My parents. In other words - everyday people with good hearts

My Blog

Why I hate 50 cent

50 cent would call me a hater. I dont care. He can call me a hater 50 times before I go to sleep tonight. It's like Bush callin me a hater. I hate 50 - 50 is wack - I - I hate 50 - 50 is wack (sin...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:33:00 PST

Lakers over Suns in 6

Yes, Lakers in 6. I'd rather cheer for my Lakers and be wrong than to think the Suns will win and be right. Plus, I have nothing to lose...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:58:00 PST

Cho Seung Hui and White Privilege

This will be brief, because I just gotta get this off my chest. Ever hear about white privilege? you know, the unearned privileges that white folks have in the US gained simply from the lo...
Posted by Mark on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST

student tased by UCLA police

This is for the student who was tased by UCLA police: To UCLA police: Im sorry yall got fucked over in school - i know they didn't give you a chance to amount to nothin in life - so you decided "Hey...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

The Immigration Debate

First off, I support Immigrants and Immigrant Rights, legal or illegal - I believe the law is created by man, thereby liable to be influenced by thought, and yes yall - particular thoughts about...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:23:00 PST

Duke Lacrosse Players

Them mufuckas did that shit....imagine if it was a couple of brothas and a white girl....
Posted by Mark on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:00:00 PST

Why the movie "Crash" never really...it just never really...worked for me

"Crash" is a white-supremacist movie. ZNet Commentary - March 24, 2006 By Robert Jensen and Robert Wosnitzer The Oscar-winning best picture -- widely heralded, especially by white liberals, for advanc...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:11:00 PST

Overwhelming

You ever just feel like there is so much shit goin on in the world that its just too damn overwhelming....and then you try n watch some TV just so you aint gotta use your brain, and some ignorant ass ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:32:00 PST

Asian American Boondocks

Asian American "Boondocks." It would be great if we had one. That's all.
Posted by Mark on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:16:00 PST

Why are We Still at War?

Does anyone have a good answer as to why we are still at War in Iraq? If you say "for freedom, especially Iraqi freedom, or US freedom," remember I said a good answer. Not that racist, sex...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:12:00 PST