I’ve been hacking at the Facebook connection and probably biffed it. Also, my dog needs a bath. Just saying.
Author: Rhys Ford
Rhys Ford is an award-winning author with several long-running LGBT+ mystery, thriller, paranormal, and urban fantasy series, including Murder and Mayhem, a 2016 LAMBDA finalist. She is published by Dreamspinner Press and DSP Publications.
Aunteeeeee….
Some back story. I have a very good friend named Bel-chan who lives in Singapore. Keep that in mind. Bel is very important. Okay not to the story but really, I adore her and she’s a delighful, kick-ass person.
Now, many Asians have a rep for bad driving. Honestly, it’s about 50-50 with my relatives. Okay maybe 60-40 with the 60 to the bad driver side but there’s a lot of us on the road so maybe it’s just some of us swerving to avoid the others.
So another friend of mine who is Chinese-American showed me this video tonight. I died. Because it was just so…typical of how all of us are. This man in the car? We’ve been there. We are him. Okay, my mother honestly would be the one backing in.
But really, that’s pretty much how we sit there talking to the person driving. I watched this for about five seconds and when he started talking, I immediately knew they were in Singapore. So I showed it to my friend in Singapore and she and I laughed over it on Twitter.
Why are we laughing? Because there really is so much of us in this video. The talking to Auntie as she backs up but she’s not related to us. It’s just what we call our elders. And oh, I love Singlish… the rather unofficial language of Singapore. A mixture of British, Mandarin and a few other things tossed in for good measure. Bel has ridden with me in the car. I speak like this to people as they drive. Although it usually isn’t this long or insistent but I do speak to them and wonder what they are doing. Bel says the man is speaking how she talks when she’s pissed. *grins*. I love her accent.
So, let me share with you the language of my people… as told by a Singlish speaking man waiting for another one of my people to park. Really, the man speaks for all of us Asians… but notice he does not honk the horn. Because that would be rude. *nods* And we must not be rude. *grins* Okay… Bel says he’s very polite for someone from Singapore. Regardless, oh I have felt this man’s pain.
To All Of You… Happy Thanksgiving!
Because no matter where you are on this spinning watery stone we live on, you are definitely one of my blessings to count today. You all rock. Thank you.
Sinner’s Gin Release Date: December 24, 2012
Sinner’s Gin will be out on December 24th! Pre-order button should be up a week or so before then.
I’ll be working on the SG sequel, Whiskey and Wry next. Oh, that’s right…. first draft of Dirty Laundry is done. It’s in editing mode and then off to Dreamspinner.
I’ll let you know how that goes. *winks*
The Beauty of Hyde
Someone asked me about rock.. specifically Korean rock but oh, I think I’ve got to share with you one of my deepest loves.
Hyde.
Hyde is a complicated and busy kind of guy. He’s the lead singer and a founding member of L’arc-en-Ciel, a foundational rock group in Japan. They’re also known as Laruku but that’s kind of a nickname but if you hear it, that’s the group they’re talking about. They were formed in 1991 and pretty much laid down a can of whoop-ass on Japan’s music scene.
Laruku’s stuff covers a wide range. They experiment sometimes and have even drifted off into punk. But they pretty much are a rock band.
L’arc-en-Ciel playing Madison Square Garden. I love this song. Ready Steady Go.
Hyde also decided he wanted a bit more… hard rock. So he went and did a solo album. One of my favourites of these is 666. Now, 6 in Japanese is roku. So the album’s name pretty much isn’t just the “number of the beast” but also ROCK ROCK ROCK.. or Roku Roku Roku.
This is Hello from Hyde’s solo efforts.
Not satisfied with being lazy and only doing L’arc and solo work, he’s done a few side projects, most notably, a power group called VAMPS with guitarist Kaz. Their stuff is probably the closest to bar rock as you’ll find in Japan.
Now people LOVE Hyde. Really, he’s a very sweet guy and well, on stage, he’s liquid sex. I can attest to this. I’ve seen him in concert and we were right up against the stage. He works the crowd and loves his fans. I think we all left the place very pregnant.
Here’s a few things from VAMPS.
Hunting
Love Addict
Trouble
One day, I’ll talk to you about one of Hyde’s friends in debauchery…Gackt.
Because G-Dragon Has Been Requested…
Patricia wanted more GD. So….here he is.
This is a half hour “Live” show G-Dragon he did for the Launch of his last mini-album. It is Subbed with English. Hopefully that carries over when I embed it. He’s a bit of a dork.
GD with his best friend, Taeyang…another member of Big Bang. They’ve been friends since they were very young.
Acoustic That XX
This is Brilliant….
PSY and MC Hammer
In a Se7en Kind Of Mood….
I’m at the final chapters of Dirty Laundry and I’m in a Se7en kind of mood while I’m writing. If I’ve not introduced you to Se7en (Choi DongWook), please accept my sincere apologies for I suck. He’s a very very pretty boy. Also quite shy and cute. Met him at a signing in Los Angeles. Very sweet.
Photo shoot
La La La
I’m going Crazy. Giving you one with Eng Subs for this one.
I Know.
Ah…. The Smexy Times
He had been a hot little boy. Before all the…weird.
