I definitely consider this more "informative" than "creepy", but to each his/her own!

I don't really consider this "creepy", but my co-worker/friend, Ben, does. So I'm humoring him this one time. And then going off to eat a baby...

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0923/Why-do-people-want-to-eat-babies-Scientists-explain


THAT'S TOTALLY (NOT) CREEPY!!!

Well, except for maybe this part: "What's more, the mothers' reward circuits showed far more activation than those of the non-mothers; for moms the sensation one gets when sniffing an infant presumably feels even more like the feeling of having obtained food."

(Shoutout to my friend, Ben Stein, for this gem!)

Pantsuit Rainbow! (Not Creepy)

I personally don't find this creepy, but it made me laugh out loud on a pretty crazy day. So I wanted to share it with the world!

Hillary Clinton+Pantsuit Rainbow=Awesome Sauce

Original link sent to me by Michael:
http://i.imgur.com/rMgjM70.png


THAT'S TOTALLY not CREEPY!
(Thanks, yet again, Michael, for sending me such wonderful fodder for my blog!)

Snow, Snow, Snow!

Snow!!!!! Only creepy thing about this is the yellow snow I saw outside.

Oh, California...

California is so awesome. They're staging the largest earthquake drill in the world today at 10:15am CA time. Only in California....

http://www.shakeout.org/drill/

Too bad there's no drill for giant wildfires and subsequent giant mudslides that are the result of the giant wildfires burning entire hillsides bare. *Sigh. California, please don't fall off into the ocean and float away before I make it back to visit...

No internet access at home and traveling until today has made it difficult to update this. But do not fret, there will be new creepy stuff posted soon!

Hello, my name is Anxiety Fong. Nice to meet you!

Here's a picture of my sisters and I riding an elephant at Marine World, Africa, U.S.A. (now Discovery Kingdom. Lame.), circa 1985 or so...

Check out the one in the middle. Can we say ANXIOUS?! My arms are actually LOOPED under my oldest sister's arms so that I can clutch onto the metal bar part for dear life, versus holding onto the chain part. Look at how happy Carolyn (in front) and Karen (in back) are! Especially Karen. That girl, with her strawberry t-shirt and matching blue pants, does not have a care in the world. And Carolyn is rocking some super ahead-of-their-times white wrap pants, so she doesn't care that we could FALL OFF OF THE ELEPHANT AT ANY TIME! I was probably saying something like, "What are the safety features of this metal cage/chain apparatus? What is the safety record of this elephant?"...in Chinese. I was such a worried child. I definitely still go back to that at times (have you ever flown on a plane with me? I pretty much make that same face the whole time), but I'm glad that I've let a lot of it go. I can't stop laughing at how close I am sitting to Carolyn, and how much fun Karen is having. Classic Fong Family memory.

(Special shoutout to my cousin Tien for the picture)

Creepy or Genius? Part 2

My sister, Carolyn, says this is creepy. I think it's part genius, part creepy, but 100% innovative use of space and materials available:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/07/19/arts/1247463519939/urbaneye-dumpster-pool-party.html#

She did point out something that is creepy though: there are only white and Asian people there. THAT'S TOTALLY CREEPY when you're in a city like New York.

Creepy or Genius?

Doritos has a new flavor out called "Tacos at Midnight". I just don't know how I feel about it. I'm totally freaked out, but also totally intrigued. Mostly because I now know that somebody gets paid to name Doritos flavors and is allowed to name them things like "Tacos at Midnight". Amazing.

http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/2011.html

My favorite part: the name on the bag is written in faux neon lights. AWESOME!

Say CHEESE...I mean, say creeeeepy!

My sister Carolyn, her boyfriend Matt, and I, all went to The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for those of you not hip on the NYC lingo....hahahaha) on Tuesday to see the sculpture on the roof created by Roxy Paine. Yes, that's his "real" name. Anyway, he creates/welds these huge metal sculptures that look like trees and he made a HUGE one on the roof of The Met. It's incredible. And it's even more incredible for someone like me, that loves welding.

And it's so amazing that I am able to see the sculpture while I'm here in New York. I had noticed a metal tree sculpture in the background of my friends' pictures of their recent visit to Seattle and I googled, "metal tree sculpture, Seattle" and found the artist's name. Then I googled, "Roxy Paine metal trees" and found out about his exhibit at The Met the day after I booked my tickets to come this summer. It was fate. :)

Nothing creepy about the sculpture. It was beautiful. You can see my pictures of the sculpture here: http://picasaweb.google.com/gfong8/RoxyPaineMetalTreesAtTheMet63009#

But check out this picture of Carolyn and I outside of the museum. Ignore the fact that Carolyn is wrapped in a scarf. Look at who is watching us!

THAT'S TOTALLY CREEPY!

I'm filing this one under "creepy randomness" and "not creepy" because:

Roxy Paine Metal Trees=not creepy

Doll strapped to back of man's backpack (though he was with his family and daughter, whom the doll probably belongs to, though we're not 100% sure), staring at us while our picture is taken=creepy randomness

**And a special shoutout to Matt, Carolyn's boyfriend, for indulging my need to take pictures of creepy things/people. After I pointed out the doll strapped to the man's back, Matt immediately started posing for fake pictures on the steps so that we could get a picture of the doll, which paved the way to this magical picture, which Matt actually took. Bravo Matthew, bravo!**

My big swan song

Where did that phrase "swan song" even come from? Swan Lake? That's pretty depressing.

Anyway, last night was my big swan song for the afterschool program that I have been working with for the past 2 years. Last night was my last parent info session. Bittersweet.

The new site coordinator (a really lame title for the director of the program) will do an amazing job and he was able to introduce himself to the families that he will be working with at the school. But a part of me was so sad that I will not be there next year to see the kids and their families. Don't get me wrong, I don't want my job back, I just want to keep that one part (hanging out with the kids and their parents and extended families).

I'm sad to be leaving, but I have been pretty ready to move on and try something new for a while now. I have no clue what I'll be doing next, but I hope that the people I will work with next will be as fun and tolerant of my personality as my current co-workers and that the kids/families I will work with next will be as fun and tolerant as well.

Oh, but one parent did come up to me last night to speak to me (in rapid Cantonese) about how sad she was that I was leaving and how sad she was that her child will not see me every day. I have never seen her in my life. I have no clue who she is or who her child is. She hugged me too. THAT'S TOTALLY CREEPY.

But overall, I can file this one under "not creepy".