Word: haru
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...smoke the drug, our talk turned to grandiose plans and sure-fire schemes. I spoke of articles I would write. Delphine talked about landing a job doing a Dior lingerie catalog. Miki raved about a promising noise band he had just signed. Sometimes the dealer, a lanky fellow named Haru, would hang around and smoke with us and we would be convinced that his future was surely just as bright as all of ours. There was no limit to what we could do, especially if we put our speed-driven minds to work...
...know that it helped me to write better stories; I don't believe meth really helps you in any way at all. But in those months, it became arguably the most important activity in my life. Certainly it was the most fun. And I looked forward to Haru coming over with another 20,000-yen baggie of shabu, the drug resembling a little, oily lump of glass. Then we would smoke, at first only on weekends but soon we began to do it on weekdays, whenever I had a free evening. At first only with my friends. Then sometimes...
...stop taking drugs. But she has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals and currently believes drastic plastic surgery is the solution to her problems. Miki has been arrested in Japan and the U.S. on drug charges and is now out on parole and living in Tokyo. And Haru, the dealer, I hear he's dead...
...problem for Asians in Hollywood is not that they feel injured but that they are invisible. Asian Americans represent about 3% of the U.S. population and get 3% of the movie and television roles -- but usually minor ones. "Since the beginning of films," says Sumi Sevilla Haru, president of the Association of Asian-Pacific American Artists, "African Americans have tried to improve their image. Now Asian Americans are trying to get a piece of the action. The only Asian in prime-time television is David Carradine playing one on the syndicated Kung Fu. That kind of sucks, doesn...
...Summer, 6, 10:05; and Life of O'Haru 7:50, weekend...