Duck Soup Part II

Yes, I've been away from reporting my self-deprecating experiences in life. Not that it hasn't been as random or "Joelesque" as usual, but hey, I've been busy. I have finals. I have people to see and remark about the absurdity of life. For someone else's misadventures visit this site. He also has webcomics.

First, I still would like to send out my sympathies to the Virginia Tech campus for their courage and sacrifice these past two weeks. At first, I was concerned about reprisals against the Asian-American community, and in particular the Korean-American community, because of who the gunman was - which was a concern of many of my friends at BU. But, which reassured me about humanity, most people didn't want to pay attention to the images of the gunman and instead focused on grieving the victims, helping the survivors, and how to improve the outlets of mental health resources for the college students to be able to use.

On a different tangent, I have been mistaken for a different ethnicity in three different places this weekend (Fenway, Starbucks, Bed, Bath & Beyond). And it was by people of that ethnicity - like there was a Chinese-American woman asking me about bridal registry for her daughter? at Bed, Bath & Beyond. How many languages can you say - "I am Filipino, I'm sorry I can't speak your language." ?

It doesn't work to Babelfish the sentence. I have to be able to speak it phonetically. And how surprising is it for me to be mistaken for Indian?

All Look Same?

One more thing - Stupid Dice-K Mania in Boston
Do I look like the guy in this picture, or should the drunken Irish Bostonians take a lesson in racial sensitivity?
My favorite response so far
-"What do they think of Dice-K back in your home country?"
"Well, since the Japanese drove my family into hiding during WWII, we don't think highly of them."

Glad its not all in my family

Yeah, I'm back, but busy. I will have a blog page to regale you with stories about my many travels these last few weeks, but here's an entry with a family secret I would have rather never wanted to have known...
My dad dated a senator's daughter from Kentucky.
That senator lost to this current douchebag, who latest episode, while I disagrees with in idea, brings up the question - really do you want shitty acts like Black Eyed Peas and David Gray on your lawn?