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The Adequate Asian
Mar 3rd
So I watch all around me as my friends, who somehow match the Asian stereotype of being good at math, science, musically inclined, dance, get good grades, are ridiculously close to their families and have some type of story of having “Asian” parents.
I don’t.
Musical talent? Does playing the drums in the freshman year of high school count? Along with not really being the lead percussionist rather than a role player in the percussion section.
Good grades? Try a 3.2 WEIGHTED GPA in high school, and a desire to really just get by with the bare minimum.
Good at Math and Science? Only when I studied and actually cared. Other than that, unless it’s concerning the odds of drawing out a straight with two cards to come, I really have no desire to do math. Science? Ha! I love it, but I just don’t want to do it as a job ya know?
Dance? Yeah…I somehow think I can dance, but I’m also fully aware that my skills are ground level and really aren’t that great.
Story about Asian parents? Um. They never really pressured me into anything. Never really pushed anything on me. Let me do my own thing. Maybe it’s the guy thing.
But other than that, I really can’t see how stereotypical Asian I am.
In fact, I’m somewhat an anomaly.
Stereotypes.
They’re relatively annoying and I’ve discussed it numerous times with my friend, Maddie.
We hate them.
The thing is part of me wishes I had ONE of the traits that make a stereotypical Asian. I mean, I have to be artistic in some way right?
Seriously.
Where is my stereotypical Asianess and I don’t mean height?
Oh.
Yeah.
I write.
I guess I am Asian.
It’s artsy right?
Small victories.
Five Random Thoughts Jan. 3,2009
Jan 3rd
Random Thought No. 1: I tend to fall into my own world, when my headphones are on. I’ll dance, thinking that I can choreograph a good routine. I focus strictly on having fun when my headphones. I listen to a lot of hip-hop, more so recently with the events in life. I guess, I just like to think I can dance, not so much knowing if I really can. It’s just fun.
Random Thought No. 2: I’ve realized one big omission from my musical library: Aaliyah. She was one of my favorite artist when I was in elementary school, and I think I need to add her stuff to my iPod and music library.
Random Thought No. 3: I work faster than anyone else. So I guess I’m built for this industry right? I don’t know, with speed comes the drawback of more likely to miss. High-risk, high reward.
Random Thought No. 4: I’m wearing purple tomorrow. Awesome! TCU FTW! BEAT BOISE STATE!
Random Thought No. 5: If I keep this up, then I can have 365 blogs up this year. I’m sure I’ll have something to rant about soon. But for now, I’ll end this by saying, blogging is more fun when I don’t think of topics to write about.