Mini-Feed.
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:06 PDT
Mike Wong posted a new album on his photos page. 12:44am
Mike Wong is excited for Hawaii next weekend !! 12:45am
Mike Wong just noticed that two people actually discovered and used his guestbook. 1:05am
Transitions.
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:53 PDT
I hate transitions. I hate going to bed. I hate waking up. I hate mixing electro because I never want to fade the first song out, and short cuts are better than long blends for electro. I procrastinate ferociously when it's time to work, and once I start working I hate to get up to go to the bathroom or get water. I hate leaving work to go home for dinner, and once I start eating I'm the last to finish eating. I don't want to take a shower, and once I'm in the shower I don't want to get out. I procrastinate going to parties, and I hate to leave parties once I'm there.
I prefer to call this Transitional Disorder rather than simple laziness.
Dear Daddy,
This blog entry is your birthday present. I just wanted
to write you a quick note to tell you some thoughts I had
yesterday while we were on the early morning hike with your
high school buddies at Shoreline Park in Mountain View.
I'm sure you recall the short conversation we had with
one of the aunties that went like this (except it was all in Mandarin):
auntie: you understand chinese?
me: a little bit.
auntie: you're cute.
me: not at all.
auntie:hahaha !! "not at all??!!?!" kids these days always say "of course i am."
auntie: do you have a girlfriend?
me: uh, no.
daddy: he has a boyfriend.
auntie: hahaha !! (immediately runs away)
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That conversation made me realize two things. One, I've
changed a lot since my college years, when a remark like that
from an auntie would have really upset me and made me
uncomfortable. I was a little annoyed that I had to deal with an
interrogation, but it didn't affect my blood pressure.
My self-worth is no longer so easily influenced by
what people think.
But the other thing I realized is how lucky I am to have a
father like you. Many parents would have been ashamed of their
kid. Instead, I have a father who doesn't tolerate B.S. from people
who try to broadcast and propagate their own ignorance.
So I wanted to thank you first for being so supportive of my
sexual orientation. But even more, I wanted to thank you for
little things like the shoreline conversation, and the restaurant
dart-gun incident, that show us you simply won't put up with
anyone else (other than you) scolding your children.
Homophobia is not an intrinsic Chinese family value. Family is
an intrinsic Chinese family value.
Yesterday, you totally out-Chinesed that auntie.
Love,
Michael
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