WTFd

As in What-The-Falsified-documents. Because seriously, how old does this kid look (ok the formatting kind of sucks...and the link for some reason is taking me to the wrong picture, the right one is the one before the barton one...but you can kind of see him still here):



Jemile Weeks is, if I am not mistaken, a year or two older than me. He looks like...14 max in that picture. Which got me to thinking, its kind of funny how in little league baseball age fraud is always to get older kids onto younger teams, but at the pro level it is always to make players seem younger than they are. Anyway just thought that was kind of amusing, probably just this picture, but Weeks does look really young here. On a completely different note...

Counting cards is hella fun. We had casino night for on campus residents tonight, had two friends dealing, so I spent about 3 hours playing blackjack. Made a ton of money (well, fake money)! but that was probably more to do with my dealer constantly giving me amazing cards. Wasn't cheating though! Well, once I cheated, but all the other times it was either me getting lucky or actually making a smart decision because I was eventually getting the hang of the whole card counting thing. It isn't as easy as it sounds, was really floundering for a while, but after like an hour or so of practice I was starting to get the hang of it, was really pretty fun. Random luck is always fun, but if there is some sort of process behind the luck, it just makes the game that much more fun.

Cloned

Sooo...I'm pretty sure I'm Apolo Ohno. Well, his clone at least. Don't believe me? Three key pieces of evidence:

1) Both half Japanese
2) Both rock the same shaped, same colored, goatee.
3) Both have the SAME mole in the SAME spot on the left side of the neck.

If that doesn't prove it, I don't know what does. When you see me at the 2014 games collecting short track medals, you'll know why. Also, as a small side note, Ohno is my fucking hero.

Rocketsss

I don't know much about basketball. I mean, I enjoy following it, and I played a bit so I have some idea of how the game works, but at a managerial level, like building a team and whatnot, I'm fairly clueless. But holy crap, to this nub, it seems like the rockets had the deadline to end all deadlines. I mean, they got Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill, and two first rounders...for t-macs contract and Carl Landry. Obviously that isn't the whole deal, but thats what sticks in my head when I see it. Kevin Martin is a fucking beast on offense, and the one thing that gets quite annoying watching the rockets is their inability to score. This year iono how theyll do, but then again, no yao, don really care. Next year, ho my goodness, I'm gonna follow this team close, they are gonna be fucking good. At least...it seems that way to me.

Identity Ramble

I did some random survey today. My cousin sent it to me, some academic survey for multiracial adults. Didn't think much of it (aside from the $50 random giveaway I get entered into) until I actually started checking boxes, and I got kinda, I dunno, disturbed. I haven't figured out anything when it comes to my racial identity. Same story with me since, well, ever. Some of the questions just kind of nailed exactly what I feel in my heart, you know, and it felt kind of shitty. What really interested me though, was that most of the questions were phrased as though I was one unique race. Like, as if hapa is a race. I've always identified as half or hapa, but never really thought of that as a race. I am two, very very distinct, races. A question like, "I feel ashamed of my race" with boxes disagree, slightly disagree, slightly agree, etc., I wasn't sure at all how to answer. Like how do I answer that. What the hell is my race. I'm a proud Japanese American. I kind of shy away from my Jewish heritage. The two are apples and oranges. The thought that I am my own unique race has seriously never gotten within a million yards of my mind. I was glad I did the study though. The fact that quite a few of the questions hit so close to my own worries feels like proof that I am far from the only one who struggles the way I do with my racial identity. It's nice knowing you're not alone in the world, ya?

COLD

WTF LA?! LOW 40's?! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE WARM WEATHER.

Yui

Holy god, I cannot, for the life of me, get this song out of my head. Seriously, endless loop in my head, ALL FUCKING DAY. Someone save me from this earthbound angel going by the name of Yui.