is freedom free?
a question asked by Jerri Blank and her school, but one that i've been thinking of the past couple of days.
anyone who's called me in the past month, or who isn't completely living with their heads in the sand knows that May 17th was election day. it came and went, and all i can say is "apathy is a social cancer". i swear, if it was 'erection day', then i think things would've been a bit different. don't you find it ironic that only immigrants in this country seem to have this sense of urgency to vote, and there are so many people that i've talked to that would've voted, but they weren't eligible yet...damn. i guess you never know what you've got till it's gone.
speaking of, i voted early, and in the evening went to hear Mr. Cho Van Le speak. this gentleman escaped Viet Nam as a refugee through Cambodia and listening to him, he could've been my dad or my uncles ..ah that rambling, emotional beautifully woven storytelling style that i know i come from...it made me want to learn how to write Vietnamese even more and learn more about the history, my history...connecting me back to my trip..he did try to make a point about how it's difficult to adjust here because women were not breadwinners in VN and they didn't talk back, but i know from first hand experience that neither one of those points is true.
oh, and i am considering running for public office in 2009, for the green party.
i've been walking much more because i don't want to spend the bus tickets, that i can't even give away, mind you, because i want to recycle the paper and the trips, but everyone seems to have a pass in my neighborhood...what's up with that? and how do i get on that gravy train?
i've been looking for a scooter to no avail, and i even tried to drive an electric one around the pawn shop for a hot minute, but that didn't work out. i don't really have the money for that, and besides, i just got my stitches out yesterday, i'm not looking to get them re-done anytime soon.
my baby sis (i'm dropping the "step" from the title now officially) in the OC sent me the best gift ever! this collection of "rock and roll cats" postcard set, and they are literally cats dressed up in outfits in different situations...remind me of your mailing addresses, and you may get something special in the mail. i have the one in a letterman's jacket on the turntables up on my piano right now.
i've been learning more about chinese horoscopes, and i find it interesting that the west first found out about it not from the chinese, but from the french who were colonizing viet nam. crazy, huh?
well, gotta run back to the studio, and get ready for this exam! wish me luck! love ya! all4now.
