Tuesday,
November 26, 2002.
Hot and Sweet like a McDonald's Cherry Pie: Glenda!
(Don't
we look alike here? This is a restaurant, not a funeral by the way.)
I'M A POET,
AND YOU CAN FUCK OFF
I haven't been wanting to write a lot lately. Other things have been taking my time. I've been thinking a lot as well about other aspects of my life. Having a baby version of yourself around will do that to you.
I have found comfort in some wonderful people and friends and family though (almost unknowingly to most of them). This story my mom told me about my father warms my heart. I've never heard it before and I'm not sure if my brother has either.
My dad was a lover and a fighter, a reader and a drinker, a handyman and a trucker, and one cynical philosopher. He was a real man's man.
Anyways, he wasn't always so good with the yardwork though. One fall afternoon, my mother had pestered him about raking the leaves in the front lawn again. Eventually, she gave him a beer and got him onto the lawn with a rake.
After a half hour she found him still standing there in the front yard where she left him, leaning with his rake in one hand and his beer in the other (just like a King of the Hill cartoon on Fox - Amy loves that show). The leaves for the most part were strewn about just the same as when he got there.
"Why haven't you raked the leaves yet? All the neighbors have raked theirs. If you don't, then the wind will blow the leaves into the neighbor's yard," my mom implored him (more like yelled, I am sure).
My dad, in typical John "The Duke" Wayne fashion squinted far into the horizon, took a swig from his beer and uttered these pearls of wisdom neither of us will ever forget now.
"The leaves fall, the wind blows. What nature brings, nature will also take away.
Fuck the neighbors."
My mom and I laughed when she told me that last week. It's rare moments like that where I feel my dad's presence so strongly, it feels like he never left. We almost forget he died.
We laughed until we had tears, and remembered again.
The funniest thing is that I could hear myself or my brother saying that some times. Although I don't think I have been saying it enough lately with regards to some aspects of my life.
RANDOM BABY PICTURES
This is a blurry picture of Sun Su making The Stink Face after his umma ("mommy" in Corean) is trying to feed him carrot mush. I know he is pissed because he wants that sweet booby in his mouth. Sun Su, you are just like your appuh ("daddy").
Random pic of Sun Su with our nieces. And a Corean shirt that Amy's aunt made for him. I like how his right eye squints when he laughs or makes a face.
THE MEDEA SIN HOT MODEL AWARD GOES TO
You know how some bloggers (but hardly journalers for some reason) always seem to have girls (or guys) send in fan pics with their names written on their breasts or on their butt cheeks. Well, I've always been a little envious of those people.
But now I've got something I've always wanted more. This is Glenda wearing one of MY drawings on a shirt I had made at cafepress.com. The only other person who has a shirt like that is me, actually, and you would not believe how flattered I am she not only bought it but is wearing it - twice even. In Hong Kong, no less!
So, Glenda has inspired me to have fun with this. Here's the deal:
If you wear a shirt with one of my drawings on it, and send me a pic,
then I will post that pic with a link if you have one.
The catch is: You have to buy a shirt from the links provided below. The shirts are at the base price meaning I make NO PROFIT off of any of them (although cafepress.com makes a profit).
Why no profit?
Because:
(1) This is JUST FOR FUN. I don't want people to think I am trying to take their money. Simple as that. I hope that doesn't make me Communist. Plus, I wouldn't want this to be like people paying me to be linked, because honestly, you won't get your money's worth.
(2) Those cafepress shirt prices are high enough as it is ($13.99 or $16.99).
(3) I already feel guilty when people send presents for Sun Su which is why I hardly mention or encourage such things.
(4) It's just not worth the extra paperwork I would have to fill out at work.
(5) You know what I do for a living right?
(6) I don't want the controversy that could ensue (Wil Wheaton, anyone?).
(7) No one will buy anything anyways so why embarrass myself more?
Anyways, here are examples of other shirt designs:
http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=medeasin
http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/store.aspx?s=coreangoddess
(The FinKL design will not be posted online by me.)
But you don't have to stick with any of these. I can put any drawing of mine you prefer on the front and back (two different drawings). Even your own text on back if you have an idea.
So, I hope I didn't come off as too slimey but it is such a thrill to see some of my artwork floating around out there in the real world. EMAIL me if you are interested. Thanks.
... Of course, if you just want to write my name or URL on your breast or butt, those will be accepted and posted too. And you won't even have to buy anything. Hell, you won't even have to write anything on them. Just send me the pics.
