Minsoo (via IM): [sends me a link to j0n g0sse1in's new crazy-ugly dragon tattoo]
Wai-Ling: YUCK.
M: did read the line about "several korean translators"? guess who one of them wassssss
W: what? YOU???
M: indeed.
W:HA HA HAAAAAAAA. oh snap!
M: they used my expertise.
W: why would you EVER tattoo the name of your 23-yr old gf on your back? NEXT.TO.YOUR.CHILDREN. is that meant to be a list of his girlfriends?
that other scroll are the names of his skanks.
M: there's a lot of room left
W:so he's the dragon who holds a scroll of his kids and a scroll of his skanks.
M: left side, my kids. right side, my skanks.
W: totally.
M: it was written.
W: that's f'd up. get a NEW tattoo for your skanks. separate your kids from your skanks, is what my tattoo rule is. if i had one.
M: hahaqhaah
6/28/2010
6/10/2010
sibling rivalry
I dislike the 1akers. But not for the reasons you might think.
I'm born and raised in the LA area so I really should like the hometown team. I'm not a huge basketball fan, so there's really no reason to hate the 1akers like I do. In fact, if anything, I should be totally indifferent, at best.
But I kinda hate them. And it has to do with one person in particular: My Mother.
My mom is a huge fan of the 1akers. Growing up, I really didn't know this. But when I, and then later, my sister, left for college, my mom was left with an empty nest and a lot of free time.
As a poor substitute for taking care of her lovely children, my mom started watching 1akers games religiously. Which was fine - at first.
But whenever I'd visit home, I'd notice that not only was she watching the games, but our home started to change. At the beginning, there were small changes -- a 1akers schedule on the fridge, for example.
Then I saw the car flags. And the bobbleheads.
And then it got bad. My mom stopped taking my phone calls. Okay, okay, so it was only during the games, but still. Here's how a typical conversation went:
Me: Hi mom! Wow, I had a bad day at work today. It was crazy! My boss...
Mom: Uh-huh yeah.
Me: Mom? Are you listening?
Mom: I'll call you back. *click*
And that's when she bothered to answer the phone.
I won't even get started on how much she knows about the players and the team, like she's their team mom. I feel like the 1akers have replaced us as her favorite. I feel like a jealous sibling, except that sibling is an entire basketball team.
So I write this today, on game 4 of the series with the Ce1tics to say one thing:
Goooo Boston!*
*Okay, so I'm not rooting for Boston because according to Minsoo, this will break my mom's heart. I just will not root at all.
I'm born and raised in the LA area so I really should like the hometown team. I'm not a huge basketball fan, so there's really no reason to hate the 1akers like I do. In fact, if anything, I should be totally indifferent, at best.
But I kinda hate them. And it has to do with one person in particular: My Mother.
My mom is a huge fan of the 1akers. Growing up, I really didn't know this. But when I, and then later, my sister, left for college, my mom was left with an empty nest and a lot of free time.
As a poor substitute for taking care of her lovely children, my mom started watching 1akers games religiously. Which was fine - at first.
But whenever I'd visit home, I'd notice that not only was she watching the games, but our home started to change. At the beginning, there were small changes -- a 1akers schedule on the fridge, for example.
Then I saw the car flags. And the bobbleheads.
And then it got bad. My mom stopped taking my phone calls. Okay, okay, so it was only during the games, but still. Here's how a typical conversation went:
Me: Hi mom! Wow, I had a bad day at work today. It was crazy! My boss...
Mom: Uh-huh yeah.
Me: Mom? Are you listening?
Mom: I'll call you back. *click*
And that's when she bothered to answer the phone.
I won't even get started on how much she knows about the players and the team, like she's their team mom. I feel like the 1akers have replaced us as her favorite. I feel like a jealous sibling, except that sibling is an entire basketball team.
So I write this today, on game 4 of the series with the Ce1tics to say one thing:
Goooo Boston!*
*Okay, so I'm not rooting for Boston because according to Minsoo, this will break my mom's heart. I just will not root at all.
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