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A Sense of Humor

This Thanksgiving, I contemplated writing a Thanksgiving/Thankstaking post, discussing my feelings on the holiday and surrounding blahdeeblah. But I didn't, because I had a conversation that went something like this:

We killed all the Native Americans! We destroyed Europe, then North America, now we're destroying Africa! Humans are bad for the planet! Oh, and all the TV shows on right now are trashy!

I don't want to sound like that. I don't want to make life into a guilt trip for myself and everyone around me. Yeah, the white folks who made the middle of North America did some really, really bad stuff to the indigenous peoples-- scalping, small pox, broken treaties, reservations, genocide, etc. And the repercussions of those actions continue, along with completely current bad policies.

And it doesn't end with the Indians. We all know this, yeah?

But, talking about it like that doesn't really convince anyone. So, let's make the effort to enjoy life, too. We all need a sense of humor, sometimes.

On the Lighter Side of Life

The business going down at UC Berkeley is deadly serious, but we've got to celebrate too, yeah? Let's take a mental break.

On my Facebook this morning, I looked down to check who's birthday is coming, you know, to be a good friend. The next three birthdays of my friends are:

Andrea Wong! Andrea Huang! and Andrew Huang!

A plea to the next generation of Chinese American parents-- we don't have that many last names. Let's switch up the first names a little bit.