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to the man collecting donations on the street..

To the man standing out in the middle of a busy intersection on a hot sunday afternoon collecting donations with a white plastic bucket labeled “Help Center” who called me a racist for not giving him any money-

Dear sir,

I know it’s frustrating going car by car in the middle of an intersection asking for money but.. I don’t know.. I just feel that somehow you calling me a “racist” was uncalled for. Now, see this from my perspective. How am I going to know if this so called foundation/charity or whatever you call it is actually legitimate? Do you think that just by being in a dress shirt and tie and carrying an old paint bucket would ease all suspicion? And if I really did want to donate to your organization, wouldn’t you rather see me at your office (if you actually had one) and write out a substantial check than see me throw out some loose change through a car window? and saying those things to me, did that make you feel any better? Do you make a habit out of judging people that you don’t even know? and how did you come to that conclusion of me anyway? I’ve never met you before today, right? let’s see? hhmmm, we’re you just saying that all people with sunglasses and a blue dress shirt are racists? or.. could it have been the way I wore my hair today? … oh, I don’t know… I’m at a loss here.. oh, now wait a minute… nah, it couldn’t be… you weren’t making a generalization based on my skin color, were you? If that were the case, then calling ME racist doesn’t make a lick of sense, does it?

So, thanks for justifying what I did (or rather what I didn’t do) out at the intersection this past sunday. I think your comments to me made that loud and clear. I hope you have a wonderful day out in the hot sun collecting your precious change from strangers.

God bless you. take care. bite me.

Asian Dad

Note to Self: Just do as your told

note to self: You have to start listening to your wife more. Obviously you automatically tune her voice out whenever she starts to tell you to do something. And as always, you end up fucking things up which invariably leads to the wife hovering over you with the “I told you so” attitude. It sucks, I know, but if you just simply do as you are told, you wouldn’t constantly BE in the Dog House! Open up your ears and just *listen* for crying out loud. It’s time to change. Her constantly being “right” is getting old. So, if she tells you not to leave your glasses lying around just in case the kids get to them and break ‘em, make a conscious effort to do as she said and put ‘em away because the kids WILL DEFINITELY end up breaking them. If she tells you to take out the trash the night before pickup day, just do it because YOU JUST KNOW the trashman will show up extra early in the morning the day after she tells you to do it. And when she tells you to stop rough-housing with the kids, stop it immediately because in a couple of seconds after she tells you this, one of the kids WILL get hurt and start to cry. And when she reminds you that the minivan is low on fuel, immediately get your ass to the gas station and fill up the tank because God help you if she winds up stranded with an empty tank. You’ve had way too many close calls recently so take this as fair warning. Just do it because it’ll save you a lot of time and grief in the end. Yes, yes, I know it looks like you’re whipped but as most of us have learned by now, that’s what married life is all about.

Tags: marriage

a fresh start

for years I blogged under my own name.  the more I posted family photos and personal information on my blog the more I realized that I’m simply painting myself in a corner.  what started out as a little outlet for me to post about lil’ nothings bouncing around in my head ended up growing into something a lot bigger than I had expected.  I could no longer post crazy rants or write something absolutely silly if I so desired because it would all end up becoming google-able under my own name.  So, I decided to start over under a generic moniker: AsianDad.net.  It’s tough starting over from scratch here especially when I had a good bit of traffic and a sizable archive of photos and posts on my original blog. but I guess it’s just something I have to do preemptively before I end up  unintentionally bringing shame to my kids and my wife on the internets. *wink, wink*