STARERS & FALLING STARS

I love people watching. I do it everywhere I go. One because I'm just extremely observant by nature, two cuz you never know when you have to ID someone for a crime, three cuz I'm always aware of my surrounding for safety reasons, four cuz I'm a CSI addict & pays attention to the details of everything.

It's a natural thing to look at others passing by. But what isn't natural? Staring. Didn't your mama teach you not to stare? I mean, damn. Most of the time I ignore the starers but sometimes they just be looking extra hard. I'm not one of those "let me look at my feet as I walk by so you know that I know you're looking at me but I'm acting like you're not there" type. I'm the "look right back at you & sometimes ask what the hell you looking at?!" type. lol. And sometimes I just stare right back at them, roll my eyes & walk off.

Since me & Actor are an interracial couple we get twice as many stares as other couples do. And the fact that we're irresistably attractive doesn't help. haha. Ok that's my only arrogant remark for the day :-p. But yea, that HAS to be the reason right? Haters. We've gotten used to the stares but it still catches me off guard sometimes. I'm like "Oh, I forgot. They're not used to seeing an Asian girl & a black guy together."

But come on! It's 2007! Are you freaking kidding me?! Get over it! lol. There's like 8 zillion interracial couples out there, everywhere you turn. Get used to it or don't look. Matter of fact, how about don't come outside period cuz you're bound to see something that you don't wanna see.

We were in Wal-Mart last night doing some light grocery shopping. And for some reason it was starer's night out, cuz I started to get irritated. It's so funny cuz Asian people stare at me like "Oh my God she's with a black guy" and Black people stare at Actor like "Oh my God he betrayed his race. What's wrong with black women?" That's a whole notha blog so I'm not even gonna get into the whole "Why don't you date within your own race?" issue. Because we don't want to! lol. There! There goes your answer!

But anyways, so I'm blowing off the starers & all of a sudden this Asian lady (Vietnamese to be exact) just comes out of nowhere & was like "Are you Korean, Chinese, or Vietnamese?" I was like "Vietnamese" and she proceeded to ask me a million personal & intrusive questions, in Vietnamese might I add.

*side note: I'm not sure about all Asian people, but Vietnamese people (or the ones that I know & have come into contact with anyway. I'm not one to generalize people based on a few.) are very intrusive & rude compared to American culture. Cuz in our country it's normal to ask a complete stranger how much money they make, how many kids they have & etc...

But anyways, so she's throwing questions at me & I'm kinda amused by it so I entertain her by answering, in Vietnamese, cuz you know, I'm bilingual, but being a smart ass at the same time. haha. I love when I'm being a smart ass & people think they're getting something outta me. Since she asked me so many damn questions I'm gonna list them cuz it was funny.

1) As I mentioned before, 1st question: ""Are you Korean, Chinese, or Vietnamese?"
"Vietnamese"

2) "Where'd you get your shoes from? They're so cute!"
"Oh I can't remember"

3) "Is that your boyfriend?"
"Yep"

4) "Did he marry you into the country?"
"What?"

5) "Did he marry you into the country? That's why you're with him right?"
"No, he did not. I met him here."

6) "How long have you been in the country?"
"Since '93"

7) "What process did you go through? Like sponsorhip or marriage?"
"Marriage."

8) "I thought you said you didn't..."
"Oh yea, I meant, sponsorship." (laughing to myself)

9) "So how long have y'all been together?"
"Over 3 yrs."

10) "You live together?"
"Yep."

11) "So you've been living together for 3 years?"
"Sure."

12) "And your parents approve of you seeing a black guy?"
"Yep. Apparently so. If not they don't have a choice now do they?"

13) "What do you do?"
"I do paperwork."

14) "What kind of paperwork?"
"You know, the computer stuff. Paper, pencils, typing, printing..."

15) "What does he do?"
"He's a rapper."

16) "Wow. He's a rapper?"
"Yep."

17) "Do ya'll have any kids?"
"Not yet."

18) "So you want to have kids together?"
"Yep, lots." (snickering to myself)

She proceeds to ask me some other question that I didn't hear cuz I got bored & started to walk away. Actor was standing like 3 feet behind me busy playing on his PSP to even notice what's going on. And plus he couldn't understand us anyway so he really wasn't paying any attention. She yells across the isle "Nice to meet you! See you later!" as I walk off, slightly amused with myself.

She never introduced herself by the way. I have no idea what her name is.



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On our ride home we saw a falling star. It was wonderfully unexpected. We made wishes. Well, I made like 5 wishes in one, but it was all connected. lol. That counts right?... I'm such a complicated person sometimes...