unattainable expectations

[blah blah blah conversation]

Christine: well most people are full of shit. this is why i have no friends. because i can smell it a mile away.

Christine: So what happened in our child hood to [make us] expect so much out of people?

me: mother.

me: that's what happened

Christine: oh.

'statement of faith'

So after almost 3 months of self-indulgent traveling, it actually feels pretty good to be settled back into Seattle for awhile. Of course I'm unable to sit around and relax, so I quickly committed to yoga 2-3x a week with a friend (recently broken up single females are the best workout buddies.... she uses me for distraction, I use her for motivation to work my ass off).

I'm also looking through United Way's volunteer opportunity data base, and I see one I'm interested in. However, as I'm scanning the project description, I see:

"As Vision House is a Christian organization, individuals wishing to work in direct contact with our residents must sign a statement of faith"

[screeching tires]

Statement of Faith??? I have to sign my soul over just to freaking volunteer now? I mean, I respect any religious faction that wants to help out; I even understand them wanting those that receive the help to be of a certain faith; it's their goods/effort = their prerogative. BUT their prejudiced exclusivity towards their volunteers I found extremely idiotic.

I went online to look up what exactly this 'statement of faith' entailed:

STATEMENT OF FAITH. We believe:
* The Bible is the only true written Word of God.

* Jesus led a normal life, but never sinned. Jesus took on Himself all of our sins, died on the cross and came back to life on the third day. Jesus went to heaven and is sitting on the right hand of the Father. Jesus will return to earth again in power and glory.

* They that are saved will be resurrected to eternal life and they that are lost will be resurrected to eternal damnation. (See full statement here.)

ANYWAY... What kind of bigoted morons make people sign this in order to HELP? Why do I have to believe in their narrow definition of faith? Isn't fucking compassion the same in any language/religion?

holy crap

It's been a long time since I blogged. I moved to Xanga - but I hate the WTF ads they post next to my entries. Talk about unreadatizing. (Unappetizing to read) ===>

So I tried Vox. It was eh. Facebook and Twitter are for a new generation of ADDers who don't have the patience / writing skills / original thoughts / opinions beyond "I'm eating this! I'm going here! I like this video!"

Granted, I'm perfectly guilty of indulging in the pretty trappings of facebook photo albums and instantly gratifying wall-to-wall conversations. It is great for many things, but in the end something still felt... lacking.

So I'm back here again.

Speaking of the picture to the right, while having dinner with my parents at home (I'm in Houston) tonight they both look at me as I'm shoveling food in my mouth after my 6 hour nap (flew red eye) and go:

Dad: You look skinner than last time
Me: *muffled through rice* yeah I'm trying to eat healthy
Mom: It looks better
Dad: Yeah for awhile your cheeks were much fatter
Mom: You look better this way
Dad: Yeah for awhile your tummy was much rounder
Mom: Yes. Better this way.
Me: *glares angrily and continue to stuff my face* Thanks. Do we have any dessert?
Mom: Oo! We have some red bean popsicles in the freezer. It's very good! You should try it. Do you want more rice?

WHAT DO THEY EXPECT ME TO DO??

Taiwan Airport

I'm in the Taiwan airport and it just hit me that this is the first time I've ever traveled overseas alone. Maybe it's because I've grown desensitized to traveling due to work, or because I'm grown desensitized to just being alone, but I never could've done this a few years ago.

Either way, I LOVE that I'm in a another country, not working, and about to get my fill of sun/food/friends/sights for the next 2.5 weeks.

I had a bowl of beef noodle soup and while it was airport food, it was 10x better than any sh*t I could get in Seattle.

The airport not only has free wi-fi (F you, America), but they have a Hello Kitty nursing room! It was too funny - the pictures are for you, Jenny. See you in 6 hours!!

This is too funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwCGq1n7Eo

What's even funnier is that the only two asian guys in our ofice are named Robert & Steve. (at one point there were 2 of each). And they've been mixed up before as well.

cats & dog

No one ever believes Bellini is a boy. After seeing this picture, I can understand why.

Doesn't he have pretty eyes???

Bellini is polite and obedient, never jumping on tables or counters and listens when I tell him to "get off".

This one still has no name. I just call her kitty. She is very bad and will do anything to sneak food. She also likes to drink out of people's cups. And toilets. And sinks. And showers.

Caption: "What the hell are you looking at?"

Doesn't she look mean? It's not her fault - she was rescued from the wild and wasn't meant to be domesticated.

She will jump on the bed/couch if it's just me and snuggle and purr. But she runs from everyone else.

Bellini loves everyone and everything, including his oft-visiting bulldog friend:

Stupid kitty especially hates dogs. She never pees outside the litter box, but will specifically pee on his bed or anything smelling like dog.

Asian Girls

This morning in the elevator at work a white guy squinted at me for 10 seconds, then asked,

"Bonnie, right?"

Bonnie is a small asian girl in my organization. She wears glasses and has completely different hair and clothes. I suppressed the urge to roll my eyes and said my actual name very politely. He guffaws and says,

"Geez you must get that a lot, huh? You guys could past for twins. MAN! laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh."

Flashback to a year ago, when I sat in a conference room at work and two white girls loudly whispered across the table to each about how much I looked like the asian girl sitting next to me.

"Omg they have the same last name... are they sisters?"

YES, moron. My sister and I both happened to start work in the same company. She's also like 5 shades darker than me. Oh! And she DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME!

I am now suppressing an urge to growl and glare menacingly at the guy. He's still laughing.

"A yuk, a yuk.. so does anyone else ever call you by the wrong name?"

"Oh yes. They call me Ada all the time too. She's the other asian girl. HAhahahha. Isn't that funny?? All Asian people look the same!"

The guy whole heartedly agrees, keeps laughing and we both walk out of the elevator.

I walk all the way to my desk with a look of utter disgust and disbelief. I don't even know what to say to these types of people. I couldn't even be angry, because he genuinely thought it was funny in a non mean way.

What a fucktard.