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Well, not quite... Im heading to NY tomorrow, THEN on Thursday Im flyin on a jet plane to S.A. for a total of 15 hours and 20 minutes (apparently the longest non-stop flight IN THE WORLD)! Johannesburg will be our first stop, then off to the University of Capetown where Ill be staying with a family for four weeks. From there I will stay with three differnet families for the next 4 weeks. What I am most looking forward to is my independent study project where I will design my special studies thesis and have the oportunity to work with an organization/ NGO of my choosing. My program will then make housing arrangements for me to stay with a nearby family during my three weeks of research.
My goals: write a 60 page research paper to then hand in as an honors thesis in January.
I cannot lax on my academic rigor while abroad. I'm relaly glad Ive decided to wait until my senior year to go abroad instead of my junior year. I have a better sense of my academic focus and direction.
I've packed my next semester into one small rolling suitcase and backpack... I'm actually glad I've got such a light luggage load; it makes me feel like a true explorer! haha
Im supposed to be waking up in 4 1/2 hours. I guess I should get to sleep, but I cant seem to shake the jittery bug off.
I'm staying over at one of my dad's friends in Chinatown tomorrow night. Apparently, I've met them before, but I can't seem to recollect a memory of them. Since Im going to be in the city, I might as well take advantage of it and go out for the night!
I'm in this liminal state of waiting right now. waiting for the beginning. the ending. Anticipation of what will await me, of possibilities.
I am ready to risk it like there's no tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Beyond the miracle?
there is a lot to say about this book...
Allister Sparks from the beginning argues two things:
1) South Africa is heading in a direction of comparative improvement, and many of the criticisms, though some founded, are over-exaggerated.
2) "problem" of racism is a Black African's personal problem, an inability to distinguish between race and racism, and not a problem of the white Africans.
Mr. Sparks,
(some rantings may not make much sense- at a certain point I stopped providing context for my remarks. it's 1 in the morning, and im pooped)
1) You said the "reality" of increased unemployment and wage pressures are inextricably tied in this "world wide globalized marketplace." blanket generalizations of economic theories and praxis is ethnocentric. Increase of wages does not automatically equate to cutting down the number of workers. Your assumption that wage increase will directly lead to unemployment is based on a capitalist value system of labor for profit. One does not directly lead to the other. Wage increase means a slow redistribution of funds that challenges capitalist values of "skilled" and "unskilled labor."
sidenote: you said mining of gold in South Africa was made profitable because of a unique abundance of cheap (black) labor, and that if gold had been in US or Australia, it would've stayed underground.
WRONG- US WAS AND STILL IS A COLONIZER OF SO MANY PEOPLES. US is an expert on the attempted extermination, exploitation, slavery, and expropriation of indigenous Americans, Blacks,Latinos, Asians, not to mention their foreign war efforts into every country imaginable. Australia colonized the indigenous Aborigines people. White supremacy is white supremacy, no matter where you look at it.
3) Sparks claims S.A. has changed its climate, that there no longer exists dejure racism. The gap is not so much between rich whites and poor blacks, but of a multiracial middle class and huge underclass.
what is the demographic percentages of the middle class? proportionately, the middle class is still dominated by white Afrikaan communities.
4) don't compare "liberal" policies of one country (US) to another (South Africa). Legalization of abortion and death penality must be analyzed and compared within the geopolitical context of the people.
My response to your thoughts on Media:
1)Media doesn’t have to be “government’s cheerleaders” but the individuals in media, as cultural channels, are responsible for the narratives they repeat. Media does not interpret through an objective eye- it is not possible. Each journalist must reflect and be honest about her framework of perception when rewriting these narratives.
2)it's very easy for people to stand against hate, against the blatantly overt racism. Not so easy to challenge covert racism.
3) Freedom of Choice is not enough. Many people, in particular non whites and women,were never free to objectively choose their forms of action or thought- our socio-political environment inextricably shapes our choices, our actions, and labor production, and visa-versa.
4) What constitutes credibility in a report? is it only age experience ? science? science is not the only measuring stick of validity. A person’s racial, ethnic, class, experiential background should also be of some worth when analyzing her writing.
5) intentions of the writer are many times irrelevant. A good writer must understand its audience, the historical, socio-political context of its audience, and reflect on its own power as a historical vehicle for cultural narrative reproductions. Reflect on where the individual and institutional agent stand on its social power hierarchy. It is the responsibility of the white media (especially white because you are the beneficiaries, even if you didn't directly inflicted oppression, of a system where it is providing you with higher footing than non-whites.)
6) You criticize a journalist for trying to create a color-blind society in South Africa, while you are doing the same thing you are criticizing against. The journalist was in fact encouraging for the opposite- she's asking the media to be more color-conscious and put into their praxis an awareness of a systematic and ideological racism that still persists in South Africa, with its reverberating effects still grounding the consciousness of the people.
7) you say the black community confuses racial vs. racist reporting- instead of putting the blame on the audience, has the media conveyed this distinction clearly so audiences do not confuse the two? If you want to find out whether the audience viewed the report as racist or racial piece, you'd have to know how the audience defines racism and what kind of racism the audience is overtly and covertly implying.
8) you bring up the idea of intentionality in your book soo many times. - INTENTIONS ARE IRRELEVANT. mass communication and people with the power to reproduce cultural narratives must reflect on its actions and how it will most likely be received by the people given its geopolitical context, NOT how the media INTENDED for the people to receive the message/ narratives.
9) Your statement that the journalist wanted to impose media censorship isn't valid. She wanted media to be vigilant on reflecting over its actions. The media should always be given free opportunity to expression, but as a responsible party it must be vigilant in reflecting on how it should use its venue. Freedom of expression should never be taken away; we cannot mandate production of certain narratives and prohibit the production of others. What she wants is not censoring, rather reflecting (on every level) of media actions and then acting on its reflections- in other words, PRAXIS. Press should be SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS, not censored.
10) you say we should focus on the biggest problems in South Africa which are not social issues like race but that of the truly powerful (national purse and sword- economy and politics), but economics and politics cannot be separated from its socio-cultural foundations.
11) revolution takes TIME. Liberation must come from the people, must be learned by the people, and by them only. Like Mandela’s quote, "a bad free press is preferable to a technically good, subservient one." A “bad” reporter at the time-who historically would never have gotten a position in the papers because she would’ve never received fair opportunities/resources/political protection- is preferable to a technically “good” reporter, good partially because he was beneficiary of systems of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism. Why don’t you invest more resources and time to teach these people on how to perform better? Instead of choosing the safer, easier solution for the benefit of yourself. You’re saying you would hire a person regardless of skin color. COLOR BLINDNESS IS A FORM OF RACISM. Blaming of problem as individual’s problem and not a systemic problem. You say the problem with today's media is an absence of context in material. This you argue comes from a lack of quality writers (especially after affirmative action policies) but is it really the absence of context or is it an absence of a vehicle through which black writers feel most comfortably in writing their story?
12) no such thing as objective journalism, best thing you can do is acknowledge your role as a participatory observant through transparent actions.
Allister Sparks from the beginning argues two things:
1) South Africa is heading in a direction of comparative improvement, and many of the criticisms, though some founded, are over-exaggerated.
2) "problem" of racism is a Black African's personal problem, an inability to distinguish between race and racism, and not a problem of the white Africans.
Mr. Sparks,
(some rantings may not make much sense- at a certain point I stopped providing context for my remarks. it's 1 in the morning, and im pooped)
1) You said the "reality" of increased unemployment and wage pressures are inextricably tied in this "world wide globalized marketplace." blanket generalizations of economic theories and praxis is ethnocentric. Increase of wages does not automatically equate to cutting down the number of workers. Your assumption that wage increase will directly lead to unemployment is based on a capitalist value system of labor for profit. One does not directly lead to the other. Wage increase means a slow redistribution of funds that challenges capitalist values of "skilled" and "unskilled labor."
sidenote: you said mining of gold in South Africa was made profitable because of a unique abundance of cheap (black) labor, and that if gold had been in US or Australia, it would've stayed underground.
WRONG- US WAS AND STILL IS A COLONIZER OF SO MANY PEOPLES. US is an expert on the attempted extermination, exploitation, slavery, and expropriation of indigenous Americans, Blacks,Latinos, Asians, not to mention their foreign war efforts into every country imaginable. Australia colonized the indigenous Aborigines people. White supremacy is white supremacy, no matter where you look at it.
3) Sparks claims S.A. has changed its climate, that there no longer exists dejure racism. The gap is not so much between rich whites and poor blacks, but of a multiracial middle class and huge underclass.
what is the demographic percentages of the middle class? proportionately, the middle class is still dominated by white Afrikaan communities.
4) don't compare "liberal" policies of one country (US) to another (South Africa). Legalization of abortion and death penality must be analyzed and compared within the geopolitical context of the people.
My response to your thoughts on Media:
1)Media doesn’t have to be “government’s cheerleaders” but the individuals in media, as cultural channels, are responsible for the narratives they repeat. Media does not interpret through an objective eye- it is not possible. Each journalist must reflect and be honest about her framework of perception when rewriting these narratives.
2)it's very easy for people to stand against hate, against the blatantly overt racism. Not so easy to challenge covert racism.
3) Freedom of Choice is not enough. Many people, in particular non whites and women,were never free to objectively choose their forms of action or thought- our socio-political environment inextricably shapes our choices, our actions, and labor production, and visa-versa.
4) What constitutes credibility in a report? is it only age experience ? science? science is not the only measuring stick of validity. A person’s racial, ethnic, class, experiential background should also be of some worth when analyzing her writing.
5) intentions of the writer are many times irrelevant. A good writer must understand its audience, the historical, socio-political context of its audience, and reflect on its own power as a historical vehicle for cultural narrative reproductions. Reflect on where the individual and institutional agent stand on its social power hierarchy. It is the responsibility of the white media (especially white because you are the beneficiaries, even if you didn't directly inflicted oppression, of a system where it is providing you with higher footing than non-whites.)
6) You criticize a journalist for trying to create a color-blind society in South Africa, while you are doing the same thing you are criticizing against. The journalist was in fact encouraging for the opposite- she's asking the media to be more color-conscious and put into their praxis an awareness of a systematic and ideological racism that still persists in South Africa, with its reverberating effects still grounding the consciousness of the people.
7) you say the black community confuses racial vs. racist reporting- instead of putting the blame on the audience, has the media conveyed this distinction clearly so audiences do not confuse the two? If you want to find out whether the audience viewed the report as racist or racial piece, you'd have to know how the audience defines racism and what kind of racism the audience is overtly and covertly implying.
8) you bring up the idea of intentionality in your book soo many times. - INTENTIONS ARE IRRELEVANT. mass communication and people with the power to reproduce cultural narratives must reflect on its actions and how it will most likely be received by the people given its geopolitical context, NOT how the media INTENDED for the people to receive the message/ narratives.
9) Your statement that the journalist wanted to impose media censorship isn't valid. She wanted media to be vigilant on reflecting over its actions. The media should always be given free opportunity to expression, but as a responsible party it must be vigilant in reflecting on how it should use its venue. Freedom of expression should never be taken away; we cannot mandate production of certain narratives and prohibit the production of others. What she wants is not censoring, rather reflecting (on every level) of media actions and then acting on its reflections- in other words, PRAXIS. Press should be SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS, not censored.
10) you say we should focus on the biggest problems in South Africa which are not social issues like race but that of the truly powerful (national purse and sword- economy and politics), but economics and politics cannot be separated from its socio-cultural foundations.
11) revolution takes TIME. Liberation must come from the people, must be learned by the people, and by them only. Like Mandela’s quote, "a bad free press is preferable to a technically good, subservient one." A “bad” reporter at the time-who historically would never have gotten a position in the papers because she would’ve never received fair opportunities/resources/political protection- is preferable to a technically “good” reporter, good partially because he was beneficiary of systems of white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism. Why don’t you invest more resources and time to teach these people on how to perform better? Instead of choosing the safer, easier solution for the benefit of yourself. You’re saying you would hire a person regardless of skin color. COLOR BLINDNESS IS A FORM OF RACISM. Blaming of problem as individual’s problem and not a systemic problem. You say the problem with today's media is an absence of context in material. This you argue comes from a lack of quality writers (especially after affirmative action policies) but is it really the absence of context or is it an absence of a vehicle through which black writers feel most comfortably in writing their story?
12) no such thing as objective journalism, best thing you can do is acknowledge your role as a participatory observant through transparent actions.
This summer: I learned a little bit about the 3 Ps
Praxis, Planning, Patience
My summer internship with AFSCME has been one of much insight and personal growth and fulfillment. I've realized more than ever how important it is to not only incorporate praxis and strategy into organizing, but to incorporate a praxis and strategy of liberation and not one of domination. More importantly, this praxis REQUIRES a dedication to learning not preaching, planning, patience, and did I mention planning?
Yes, one of my biggest lessons this summer.
That said, the corporate bureaucratic dealings of a union is still not a very pleasant side to see. Perhaps bureaucracy is necessary in order for an organization to grow; it still doesn't stop me from hating it.
My summer internship with AFSCME has been one of much insight and personal growth and fulfillment. I've realized more than ever how important it is to not only incorporate praxis and strategy into organizing, but to incorporate a praxis and strategy of liberation and not one of domination. More importantly, this praxis REQUIRES a dedication to learning not preaching, planning, patience, and did I mention planning?
Yes, one of my biggest lessons this summer.
That said, the corporate bureaucratic dealings of a union is still not a very pleasant side to see. Perhaps bureaucracy is necessary in order for an organization to grow; it still doesn't stop me from hating it.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Reflections on Mandela
"In South Africa, it is hard for a man to ignore the needs of the people, even at the expense of his own family. I had made my choice, and in the end, she [Nelson's mother] had supported it."- Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela
Reading Nelson's internal conflict of fighting for the people's struggle at the expense of his family made me think about my situation with my fam.
I let my mother and my family hinder my actions and wishes for liberation. I recall my mother telling me a while back, "you can do whatever you want, talk about whatever you would like, just as long as you do not say anything that would harm our family. If you do, I will never forgive you. We sacrificed our lives and left our families for you; don't do anything to hurt my family back home." "I wont," I said to her. Somehow I thought ideally I would be able to map out and divide my life decisions or actions as easily as that. That the world I chose to fight in could somehow be isolated from the world my family was a part of with just a stroke of thought. But as I dive deeper and deeper into the struggles of the common people, I find the struggles of others and that of my families to be inextricably tied and inseparable. now that im thinking back on it, I know I can't stand for that. There are times when a person has to choose to stand by her convictions, and see that her standing does not contradict the love for her family. Quite contrary, her convictions strengthen her love and guides her to understand the perceived fear of her family as a fear of liberation which she is to have no control over. This fear of liberation is an internalized oppression that I, alongside them, am trying to battle and conquer. with them. not against them. if they can't understand that now, it is my responsbility to relay with them struggles of liberation within their frame of reference, within their lense, values, and hopes of reality. letting go of my ego and individualistic identity, try to communicate with them, but i know if I can't then I must simply move on.
Reading Nelson's internal conflict of fighting for the people's struggle at the expense of his family made me think about my situation with my fam.
I let my mother and my family hinder my actions and wishes for liberation. I recall my mother telling me a while back, "you can do whatever you want, talk about whatever you would like, just as long as you do not say anything that would harm our family. If you do, I will never forgive you. We sacrificed our lives and left our families for you; don't do anything to hurt my family back home." "I wont," I said to her. Somehow I thought ideally I would be able to map out and divide my life decisions or actions as easily as that. That the world I chose to fight in could somehow be isolated from the world my family was a part of with just a stroke of thought. But as I dive deeper and deeper into the struggles of the common people, I find the struggles of others and that of my families to be inextricably tied and inseparable. now that im thinking back on it, I know I can't stand for that. There are times when a person has to choose to stand by her convictions, and see that her standing does not contradict the love for her family. Quite contrary, her convictions strengthen her love and guides her to understand the perceived fear of her family as a fear of liberation which she is to have no control over. This fear of liberation is an internalized oppression that I, alongside them, am trying to battle and conquer. with them. not against them. if they can't understand that now, it is my responsbility to relay with them struggles of liberation within their frame of reference, within their lense, values, and hopes of reality. letting go of my ego and individualistic identity, try to communicate with them, but i know if I can't then I must simply move on.
inspire
Mom liberates herself by making sure she does not get scammed with her money. She will yell and argue until she makes sure she's received her money's worth. Im reading Nelson Mendela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, about his day to day prison life. He fights with what he is given.
Mom liberates herself the only way she can, through the everyday actions she takes to secure her humanity and dignity in a world so ready to snatch it away. I, on the other hand, will sometimes forego confrontations. I'd like to think it is because I choose to not waste my energy on frivolous matters.
but I admit. there is still fear in me towards confronting authority. Injustice is injustice, no matter how you play it up or play it down. The struggle is not to eliminate fear; it is to conquer it.
I havent pushed myself enough to try.
i've taken time for granted. ive taken for granted.
Mom liberates herself the only way she can, through the everyday actions she takes to secure her humanity and dignity in a world so ready to snatch it away. I, on the other hand, will sometimes forego confrontations. I'd like to think it is because I choose to not waste my energy on frivolous matters.
but I admit. there is still fear in me towards confronting authority. Injustice is injustice, no matter how you play it up or play it down. The struggle is not to eliminate fear; it is to conquer it.
I havent pushed myself enough to try.
i've taken time for granted. ive taken for granted.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
psychic reading gone wrong
There are genuine psychics out there. Psychics in the sense of people who have a stronger metaphysical consciousness than the average person; I just have yet to meet one.
here is my conversation with pseudo-psychic.
"Hi."
I stumble onto the seat, trying not to come in with any sort of hesitancy. Though I had doubts, I wanted this to be a genuine experience and had high hopes it would be.
"Hello. please sit with your legs uncrossed, palms resting on your knees so your energy is not blocked by anything."
I follow what she tells me to do, slightly suspicious of her authenticity. I don't know, was it suspiciousness I was feeling or was it the fear of the potential for truth? We all try these things in the hopes of an honest, and if we're lucky, a surreal out of body-mind experience, don't we?
I know she's going to ask me my time and date of birth, but I begin to worry seeing as I never knew my time of birth. Mind note: need to ask mom about that. I don't think she even knows.
"What is your date of birth?"
"December 14, 1985."
"and your time?"
"umm.. Im not really sure... maybe 9:00 in the evening?"
"That's fine, the time isn't that important anyway."
Wow, what an unexpected thing to say. Trying to conjure a list of evidence so as to prove she indeed was a scam if this ever turned out to be too real or too fake.
"You have thick hair."
I do? haha. all this time, I always thought I had fine hair. But wait, what does that matter? Eh, might as well play and join in on the fun.
"You are one of the most loving people ive come across. Your energy of love pours out from you, and men are coming to you in flocks, aren't they?"
Hm. not so much. In fact the complete opposite. I'm not sure what she is trying to say, but at this point I'm trying my best to keep my mouth shut and restrain from spewing cynical remarks and giggles.
"You don't fall in love easily. You have all these men coming to you, yet you don't seem to care. you're not looking for a relationship right now so you push them away."
I haven't the slightest clue where all these referenced men are at. Are they hiding from me? because I certainly have not seen any of them around.
What she says about my not falling in love easily is true. I push men away probably because I'm not interested in them. haha I can't clearly judge the validity of her statements at this point.
"Marriage does not matter to you. You won't get married until you're at least 35."
Ha. She definitely does not know how I feel about marriage. At this point I have a slight itch she may be a psychic phony. I might as well enjoy this and watch as she makes a fool out of herself.
"You are a traveler. You can never seem to stay in one place."
True. I can't stay in one place; constancy depresses me.
Im not going to judge her "authenticity" any longer. Well, I'm traveling to South Africa for a few months, so I guess what she's saying may be deemed relevant.
"Your parents hold a strong presence in your life. Both your parents have strong personalities- your mother is oversensitive."
hmm im not sure I would use that word to describe her. oversensitive? can't everyone be called oversensitive at one point or another? And she probably uses that word to describe all women. Gender stereotypes my ass. although I have to admit this is starting to get fun.
"Your dad is holding a huge burden over his shoulders. This burden was handed down from generations of ancestors. Your father committed suicide in a past life."
Whoa back up... WHAT?! Does this mean my father wants to commit suicide? Granted he's had a very isolating life- physically separated from his family in China, communicatively isolated from his family here due to a language barrier (can't speak english- can only speaks dialect very different from mandarin)...does she know this? What does she mean? what significance is this towards my life? My skepticism begins to wane a bit.
"Don't feel like you have to carry this burden yourself. You have angels protecting you. Even though you may not have fair skin and hair, your ancestors had blond hair and blue eyes. In fact, all your angels are Nordic. Here, let me show you a picture. See, see how beautiful she is?"
OKAY, skepticism shoots wayyyyy up. Red deer lights blaring **WEIRDO WEIRDO** are now shooting across the room. Now I just think she's crazy, and I'm not sure I know how to interpret this. first of all, does she presume I believe there is such a thing as angels? This entire reading has leaned a bit towards the conventional Protestant side of doctrination. But more importantly, My ancestors were anglo-saxon?
WHAT?
At this point Im ready to just let it go.
i put on my poker face, try to fake some interest while she grabs a painting of a nordic angel for me to see. She gives me her card, and I accept it and fake a cordial smile so as not create any more of weirded-out feelings against her.
Im not even going to try to analyze this. Instead, I'm taking this for what it is - fifteen minutes of entertainment. These things are always fun to ponder/ poke fun at :)
here is my conversation with pseudo-psychic.
"Hi."
I stumble onto the seat, trying not to come in with any sort of hesitancy. Though I had doubts, I wanted this to be a genuine experience and had high hopes it would be.
"Hello. please sit with your legs uncrossed, palms resting on your knees so your energy is not blocked by anything."
I follow what she tells me to do, slightly suspicious of her authenticity. I don't know, was it suspiciousness I was feeling or was it the fear of the potential for truth? We all try these things in the hopes of an honest, and if we're lucky, a surreal out of body-mind experience, don't we?
I know she's going to ask me my time and date of birth, but I begin to worry seeing as I never knew my time of birth. Mind note: need to ask mom about that. I don't think she even knows.
"What is your date of birth?"
"December 14, 1985."
"and your time?"
"umm.. Im not really sure... maybe 9:00 in the evening?"
"That's fine, the time isn't that important anyway."
Wow, what an unexpected thing to say. Trying to conjure a list of evidence so as to prove she indeed was a scam if this ever turned out to be too real or too fake.
"You have thick hair."
I do? haha. all this time, I always thought I had fine hair. But wait, what does that matter? Eh, might as well play and join in on the fun.
"You are one of the most loving people ive come across. Your energy of love pours out from you, and men are coming to you in flocks, aren't they?"
Hm. not so much. In fact the complete opposite. I'm not sure what she is trying to say, but at this point I'm trying my best to keep my mouth shut and restrain from spewing cynical remarks and giggles.
"You don't fall in love easily. You have all these men coming to you, yet you don't seem to care. you're not looking for a relationship right now so you push them away."
I haven't the slightest clue where all these referenced men are at. Are they hiding from me? because I certainly have not seen any of them around.
What she says about my not falling in love easily is true. I push men away probably because I'm not interested in them. haha I can't clearly judge the validity of her statements at this point.
"Marriage does not matter to you. You won't get married until you're at least 35."
Ha. She definitely does not know how I feel about marriage. At this point I have a slight itch she may be a psychic phony. I might as well enjoy this and watch as she makes a fool out of herself.
"You are a traveler. You can never seem to stay in one place."
True. I can't stay in one place; constancy depresses me.
Im not going to judge her "authenticity" any longer. Well, I'm traveling to South Africa for a few months, so I guess what she's saying may be deemed relevant.
"Your parents hold a strong presence in your life. Both your parents have strong personalities- your mother is oversensitive."
hmm im not sure I would use that word to describe her. oversensitive? can't everyone be called oversensitive at one point or another? And she probably uses that word to describe all women. Gender stereotypes my ass. although I have to admit this is starting to get fun.
"Your dad is holding a huge burden over his shoulders. This burden was handed down from generations of ancestors. Your father committed suicide in a past life."
Whoa back up... WHAT?! Does this mean my father wants to commit suicide? Granted he's had a very isolating life- physically separated from his family in China, communicatively isolated from his family here due to a language barrier (can't speak english- can only speaks dialect very different from mandarin)...does she know this? What does she mean? what significance is this towards my life? My skepticism begins to wane a bit.
"Don't feel like you have to carry this burden yourself. You have angels protecting you. Even though you may not have fair skin and hair, your ancestors had blond hair and blue eyes. In fact, all your angels are Nordic. Here, let me show you a picture. See, see how beautiful she is?"
OKAY, skepticism shoots wayyyyy up. Red deer lights blaring **WEIRDO WEIRDO** are now shooting across the room. Now I just think she's crazy, and I'm not sure I know how to interpret this. first of all, does she presume I believe there is such a thing as angels? This entire reading has leaned a bit towards the conventional Protestant side of doctrination. But more importantly, My ancestors were anglo-saxon?
WHAT?
At this point Im ready to just let it go.
i put on my poker face, try to fake some interest while she grabs a painting of a nordic angel for me to see. She gives me her card, and I accept it and fake a cordial smile so as not create any more of weirded-out feelings against her.
Im not even going to try to analyze this. Instead, I'm taking this for what it is - fifteen minutes of entertainment. These things are always fun to ponder/ poke fun at :)
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