Tampon Terrific.
Yesterday I seemed to have been suffering from temporary amnesia and thought that I was Somalian- I laid out in the sun without protection for two hours and am now suffering the consequences. The past couple days I hung out with my best friend Nikki and it was just what the doctor ordered. With all the crap that had been compiling itself proudly on my head she brought so many laughs and smiles to me. We have always been so crazy together and fearless with each other; our energy seems to just feed off from one another. Okay, so I may be half Hawaiian and half Korean, but genetically I must be flawed in some areas...I must have gotten the shit genes because I am naturally pale as an Irishman's ass. Yesterday was my first day getting any sun other than the sun on my left arm from hanging it out the car window while driving. When Nikki and I got to the beach we unpacked our things and laid our towels out in the sand and then went to the bathroom. All of a sudden while I am sitting on the pot I hear "Shit!" Followed by "I got my period!" So we went in search of a tampon and agreed the first aid station was the best bet. Right as we walked in we saw three lifeguard studs and immediately walked out without saying a word. We ended up bursting with laughter and then finally gained composure to go back and ask for the little stick of cotton. I said that I would ask bravely and say it was for me and then ended up laughing and blurting out "She needs a tampon" and pointing at her. The guys blushed and grinned and we heard them chuckling when we left. The period jokes flew all day after that. Okay, okay I apologize for all the gross "bleeding from the vagina" crap, I'm finished, period!
Nikki and I also walked around some shops in Uptown and looked at vintage clothing and antiques. We bought some art supplies and went to my place to paint. I have recently fallen in love with Renoir...Every piece of work is like a whimsical dream. We are trying to plan a road trip to Colorado and then to California- I'm not too sure we would make it there to be truthful. While on our way to the beach Nikki asked me if we were approaching 35W or 610- I told her neither, we were approaching 10. It would be fun nonetheless. All the random stops and crazy encounters... I am really trying to make time for her knowing summer will end and we will go back to different schools in different cities. We have always had this connection and bond from the first day we met in 6th grade. I still remember her brown overalls... No one can make me laugh like her...
Nikki and I also walked around some shops in Uptown and looked at vintage clothing and antiques. We bought some art supplies and went to my place to paint. I have recently fallen in love with Renoir...Every piece of work is like a whimsical dream. We are trying to plan a road trip to Colorado and then to California- I'm not too sure we would make it there to be truthful. While on our way to the beach Nikki asked me if we were approaching 35W or 610- I told her neither, we were approaching 10. It would be fun nonetheless. All the random stops and crazy encounters... I am really trying to make time for her knowing summer will end and we will go back to different schools in different cities. We have always had this connection and bond from the first day we met in 6th grade. I still remember her brown overalls... No one can make me laugh like her...
posted by Angela Nicole Gray at 6:45 PM
5 Comments:
Koreans aren't exactly sun-o-phillic. My sister is Korean (or half Korean, half Turkish, depending on the orphanage rumor and your interpretation of her freckles, of which full Koreans have about 0) and has gone to Korea on vacation and to bring back adoptees for couples - most Koreans wander around with umbrellas if it gets hot because they actually burn fairly easily.
An addendum (I had to go look it up) - "Twice the Rice" (from Minnesota) had an interesting post about being a "hapa" (half Korean + half something else) at her site: http://adobokimbap.blogspot.com/2005/06/revel-asians.html
"hapa" is a term reserved for half japanese people dude
Actually, a correction for both of you, no disrespect intended: Although "hapa" may have originally been used to refer mainly to half Japanese, it is now a word that encompasses all those who are of mixed Asian-Pacific heritage -- Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Filipino, Samoan, and the whole nine yards. See www.thehapaproject.com or www.hapaissuesforum.org for more discussion/info.
Sorry, Angela, didn't mean to hijack your sunburn/tampon post with definitions of racial classifications! :-P By the way, I recommend cool showers and aloe. For the sunburn, I mean. I used to tan fast and never burn. Now I tan, burn, AND fade fast. (I have not yet resorted to walking around in the sun under an umbrella, however.)
Interesting. I was only ever under the impression that the two phoenetic syllables "ha" and "pa" derived from words "half" and "pacific" (as in Pacific islander) respectively, with Pacific islanders comprised of a conglomeration of Japanese, Filipinos/Filipinas, and Indonesians, the latter two of which are in smaller denominations than the former, hence the reservation of the term exclusively for Japanese. Perplexing.
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