A year ago, I wrote about a border patrol guy asking Paul, Christina, and I where we were all from and, after we answered, what we were all doing together. While I want to keep from exploring this topic very much further for danger of giving away the working draft of my toast for their wedding (What a strange journey it's been for us and all that...), I've been gauging the dependent levels of excitement and anxiety. Both skyrocket at such times and here's another: Paul's bratty little sister greeted me with a smirk and, "Don't you live in Iowa?" (Translation: I'm sixteen and I was born in Los Angeles.) I responded to this with no pride. "Actually, I don't anymore."

There's not a lot to say that can be better said than this: AUGH!

I'm on the tail end of my stay in Los Angeles and I'm still aware that I try, and hope, to keep from looking like an out-of-towner. What I have learned is that while I thought carrying a backpack around would make me look like a student, it actually makes me look more like a hobo. Not like a hobo--more like a hobo. I'm just saying that if I could grow a beard, I'd look like a guy that might sleep during the day at bus stops.

Are there any legitimate (read: good) Asian performers working in the US? Actors, comedians, musicians, etc.

Hugh friggin' Grant can say, "My wife is a member of PETA; I have been meaning to join," to a bear, and I cackle like a seven-year-old girl.

When did people start taking Amanda Seyfried seriously?

Every time I think, or am told, about living in Korea, I get excited. Tonight, I am reading about Lebron's decision to join Wade and Bosh in Miami (How American of me, yeah? Dan Gilbert is a tool.) and my aunt is watching a Korean show on KBS World--apparently, the most popular show--called Happy Together. The biggest celebrities get on to chat and laugh and do ridiculous things. When I say ridiculous things, I mean... like American Game show stuff. It's crazy, and I'm trying to imagine if American celebrities were this silly but the point is:

Watching this show makes me bummed about living in Korea.

If you've seen Lost in Translation, think back to the game show that Bob Harris agrees to go on; the spastic host with the technicolor suit and the flashy titles and the general feeling of ingesting something too sugary and obnoxious. I largely digress--my aunt, uncle, and cousin are kind of watching. My parents watch this show with vigor. A lot of people that I (at least) really, really like enjoy this show that I can't stand. I kind of grew up with this in the background, so I recognize some of the hosts (there seem to be several) with fondness... and by fondness, I mean I also grew up watching movies and stuff with Whoopie Goldberg in it. Whoopie Goldberg is on The View now (I know that because of Entourage) and I hate The View like I hate Happy Together, and for similar reasons. My cousins think I'll learn to like it.

You're all a bunch of mooches.