I am Vietnamese/American. My father fought in the Vietnam war and was evacuated when the U.S. embassy in then Saigon fell. He met my mother in the States and on August 5th, 1978 I came into existence. I was born in small town in Florida named Defuniak Springs. The place was so damn small they did not even have a hospital. I was delivered by a mid-wife in a house somewhere in town. I lived there with my parents until I was 1 and they decided to move back to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where my mother is originally from. My father taught me nothing of my culture. I can't speak Vietnamese or cook traditional Vietnamese dishes but I love Pho. My father said we live in the U.S. so I did not need to learn Vietnamese. He only speaks English to me and my sister. All these things combined have made me a terrible Asian, my wonderful girlfriend reminds me of this all the time. I don't fit any of the typical Asian stereotypes except for being short. I don't know karate, I can't fix electronics, I definitely do not like sushi, and I am not a doctor but I can be funny on occasion, if I try really damn hard. Curse my father for Americanizing me. Of course I want to be leet at being Asian but I guess it's not in the cards. Being half-Asian is comical most of the time and I enjoy it. It's like the American people know I am not one of them because I partially look like one of those extras in the Godzilla movies or Shortround. The pure Asians also know that I am not one them also because I have a country accent. Redneck Asians? There can't be many of us.
I have a 5 year old son who we will refer to as the Springroll since that is already his name in my girlfriends blog. He is epic most of the time but being a child of course he has his moments. My girlfriend is beautiful, intelligent, and hilarious. She will be referred to as Kat Storm in this blog. Please check out her blog at here. We definitely will not have the same demographics but she an insanely talented writer and her blog is awesome.
I plan on this blog being a place where I can express my opinions on Video Games, MMA, Viral Videos, Music, Movies and other completely random or off the wall shit. It is currently a work in progress so bear with me. I promise it will be entertaining at the very least. Thanks for taking the time to read this short intro about myself and check back for more interesting blogs.