downward spiral, false sense of superiority
Names have been replaced to protect the innocent.
SomeoneElse: got married yet?
poq: yeah, just got back from the honeymoon!
SomeoneElse: wow that fast/
poq: well, we're students so we couldn't afford a really lavish one
SomeoneElse: o
SomeoneElse: does your parent
SomeoneElse: even know
SomeoneElse: about u two?
poq: they just found out today
SomeoneElse: did they get mad
poq: i think they're happy for us, though my mom has definitely started taking more prozac.
SomeoneElse: oh
SomeoneElse: how about [the lady's] parents
poq: i'm sure they'll find out sometime, somehow.
SomeoneElse: oh
SomeoneElse: I should call [the lady]
SomeoneElse: does anyone know
SomeoneElse: like heycornmama
SomeoneElse: and them?
SomeoneElse: heycornmama,
dyndragon,
poq: yeah, heycornmama knows
poq: dyndragon too
SomeoneElse: jefferson?
poq: but we're trying not to tell a lot of people yet
SomeoneElse: how about jefferson?
poq: probably not yet
SomeoneElse: is it ok if I congrats her?
poq: i guess
SomeoneElse: I haven't talk with her
SomeoneElse: in awhile
poq: she's a little hungover, though
poq: so if she makes no sense, that's why
SomeoneElse: maybe tomorrow then
SomeoneElse: where did u guys go for honeymoon
poq: we went to tijuana, in mexico
SomeoneElse: in two days
SomeoneElse: ?
poq: for our honeymoon, we went to get matching plastic surgery. cute, isn't it?
poq: now our noses look the same!
SomeoneElse: cute
SomeoneElse: for real
SomeoneElse: in two days?!?
SomeoneElse: y not a week?
poq: couldn't afford it; after the doctor's fees, the hotel was just waaaay too expensive.
SomeoneElse: oo
SomeoneElse: I bet your spanish is alot better
SomeoneElse: than your cantonese
SomeoneElse: :-P
SomeoneElse: si senior?
SomeoneElse: or no?
poq: yeah, probably. i actually learned spanish before i learned cantonese
SomeoneElse: dang
SomeoneElse: r u serious?
SomeoneElse: don't your parents speak cantonese at home?
poq: though my parents are chinese, my dad is from spain
SomeoneElse: oo
SomeoneElse: so u're half hispanic and half chinese?
poq: no no! he's chinese, but he was raised in spain
SomeoneElse: does he know chinese?
poq: he worked as a migrant laborer, making serrano ham from the wild black boars that feast only on acorns
poq: yeah
SomeoneElse: then they should speak chinese
SomeoneElse: with u
SomeoneElse: right
poq: the ham is cured in salt for forty days!
SomeoneElse: its like how in the world u know spanish before cantonese? I don't get.
SomeoneElse: u should know cantonese first
SomeoneElse: its the first language that all abcs
SomeoneElse: should know
SomeoneElse: then as growing up....we forgotten that language
poq: yeah, i've definitely forgotten a lot of it. i used to think in cantonese but now i think in spanglish.
SomeoneElse: I just know that when I was little...I speak cantonese and toyshun....when I turn to teenager life....its when I start using english
SomeoneElse: my cantonese came back in junior year of hs
poq: sometiems i catch myself speaking spanish when i should be speaking english. whoops! it's like "excuse me, can i querer una cerveza?!"
SomeoneElse: hahaha my Kindergarten class were all abcs......and we all were speaking in cantonese
SomeoneElse: as we grew older
SomeoneElse: we start using english
SomeoneElse: pretty great right?
SomeoneElse: for the city?
SomeoneElse: hahahaah
SomeoneElse: its like we all know cantonese......only..................
SomeoneElse: before learning english
poq: it's a hard life. but i enjoy it. you know why?
SomeoneElse: how come?
poq: because i'm learning. [this is an inside joke between my brothers and myself.]
SomeoneElse: I think
SomeoneElse: in general, we all learning
SomeoneElse: and growing
SomeoneElse: its part of growing up
SomeoneElse: right?
poq: growing is part of growing up. yeah.
SomeoneElse: is your bro transfering to U of I
SomeoneElse: cause I remember u telling me
SomeoneElse: that he's going u ofi
poq: i don't know. he's scared; his cantonese isn't good enough so he doesn't know if he'll fit in
SomeoneElse: his cantonese is pretty good
poq: that's good. i don't think he learned spanish first.
SomeoneElse: if speak more
SomeoneElse: then its cool
SomeoneElse: hahaha I know cantonese first....so its hard to roll my tongue
SomeoneElse: with the R sounds
SomeoneElse: I could've have perfect spanish
poq: well, you've gotta master english before mastering spanish.
SomeoneElse: true
SomeoneElse: u gotta
SomeoneElse: have tha GRRRR
SomeoneElse: sounds
SomeoneElse: like aburrido
SomeoneElse: I think heycornmama's chinese is fading away [note: heycornmama's chinese is impeccable.]
SomeoneElse: she use to speak chinese a lot
SomeoneElse: I can't say aburrido!
SomeoneElse: :-(
poq: yeah, her chinese is definitely fading away. i bet she's going to revert to spanish soon, too.
SomeoneElse: si senior
SomeoneElse: my spanish is fading away
SomeoneElse: I use to grew up in hispanic/asian enviornment
poq: oh, that's fine. once that goes away all that is left is the mother language; the tongue of angels
SomeoneElse: its really my first time meeting white friends
SomeoneElse: once I enter champaign
poq: you know -- esperanto
SomeoneElse: my neighorbood its like all asians/hispanic
SomeoneElse: plus I never seen so many abcs
SomeoneElse: don't know chinese
SomeoneElse: hehe
SomeoneElse: :-P
SomeoneElse: j's cantones is pretty cute
SomeoneElse: and a
SomeoneElse: too
poq: like huggable and furry?
SomeoneElse: hahaha
SomeoneElse: sotta of
SomeoneElse: how about the lady?
poq: oh
poq: she's definitely cute.
SomeoneElse: I know she speak mandarin
SomeoneElse: anyways, I wonder if heycornmama will be my boss again
SomeoneElse: that is like soo cool
SomeoneElse: three years later
SomeoneElse: I mean, its happen once
SomeoneElse: it can happen again
SomeoneElse: right
poq: anyways, necesito irme
poq: er, i must leave
poq: adios!
SomeoneElse: ok ten cuidados
I think I'm just going to make the situation more and more absurd and see what she makes of it.
SomeoneElse: got married yet?
poq: yeah, just got back from the honeymoon!
SomeoneElse: wow that fast/
poq: well, we're students so we couldn't afford a really lavish one
SomeoneElse: o
SomeoneElse: does your parent
SomeoneElse: even know
SomeoneElse: about u two?
poq: they just found out today
SomeoneElse: did they get mad
poq: i think they're happy for us, though my mom has definitely started taking more prozac.
SomeoneElse: oh
SomeoneElse: how about [the lady's] parents
poq: i'm sure they'll find out sometime, somehow.
SomeoneElse: oh
SomeoneElse: I should call [the lady]
SomeoneElse: does anyone know
SomeoneElse: like heycornmama
SomeoneElse: and them?
SomeoneElse: heycornmama,
dyndragon,
poq: yeah, heycornmama knows
poq: dyndragon too
SomeoneElse: jefferson?
poq: but we're trying not to tell a lot of people yet
SomeoneElse: how about jefferson?
poq: probably not yet
SomeoneElse: is it ok if I congrats her?
poq: i guess
SomeoneElse: I haven't talk with her
SomeoneElse: in awhile
poq: she's a little hungover, though
poq: so if she makes no sense, that's why
SomeoneElse: maybe tomorrow then
SomeoneElse: where did u guys go for honeymoon
poq: we went to tijuana, in mexico
SomeoneElse: in two days
SomeoneElse: ?
poq: for our honeymoon, we went to get matching plastic surgery. cute, isn't it?
poq: now our noses look the same!
SomeoneElse: cute
SomeoneElse: for real
SomeoneElse: in two days?!?
SomeoneElse: y not a week?
poq: couldn't afford it; after the doctor's fees, the hotel was just waaaay too expensive.
SomeoneElse: oo
SomeoneElse: I bet your spanish is alot better
SomeoneElse: than your cantonese
SomeoneElse: :-P
SomeoneElse: si senior?
SomeoneElse: or no?
poq: yeah, probably. i actually learned spanish before i learned cantonese
SomeoneElse: dang
SomeoneElse: r u serious?
SomeoneElse: don't your parents speak cantonese at home?
poq: though my parents are chinese, my dad is from spain
SomeoneElse: oo
SomeoneElse: so u're half hispanic and half chinese?
poq: no no! he's chinese, but he was raised in spain
SomeoneElse: does he know chinese?
poq: he worked as a migrant laborer, making serrano ham from the wild black boars that feast only on acorns
poq: yeah
SomeoneElse: then they should speak chinese
SomeoneElse: with u
SomeoneElse: right
poq: the ham is cured in salt for forty days!
SomeoneElse: its like how in the world u know spanish before cantonese? I don't get.
SomeoneElse: u should know cantonese first
SomeoneElse: its the first language that all abcs
SomeoneElse: should know
SomeoneElse: then as growing up....we forgotten that language
poq: yeah, i've definitely forgotten a lot of it. i used to think in cantonese but now i think in spanglish.
SomeoneElse: I just know that when I was little...I speak cantonese and toyshun....when I turn to teenager life....its when I start using english
SomeoneElse: my cantonese came back in junior year of hs
poq: sometiems i catch myself speaking spanish when i should be speaking english. whoops! it's like "excuse me, can i querer una cerveza?!"
SomeoneElse: hahaha my Kindergarten class were all abcs......and we all were speaking in cantonese
SomeoneElse: as we grew older
SomeoneElse: we start using english
SomeoneElse: pretty great right?
SomeoneElse: for the city?
SomeoneElse: hahahaah
SomeoneElse: its like we all know cantonese......only..................
SomeoneElse: before learning english
poq: it's a hard life. but i enjoy it. you know why?
SomeoneElse: how come?
poq: because i'm learning. [this is an inside joke between my brothers and myself.]
SomeoneElse: I think
SomeoneElse: in general, we all learning
SomeoneElse: and growing
SomeoneElse: its part of growing up
SomeoneElse: right?
poq: growing is part of growing up. yeah.
SomeoneElse: is your bro transfering to U of I
SomeoneElse: cause I remember u telling me
SomeoneElse: that he's going u ofi
poq: i don't know. he's scared; his cantonese isn't good enough so he doesn't know if he'll fit in
SomeoneElse: his cantonese is pretty good
poq: that's good. i don't think he learned spanish first.
SomeoneElse: if speak more
SomeoneElse: then its cool
SomeoneElse: hahaha I know cantonese first....so its hard to roll my tongue
SomeoneElse: with the R sounds
SomeoneElse: I could've have perfect spanish
poq: well, you've gotta master english before mastering spanish.
SomeoneElse: true
SomeoneElse: u gotta
SomeoneElse: have tha GRRRR
SomeoneElse: sounds
SomeoneElse: like aburrido
SomeoneElse: I think heycornmama's chinese is fading away [note: heycornmama's chinese is impeccable.]
SomeoneElse: she use to speak chinese a lot
SomeoneElse: I can't say aburrido!
SomeoneElse: :-(
poq: yeah, her chinese is definitely fading away. i bet she's going to revert to spanish soon, too.
SomeoneElse: si senior
SomeoneElse: my spanish is fading away
SomeoneElse: I use to grew up in hispanic/asian enviornment
poq: oh, that's fine. once that goes away all that is left is the mother language; the tongue of angels
SomeoneElse: its really my first time meeting white friends
SomeoneElse: once I enter champaign
poq: you know -- esperanto
SomeoneElse: my neighorbood its like all asians/hispanic
SomeoneElse: plus I never seen so many abcs
SomeoneElse: don't know chinese
SomeoneElse: hehe
SomeoneElse: :-P
SomeoneElse: j's cantones is pretty cute
SomeoneElse: and a
SomeoneElse: too
poq: like huggable and furry?
SomeoneElse: hahaha
SomeoneElse: sotta of
SomeoneElse: how about the lady?
poq: oh
poq: she's definitely cute.
SomeoneElse: I know she speak mandarin
SomeoneElse: anyways, I wonder if heycornmama will be my boss again
SomeoneElse: that is like soo cool
SomeoneElse: three years later
SomeoneElse: I mean, its happen once
SomeoneElse: it can happen again
SomeoneElse: right
poq: anyways, necesito irme
poq: er, i must leave
poq: adios!
SomeoneElse: ok ten cuidados
I think I'm just going to make the situation more and more absurd and see what she makes of it.