No, scratch that. Make that: Good Mooorning, Rain! Because it’s pouring right now. Pouring!
See? Self knew there was a reason she’s still in her pajamas at 2:48 in the afternoon!
Self just got off the phone with hubby, who gave her a most dolorous account of his career. Then finished up by saying he was going to halve son’s allowance. And asked if self could just pull herself together and deliver the bad news to son. Which had self going “Ahem, er, we’ll see, uh — Okey dokey! G’bah!”
Self scanned the list of 2010 Guggenheim recipients (posted a few days ago; naturally, self is *not* on it — BWAH HA HA!!!) and there actually is someone there who self met once: Monique Truong. She was the judge of a Hyphen short story contest a few years ago, and self has been teaching her novel in her Asian American lit classes. Congratulations, Monique!
Let’s see, what else is blog-worthy? Oh, self had such a fuuun time in the City on Saturday, first at the Growing Up Filipino II reading at the I-Hotel (Niece G and her friend Peter were able to make it, happy happy joy joy!), and then walking around Chinatown afterwards. It did not rain. Not one tiny little drop. How wonderful. Then niece rode back with self to Redwood City (which was a very welcome distraction from the knocking sound under her engine hood), and self introduced her to local staple Yumi Yogurt. We each had small cups of Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Peanut Butter frozen yogurt. (Next, self is determined to try Red Mango, which opened in San Carlos a couple of months ago.)
And tonight is Episode 6 of “Justified” !!! (Oh, please, F/X powers-that-be, please let this show go on, for at least another season. Because Timothy Olyphant looks just so spec-TA-cular in a white Stetson and cowboy boots!)
Finally, here is self, scanning the Wall Street Journal of last Monday (the 12th). And, bottom of page 1 has a very interesting article about a Chinese American scientist turned stand-up comedian, named Joe Wong. Apparently, Mr. Wong made an appearance on Letterman and just killed. So, China Central Television, the biggest TV network in China, “deemed his success in the U.S. curious enough that it dedicated a special program to him in December. The peg: He’s the Chinese scientist who makes Americans laugh. While CCTV declared that Mr. Wong’s success proves ‘humor has no boundaries,’ it concluded the program without showing any of his jokes.”
So, next, the Journal talks to Mr. Wong directly. Apparently, Mr. Wong had a live gig in Beijing, in late 2008, and that was just brutal. In America, Mr. Wong said, “it’s funny to poke fun at yourself. But in China, there’s no humor in misfortune.” Mr. Wong “recalls looking out on the blank faces of a “polite but serious” crowd.
Yiiiikes! You can never go home again, honey. Never, never, never.
Stay tuned.
