Thursday, June 26, 2008

The American Asian

His name is probably something like, oh, I don't know,Pac Ju Sang, but you never knew that. He always went by some overtly American name, like Dave or Mike. He came to this country as a small Asian kid in elementary school with all of the hardworking values that had been bestowed upon him from the homeland. He is an average athlete, probably plays soccer or volleyball, and skewed the average of all the exams. He accentuates the wrong part of most words, destined to go to the best college, and probably plays the violin. Maybe Piano.

The reason why we love the American Asian: he is incredibly impressionable. He gives way to the slightest amount of peer pressure and always drives home at the peak of his drunkenness. By the time he is a sophomore in high school, he has been over driven like an ox on the Oregon trail by his parents, his fingers are cracked from too much violin that he can barely hold a joint, and has realized that he will be plagued by the Asian glow after one drink, so he might as well make the most of it by having 10. This has all stuck with him and prepared him for an excellent college career, instead of the nerd that his parents always yearned for. Never change American Asian.

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