Voodoo Child v. 16: it doesn't have to be eternal to be immortal.

Good day to be the Voodoo. this week i had dinner with my alumni students, young people I have worked with since they were freshmen, and now they are in the working world. So interesting to see them all grown up and stuff. I'm not used to seeing them in work attire...mostly I see them in their sweat state while being students, you know. I decided to call them together to have dinner after thinking about doing it...I'm of the mindset these days that if I want to do anything, I'm just going to freakin' do it. Thank god for the Year of Creativity. It's taught me so much.

Tonight was the first of two weddings for brother-in-law #2, The Robot. He and his lovely bride Toe Socks had the Chinese wedding banquet tonight. First off, this is my first Chinese wedding banquet. Been to an Indian wedding (chori, chori). Been to a Latino wedding. Been to an African American wedding. All weddings have their own particulars, something unique to that culture, and it's pretty dope. i know non-Filipinos who haven't been to Filipino weddings sometimes say that we have peculiar things (money dance, slide show, traditions at the wedding ceremony), and it's fair to say Chinese weddings have the same ta-da to them. They play lots of little games, lots of cognac, and plenty of freakin' food. I feel partially bad because I'm a really bizarro eater, and I didn't eat anything until the 6 or 7th course. And even then it was lobster and I HATE shellfish, but I felt bad that I didn't want to eat anything at all. So I sucked it up and ate lobster, almost gagged, but I ate it!

I grabbed a bunch of ribbon for art projects afterwards. They were used as decoration, but that's the teacher in me. Always wanting to have something out of nothing. You never know when you'll need it, right?

We'll do the Catholic wedding and reception thingy on Saturday in Santa Clara. fun in the sun, kid. I'm SO pissed that I don't have a working vid cam. i'm making do right now with my Nikon, but I'm ready to buy a new camera ;-) Maybe I'll ask Mango aka Big Daddy Best Buy. :-D

Okay I'm off to get some rest. I'll harass you brlers later. I'm getting some hype for the anthology. I can't wait.

Peace,

Voodoo