the white man

so over the weekend i spent some time with a group of friends i dont really see as often as my usual groups. yes i spend time with groups of ppl that arent of asian decent. went to a predominantly white boy preppy high school where corvettes, vipers, benzes, and hummers were normal, spent a couple yrs with black ppl from when i was on the football team, had a mexican roommate and his friends from san antonio (of course) for a couple yrs, and now i hang around asians mainly. each group of friends were fun in their own ways. i enjoy being loud in public w/my black friends, writing my last name on my trunk with my mexican friends, and chatting online with my asian friends. white ppl arent so easy though to stereotype. there are so many of them its hard to get it right. but after hanging around all these different ethnic groups the past few years it was easier to pinpoint their behaviors and habits.

so every so often an event comes around that i do w/white ppl such as wurstfest, baconfest, the occasional midnight rodeo, and crawfish boils. every year my friend zach and friends throw a boil and they do it up pretty big. few kegs, liquor, and a kiddie pool filled with live crawfish waiting to get devoured. i get there and hit up the keg and make some conversation while waiting for the food. being a typial asian, i get tipsy/drunk off my first beer (which was a light btw) and i have to sit down and take it easy. as im sitting i notice some odd behaviors that are predominantly found in white ppl. they love beer.(yes, this man drank all those pitchers during wurstfest) not saying thats the behavior im speaking of, but the fact that after every time they take a gulp of beer, they exhale in the form of an emphatic 'wooooooo' for everyone to notice that 'hey i just drank some beer and it was enjoyable'. i dont understand it...i think its genetic bc there were older ppl at this boil that were doing the same thing.

right when i got there the kentucky derby was on tv and about to start and everyone was gathered around watching. in previous years i always wondered who the hell cares about that crap but now i guess i got my answer. they love it. they knew everything about it. the horses names, their parents, their parents parents, the food they eat, the midgets that ride them, everything...again...weird but fascinating. and believe me there was a lot of 'wooooo'ing during the race.


lastly, was their wardrobe. it seems that they all like to shop at the same store (i have no idea which store) bc they all dress almost identically. it seems almost mandatory for men to wear khaki shorts that must be higher than the knee but may be different colors so long as they are dockers brand. (as seen on the right) trucker hat with some random company (as seen above). loafers or sandals. 50 cent sunglasses with the neon frames. a button up shirt with some american or texas theme on it that theyre so proud to wear. i think you can find this sort of thing at academy.(below) but who knows.

all in all, fascinating creatures. but they do know how to have fun and i always insert myself as the token asian guy, so they can all say theyre not racist bc 'look we have an asian friend!!!' which they blurt out quite a bit. and yea....my mustache definitely won.