I just interviewed a high school girl for admission to Rice. She came here from China last year, so her English was a little broken, but passable.

As we were leaving, I told her to feel free to e-mail me with any questions she had about Rice and such.

In a complete non sequitur, she said, "I don't know if this is appropriate...but you're a good-looking guy."

...I said, "Thank you." It was not appropriate! But it was amusing! Especially since, from my name, she had been expecting a woman.

So I'm attractive to underage Chinese girls. That's...something, I guess.

So I'm attractive to underage Chinese girls. That's...something, I guess.

Your mother will be so ...

Dude, she's going to hate this.

I want to COMM Jessica's semaphore breakup so much, but I don't want to upset anyone.

happy belated birthday to Emeline!

askye, that sounds similar to the pain I had with a kidney infection a while back.

Dude, she's going to hate this.

The next possible potential future wife is an L.A. law student with a British accent. Fingers crossed!

Last night, my mom e-mailed me for a photo and short bio, and I told her she had both of those already. She said she couldn't find them, so I sent her the biodata I'd sent her before with a couple updates. She said that, no, she just wanted height and weight and date of birth and all that, and I replied, "Tough." And she was all, "WHAT DO MEAN TOUGH [sic]." And I told her that if she wanted to do it her way, she could do it herself. That information was there, and she could delete what she wanted, but I wasn't going to deliberately hide who I was for this process. She said it wasn't about hiding who I was; it was just what they expected and what she would expect from them, and anyway, she got my sister to do it.

In other news, an LJ friend introduced me to a fannish Indian girl in New York, and we have been having long e-mail conversations for the last couple weeks. And we didn't even get each other's biodata; we just happened to click. I don't know whether it will develop into Anything, but for now it at least gives me hope that there are Indian women out there who may actually find me worth talking to. And that it really is possible to connect with a stranger through e-mail.

sj-- I had been thinking it might be somethign with my kidneys because I have a history of kidney problems. They did a test and it came out with no infection but maybe there is something else going on.

So I'm attractive to underage Chinese girls. That's...something, I guess.

She could very well be of-age. And if not, she will be shortly.

If her parents are similarly strict, just imagine all the relatives you could piss off together.

If her parents are similarly strict, just imagine all the relatives you could piss off together.

My great-grandfather was Indian. I'm living one-eighth of Polter-Cow's hypothetical situation right now! Well, except Wallybee's not underage and her rellies all seem to be ok with me. And my dad's reaction to meeting Wallybee was to tell me that I shouldn't stuff this up because I wasn't going to do any better (thanks, Dad). So I guess it's nothing like Polter-Cow's situation. Ah well.

But it was amusing! Especially since, from my name, she had been expecting a woman.

Psst. Change your name to Polter-Bull! Bam problem solved.

ION- the Steven Seagal lawman show is not all that great.

Can someone please remind my eldest cat that it is NOT ok to eat plastic and bits of tape, and then hoark it up all over my nice clean living room? Ick. This is my reward for hours of leaf-containment?

(askye, i'm assuming you've already been referred to a urologist to check out the wierdness? In case it is not specifically related to lady-bits? All of my ovarian cysts [and there have been many] were very evident on ultrasounds. And MRI's.)

(Smonster, do your break up in whatever way is gonna be the most humane means you can sanely manage. It's always gonna be ugly unless it's totally mutual.)