Tuesday, June 12, 2012

'I may say a lot of prejudice thing, but I am actually not a Prejudice'

Hiiiii and welcome to my popsicle stand time machine! I made this blog to commemorate a very adventurous time in my life of post-college unemployment and living with my parents. I know folks typically start travel blogs when they are about to leave their homecountry and go diving in jungles as crocs-wearing cowboys wont to do, but I'd like to offer a different kind of lucrative experience a la ~alternative~ archive. Introducing: SUMI'S POPSICLE STAND TIME MACHINE! Is it gawsip column? Does it fux with normative understandings of time? Why didn't I name it masala walla popsicle stand - south asian american fusion foodie group, amirite??

The title for this post is a quote from my dad - who recently told my cousin and I that while he *says* a lot of prejudice thing, he is actually not a Prejudice. Sometimes my dad imparts these personal truth hippopotamuses on me like he is doing me a great favor. He says it with many dramatic pauses and closes his eyes so that I can reflect graciously in the interim but personally I feel like all I really get is the burden of a dumb hippopotamus out of water and also out of tropics which is the natural temperature climate of the hippo and where they should stay I say. Not to be mean about it but I just never asked for all these hippopotamuses in my life, yougaiz. Anyway now I have this popsicle stand time machine for me and my hippos so that we can all seek banana leaf hawa reliefs from the logical humidity.

The idea of saying lots of prejudice thingies but not actually being a Prejudice must be very self-fulfilling because then you can say lots of oppressive shit and at the end of the day feel assured that you have a communist heart and mind, vande mataram etc. A friendly reminder to my frands reading this blog that it is probably best to not try and imitate my dad saying this in your idea of an Indian accent because then I'll have to juggle my dad's ridiculous with your ridiculous and you will have ruined everything by starting a racism circus. Especially if you're white #isayalotofprejudicethingbutiamactuallynotaPrejudice