The Introduction and some diversity...

As many of you may or may not know, I have never been a fan of blogging. However, it has come to my attention that I can barely keep up with my friends/family etc. so I am going to attempt to update as often as I can so you can have a peak into my life.

...if only to get first row seats to watch Karma get me at every opportunity (more on this on the next post).

I'll keep my first post mild as I ease you guys into this. A lot happened to me over the weekend but I'll update on those in the next couple of posts then hopefully you'll be all caught up.

Today, Mizzou is hosting it's international bazaar. Overlooking the fact that they probably don't know what a bazaar is, I decided to grace hoping for some awesome free food from all kinds of cultures.

Yeah.

I don't know why I even expected an international event in mid missouri. It must be the sleep deprivation and creepy coffee they had at breakfast today.  Long story short: all Americans who attended this event are probably convinced that outside their borders, the world is dominated by Asians. Was there even a semblance of European food? African food? Middle-eastern? East-European? Latin American? Australian?

No. Were there asians complaining about how unlike their native food this was? Yes. But as someone who has had legit Chinese in China, I can understand why. Kudos for that one, Miz. It bothers me how any attempt to diversify this place goes down the drain. Not only on an international level but on a domestic level...I feel like the minorities are not respected. For example, my roommate heard monkey calls on her way to collect her Art supplies. Or my friend down the hall who found chocolate milk outside his door (who would waste such deliciousness to insult someone?) I wish people would understand that racism is a thing of the past and move on.

I realize now that the world of curiosity about cultures and respect for others that I've been living in for the past 18 years is not the norm in most places and there's nothing I can do but be a good example of that and try to infect others with the awesomeness. 

Except for that one time when I stated I was Egyptian and the guy responded with 'aren't they all terrorists there?'

My response? 'Yes, it's one massive game of assassin. I don't want to brag but I'm pretty good at it.. clearly...since I'm still here.'

He hasn't spoken to me since. Good. I don't associate with ignorant morons.

I promise I'll be a good example from now on... :)

Time for some Econ ownage...stay tuned.