Any Caucasians out there who read this? I think so. Any of them you been to Asia? Be ready to smile. Not because of the amazing experience, not because of the antics of the locals, not because of the sheer wonder and child-like joy of seeing the other side of the world and see tradition untouched by centuries of time. It’s because everywhere i go in this country people stop me and say “can i take your picture?’ And I’m a good head taller than most people here, I can look over a crowd and find my buddies among a hundred Malaysians. But getting requests for pictures, with women who could be anywhere from the age of 14 to 40, I’m sorry I’m not trying to be racist (goodness, no, my country beat that out of me) I am just so bad at guessing Asian ages. That’s just something I’ve learned from all the women I’ve met through the years. Guess too old and they think they look droopy and ancient, guess too young and they think they look immature. So it’s just another thing on my list of ‘Things you don’t Guess about Women.’ Also on the list “weight, shoe size and number of men they’ve maimed, beaten or killed by asking about any of those previously stated questions.” Be wary fellow men, watch what you say around women. One of the most important things I’ve learned is to just shut up. Something i couldn’t accomplish today at work. Let me explain, I was in a bilge, which is like a ditch for the ship, it just collects all the water that leaks from machinery. So, it’s a pretty small space, and while their is air, it isn’t really circulated that well, now add some paint and thinner to that environment and it kinda affects your thinking. you’re not good with the putting the right words of order out of your mouth coming properly.and you say things you shouldn’t and you experience deja vu and you tomato things that don’t alligator sense and you experience deva ju. Also you make lame puns and you have the munchies, well i did anyway, really wanted mini-wheats. Did I mention you experience deva ju? I did manage to paint the bilge, and not offend too many people along the way. I never knew there were so many different kinds of paint, sure different colours i knew, but different kinds? We have Interbond, Interprime, Interlac, and Then there’s part A and Part B to most of those, and there are numbers like 660 and 189 attached and it makes it difficult to find the right paint. I had a hard enough time when I walked into Home Depot up to the big smiling face of Debbie Travis and browsed through the plethora of colours, trying to decide if i wanted midnight on a summer’s beach black or Tuscany dusk under a train station black. I painted the bilge ‘Storm Grey’ which doesn’t sound to outlandish, but look at some of these actual colours that can be bought to grace the walls, floors, roofs, and carpets of your house. ‘Stagecoach’ ‘Reboot’ ‘Jackal’ ‘Tribal Drum’ ‘And you experience deva ju’ What happened to the ‘Roy G. Biv’ they taught us in pre school? Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo (which i never really included in my colour pallet anyway) and purple (none of that violet business).
I could be all wrong, I could be all right
Either way there’s shades of grey we both don’t like
Maybe there is hope, maybe I’m naïve
Perhaps it’s just the point of view that’s hard to see
Yeah I’ve heard life’s gone in a moment
So I’m giving it my all
I figured this song is appropriate, it’s called Colors and Sounds by Article One
Now, the real question, is white actually a colour?
And as if i needed to write anything more…the style of this poll was called ‘Plain White’
