Lost Girl

That is just awful! That kinda sounds like the United States. To them a real American is someone blond and blue eyed. In a way i have come to peace with it. I am puerto rican and that's what I tell people. I am also fiercely proud of being half Spanish. But if we are talking in depth racially I am still a little confused. In Puerto Rico, that kind of comment passes by if you are blond and blue eyed but since we all have spanish blood because of the mestizaje and my eyes are dark people just brush it off saying 'Yes, so do we dear' or think I'm being racist and scold me. So I just never talk about it unless I'm asked. They never really believe I am half until they meet my mom or my paternal cousins whom are all really pale, blond and blue eyed (well mom's are brown). Something a friend told me the other day that surprised me was "Um you know..your spirit may be from here but your blood is definitely from the orient! You have this Arab/Middle Eastern/Asian look about you" *flatlines*

I am Spanish on my mother's side and puerto rican on my father's (he's a mix of native american, spanish and I very heavily suspect Arab). When I was younger I was somewhat tanned and my native american features were more prominent. I didn't look like a foreigner per se but I had a lot of internal conflicts. Whenever I mentioned my Spanish heritage since I wasn't blond and blue eyed people would think I was just being racist and give me hell for it. I don't have that problem much anymore since my features are more refined now and my skin has gotten a lot lighter. But I never really know what to say when people ask me my ethnicity. I look at myself and all I see are a lot of mixtures. Especially on the eyes, they have a bit of an asian hint to them. Some have told me I look Arab/Asiatic confusing me even more.

Thank you for your comment =). I don't know if you ever got to read my reply on the 'Rhinoplasty' thread but I am also mixed raced and I can relate to some of that racial confusion you experienced growing up.

Ah, yes. I believe we'll get along just fine. lol. Anyone who can spin a laughably cowardly act into something good = awesome person to have around.

Yep, you can call me token or asian or friend, or any permutation of those. lol.

And honestly, what guy doesn't like to think he would handle himself in a dangerous situation, right? I always thought I would be brave, too... until I got mugged at gunpoint at 2 AM in front of my apartment. Ok well, technically he turned out not to be a mugger; just a drunk neighbor. And the gun turned out to be a phone. And turns out he wasn't actually trying to mug me, but apparently in his drunken stupor, he thought I was a vandal... but the point is, I never ran so fast in my life. LOL. I even ran in a freaking zig-zag pattern because I thought he was going to shoot me. heh. I'm no Leon.

Sorry for the late reply,I've been taken a break from this site, something I need to do now and again.And yeah the little things make all the difference,I guess it's just forcing ourselves to do them even when we do not feel like it love your avatar picture btw

Aw, thanks for the compliment, LG! Hope you don't mind me calling you LG; if you prefer Lost Girl though, just let me know.

And woot for The Professional! I loved that movie, even though the ending sucked. But yep, I like to live vicariously through bad a$$ characters in movies because in real life my preferred choice of conflict resolution is running away screaming.... True story. I love that avatar though.

Thanks for the add!

Mathilda: "Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?"
Leon: "Always like this."

Your welcome!

hey, your welcome

haha yeah people seem to make big deals out of anything here.

its quite stupid when people argue over whos morals are right or wrong, and pass sweeping judgements when thats the thing they're afraid of people doing to them.

Haha, which one?

Everyone needs to chill out and not be so serious if you're talking about the promiscuity one.

Of course, no hard feelings and no disrespect =)

thanks, you had alot of great quotes

they lived just up the road from me in auchtermuchty::

YouTube - the proclaimers/500 miles

YouTube - Men at work: Land down under!!!! (One of their best songs!!)

Aw thanks But you wouldn't believe how negative I've been before and still can be sometimes, but I actually I started to take more positive and relieved approach to life and I think it helps. Things seem to get better and even when they are bad I don't give up and look for something good in it now

Awwww wow thank you so much!

oh, excellent should've kept quiet about it hehe

Thanks for adding me and sorry, I sent you one as well. I, am not use to accepting them. I'm usually the one that sends them lol