Lock the damn door.

So...today was a pretty eventful day. SCREAMFEST '07 BABY! Actually, to be honest, I expected better...

Short introduction.. Screamfest 2007 had advertised a variety of artists including T.I, Ciara, T-Pain, Yung Joc, and Lloyd. Located at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, it was quite a treat to see the whole hip-hop community locally gather in this one little building. The interesting thing was that, the majority of the group was african american, and latino. Even though guaranteed there were two Asians, Lilian and I. But that didn't stop T.I from pointing out the two large groups of "niggas" and "vatos." I guess the chinks were too miniscule of a group to recognize. haha oh well. Anyway, obviously both lilz and I hadn't been that big of fans for a couple of these performers because I caught both her and myself mouthing gibberish when the majority of the songs came on.
"big thangs poppin...and little things peppin'?"
"all I, really want is........ moaihlhafiwaf on it..."
haha but, music is essentially universal, as long as you enjoy it. We were both grooving.

So there were many great performances and many that were lacking. I'd say the best to worst would be T-Pain, Lloyd, T.I, Yung Joc. And sadly, BET were being big "cock muscles" and for some reason Ciara had played hooky. A no show that "big bitch.. "(quotes from Arthur Yang).

Overall, this was quite the concert and experience. The sea of people were up out of their seats waving their arms, and dancing as if there were no tomorrow. You won't get that anywhere else..only because one thing. They were mostly black. (excuse me if i make the word sound derogatory)
Lilian and I were just finishing up our conversation about the lives of different communities/societies, and how things are. One problem with most of us Asians, is that we are SO incredibly self-contained. The reason being that the number one goal of an Asian is to be wealthy. If you are wealthy, you are happy. And what is resulting is that you get a group of people who try to hold onto all of their assets with an iron grip. You will catch an Asian dead before he or she agrees to keep their house doors unlocked, with the exception of Robert Shinmei & family. All because they believe that the whole world is out to steal their belongings. We--as asians -- are just so paranoid, exclusive, and callous towards others.

My grandma always told me, "Study hard! Stop going out so much and playing.. You know.. If you become rich, all the girls will go to you!"
From this quote you might not get much out of it if you're just looking at it shallowly. How I see it is generations of teaching that tell a child if he/she make enough money, happiness will be served on a silver plater. If the only thing I do is work, eventually something good will happen.

No.

Of course hard work pays off sometimes, but theres so much more to life than just work. Being generous to others and being amiable pays off so much more. Wealth isn't everything and this is why i envy other societal views.

I bet you anything in many of the black communities, they openly welcome neighbors, strangers, ANYBODY. Just from watching movies such as Barber Shop or Nutty Professor you can get a prime example of how benevolent an african american family can be. Just the whole atmosphere of their values and how they grew up is --what i believe-- much more healthy. What is most important to them is family and bond. If you've got those two things then you are most happy.

I can just see a black grandma telling their grandchildren "Nigga, you need to be kind to those other lil kids out there, or imma have to stick my old granny foot up yo ass. Now go out and play nice."

Anyway don't get me wrong I am sure that there are those asians who are just as welcoming, and those african americans who are just as particular, but from how i've seen things... This is my basic assumption. I'm sure there are many of you with your other opinions..go make a blog about it. Maybe i'm totally skewing everything, and I don't know wth i'm talking about. But whatever.

::sigh:: okay well just thought i'd share my thoughts for the morning. So i'd like to move my family into one of those communities one day. Maybe when I have a child, i'll take my kids to Baldwin Hills or something. Introduce them to what real neighbors are all about, none of this bullshit suburbia crap. I want to unlock my doors. ugh.

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