My excitement over actually posting after so long bubbled over into telling The Malaysian that I’d written on the blog. Without being coerced he typed in the site address on his desk computer. JuicyK popped up.
“My fren, I thought you had a peekture.”
“No, I told you I just kinda posted an intro saying how I would be posting more frequently and plan on telling the story about why in another post.”
A few moments later he adds, “Oh, it’s not that bad.”
It took me a second to register the comment. I know his affinity for short paragraphs residing in even shorter posts, so I asked, “Because it’s short, you mean?”
If “Steve Urkel” of Family Matters and “Louis Skolnick” from Revenge of the Nerds had a child, his/her laugh would be very similar to what I hear on a daily basis coming out of The Malaysian. “Hahahahahaha, my fren. Of course.”
“Jerk.”
More Urkel Skolnick noises followed until I asked him whether or not he had plans for the weekend.
“I do not, but I am sad.”
“Why’s that?”
“They stopped publishing my favorite anime. This week is the last week, and it ruins my Friday night routine.”
That routine goes a little something like this: Work from 8 am to 4:30 pm, drive home, eat a snack, take a nap, wake up for his favorite anime show, watch anime around 7 pm, go to bed, do it again the next Friday.
I asked, “Is the Asian child inside of you crying right now?”
Completely serious, he nodded at me.
