Painted Skyline

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

缘分

In ten (or perhaps twenty) years when your children ask you what you were doing when Obama made history, what will you say?

Now, that's out of the blue - is this an assignment your teacher gave you? Well I guess it wasn't that long ago - after all, what's a couple of decades to this steel trap that is your mother's mind!

When the polls closed and votes started flowing in, your mother was glancing at the numbers between trying to balance on her head and fumbling with a slowed down version of the 6-step. No your mother was not a gymnast, nor was she imitating an insect (yes, insects have 6 legs, good - I guess you are getting an education after all). I break dance - you know, where they dance while doing cool tricks? Mum will show you afterwards, you'll be my little breakdancing prodegy. In any case, your mother then went to a friend's room when Obama was announced the winner of the election with much hullabaloo. There were people running around outside without clothing. Yes, exactly, they were just like you when taking a shower, well aren't you the smart one.

I didn't run around outside, too cold for that, instead your mom and a friend went to toast champagne and Martinelli's sparkling apple cider with fellow students on the third floor of a Freshman dorm while watching Obama's acceptance speech on a laptop. Champagne? It's a bubbly type of alcohol -- is that so? I think your teacher is teaching you a bit too much, now. But yes, drinking is not something kids should do, but I was in college at the time, that's big kids school. Big kids are allowed to do these things. You? You'll get there in time.

Your mother then walked across the yard to a friends' music room. He's quite the pianist, playing popular music by request, your mother's not quite as talented. Anyway, singing is a great way to pass the time - three hours to be specific.

Mum called it a night after that.

What? Where did you hear that?
Yes, it is true your mom didn't want children really but that doesn't mean that she --

Well, you could have at least said goodbye.
Perhaps we'll meet again, if it is 缘分.

For now I'll make do with Obama.

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