Thank you everyone, for the kind comments from my last post. We had a very nice dinner out at a Korean restaurant that Sarah recommended (thanks again Sarah!).
One weird moment came when G and I ordered OB beers. The waitress asked what size we wanted, and we both said large. They came out with two 40s (or 20s, or whatever they were; they were large) and three glasses — odd, considering we had two little kids with us. So, I poured a glass for my mom, despite the fact that she rarely drank beer. But, it was good to share some of my 40 with her. Since she always liked to tell me that I drank too much. I guess I wasn’t fooling her when I came home hungover after spending the night at friends’ houses.
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A commenter asked me where I got my nickname, halfmama, from. I can’t tell if this commenter is serious or not because in my mind, it is obvious. However, one of my best friends asked me the same question when I first started my blog, so perhaps it isn’t obvious. Jenn, if you are kidding, don’t laugh at me for answering, for I am one of the most gullible people you will meet. For example, momomax and I just discovered on facebook that we went to the same school, and she joked that I had hooked up with her husband while we were all there. And I believed her. Not only because I am gullible, but also because obviously, I’m a slut and I can’t even remember the people with whom I’ve hooked up.
So… halfmama? Well, CrazyMomOfHalfKoreanHalfAmericanTwins.blogspot.com seemed a little long. Then, I tried to be halfmom but well… that was taken, sort of. That blogger had not posted to it in over a year, but apparently, that was besides the point. I wrote a very nice email asking if she was still using it and was promptly chastised for it. I won’t link here because that lady has sitemeter set up and she scares me a little. I don’t want her seeing any traffic coming from me. Apparently, being one with G*d permits this lady to be a royal, self-important bitch. My prompting also made her realize that the internet needed some more of her gospel, so she quickly resumed posting to her account.
Thus, halfmama was born.
My self-dubbed name really comes from the twins; from the fact that, quite often, I feel like half a mom to each of them, splitting my time and attention and trying desperately to be fair so they don’t grow up to be like Jeen and Sunny Han. It also comes from the attempt to navigate and embrace their ties to two different cultures.
That is it in a nutshell. I won’t go into the number two making appearances in my life in random ways because that’s an even more boring topic than this one, if you can believe it. I’ll just say that quite often, my life seems to be multiplied or divided or appointed by the number two.
There you go. Now wasn’t that the most fascinating post you’ve ever read?
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I am feeling like a moron because I never posted to your last post despite my best intentions. The lame thing is that I didn’t know what to say, but since I hate it when people do that to me, I have no excuse.
Your post was beautiful, and your mom sounds like such a special person. I’m so sorry she’s gone.
hahaha! thanks so much for this post! i feel special that my name was mentioned
and i was being completely serious! i thought i was the most gullible person ever! maybe we’ll have to compete for that title?
or just share it! half & half? :b
i had never heard of the han twins . . . and now i am freaked out.
i, too, am the most gullible person in the entire world. it was a source of good laughs for my (ex) father in law back in the day. soo many practical jokes! =)
Wow, that Han twin story should be a movie. Figures that it happened in the O.C.
I’m really gullible too. Someone once told me that the bumps between lanes in the middle of the road are for blind people, and I believed him.
I like your handle. I hate it when people take great names/ handles, then don’t use them.
Halfmom sounds crajee. I remember the Han twins. I was living in LA at the time. Such crajeeness!
I read several blogs when I can that I never post to, so for once I have some time to write something quickly. Many times when I start a comment outside my usual blog haunts, my 2 year old comes running to me for something so I just have to shut the window. *sigh* I’m a split personality blog-wise. Usually I’m Puka(puhio) on the Internet but changed my blog name to darthfoofie (don’t ask)…just as a reminder. Thanks for commenting on my blog when B-chan was born.
Whoa! Those Han twins, BOTH of them seem super crazy and in need of some major therapy. In terms of being gullible, I think I have everyone beat. My mom once was babysitting her friend’s baby but told me that she had found the baby on the doorstep. I totally believed her. Yeah, I’m not the brightest bulb sometimes, most times. At least I got where halfmama came from without having to ask. =D
I just found you, so this was a perfect post me for to start with. Thanks.