Monday, October 21, 2002

 
my so called cracked out family life

so everyone says their family is fucked up, but i think its all relative. for instance my family is cracked out in my eyes, but someone else might think that we're alright.

we are a typical immigrant family in many eyes. my parents and aunts, uncles, and lolo and lola (all my mommy's family) came to the US for a "better life" for their children. we all grew up around each other, something like a 15/20 mile radius, where most of us lived a 5 minute drive away from each other in the san fernando valley (minus those ppls who lived in simi valley and valencia).

me and my cousins went to St. Gen Elementary School-->St. Gen High school. (i didnt have name for awhile, i was "sean's cousin")
my uncle is THE MAN at our church, St. Genevieve parish of Panorama city (where 90% of the ppl are filipino).

back in the day, my dad and all my uncles used to get drunk in the garage and smoke cigs and talk shit, while my mom and my aunts watched tv an talked tsismes. and all us kids ran around and played, stealing sips of beers and thinking our dads were so cool.

now we get embarrased when our dads get drunk, our moms still tsismes, and we all kick it in one room talking shit and drink beers and occasionally go out for a smoke break

my dad admits to being a redneck, his fav catalogue is cabellas (a hunting / fishing clothing and other things catalouge), and all he wants in life is to build his gun collection and go shoot animals.

my lolo would turn off his hearing aid when my lola, and my mom and all my aunts would yell at him simultaneously...damn him he looked so peaceful, while all the rest of us were sitting in pain with the high squeaky pinay voices.