Asian women

I think that, in some weird subconscious way, growing up with my mother has somehow instilled within me this bitter frustration of Asian women. Especially when I am having a dialogue with one. Case in point: my VLSI Design professor, this cute Asian female professor, roughly the age of my mom. She has trouble understanding questions raised in class - and then makes you feel stupid somehow for having asked them. I started getting really frustrated when I was asking her about my quiz. I became really argumentative with her - until I realized that I had made some stupid mistake that had nothing to do whether or not my method was valid - but yet made me lose all my credibility (and sanity) in front of her during the first day of class.


It reminds me of how I could never have a high-level conversation with Mom. It always frustrated the hell out of me. Not only would my mom not ever understand the point of what I was trying to make, but she never even cared enough to try to figure it out or to learn something new from it. I guess you could call it a mild language barrier between me and Mom. Godddammit, it was so frustrating. Especially when trying to rationally discuss complex and emotional subjects like my sexuality and Dad's drug problem.


I love my mother. However, there's nothing more frustrating than ignorance, mixed with stubbornness.