Wednesday, January 6, 2010

everyday challenges

"What's up with Calvin being a BLACK name?"

My fiance is named Calvin. He's Native American but has passed for many different nationalities, so he's kind of sensitive about that. Anyway, while we were in the middle of a 3am viewing of Family Matters (yes that show is STILL playing reruns on Nick at Night) when he made the above comment. Turns out the last 3-4 shows we've watched all had black men named Calvin.

(By the way, the episode of Family Matters we were watching first aired in 1989. I was BORN only two years before that!! I might as well be recording it on my Betamax player and reading Beverly Cleary books in my oversized off-the-shoulder sweater. Oh wait, those are back in style now.)

As soon as Calvin said that, my first thought was, heehee I need to blog that! A few moments later, when I was in the middle of typing the first sentence on this blog I hear, "You should post that on your blog thingy." Guilty as charged. I am a blog whore!

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