The Not so private Diary of JonniJacco

[JonniJacko]

I use to feel this way..only, now, I don't give a shat if people feel awkward or intimidated around me, and when people sense that, they are more comfortable being themselves around you....LOL

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[JonniJacko]

I stopped after work to gas up. As I walked to the entrance, a elderly man, with a cane in one hand and a drink in the other hand was opposite of me. So I Open the door and held it wide open for him. He said "it's okay, I got it". So I let go slightly, but for some reason in my mind, I was like "nahh, I can't do that"...So I held the door back wide open again. He walks through but not without

He said "thank you! you done your good deed for the day, you can now go do something really mean!"

The clerk and I look at each other, he just shook his head..I said to the clerk "was he trying to be funny, or was he being passive aggressive?" Clerk said "that was fuke up, but you had the perfect response- just chuckled it off, and said nothing-plus you didn't pause or got caught off guard-

So if anything, you got the last punch....

I later thought...It wasn't my intention to counter the Old man. But it's just my natural response, I'm usually pretty nice, but at the same time, I can really careless about people...If I don't want to argue or talk, whether someone is being rude or passive aggressive- I just chuckle a lot.....LOL

LIke the Joker, they say the Joker will die with a smile onhis face....You can never lose if you always have on a smile....LOL But I always tell people, If I'm smiling, be worry...LOL

[JonniJacko]

A few weeks ago, I was attending a traditional Hmong funeral. A clan member, whom I call "Hlob" had lived up to 110. Not his real age, but a estimation, since the elders don't keep track of DOB's back then..haha

He's the last of what would had been my Grandfather's "generation", and outlived some of his own children who are my pap's generation. I remember him once saying to my pap, that his secret to long life was because he always mostly always do the right thing so that when it is his time, if has no sons left around, then for my pap as a "son" to just do what is the most simple, cheapest.

He still has two sons, and a lot of grandsons around my age...And well, they are a lot more whitewashed than I am....LOL but they still managed to give their grandfather a traditional celebration of life, but traditions were alter and modified in some form...LOL

Roast ducks, char sieu? and well, nobody in our younger generation clan knew how to play the qeej and drum. So they hired outside youngsters to do it...etc...For the chopping meat, good thing we have a few guys who are into hunting, so they got it under control...

As for me, I hope my presence alone was enough....Just to be there and show the youngsters, we really not going to continue tradtions into the future...or we really never gonna have a country....LOL just to be yourself, whatever you are comfortable with...I had on cowboy boots and hat....J/k LMAO but man, there's always that one elder who sports a cowboy hat at the funerals...LOL