Sam's Blog

Link: http://www.coheedandcambria.com/

Nate introduced me to the band Coheed and Cambria. They are an interesting band, I haven't formed an opinion about them yet. Lately, I have been weary about new bands because a lot of them are horrible and not worth my time. But I think that they have a few good songs, but they walk the thin line of what I hate: Emo. Yikes! A bit of emo here and there is good for the soul, but an entire album? I don't know. There are a few good songs so I will give them a chance. Even if they are whiny.

I am at home now. I haven't been back in a few months. We don't celebrate the holidays, so I usually go to Ventura in December and then try to visit my family sometime after that. I miss my dad and my grandma, even though they are not that great in holding back their comments about all of the kids (it's just the way my family is). My cousin was in town from Texas this weekend as well and they call him the equivalent of "fatty" in Cambodian and they chuckle while saying it. They always comment on me gaining weight, even if I didn't since the last time I saw them because they are used to me weighing 100 pounds like I did in high school. They still try to force me to eat 4 or 5 meals a day regardless. They still refer to Josh as "my friend" even though they know that we are dating and living together. Well, sometimes they use the equivalent to "sweetheart" but still. Apparently if Josh and I go to Cambodia to visit my relatives, I have to go after we're married because it is considered disrespectful for me to introduce him to them if we were just "dating." I am not sure if that is a cultural thing or if it's just one of my grandma's rules. She has a lot of them. And also, up until last year, my relatives in Cambodia didn't even know that I existed. When my dad and sister visited in March, they were under the impression that my dad had only two daughters and one son. Interesting. Though I know that I was born after the war while we were rerouted to Thailand (separated from all of our distant relatives) so there was no way of them knowing at that time, but it has been 25 years and you would think that my parents would have mentioned me at some point during that time. Maybe they did know at one point and then forgot. Who knows. But they were really surprised to know that I had already graduated college and was working full time. I spoke to a few of them on the phone and they were very pleasant and nice and happy to hear from me. I feel bad that I don't know most of them. I know their names and how we're related, but I've never met them before. I really want to go to Cambodia soon, within the next 5 years at least. But apparently I either have to go with my family or go with Josh after we're married. Either way, I am dying to go.