there are three facts which juxtapose to form one inescapable conclusion:

one, my grandparents on my dad's side spoke fluent japanese, which leads me to assume that they were in taiwan during the japanese occupation of taiwan in the earlier half of the 20th century, so they preceded the chinese nationalist emigration of the 1950s.

two, the first wave of mainland chinese immigrants entering taiwan in the late 1600s was a group of chinese pirates fleeing the newly instated Qing emperor Kangxi.

three, i'm developing a ring around my stomach and getting fatter by the minute.

the conclusion: 'TIS NOT A MAN, 'TIS AN EATING MACHINE!

jesse's right, this xanga madness is too much. i know he thinks that cause he wrote it on his xanga site, not cause he said it to me. really though, it's too much.

if there's something here that doesn't seem to make sense, it's probably either a simpsons or calvin and hobbes reference.