Mixed Meat Politics

So on the home stretch of my nightly stroll around the block, I was stopped by 5 kind faces, two of them my neighbors. They offered me a plate of fruit. I knew from experience that they don't take refusal well, so I had a seat.
The neighbors run a mixed meat stand out of the store front of their home. I've been bought and offered a couple plates, and it has to be some of the strangest varieties of "meat" I've ever seen in one place. Thankfully, I think they realize that Americans do not enjoy charred Chicken Head or Feet. Though I know now what the heart tastes like, and I'm pretty sure I ate an authentic chicken nugget...
I regress.
After the fruit, my neighbor -- a kind hearted old lady who gives away more meat than she actually sells -- got up to get me a skewer full of meat that could compete against any cafeteria mystery food. Again, I accepted the UFD (Unidentifiable Foreign Delicacy). It was surprisingly tasty.
Her kind-eyed husband and the other gentleman seated offered me cigarettes. This time, I denied. The gentleman spoke, through broken but stable English, that he was from Hong Kong, where everyone smoked, but knew that in America it was not popular.

The conversation shifted back into Chinese.
I had another grape.

He looked at me and I thought I heard "residential location," but then he said "Obama and McCain?" He asked if I thought it mattered that Obama was "a negro." I told him that I thought it would be healthy for America to see a bi-racial man in Office. The conversation had already shifted back into Chinese, and I don't think they heard me.

Nevertheless, it left me thinking...
First, I thought "Does Hong Kong have a President?" but that was overtaken by another thought:
Tuesday's a big deal.
From 10 hour line at strip malls in Atlanta, to the quiet benchside of a Taiwanese Mixed Meat Stand... the world is waiting to see what will come.

How many posts are you allowed to half-write before you actually post?

So I'm really bad at updating this thing.

Really Bad.

Oh well.... Learning new habits, right?

I have lots to share with you. About the people, the city, the food (basically, think noodles for breakfast, and rice for air. With a side of tofu...)

And I promise, I'll be better with pictures. Promise.

I'm learning lots here, but I'm also trying to stay connected with all that's happening State-side. (i.e. the election)

Speaking of the election... I have something to share with you from a... blogging idol? of mine, if there could be such a thing. hah!

His name's Donald Miller, and wrote books such as famed, "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What" He's an author in the Christian Spirituality section of Borders, but "Blue Like Jazz" received much accolade outside of that Shelf Corner.

His books are memoir-format essays and stories read much like a blog
...go figure.

Anyways, he gave the Benediction at the DNC (No, not Run.. that's DMC... Democratic National Convention).
In the months surrounding, he was able to correlate with Barak Obama through Email.
It's definitely worth a read.

*Note: Please take this in jest, and not as a knock on the Democratic Party.
I just happen to find it hilarious...


Like I said, I promise real updates to come.

Cheers,
-Chase.