Ambiguously Olive

words, feelings and particle physics

i'll try to post here every once in a while, when attempting to address the rather complicated ambiguities that surround the socio-cultural implications of my own peculiar shade of pigmentation vis a vis the standard modern-progressive idiom of western social democracy.

these pages will be free of irony (though i'll make the occasional exception for cheeky), as i try instead, to address the burning questions in my head, while simultaneously attempting to develop my paltry writing abilities. so forgive the overwrought prose, at least for the time being, and perhaps this exercise will lead us somewhere vaguely interesting.

i am a 29 year old (at the time of writing) person of indian (as in india) origin, with an XY chromosome pair, living in the greater san francisco bay area (oakland to be precise) with my lovely partner elizabeth. we are about seven weeks away from producing offspring - progeny that will ultimately have to deal with the many issues that are associated with terms like "mixed" and "hapa" and "hybrid".

for most of my life i have mostly denied and defied classification. my ambiguously olive skin tone, coupled with my ambiguously defined notions of sexuality make it easy for me to exist outside the boundaries of stereotyping and boxing. i have a visceral distaste for the term "nationality" - an outmoded construct that makes little sense, if you begin with the fundamental assumption that all humans are created equal. culture is different though - and it is this difference that i attempt to grapple with in this forum.

ok - that was quite a bit. i'll leave you with this page on particle physics. this has nothing to do with anything else, but i think it is neat anyway. no irony here - just earnest, sincere neatness!

posted by shreddd @ 4:38 PM