ebay & riding with my peeps

So there is this guy in my office that gets ripped off on Ebay every other

week, and I really feel sorry for him.  Korean fellow, real nice, mild

mannered, etc..., but a sucker.   The thing is, he never really gets taken

for a lot of loot, he just doesn't read the small print.  For example, he

bought some rare japanese bootleg CD (so he thought) for $45, but after

waiting for 7 weeks, when he finally got it, it was just a CD-R copy of the

orginal.  He had spent all these time and energy explaining to me how dope

the cover art is, etc...  The only art my man got was 'TDK CD-R'.



Then there is the time where he bought this rare 300+ MB 'authentic' Samsung

chip for his digital camera.  Well, since Samsung products are made in

Korea, he became a little suspicious when the chip came with no markings at

all except 'made in Taiwan' on the side of the chip.



He's really into all the audio stuff, so the time he spent $230 on a

high-tech cable that connects his receiver to the wall wasn't really funny

until he saw it in a store for $85 the following weekend.  The worst part

about it is that he get's outbid in the last 10 seconds about twice a week. 

He'll be sitting there smiling, thinking he just got a steal on a new Armani

jacket perfect for Spring that no one else had bid on, then someone else

bids and by the time he resubmits, it's too late.



I feel for him though.  I feel for all of the Koreans in our office.  They

are all so damn serious, and don't say shit to anyone.  They don't even talk

to each other!  I don't even think they like each other.   They don't know

how to laugh at a good joke.  They laugh at each other though about once a

day, and they chatter up a storm down there in their smoking spot, but I

don't know what the fuck they're saying.  I'm guessing they're aren't too

many brothas over there, and that's the reason why they don't talk to me. 

One tried to tell me what to do once.



............ Once.



I ride the bus to work now from my new place of residence, so I just want to

leave you with a few random overheard quotes from the bus in a new little

series I'm going to call "Riding with my people"



"I ain't finna decide yet, but I reckon I'm gonna major in English"

"There are too white people that look like gorillas!"

"Bitch, don't you know it's not turquoise weather yet?!"

On the cell phone: "Yeah, I've fucked two niggas in the same day, so what?!

And I didn't even shower in between!"

"I know he's retarded, but he don't need to be looking at me like that!"

"The best sex I've ever had in my life was by this 33 y.o. named Tony.  I

was in 8th grade and..."



sad.....



-c



CD of the moment: Les Nubians - the new one... I'm not sure what it's

called...