As far as I can tell, the verdict for the Xbox One is that we need more information. Microsoft seems to be messing that up too since all the rumors about used game possibilities are getting conflicting statements. Guess we’ll have to wait for E3 for what we really want to know which is the games. Supposedly 15 exclusives 8 of which are new intellectual property. Though this is Xbox, a bunch of those could just be kinect games.

I’m actually fine with chunky, and it makes my breakfast more filling which isn’t a bad thing. It’s kind of weird to think that I just have a slice of toast with peanut butter for breakfast, and in NYC I’d have a bagel with cream cheese every morning. Probably for the best since I don’t walk or exercise like I used to.

Let’s see if putting cats in my comic forces me to learn how to draw them better. It’s not like I don’t have thousands of photos for reference or anything.

Kittens who are being fed a diet of formula tend to get backed up. So when we were worried about our kittens we were Googling for what to do and came upon a forum thread about the “triangle method.” There was even a YouTube video where a nurse was doing it and in big text on the video it said something like “Pay close attention, here’s the triangle method.” But the view was pretty obscured so we were still left with many questions.

Then we read more of the thread hoping people figured it out and described it, but no, it was more people saying “THE TRIANGLE METHOD WORKS.” It was basically like the three seashell scene from Demolition Man. Everyone was referring to it but no one outside of the know could have any earthly idea what was going on.

SO. As far as I can glean, the Triangle Method is just taking three fingers and pinching around the kitten’s butt to massage it and guide the poop out. I know any parent would scoff at a person saying that having pets is similar, but I’d say that on the poop front, there must be common ground.

Oh yeah, and we have two kittens now. So my comic may or may not become a cat person comic.

My mom is not what you probably imagine when you think of an Asian mom. She’s just out there to have fun and I think what she wants for my sisters and I is to enjoy what we’re doing. I remember in 7th grade it was parents’ night and my history teacher Mr. Killilea had everyone number a list of things from most important to least important. They were things like family, money, entertainment, fame and stuff like that. Everyone chose family first, except my mom who chose entertainment. I’ll always remember the big smile on her face as she sat there, the only person raising her hand for entertainment, not self conscious in the slightest.

One of my other favorite stories is one where she was at a gathering of several other Asian parents. The vast majority of them were talking about their kids in med school or law school or something similar. But my mom had the ultimate conversation stopper: that one of her daughters was in art school. No seriously, they didn’t know how to continue this conversation. That’s awesome unto itself but it’s more awesome because she also LOVED that they were taken aback by this.

She’s also a great cook and has even taken inspiration from episodes of Iron Chef which we used to all watch religiously (Japanese version). I know it’s probably the easiest recipe for her to make, but I LOVE her fried rice. I don’t know what everyone else is doing so wrong, but they could learn a thing or two.

Growing up my parents owned a laserdisc and later DVD store (yes laserdiscs, if you’re under 30, check Wikipedia) They kind of fell into it, but ran it for most of my life. My mom loves movies too, especially Gone With the Wind. We’d go to the movies all the time and when they had Jackie Chan marathons at the Brattle Theatre in Boston we’d go to every single one, often see a double feature. Her only stipulation is no movies about family problems and movies that are too “mixed up.” An example of a “mixed up” movie would be the first X-Men, she also thought it was a cheap plot device that Mystique could look like anyone. We watched a lot of movies growing up, and she always had to sit to my left.

She’s also take me to the mall all the time to go clothes shopping because she said that for some reason she didn’t get tired when I was around. I have no idea why that was but I went with it. I also used to bother her to take me to the arcade so that I could play games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Final Fight, Terminator 2 and the Simpsons game. It was probably super annoying whenever I’d chant that I wanted to go, but she still took me. Actually she’s also REALLY GOOD at skee ball. I’d go off with my $3-5 worth of quarters and by the time I was done I’d find her with huge swaths of tickets which I’d save up and get stuff with.

So that’s probably embarrassing enough, but sufficient to say my mom is awesome on her own and awesome for supporting all of us in whatever we wanted to do. Whenever we say goodbye on Skype she always asks me to call her if “anything new” happens. And always to have fun!

Happy day after Mother’s Day

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