Who’s Paris Hilton?
Wow! I am still trying to figure out my new relationship with Yan- the Chinese lady I met on January 1st at the Little Tokyo New Year’s Celebration. Yes, I consider her my girlfriend- am committed to her and making our relationship grow.
It’s just such a different relationship, as she is totally not Americanized- this causes problems since she cannot read my e-mails without me running them through Google Translate (and I need to remember not to use too many “Twitter” or text-messaging abbreviations- I think those get totally “Lost in the Translation”.
But there is an incredible plus side to having a girlfriend that has only been in the United States for 4 years (yes, she married a guy to get her citizenship, but that is done, they’ve been divorced for over a year- no big deal to me). So she’s definitely not into me for a green-card, nor money, as she has her own cash from interesting businesses in China.
We were watching a TIVO-ed “Celebrity Apprentice” tonite, and I was asking her how much of it she understood. She basically knew no one but Trump- which I can understand as it is a lot of D-listers. But I was trying to explain who the Karvashian (sp?) chick was, and using a Paris Hilton reference (”known for not much but working to be in the limelight and getting paid handsomely for it” is a synopsis of my explanation)- AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHO PARIS HILTON WAS! I tell you, I am in love… this is the craziest thing- a girl in L.A. who honestly does not know who Paris Hilton is- or any of Celebrity Apprentice actors, not Joan Rivers, Tom Green, or even Dennis Rodman (she like’s basketball, but I think seeing him in street clothes threw her off).
This is such a crazy relationship, with such a great, but un-orthadox (in L.A., or hell, in U.S. terms) woman. But I’m gonna ride it like a 15-foot wave taking me towards a rocky point- it’s going to be an amazing ride, or an ugly crash-and-burn, or a lot of both…
I wish I didn’t know who Paris Hilton was.. total freaking slacker rich girl. bleh. A lot of these “D” listers are just famous for some random 15min of limelight.. and they’re just stretching it for all they can.
March 15th, 2009 at 11:18 pmHa ha- yeah Celebrity Apprentice is really a stretch. And I was grasping at straws trying to explain to Yan who the people were- “she’s opens briefcases with numbers in them for whatever that Howie Mandel game show was”- but Chloe Kardashian had me really puzzled. It’s just so interesting to be with someone who has no concept of L.A. life as we know it- she has no idea where Encino is… (thank god).
March 16th, 2009 at 6:09 amAND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHO PARIS HILTON WAS! I tell you, I am in love…
This made me laugh so hard that I choked. Glad it’s going well!
You reminded me of an experience I had when I first moved to LA. I was in a bar and a guy who was chatting me up asked me where I worked.
Me: UCLA Medical School
March 16th, 2009 at 11:56 amHim: Wow, you must be smart. Some guys are put off by smart women.
Me: I don’t talk to guys who are put off by smart women.
Him: *walks away*
Li- I’m glad I could make someone smile with my crazy personal life. It’s so just weird- I swear in China most girls must know who Paris Hilton is- Yan is just so special I have to make sure I remember that when I get frustrated trying to explain to her things like bugs in my computer code that make me work late…
March 16th, 2009 at 12:12 pmOh, Li, KILLER comeback!!! That poor guy got OWNED!
March 16th, 2009 at 12:14 pmHilton, Kardashian, Octo-Mom….if only I could be immune from all this crap. Yan is a lucky gal.
March 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pmack.. Octomom.. I wish I’d never heard of her either.. what a lame way to be famous.. for having a litter of babies. geez. (no disrespect to ladies that choose to have a normal gaggle of kids.. but 8 at a time.. that’s just wrong and lacks responsible parenting IMHO).
April 1st, 2009 at 7:39 pmParis is definitely one of the most beautiful women in the whole
August 17th, 2010 at 12:05 pm