My New Favorite Asian of All Time
Don't know how many of you have been to California Adventure. It's the park that Disney built next to Disneyland that no one ever goes to. If you do go to California Adventure, they have a couple neat rides, some great stuff for kids, one awful awful movie about the history of California starring Whoopi Goldberg. But for me, the highlight of California Adventure is a particular billboard.
When you walk across California Adventure and across the pier to get to the roller coaster, you pass a couple billboards with advertisements. One of the billboards advertises for the boardwalk carnival-style games - across from the ferris wheel. This particular billboard features kids of many different ethnicities playing the different games. Token multiculturalism? Perhaps. But if it wasn't for token multiculturalism, we wouldn't have THIS-
This awesome part of the billboard promotes the Dolphin Derby carnival game. I have no idea what the game is about. I've never played it. But CHECK OUT THAT ASIAN KID! He's riding a dolphin. A FREAKING DOLPHIN! And that dolphin is moving fast, cause the kid's cap is flying in the wind. But who cares about the measly cap? He's riding A FREAKING DOLPHIN!
Seriously - how MONEY is that?
And that's not all. Check out who he's riding dolphins with! The brunette with the pink skirt? That ain't just some platonic friend. Check out the look on her face. That's not a I'm-having-fun face - that's the I-have-found-my-soulmate-for-life face. That girl is MADLY IN LOVE with the Asian boy. And who wouldn't be? His idea of a date is RIDING DOLPHINS. What girl could resist a boy who takes them dolphin riding? Heck, what DUDE could resist a boy who takes them dolphin riding?
Every time I pass that image at Disney's California Adventure, I point to it and smile. You know that the Asian boy has his pick of the girls - but he chose the brunette in the pink skirt. It's sweet, really. And someday those two'll grow up, have a lot of sex, and have a bunch of kids - some really cute half-Asian kids riding dolphins.
When you walk across California Adventure and across the pier to get to the roller coaster, you pass a couple billboards with advertisements. One of the billboards advertises for the boardwalk carnival-style games - across from the ferris wheel. This particular billboard features kids of many different ethnicities playing the different games. Token multiculturalism? Perhaps. But if it wasn't for token multiculturalism, we wouldn't have THIS-
This awesome part of the billboard promotes the Dolphin Derby carnival game. I have no idea what the game is about. I've never played it. But CHECK OUT THAT ASIAN KID! He's riding a dolphin. A FREAKING DOLPHIN! And that dolphin is moving fast, cause the kid's cap is flying in the wind. But who cares about the measly cap? He's riding A FREAKING DOLPHIN!
Seriously - how MONEY is that?
And that's not all. Check out who he's riding dolphins with! The brunette with the pink skirt? That ain't just some platonic friend. Check out the look on her face. That's not a I'm-having-fun face - that's the I-have-found-my-soulmate-for-life face. That girl is MADLY IN LOVE with the Asian boy. And who wouldn't be? His idea of a date is RIDING DOLPHINS. What girl could resist a boy who takes them dolphin riding? Heck, what DUDE could resist a boy who takes them dolphin riding?
Every time I pass that image at Disney's California Adventure, I point to it and smile. You know that the Asian boy has his pick of the girls - but he chose the brunette in the pink skirt. It's sweet, really. And someday those two'll grow up, have a lot of sex, and have a bunch of kids - some really cute half-Asian kids riding dolphins.
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