The Teenage Asian American Project

I've been making this my goal since freshman year of high school and I haven't really gotten to attempting it yet...I probably should soon, I have about two years of high school left before the goal deadline is over.

I made a goal to myself to make at least one full-length movie before I graduate. Sounds somewhat challenging, but I think I can do it. And I think I found some inspiration thinking about what it should be able today, while vacuuming the house (I know...weird time to find some inspiration, huh?). I want to make a movie based on the life (lives?) of the teenager Asian-American (maybe more specific...like the first generation Vietnamese-American, such as myself).

I didn't want it based all about me though, I wanted stories to connect with each other...Then I thought, maybe I'll get some of my first generation-Vietnamese and other Asian-American friends and peers to help me create a script.

This is going to be a little project I will attempt at doing to help me start writing the script for my movie. I'm going to get those people to write me a story or essay, I don't care, about their lives as an Asian American. It doesn't matter how long it is and they don't have to put their names. I'm not expecting a melodramatic story. I expect someone to be honest for me to write an accurate script as possible. It could somewhat be like what Nuran did last year for the Baron Banner blogs--Truth. Something where they could write about anything personal and such anonymously. Hard to explain...maybe it's just me.

That will be my basis for now for the movie.

I'll call it...The Teenage Asian American Project (TTAAP).

In My Dreams...

In my dreams, there is a guy...one I wish would exist in my life...one who will...

• have the guts to come up to me face-to-face and ask me out...
• commit to the relationship as much as I would at least...
• sing car karaoke with me without any care in the world...
• dance with me at prom or a ball...or my wedding
  
• be gentle, friendly, and honest with me so that I will not be afraid to talk to...
• not be clueless and notice when somethings wrong...
• reassure me that he cares and loves me...and hopefully, at least once, that he will go above and beyond what is expected to achieve that goal...
  
• take interest in what my life is like as I will take interest into his...
• watch the stars with me at night while laying on the wide empty field of grass...
• have a good relationship with my parents and will have parents whom I will have a good relationship with too...
• appreciate having a dog...
• always be open for a hug, even at random times (I hug almost everyone)...
  
• make the first move...
• have more guts to talk to me about personal things face to face rather than on the phone, or especially on IM chat/texting...
• not be overly-sensitive if I tease him, unless reasonable...
• be my best friend and my boyfriend (and maybe even more later on in life) at the same time...
• try to make me happy
• be the one who I will be proud and happy to call mine...

He would be almost good to be true and obviously, not everyone is perfect...But I can dream...and I wish somewhere in my lifetime, I would meet such a guy. I wish.