A Collision

edit: It seems my title may have freaked some moms out, but don't be alarmed...I'm talking about a completely safe "Seinfeldian Worlds Collide" type collision...
read on.

We had our friends over for lunch the other day and me being a bit too lazy to cook and a bit too pregnant to crave Chinese food, we just grabbed some McDonalds and came back here to eat.

Well, if you remember our friend Phoenix from the ToFu story, you'll recall his table manners aren't quite the "break out the Silver & China" type manners. None the less, he's so fun & relaxed that we always enjoy our time with him. There's never a dull moment when in his presence. He's one of the few Chinese that we've met who is completely resistent to becoming "Westernized." He loves his Chinese roots, and we love that about him. He's not trying to conform to Americanisms like so many Asianese these days, and he loves to flaunt the fact that he prefers everything Chinese to anything American.

So...on with the story. We ordered some McDonalds but he refused to only eat American food for lunch so we stopped at another little fast food joint and ordered him some Chinese food before coming back here. So his girlfriend and Brandon and I are gobbling up our McD's as he's slurping away at his noodle concoction, when he decides that it wouldn't hurt for him to have a few french fries too. But still being a bit too prideful to put away all Chinese-ness to eat the fries, his eastern mannerisms collided with his western cravings...creating this:

So East meets West...in a completely Phoenix fashion.

The rest of our time with them was great. We talked about all kinds of stuff...but it mostly consisted of them telling me things that I should or shouldn't do while pregnant. The Chinese way of Life vs. the American way of Life when it comes to pregnant women is drastically different. I won't bore you with the many many differences, but will suffice it to say that their last instruction to me was to take it easy and listen to peaceful music.

Phoenix: "You should not watch tv, or talk on cell phone, or play on computer. Just listen to peaceful music."
Me: "Oh you mean like Beethoven?"
Phoenix: "No. No. That is still much too...uh...(forgetting the english word he begins to act like he's banging on a piano and makes the "duh duh duh duh!" noise)
Me: "Oh right....ok."
Phoenix: "Yes. I think, hmm....well, do you know Enya?"

At this point Brandon just about spewed his McD's coke all over the table in all out laughter. Not only were we completely shocked that he'd heard of Enya, but that he felt like it was recommended pregnancy music. It was priceless.
I've yet to pick up the most recent Enya cd. But someday if it happens to make it's way into my cd collection I'd be more than happy to let you borrow it during your peaceful music phase of your pregnancy.