showdown and my Laotian pimp

I was at the Laotian Buddhist temple yesterday in support of the monks who are facing legal problems with some local Thai's who want to make the temple become a Thai temple. The temple is the focal point of the Buddhist Thai and Laotian communities in my hometown. So I was there to bolster its confidence, visit with the monks, break bread with them etc - ahhh, the ambiguities of life.

As one of the very few young guys there (kids, old men, and women of all ages, but no young asian males - too machismo) I was very well fed. I do miss home cooked spicy larb and curry. There was also some well spiced deer one of the hunter had brought in. Overall a bit of a hit to the diet, but I hadn't had sticky rice and curry deer in sooo long.

There was no immediate showdown since the other folk didn't show up with their lawer and instead said they'd be there in 10 more days. Sigh, dunno if I'll have to go keep vigil again or not.

My friend Vong's mom was telling me that she'd just gotten back from Laos and that her niece was prime age to get married, and she'd thought of me. haha. She's funny. I asked if her niece was rich and she said "no, but she's cute!".

Works for me. If she's as cute as her cousins count me in. Of course being a priest married to a Laotian Buddhist might not be ideal for the community, but who knows.

Another thing that's been really funny (I can tell the coming of age), more and more people are getting impatient with my seeming disinterest in women. Of course there are so many issues here that are not obvious to the outside ovserver (readers included), but overall it comes down to one overriding factor - I just haven't met a person I can't live without. Unfortuantely I am not 'romantic', but in the classic sense I think I do count as a Romantic - of the hopeless variety. It's not a good combo for practical things.

Of course all of this leads to some interesting situations. For example, many local catholics definately think I should just go the celibate route. After all - why not!??! Psht. I'm a little too Protestant born for that. Then there's the other side of the fence - parents who's like to have grandkids before they pass away. Sigh. Ya just can't aim to please.

In any case, I'm getting on track with a few bumps and bruises with my educational stuff. First class in Wednesday. I've visited the hospital and have to begin a long and grueling series of paperwork before that can come to fruition. Tommorrow I hope to continue my D&D with the Fayetteville homies. I do miss role playing, and it's been a blast thus far. Well.. I'll try and be a little more interesting next time. Right now I'm rather scatterbrained and sister "needs" the comp ("needs" always has to be quotation marked at that age group).

11-17 year old girls are just not an interesting age group. Just old enough to have attitude, just young enough to be completely unproductive. But that's another story.