Racing Backwards |
Emily. Miami. Vegan. 19. Guyanese Father. Puerto Rican Mother. Washington University in St. Louis. Here's to yesterday. |
guys, africanparentmeme.tumblr.com is the funniest thing i’ve ever seen (if you’re african i guess. otherwise it probably won’t seem that funny just weird)
Omg, literally my parents. (Mostly my dad, who is Guyanese and not African, but this is crazy accurate)
| Dad: | Do they have any scholarships for the Guyanese, Jamaicans, or Puerto Ricans? |
| Me: | You're not Jamaican... |
| Dad: | I'm close enough. |
| Me: | I don't think it works that way. |
| Dad: | Well, so many people think I'm Jamaican, I've started to believe it myself. |
The only thing I will miss when I go away to college: Guyanese curry. I will never find a place that makes it, and if I do it won’t be as good as homemade. Or with wiri wiri peppers. The roti is from the local west Indian shop. It’s good, but not as good as grandma’s.
Shit Guyanese parents say.
“And you the father and me the son, right?”
“Anyone can take anything from you!”
“The man wake up dead.”
“They not going to take your education away.”
THE TEETH SUCKING!
“You think I talked to me mother like that?”
“THIS you paid 34 dollars for?”
“You think you’re smart? You think you’re big?”
“You think me born yesterday?”
“You think you’ve passed me, now?”
“Fat up”
Haha, the computer thing.
My dad does half of these things, but he doesn’t like speaking the creolese, so it’s mostly complete English phrasing. Guyanese parents are so predictable.
we need some new and more powerful swears
I doodled a thing. [x]
2 tsp mustard (called for Dijon, I used regular)
1 tsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp water
Agave...
what lol
nooooooooooooooo
[laughs to keep from crying]
LOLZZZZZZZZZ CRIESSSSSSSSSS