red herring

DEAR Alexa,
I can pay up to $1500 to EXXON. Let me know after you did it.
Thank you.
mom

hi mom
i paid it
alexa

Thank you.
Houston weather is bad.
mom

if we were korean

i bought a book today called Happy Birthday or Whatever. It's written by a Korean author, and so far I've only read the first chapter, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to love the whole thing.
She's basically taken our idea of writing about her dysfunctional family. I know it's not an original idea, but still, I feel like she stole it.

A couple things made me laugh out loud. Like:
"...my parents use the phone as a 3,000-mile-long umbilical cord, and most of the time I want to strangle myself with it. My mother calls just to inform me that rice is on sale at Ralph's, but it's still cheaper to buy is at a Korean grocery store and how much is rice in New York and why do Americans eat Uncle Ben's, when he's not even Asian."

maybe all asian families are crazy. maybe all asians are crazy. maybe all families are crazy.

regardless, i still think we win the crazy contest.

Favorite email lines from Ma about Alexa's feet

My" love" for youwill never change, no matter what. I can not "live" your life too. VisaVersa.

BUT IF YOU STILL GOING ON THIS WAY, NO REST, WHEN YOUR FEET ARE NOT WELL.YOUR FEET WILL STOP YOU. THE TIME WILL COME!!!!! I JUST HOPE LATER YOUSTILL CAN WALK.

Life actually goes on with/without you.[with /without me] . WE sometime wantto believe that others depend on us. Sometime it is our EAGLE playing thetricks on our mind.
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i couldn't stop laughing at the office when i read these lines.... i mean ...alexa, this is not a laughing matter (as mom's words clearly express above) ... we must make you pillow shoes to protect your feet. i "love" you.

look at joy....hi joy....