Almost all Caucasians have a double eyelid. Most Asians don't. What is a double eyelid, you say? If you don't know, you obviously have never been around an image-concious Asian. It is the fold right above your eye when it is open; usually when girls wear eyeshadow, that is where the color is concentrated. However, most Asians have a single eyelid, and therefore reading any beauty magazine is torturous because none of the makeup techniques work for us. Here is a photo of the differences, stolen from the internets:

So because all Asian cultures have an inherent need to look Western (pale skin, high cheekbones, thin noses, large boobiez), it is desirable to have a double eyelid. The idea is that it makes the eyes wider (what all bullied Asian kids wish for!). And because Asian people are insane, there is a surgery to make this happen. It's called blepharoplasty, which was probably the first word an Asian doctor barfed out to describe this ridiculous procedure. They can cost up to $3000, but hey, now we can wear eyeshadow and not have it look like paint, right? And this ain't just for women either. Asian guys want big eyes too!

Anyway, the point of this post isn't to lecture you all about this surgery. The point is, I woke up two days ago with a double eyelid on my right eye. This occasionally happens if I don't get enough sleep, and goes away after a couple of hours at the most. It is now day two, and it's STILL THERE. And the thing is, I should be rejoicing, right? I'm halfway towards look like a beautiful white woman! But I'm not, because 1) I always really really liked my single eyelids, and 2) IT'S ONLY ON ONE EYE. I can't even enjoy it because all my eye makeup was in my luggage which was LOST, btw. So I've been constantly rubbing my eye to make it go away, and praying that I either wake up with it gone, or with a double eyelid in my other eye. Because the whole point of having two eyes is that they match, right? It's tough being an Asian-American these days.

About my luggage: It never arrived at LAX, and when I called the luggage service lady, she said that it hadn't been scanned since Louisville. As in, it never left the airport. Now I've been trying to come up with all the possible scenarios where this could happen, and the only one that makes sense is that airport people are dumbasses. Someone could have stolen my bag - except we checked it in. It could have been sent to another airport - except it has LAX on the tag. I could list off all the other crazy ideas I had in my head, but they involved ninjas and spies. (Like those exist.) So I get $50 reimbursement for the first day, $50 for the next, and after that, I can list the value of all the items in the bag and they'll reimburse me for some amount. But among other things, my MacBook power adapter, phone charger, Gap coat, and eyeglasses already amount to $500. So yea, I'd be losing a lot of stuff. And some cute underwear I just bought. Luckily I always carry my laptop, camera and DS ^_^

But anyway, who cares! I just got a call saying that it finally arrived at LAX and that it'll be shipped here as soon as possible. Man, I wish luggage could talk, because I want to know what happened. You can bet Northwest won't tell me squat. Ah well, after looking back at all the really expensive stuff I've lost throughout the years (see: $1000+ violin), I've realized that everything ended up being found. I am one lucky unfortunate person. I guess once I get my bag back, I can finally play with my retarded one double eyelid.

California is nice, btw. The weather is about 60 degrees everyday, even though I swear the house I'm staying at is at an uncomfortable 40 or something. We went to the Getty Museum today (did you know that it's a .edu? Weird), and we're going to the Huntington Library tomorrow. But what is most important, is that I am eating like a queen. A queen who is addicted to spicy Chinese food. I decided that I could never move out here simply because I would never stop eating. It's been......... awesome.

Oh, and I got a hot new pair of eyeglasses, because I thought I had lost my other ones in my bag (and also because that pair snapped in half and I just glued it back together like a nerd). I am thinking about throwing away my contact lenses and just wearing these glasses all the time, like back in the good ol' days. Because the last I heard, glasses were trendy right? Like two years ago? When trends are about two years old, that is when I feel comfortable adopting them. It's like, I'm not following the crowd, but I will acknowledge that it's cool, and maybe I can bring it back two years later. Yea, me and fashion have a strange relationship. Well, I should probably... continue to do nothing in a different room. Anyone want anything from California? I will be happy to pick anything up ^_^

Listening: Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Playing: Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
Watching: lots of Chinese gameshows