I probably would have just named myself Astronaut

  • Connie explains to me how she got her name and gives a glimpse into what it's like to have excessively Asian parents-- (I know it's long, but I promise it's worth it)
  • dcho: OH COME ON CONSTANCE
  • conniewang: ehheh
  • conniewang: it's actually just connie
  • dcho: yeah
  • conniewang: i got to name myself when i was a kid
  • dcho: asian parents dont know what they're doing a lot of the time
  • conniewang: thank god i chose connie
  • conniewang: and not michelangelo
  • dcho: i'm going to start calling you xiao kang (ed: her Chinese name)
  • conniewang: teenage mutant ninja turtles was my second favorite show
  • dcho: what was your first?
  • conniewang: the nightly news with connie chung
  • conniewang: unfortunately
  • dcho: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  • dcho: STFU
  • conniewang: i was a really unfortunate child
  • ...
  • dcho: do you have any siblings?
  • conniewang: one
  • conniewang: sister
  • conniewang: younger
  • dcho: what's her name?
  • conniewang: julia
  • conniewang: she came to visit a week ago
  • dcho: julia childs?
  • conniewang: haha
  • conniewang: actually
  • conniewang: i got to name her
  • conniewang: so uh
  • conniewang: yeah
  • conniewang: unfortunately
  • conniewang: we are both named after horribly unattractive and lame tv stars
  • dcho: wait
  • dcho: she's really named after julia childs???!
  • conniewang: ...
  • conniewang: i told you
  • dcho: OMFG
  • conniewang: i have terrible taste
  • dcho: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHA
  • conniewang: it started young
  • dcho: wow
  • dcho: what kind of child has two favorite shows of connie chung and julia childs?
  • conniewang: we didn't have cable