i was at a conference last night and afterwards was a dinner at tavern on the green. it was okay. but i was in a hot seat for about 5 minutes, at a table of 10 people.

a good colleague, who is about 60, (well, basically i was the youngest person there, unfortunately) asked me:

"so seapea, who is your favorite presidential candidate" and everyone at the table turned to me and stared. mind you, there were a bunch of people from SF, CA, Chicago and of course NY.

so i answered: "unfortunately - actually fortunately - i can't vote, because i'm a canadian!" and everyone laughed. and this man said "if you could, who would you vote for? you seem like an obama kind of a person."

at this juncture, i'm very annoyed because i feel that this is a pretty personal question. and what does an "obama kind of a person" mean???

i replied: "sure...but i do have some very conservative values and views so i really can't say" and i had hoped this would closed the discussion.

and then he said "what about your american friends?"

i said: "well, i don't know about them, but all i do know is that a lot of them have joined a group called 10,000 strong against Hillary on facebook!"

and then this woman from SF, a bigwig (who is also gay, and incredibly high & mighty) said "what is the world coming to? what's wrong with the young people? don't they know that Hillary's the way??"

and with that exclamation, everybody went back to their fillet mignon/sea bass.

people, really - stop categorizing people. just because i'm in the arts does not mean i'm super liberal. just because i'm asian, does not mean i'm a republican. i will say this about all the candidates: i don't like any of them. and if i like something about someone, then i don't like the rest of what he or she has to say.

moral of the story: DON"T go there at dinner tables!