Lituchy's Life

I often think about how to make the world a better place. Every time I drive through poor neighborhoods where I see homeless people in make-shift tents I think how lucky I am. I also think about how much I have. And then how there are those making millions every year that spend their earnings on fancy cars and yachts, and still have excess money. It blows my mind how we have enough resources to feed and house almost everyone in the world, yet there are so many people still hungry and homeless. Even more shocking is how much food we actually waste every year. If I could begin to make the world I better place, I'd make sure that no one goes hungry. Food is the most basic necessity of life. I would create farms that specifically focus on feeding those who can't afford to feed themselves or their families. There would be specific distribution channels that gave the food to those in need. Additionally, I would focus on giving adequate housing to the homeless. Recently in Oakland t...

Reading American Like Me has really opened my eyes to what it is like to grow up in the many different cultures in America. Being American and white myself, I haven't really ever had to deal with these same challenges. Rarely do I feel like I'm the minority in any group. However, it's very interesting to see how people from different cultures experience some the same struggles growing up. For example, two of my favorite stories were from Jeremy Lin and Joy Cho. While Lin came from Taiwanese decent, Cho's parents were from Thailand. In their stories, both of them describe how growing up they never seemed to fit in and wished that they were not Asian but "American." I also loved how in each of these stories their parents played a huge role in their lives. For Lin, his parents were his biggest supports when he was playing basketball, as they always came to all of his games. For Cho, well, she tried to parent her own parents. She wanted them to learn how to beco...

For the first random post, I decided to randomly write about three things on my mind. For this I'm going to keep up the trend and do the same thing. The first thing that I could think of are some of pet peeves. My first pet peeve is bad story tellers. This just really pisses me off. If you're going to tell a story (whether it's to make someone laugh or make a point) at least make it interesting. Don't waste my or your time by telling a story that's just so boring and so pointless. The absolute worst is when you know the story a person is going to tell and they just completely tell it wrong. I guess that's another pet peeve of mine. When people act like they know what they're talking about when they clearly have no clue at all. Maybe I just hate people -- who knows. The next thing that's on my mind is how god awful the Golden State Warriors are. After running a dynasty over the course of the last five years, they are now dreadful to watch. As a Warriors...