What is 50%?

I was a very disapointed person yesterday. Our 44th President was sworn in and I did everything I could not to catch a moment of it.

There are a lot of people that are very excited about him, but I am not one of them.

I just have one question for the man - What is 50%?

To me 50% is half of something. Not matter what it is, it takes two halves to make a whole. And right now I only see Obama as half a man.

To me he is only half a man because all you hear about is his African side, never the other. As a person of mixed-heritage, it offends me deeply to have everything placed on one half of your life.

To me it's hard to claim something you never lived. If his parents separated when he was 2 years old and then divorced later, where did he learn about his African heritage?

If he saw his father once before he died in 1982, when did he have time to help him understand what it meant to be Afican in more than skin tone?

I am half Indonesian and half Scandinavian with a few others sprinkled in. I grew up on Lefse and Goulash, as well as the food my father brought with him from Indonesia.

I have always been proud of my mixed heritage and the ability to learn from both sides. Why do we only hear about the side he never had much of a chance to learn from?

It's Been A While

Wow, been quite a while since I wrote here. Granted, Xander's blog does take up most of my time. You should go check it out.

The beginning of a journey

Tracy and I were married on June 9th of this year. After having dated for nearly seven years, many people were happy that I finally did something and now we are well on our way to a great life.

Then we got some more great news. We were expecting a child! Needless to say we were a little surprised, but happy none the less.

I'm hoping to make this blog as a place to talk about what I'm going through as a .5 times father (Haley will always be my first daughter) and keep everyone up to date on happenings in this second big journey.