Silicon Valley Baby

I am devious

When Obaasan was here in January, she SiliMommy, and I watched a Japanese TV program about an old, terminally sick woman who came to America (from Japan) to find her daughter. The daughter had emigrated here many years ago, and lost touch with her mother. The mother came to look for her, that she might see her one last time before she dies.

The mom's journey was underwritten by a TV program, which documented it. (I suppose nowadays, one might call it a reality show.) The mother flew between LA, Vegas, the SF Bay area (if memory serves), and Washington state before finally finding her daughter.* All paid for by the TV show.

I turned to Obaasan, and told her: "See? You should have just called up that show, and said you hadn't heard from your daughter, who's been in America for ten years. You could have gotten them to pay for this trip. What's more, you could have visited a other few cities until you 'remembered' that she's here in Silicon Valley!"

I am clearly a genius.

* the daughter was a piece of work. the weeping old lady asked her, "why didn't you ever get in touch with me?" the daughter replied, 'i was busy.'"

posted by SiliDaddy @ 1:41 PM