Fabulous Korean

After losing a close friend to suicide because narrow-minded people felt the need to murder him with hateful words about his sexuality, I learned that conformity only produces sadness and discomfort. I decided that I would live my life making myself and others happy, not rich or powerful or influential, but happy, and that's how I became what they call a "failed" Korean (even though I get straight A's...), and I absolutely love it.

They call me a failure because I spend my days lounging about in a pikachu kigurumi rewatching Disney/Pixar movies and Studio Ghibli films instead of feverishly preparing for medical or law school like other Korean-American highschoolers supposedly are. They call me a failure becauseI enjoy my days fangirling over Harry Potter and Frozen instead of practicing hours on end for orchestra and studying for math league. They call me failure because I sit and eat green gummy bears while having spontaneous Youtube marathons instead of studying for the SAT. They call me a failure because procrastination is my religion and Youtube is my God (so I guess that makes Tyler Oakley and EatYourKimchi my fantastically awesome preachers). They call me a faillure for "wasting my time supporting LGBT rights" even though I'm straight (and well I support animal rights too and last time I checked I'm not a fucking alpaca).

They call me a failure for being different and I don't care because my life is fabulous and I plan to keep it that way. So ignore the haters and ignore the "they" in your life that feel the need to judge other's happiness against their own. I wish you were still around Cori, the world's starting to get more accepting of the gay community and if anything, thanks for teaching me that life is about nothing more than being yourself and thanks for being the inspiration that turned me into a fabulous Korean.