Sulu is pissed: "So much for 'paving the way'!"

O SULU! Mr. Sulu! our soaring trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every trek, the peace we sought is won;
Space dock is near, the Computer I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the warp nacelles, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck Mr. Sulu lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

So I “warped” the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman.

The point I’m trying to make is this:  When you watch interviews, STAR TREK takes great pride in having been one of the first American television shows to really feature an Asian American as one of the main characters.  The Asian American who portrayed that legendary role was George Takei.  Now, John Cho — another Asian American — has taken over that role in J.J. Abrams’ reboot film STAR TREK (2009).

And now we’re seeing a recent slew of Hollywood films with roles ripe for Asian American actors.  G.I. JOE, NINJA ASSASSIN,  GREEN HORNET, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE.

Problem is, all those roles are being filled by actors who are imports from Asia, and I can’t help but feel bad for the many talented American actors of Asian descent, for whom so few roles are written in Hollywood. And now that those roles are being written, they are not going to them.

Post Script: What’s worse is when Asian characters are re-written, barring more opportunities for Asian Americans to have a starring role (i.e. DRAGON BALL EVOLUTION, THE LAST AIRBENDER, 21)

Saw my nephrologist Dr. Myo Aug and my P.D. nurse Sharon Schneider today.  Got my TB test shot.  Just another step in getting me onto the transplant candidate list.  Final step – get my wisdom teeth pulled out.

Talked about my possibly making a personal documentary about P.D.

I wonder who wrote the book of Hebrews?  It used to be thought that the Holy Spirit used the apostle Paul to pen the epistle.  But, Paul always identifies himself in all his letters with an opening greeting and a closing greeting that is typcial to him.  And Hebrews has no such identifying features that would clearly link Paul as God’s amanuensis.

Some study Bibles suggest that Hebrews could have been penned by Barnabas. (Of course, that does not put Paul out of the running.)  In any case, the other day in talking with a friend about how Hebrews is such an exciting book because it’s all about Jesus, and it sheds light on how the Old Testament is all about Jesus, it hit me:

What if Hebrews was written by Cleopas, and he was writing what Jesus himself had explained to him on the road to Emmaus?  Just . . . What if?