My Yupik friend, Gerald Beans on the property in Alaska

A list of words I wrote in class to describe my feeling of home.

Silence, Top Ramen, kimchi, Spam, full belly, rice, salmon, nature, laughter, animals, skateboarding, snow, storms, native Alaskans, incense, sage, candles, love, listening, focus, expression, friends, music, guitar, movies, comfort, alone, prayer, foraging, fish, books, black coffee.

How to connect these with Asian American Pop Culture?

That is what I am trying to figure out.

What about the history of Top Ramen and how it plays a part in the lives of Americans and myself? I still eat Ramen regularly…decked out…with the works.

Do I write about the history of Alaskan Natives and how I never feel quite at home unless I am around what I considered to be “mountain people” until recently?

I still have time to figure it out.

Not long though… a proposal is due in five days…