one last thing. this morning something happened that really got to me. i was waiting innocently at the bus stop to go to work, and this truck pulls up on the opposite side of the street and the driver, an elderly gentleman, starts saying something. initially i'm thinking he's asking for directions, but i soon realize that he's cursing at me, calling me a "chinatown @#*$^" he flicks me off, then goes to the end of the block and makes a u-turn, passes me and flicks me off again. i wasn't angry, just kinda surprised and even hurt. i mean, this guy must have had something going on for him to take his anger out on a random girl on the street...but then he had to go and attack my ethnicity. for no reason. i was just standing there waiting for my bus. it's still bothering me.