To Be Tachinii or not?

Alright!

After being severely chastised by my roommate for not going to get a free taco yesterday and seeing Jacoby Ellsbury at the Taco Bell ONE BLOCK from my office...

http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_303130025.html

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/
2007/10/31/ellsbury_scores_with_fans_at_steal_a_taco_promotion/

and realizing what an idiot I am for not going, I've got to write this blog as a confession for my horrible disloyalty to my distant relative.

http://www.daily-times.com/ci_6694208?source=most_emailed

You see, being Kin thla chii nii, and Jacoby being Tachinii, we are "not related" in the Navajo way, however, we are related in the sense that we both come from the same Tribe. Oddly enough, he is one of my closest relatives in the clan sense in this city. Moreover, I've wanted to get a chance to say hi to him, and learn more about him in the Navajo Way. Since he's now world famous and every girl wants to date him, and I'm obviously clueless (didn't know he'd be at Taco Bell yesterday due to Leopard upgrades for my PowerBook G4's), this makes my prospects much worse.

It also brings up all those Native American mascot issues, the "1/2 Navajo 1/2 White" issues, and other rising-star issues we (the Native American Community of Boston) are forced to face and even defend. I've just read this blog entry of another person who talks about this in detail.

http://the-editors.blogspot.com/2007/10/jacoby-ellsburys-burden.html

I do feel for the guy, and there are some excellent points made in this post. Again, I wish him the best, "cousin to cousin."

:-)