Chris Jeon, 21 year old UCLA math student, is having a more interesting summer vacation than you are. While you’re hanging out at The Grove decided whether or not to have your Auntie Annie’s pretzel with extra mustard, Chris bought a $800 one-way ticket to Cairo, traveled by land across the border to Libya and joined the Libyan revolution, never mind he speaks no Arabic and has no political affiliation. That’s right folks – he joined a political movement because “he just wanted to check it out.” Alas, Chris’ cajones of steel weren’t probably enough to win over rebels, as he had no idea how to fire an AK-47 and may have been kicked out by the rebels he joined, according to a tweet by an Al Jazeera English producer.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Jeon are probably somewhere huddled in a Korean church, dodging questions from International Press about their families political leanings and their affiliates with Muammar Gaddafi. His mom is tearfully asking their pastor why they couldn’t have a nice son who just takes extended weekends to Las Vegas. LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE, CHRIS JEON – YOU MADE YOUR PARENTS WORRY.
On the flip side, if you survive the whole “not getting shot by Libyan Government Loyalists” thing, congrats — you can now sell your book and movie rights to Justin Lin for seven billion dollars. (And you can also write for 8Asians. E-mail me, Chris.)
