if i were a guy, my name would be henry and i'd be 3% german

so i was lookin' on wikipedia (instead of cleaning the kitchen) and i typed my name in the search. it gave a list of short name forms, and apparently "hank and shanka" are diminuitive forms of henry. henry originates from the norman version of the germanic name haimrich, which means "ruler of the home" from 'haim' meaning home and 'rich' or powerful. sure hope that's prophetic. and my family's last name (given slave name, whatever) is keller, which means cellar in german. maybe i am german.
i was reading slate magazine the other day, and apparently this *white kid got a dna test done and discovered that he was like 80% european, 11% north african, and 9% native american, but was too late to file for financial aid based on his minority status. Another girl gives this story:

Ashley Klett's younger sister marked the "Asian" box on her college applications this year, after the elder Ms. Klett, 20, took a DNA test that said she was 2 percent East Asian and 98 percent European.
Whether it mattered they do not know, but she did get into the college of her choice.
"And they gave her a scholarship," Ashley said.

so sad. it's the benefits of being on the short stick of racism without having experienced it.

lol when i set out to include this article, i was going for the "i wonder what percentage german am i" and not something that just makes me mad! ah well.

good night, everybody!

*may need to sign up for ny times online to read this article.