Chris Fettes
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So I'm very curious on how you got these made. And they're really good. I've had them before. Oh, thank you.
So I'm very curious on how you got these made. And they're really good. I've had them before. Oh, thank you.
So I'm very curious on how you got these made. And they're really good. I've had them before. Oh, thank you.
So I was born in Austin, Texas. My real father was Mexican. My mother is half Japanese and half Irish Caucasian. Oh, shit. I'm a quarter Japanese, too.
So I was born in Austin, Texas. My real father was Mexican. My mother is half Japanese and half Irish Caucasian. Oh, shit. I'm a quarter Japanese, too.
So I was born in Austin, Texas. My real father was Mexican. My mother is half Japanese and half Irish Caucasian. Oh, shit. I'm a quarter Japanese, too.
Yeah. Cool. I used to be embarrassed about it a little bit, trying to fit into school. And I looked a lot more Asian when I was a kid than I think I do now. Now I'm very proud of it. Very, very proud of it. My grandmother immigrated here. My grandfather met her while he was on tour for Vietnam and he was in Okinawa and they've been the core of the whole family. Right. And we moved around a lot.
Yeah. Cool. I used to be embarrassed about it a little bit, trying to fit into school. And I looked a lot more Asian when I was a kid than I think I do now. Now I'm very proud of it. Very, very proud of it. My grandmother immigrated here. My grandfather met her while he was on tour for Vietnam and he was in Okinawa and they've been the core of the whole family. Right. And we moved around a lot.
Yeah. Cool. I used to be embarrassed about it a little bit, trying to fit into school. And I looked a lot more Asian when I was a kid than I think I do now. Now I'm very proud of it. Very, very proud of it. My grandmother immigrated here. My grandfather met her while he was on tour for Vietnam and he was in Okinawa and they've been the core of the whole family. Right. And we moved around a lot.
So my real father was an abusive alcoholic physically abusive alcoholic to my mother um did you see any of that so what I realized is with children and and even pertaining to some of the stuff that's going on with children these days is that you remember everything it's imprinted right up to a certain age.
So my real father was an abusive alcoholic physically abusive alcoholic to my mother um did you see any of that so what I realized is with children and and even pertaining to some of the stuff that's going on with children these days is that you remember everything it's imprinted right up to a certain age.
So my real father was an abusive alcoholic physically abusive alcoholic to my mother um did you see any of that so what I realized is with children and and even pertaining to some of the stuff that's going on with children these days is that you remember everything it's imprinted right up to a certain age.
I don't think I remember much from like three or four maybe, but I didn't think I remember much from four or five. And then I realized one day that I do, right? So I've got imprints in my memory of my real father, his face, and for sure his energy and what it felt like to me that I've only been able to get to actually recently, like in the last decade of my life.
I don't think I remember much from like three or four maybe, but I didn't think I remember much from four or five. And then I realized one day that I do, right? So I've got imprints in my memory of my real father, his face, and for sure his energy and what it felt like to me that I've only been able to get to actually recently, like in the last decade of my life.
I don't think I remember much from like three or four maybe, but I didn't think I remember much from four or five. And then I realized one day that I do, right? So I've got imprints in my memory of my real father, his face, and for sure his energy and what it felt like to me that I've only been able to get to actually recently, like in the last decade of my life.
But because you block them, right, if it doesn't feel good. So, you know, memories of violence, of him beating my mom. And, you know, she was working three jobs to support us. She was a seamstress for a long time. And just remembering the faces of just different women that were not my mom, you know, coming over. Damn. Like, I remember that shit, right?
But because you block them, right, if it doesn't feel good. So, you know, memories of violence, of him beating my mom. And, you know, she was working three jobs to support us. She was a seamstress for a long time. And just remembering the faces of just different women that were not my mom, you know, coming over. Damn. Like, I remember that shit, right?
But because you block them, right, if it doesn't feel good. So, you know, memories of violence, of him beating my mom. And, you know, she was working three jobs to support us. She was a seamstress for a long time. And just remembering the faces of just different women that were not my mom, you know, coming over. Damn. Like, I remember that shit, right?
So when we are going about the environment we create for our kids and whatever all these parents are doing is like, I think there might be a little bit of an assumption that like, oh, they're just not going to remember all of this because they're kids, you know? But it's all in there. So... That... you know, realizing that that was my real father.
So when we are going about the environment we create for our kids and whatever all these parents are doing is like, I think there might be a little bit of an assumption that like, oh, they're just not going to remember all of this because they're kids, you know? But it's all in there. So... That... you know, realizing that that was my real father.