Genographic Project Results & Aoi

So, I got the results from the Genographic Project samples I sent in (see earlier post) awhile ago, but I realized that I never followed up on it, so I figured I'd finally get around to it.  After getting the results I did some further research to understand the results better, and they were actually really interesting.  I thought they would be pretty straight forward since as far as I know all the recent women in my mother's line were ethnically from south eastern China [i.e. around Guangdong Province, etc.] and I got the feeling they'd been in China for ages.  The results would support that idea, but what's most interesting are the implications of the fact that I'm of Haplogroup F:

    "Around 50,000 years ago, the first members of your haplogroup F began moving into East Asia, the beginnings of a journey that would not stop until finally reaching widespread distribution throughout Southeast Asia.
    Your haplogroup likely arose on the high plains of Central Asia between the Caspian Sea and Lake Bikal.  It is one of the founding East Asian lineages and, along with haplogroups B and M, comprises around three-quarters of all mitochondrial lineages found there today. ...Today haplogroup F makes up over 25 percent of all Southeast Asians, and shows its greatest sequence diversity in Vietnam."

So, as Genographic's blurb states, the haplogroup type that I have is most prevalent in Southeast Asian populations, although it does exist across East Asia, just in smaller numbers.  I also read elsewhere that until the great migrations that occurred fairly recently in the course of human history, haplogroup F did not exist in North America and many other parts of the world, although apparently there is a debate whether there was a haplogroup F population present in Europe.  Even though it's a founding lineage, it seems like in Korea, Japan, and China haplogroup F is in the minority.

So it might be that my ancestors migrated as far as southern China and didn't really go any further, although one can never be sure...but since it's quite an old group and not as common as haplogroups B and M, that may suggest that there was little mixing.  Also, does this mean that I genetically have more things in common with most Southeast Asians as opposed to most Chinese, Koreans or Japanese?  Since I'm mixed (half-Scottish) I don't look it, but my mom and her side of the family actually have tanner skin than many Chinese people [particularly those from the north], and my mom often gets asked if she's Filipino, so there might be something to it.  Well, these things can't be known for certain but at the very least it's something to ponder...

    Anyways, on a non-scientific/anthropological note, I did some shopping in NYC today...bought some nice omiyage for people in Japan, and a beautiful pair of Gucci sunglasses (the real thing, not a crappy fake ^_^); plus I was lucky that the store happened to be having a sale so I saved a lot of money on 'em!  I've needed a new pair for awhile now, and I finally found one I really like...they're not too flashy, but unique...the frames are a stripy-mottled pattern of black and light grey and they're not ridiculously big and round like so many of the sunglasses out there right now.  I just can't wear those huge things 'cause they like, eat my face and make me look like some sort of alien.  And, since I had them custom fitted they fit perfectly and are super comfortable. : )

I've randomly been listening to some dance/club style remixes for the past few days, which while being very catchy and fun, tend to get seriously stuck in your head...these have been on repeat in my brain lately [I <3 Depeche Mode and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, remix or not!]:  'Y Control (faint remix)'    'You Spin Me Round (like a record) (metro 7 edit)'    'World In My Eyes (Cicada remix - Wintermute edit)'

    By the way, I'd heard about a musician named Aoi several times in the past few weeks, so I decided to check him out.  Aoi is the vocalist for the band Bounty (a small indie jrock band of the tame v-kei variety), but has been focusing on his solo work and has gained quite a bit of attention with it recently.  Aoi's first album, 'Veil', came out this year in late June.  He's fairly new on the scene and I haven't quite made up my mind about his work yet...but overall I think the music itself is kinda average, at times a tad mediocre in composition, but the songs have some nice ideas and themes to them...on the whole pretty good for a  solo vocalist who's just starting out. 
Aoi has a dark, stylish, and slightly gothic image which matches the mood of his music well (he's got good looks too ^-^).  The way he sings is pretty interesting...I personally haven't heard anyone with a similar sounding style.  Aoi has a unique quality to his voice...it's sort of lilting and smooth, although at times it can sound like he's lamenting constantly, so it might not be to everybody's tastes.  But I have to say, all things considered, Aoi has a lot of potential.