Comments on: This Landfill Was Made For You And Me http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/06/this-landfill-was-made-for-you-and-me/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Christine http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/06/this-landfill-was-made-for-you-and-me/#comment-1576 Christine Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:28:17 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=159#comment-1576 Heh- that Chinese/Japanese question really made me pause. I'm an unrepentant Asiaphile, and while I would never ask someone their ethnic background unless I know then well I did get in trouble once for not making assumptions. I have a Chinese character tattooed on my back, and I was working at a coffeehouse when a customer asked me what it said. I told her, and then she went on to say something that revealed to me that she knew perfectly well what the character meant, to which I exclaimed, "Oh! You read Chinese!" She got all in huff and said, "I AM Chinese." Stupid me. I thought she was Asian-American. Heh- that Chinese/Japanese question really made me pause. I’m an unrepentant Asiaphile, and while I would never ask someone their ethnic background unless I know then well I did get in trouble once for not making assumptions.
I have a Chinese character tattooed on my back, and I was working at a coffeehouse when a customer asked me what it said. I told her, and then she went on to say something that revealed to me that she knew perfectly well what the character meant, to which I exclaimed, “Oh! You read Chinese!”
She got all in huff and said, “I AM Chinese.”
Stupid me. I thought she was Asian-American.

]]> By: The Worsted Witch » Salvage Rescue Operation http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/06/this-landfill-was-made-for-you-and-me/#comment-287 The Worsted Witch » Salvage Rescue Operation Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:46:14 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=159#comment-287 [...] I am just one woman. HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT OF ME, OH LORD? [...] [...] I am just one woman. HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT OF ME, OH LORD? [...]

]]> By: Adelin http://www.worstedwitch.com/2006/04/06/this-landfill-was-made-for-you-and-me/#comment-283 Adelin Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:33:05 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/?p=159#comment-283 Argh! I wish I was there -- Andras and I are always up for rustling up other people's trash for ourselves. When we moved out of college there were so many things that were being thrown out, we recycled a whole bunch of lamps, chairs, bowls, plants, etc for our apartment senior year. In fact, I have three wicker baskets (lined with a nice kind of off-white fabric), and a set of small shelves I still have from when someone threw them out at school... And then there was sophomore year when I had a La-Z-Boy in my room because someone left it in the parking lot. It was in perfectly good condition, with funky 70s brown, orange, green tweedy upholstery but alas -- had to get rid of it when I went to London and eventually moved back into a tiny tiny room in the Co-Op. All these things have wonderful histories. I wonder what happened to my (or his/her/its) La-Z-Boy. Argh! I wish I was there — Andras and I are always up for rustling up other people’s trash for ourselves. When we moved out of college there were so many things that were being thrown out, we recycled a whole bunch of lamps, chairs, bowls, plants, etc for our apartment senior year. In fact, I have three wicker baskets (lined with a nice kind of off-white fabric), and a set of small shelves I still have from when someone threw them out at school…

And then there was sophomore year when I had a La-Z-Boy in my room because someone left it in the parking lot. It was in perfectly good condition, with funky 70s brown, orange, green tweedy upholstery but alas — had to get rid of it when I went to London and eventually moved back into a tiny tiny room in the Co-Op.

All these things have wonderful histories. I wonder what happened to my (or his/her/its) La-Z-Boy.

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