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This new tblog look is quite nice! So I am back from my weekend of "relaxation" at my best friends. Ten hours of the whole weekend was spent driving. Friday night was a really laid back night. Her fiance did all the cooking this weekend. He's really good!! Tara asked me if chicken asparagus wraps were okay for dinner. Even though I quite dislike asparagus, I still said "sure! Sounds good!" :lol: So there was some chicken breast wrapping 4 stems of asparagus on a huge bed of white rice. THe asparagus wasn't that bad, but I tend to like to eat more vegetables for dinner. And the rice was probably how much I typically eat in a month. Saturday we went for a hike, had a steak dinner, and then went out. Steve already knew to give me a small hunk of bloody beef, but I still couldn't finish it. It was really chewy. There was stick with mashed potatoes, [past its prime] beans, and awesome mushrooms. I met some of Tara's new local friends again. Two of them could not remember we had met before. That kind of bugged me. When people say to me "oh, nice to meet you!" I want to say, "we've already met." We went to the local bar. Some guy tried to pick me up. He kept spitting on me when he talked. He kept telling me how beautiful he thought [all] Asian women were. I hate when people say that to me if they think it's going to impress me. There is so much variation in the ways Asians look, there is no way they/we can all look beautiful. Nobody ever says "I think white women are soooo beautiful." After the bar, we did join the guy and his buddies at their house. The guy [his name as Blair; it just reminds me of the old Facts of Life TV show] was apparently there on business. His boss was so annoying. He kept telling me what Asian culture was like and telling me I was wrong when I was talking about Chinese culture. He thought he was all that because he could speak Korean and that he had learned martial arts for 20+ years. I can't remember how many times he told me about his martial arts. Anyway, Tara and I left after about an hour [what a good friend Tara was for being there. They knew she was taken, so they didn't pay that much attention to her]. Blair and the boss both kept trying to get my attention even though was trying to talk to other people. Both of them would talk about different things to me. And Blair kept trying to give me a tour of the basement where he was sleeping. :roll: Give me a break. So when we were leaving, Blair followed us for a bit, asking us to go back to give him a real good bye :roll: Tara only lived a few houses down, so after we got in, we got ready for bed. About a half hour later, the doorbell rang (at about 4:30 in the morning), and then CRASH. Steve went down to the house and confronted Blair who was the one who decided to wreak some havoc. After I slept for a few hours [Tara actually went into work for a couple of hours], Tara made me some breakfast. Well, she tried. She burnt the bacon and the eggs when she went to talk to Steve. She was trying to smooth over some things. Steve doesn't really like her going out late amongst other things. There is more going on, which I won't talk about now. After eating some cereal, I drove home! I have a real driver's tan right now. There is even a seatbelt mark. I am exhuasted. Time for a nap. I'll have to catch up on blogs later! |
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (3:54 pm)
Asian culture is a hard thing to pin down. The problem is that Asia is so diverse that the concept is pretty meaningless.
When you say "Asian culture," do you mean Israeli culture or Tibetan culture? Or are there other parts of Asia?
People may have a preconceived notion of what an Asian is, but it's probably wrong.
posted by: SusanofPudlin (reply)
post date: 07.19.04 (6:47 pm)
I am enjoying reading your blog from the perspective of an Occidental tourist... dating a man from Hong Kong. I try to be sensitive, and non offensive... hope that I am. I would be loathe to say "oh, I think Asian men are all - whatever. Truth is - he is Heni and I am me and I think he is wonderful and would not want to change anything about him.
AND I am grateful for you sharing your thoughts on the stooopid generalities that people make.
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 07.20.04 (5:21 pm)
Reply to: mblog
I know Asian culture is very...varied...but I think most people think Asian as Oriental. And for some reason, the term Oriental is derogatory in some places. I don't think of it that way.
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 07.20.04 (5:27 pm)
Reply to: SusanofPudlin
I can't see you being insensitive!! You have a great attitude towards you and Heni. I love it!!
posted by: SusanofPudlin (reply)
post date: 07.20.04 (6:00 pm)
Reply to: rosietulips
Hehehe Thanks! Actually, I am teaching him a few words of Yiddish. It is SO cool to hear him say, did you see that schmatta she was wearing??? We also have an inside joke about how I prefer things that were "made in China". I do love my Boo...
posted by: mblog (reply)
post date: 07.22.04 (11:34 am)
Reply to: rosietulips
Any word is derogatory if people want to think of it that way. Oriental fell out of favor for no good reason. Some claim that it carries an outdated or negative image, but are people who don't like Orientals likely not to have stereotypes about Asians?
Another thing is that it's consistent with the way we like to group others. Blacks have become African Americans. If we group people by continent, then supposedly we are being even handed.
It still raises problems. Is somebody from Egypt who lives in the US an African American? Most people would say no, but why not? Is a black person from Canada an African American? Canada is part of North America, and there's no country called America, so I guess it makes sense. What about a white person from South Africa who lives in the US? A high school student like that got in trouble for trying to run for African American student of the year. And what about somebody from Jamaica? What about somebody from Kenya who is just visiting and not American at all?
The idea of classifying anybody by continent is pretty pointless, especially when you are really talking about only a subset of the continent.
I just hope people don't start calling me a European American some day, and I have no idea what they will call my children, who are mixed.
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