Hm, well, bear in mind that I only watched two eps and a half. It was also a little hard for me to focus on her because I kept thinking "Sharon!" instead of "Natalie!". I did think that it was sweet how she was so protective of Monk during the talk show, though, and that she was being really patient with him, all things considered. So quite cool.
INSANE! (Well, she doesn't like the mohawk either. XD But thank you. Oddly enough, that did make me feel better though now I'm cringing a little and wondering if maybe I should go sign up for the gym even though I'm dead exhausted after work. And my co-worker doesn't read, doesn't know about Tibet or British colonies, so I think she's an idiot, personally. And I'd rather be smart and a size ten than be dumb and a size six, if it comes down to it. But I have no idea how anyone can consider it friendly to shred someone else's self-esteem by offering totally unasked for opinions on their weight -- I just showed her some old photos of me because she wanted to see what I looked like with medium length hair, and how my hair looks has nothing to do with my weight, damnit! And hah. Full body paper bag dress, like the Paper Bag Princess? I used to love that story as a kid.)
Ay-yiy-yi-yi-yi. Maybe they're just clever and it has nothing to do with being Asian? Maybe -- *gasp* -- they have a sense of humor and because they have similiar tastes in what they find funny, they hang together? Is that so hard to believe?! And what the hell, Asian skin is an Asian SUIT? Does she have any idea what a storm she'd kick up if she said 'black suit' when refering to black people? SERIOUSLY?!
My best friends have been American-Swiss-Austrian, Australian-British, Russian, British-German-Austria and Bengali. Nice mix there. Mongrel pride? The Other, for Sri Lankans with proper patriotism, is usually Tamils, thanks to the Civil War. I'm not sure what my personal Other is, assuming I have one, so it's the same question as you -- except I know that I'm the Other to racist Austrians, from experience, and you might be the Other to anyone against racial blending?
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INSANE! (Well, she doesn't like the mohawk either. XD But thank you. Oddly enough, that did make me feel better though now I'm cringing a little and wondering if maybe I should go sign up for the gym even though I'm dead exhausted after work. And my co-worker doesn't read, doesn't know about Tibet or British colonies, so I think she's an idiot, personally. And I'd rather be smart and a size ten than be dumb and a size six, if it comes down to it. But I have no idea how anyone can consider it friendly to shred someone else's self-esteem by offering totally unasked for opinions on their weight -- I just showed her some old photos of me because she wanted to see what I looked like with medium length hair, and how my hair looks has nothing to do with my weight, damnit! And hah. Full body paper bag dress, like the Paper Bag Princess? I used to love that story as a kid.)
Ay-yiy-yi-yi-yi. Maybe they're just clever and it has nothing to do with being Asian? Maybe -- *gasp* -- they have a sense of humor and because they have similiar tastes in what they find funny, they hang together? Is that so hard to believe?! And what the hell, Asian skin is an Asian SUIT? Does she have any idea what a storm she'd kick up if she said 'black suit' when refering to black people? SERIOUSLY?!
My best friends have been American-Swiss-Austrian, Australian-British, Russian, British-German-Austria and Bengali. Nice mix there. Mongrel pride? The Other, for Sri Lankans with proper patriotism, is usually Tamils, thanks to the Civil War. I'm not sure what my personal Other is, assuming I have one, so it's the same question as you -- except I know that I'm the Other to racist Austrians, from experience, and you might be the Other to anyone against racial blending?