Oh, it’s good when you have a bunch of gift cards and gift receipts burning a hole in your wallet, ’cause then it means you get to make an early morning trip to SoHo before the crowds get there, and come home at lunchtime carrying: half a loaf of exquisite chocolate bread and a loaf of cranberry bread and a jar of marinated feta from Dean & Deluca (thank you, CC); a pair of silver earrings from Anthropologie (it’s a long story, but thank you, Schmio); and a bottle of fancy shower scrub from Fresh you would never have spent real money on (sorry, but thank you, Andrea). The fancy shower scrub is all crushed rice and crushed bamboo and sake and ginseng and daikon radish, and it smells like I will be the highest-priced geisha around. It is printed on the bottle of fancy shower scrub:
In contemporary Asian culture, the importance attached to cleanliness and purity stems from ancient rituals of everyday life. For example, a young samurai bathed in cold rivers at night or stood in prayer beneath freezing waterfalls to cleanse the soul and strengthen the spirit before having to accomplish a challenging task.
I mean, hello, moisture is the essence of wetness.
No, but, really. Who is writing this stuff? More importantly, who is getting paid to write this stuff? More importantly, may I have their job? I am exactly the sort of contemporary Asian they need to write about ancient rituals. I am good at ancient rituals: squatting, sitting with one leg up on the chair at the dinner table, pointing with chopsticks, sneezing adamantly and with flourish. . .
Meanwhile, who wants, while they’re trying to take a nice, quiet shower, to think about a young samurai bathing in cold rivers at night or standing in prayer beneath freezing waterfalls just before he heads out to off someone? Oh, no, wait, is this young samurai played by Takeshi Kaneshiro? Because, then, okay.
Anyway, so what with the gift cards and then also my returning a bunch of je-regrettes to stores, it just goes to show that a girl can go on a shopping trip and come out way on top.
Now me and my contemporary Asian culture are going to go cook a hot noodle soup with tofu and garlic and straw mushrooms while the rain comes down outside.
In contemporary Asian culture, the importance attached to cleanliness and purity stems from ancient rituals of everyday life. For example, a young samurai bathed in cold rivers at night or stood in prayer beneath freezing waterfalls to cleanse the soul and strengthen the spirit before having to accomplish a challenging task.
I mean, hello, moisture is the essence of wetness.
No, but, really. Who is writing this stuff? More importantly, who is getting paid to write this stuff? More importantly, may I have their job? I am exactly the sort of contemporary Asian they need to write about ancient rituals. I am good at ancient rituals: squatting, sitting with one leg up on the chair at the dinner table, pointing with chopsticks, sneezing adamantly and with flourish. . .
Meanwhile, who wants, while they’re trying to take a nice, quiet shower, to think about a young samurai bathing in cold rivers at night or standing in prayer beneath freezing waterfalls just before he heads out to off someone? Oh, no, wait, is this young samurai played by Takeshi Kaneshiro? Because, then, okay.
Anyway, so what with the gift cards and then also my returning a bunch of je-regrettes to stores, it just goes to show that a girl can go on a shopping trip and come out way on top.
Now me and my contemporary Asian culture are going to go cook a hot noodle soup with tofu and garlic and straw mushrooms while the rain comes down outside.
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