Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Beauty Tip

One time while in graduate school my friend Mandy was suffering from a bad case of cramps and was comforting herself with a bowl of ice cream. When one of her classmates from Hong Kong spotted her, the girl recoiled in horror from such a display of willful ignorance and demanded, "What are you doing? You're not supposed to eat anything cold while you have your period!" She then gave Mandy a long look filled with contempt and pity. "That is why you white women always look so old."
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