An old whinge

[lizbee]

The annoying thing about needing to rest my hands due to an arthritic flare-up is that pretty much all my leisure activities involve my hands.  I don't even watch TV without quilting or sketching at the same time! 

So I've read over half of Midnight in Peking (which I'm mostly enjoying; I thought it would be one of those histories that goes, "Yeah, lots of complicated and interesting stuff was happening in China, but WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE PEOPLE?" but it actually strikes a pretty good balance so far.  Even though it commits my Least Favourite Non-Fiction Sin Ever, which is getting deep into speculation about the thoughts and feelings of various historical personages) and watched a whole disc of season 1 of Community. 

And, yes, I did draw a tiny bit, because ... hands, not using them, strange feeling.  At this stage, though, I need another break.

My Tumblr feed has a bunch of posts about white people eating Asian food with forks.  I'm like, SCREW YOU, GUYS, I KNOW HOW TO USE CHOPSTICKS BUT MY FINGERS AREN'T THAT BENDY WHEN THEY'RE INFLAMED. 

Comments

[sailorcoruscant]

If we're going to wank about chopsticks can't we at least whinge about those appropriating white people who use them in their left hands?

(Nevermind that while in asia I found that it was generally considered a marvel for outsiders to use them at all, no one cared which hand you used, and that a lot of foods that are eaten with chopsticks in Australia are eaten with spoons in Japan and Korea. Oh, and that kids, old people and those who can't manage chopsticks get to use spoons as well.)

Hope your hands feel better soon.

[lilacsigil]

When I'm having a flare-up I can use chopsticks better than I can a knife and fork because I don't need my left hand at all and only my thumb and two fingers on my right hand! Unless my right thumb joins the party, then I'm screwed.

[marymac]

I once failed to use chopsticks in the Singaporean-approved way so badly that the friend in question took them off me and gave me a fork. Accompanied by pointed commentary on how she has cerebral palsy and can hack it, what is wrong with me.

(What is wrong with me is that I write right-handed, do everything else lefty and my grandmother handed on the epic clumsiness along with the face.)