big plant little plant
My favorite word of the week: credenza. Yesterday someone told an office mate to put some files in the credenza. The office mate said, sure! Then he looked at me and said somewhat quietly, “Ali, what or where is the credenza?” I look at him and just started laughing because I had no idea and no one in our office knew what a credenza was. As always, this brings back childhood memories…My grandmother calls a couch a davenport. For many years I thought a davenport was a porch. So, when she would invite me to go sit with her on the davenport I would always run to the back porch. It took many years and lots of moments sitting on the porch by myself to realize what a davenport really was. Silly little Assi.
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While walking around in downtown Berkeley, I have seen the following items more often than not:
1.) Pieces of hair extensions
2.) Puddles of water that are not puddles of water.
3.) Mass amounts of spit
3.) Chicken wing bones. Lots and lots of partially eaten chicken wing bones.
Author: Ali Carras
At a very young age I lost site of my mom in a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. I did, however, have the smarts to go to the customer service counter. The kind woman at the counter asked "What is your name little girl?" My reply: "Assi." The woman gave me a look like, "Are you playing with me you little devil?" but she proceeded to blast on the loudspeaker the "We have a lost Assi at the front of the store." Customers throughout the store gagged and giggled, but my mom knew exactly who the woman was referring to: the mullet haired little girl with a tongue too big for her mouth, wearing a leotard, skirt, tights, and jelly shoes (with florescent green laces in them...even though they didn't need the laces). A shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing. I am pleased to report that today I am able to fully pronounce Allison (aka Ali), but the Assi pseudonym has always stuck, evolving into Aszi. As for the shy little character for whom every little detail in life was a huge thing? Some things never change.
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