In the zine, I go on to express some wonder around the reasons why we might not use the resources that are available to us: experiences of foreignness, low expectations, poor habits, and neglect. My shortsightedness had only made it seem like it needed to be.” It wasn’t such a monstrously impossible task. Using the tools that were available to me in the shop for my task meant that getting rid of the cardboard only took a few minutes. Not only was there a utility knife right next to me that I had ignored, there was also a table set up with cling wrap so that I could easily wrap the layers of cardboard together so that I didn’t have to worry about size at all. “Why don’t you use the utility blade?” he asked me. ![]() Finally, my coworker looked at me in pity. I kept trying to fit smaller pieces of cardboard inside of larger ones like a sleeve but they kept falling out at the other end so that I would have to start over again. Most of them weren’t broken down completely and I kept myself busy by pulling at strands of tightly clinging tape until they gave way. They were all of various shapes and sizes, some big and unwieldy and others small and easy to fumble. ![]() There were all kinds of cardboard boxes that I needed to take to the curb. Part of my job duties, at a fabrication studio in Queens, was to take out the trash. “I was in my early twenties, all my furniture was secondhand from roommates who had moved out, the only cleaning supplies that I owned were spray cleaner and paper towels, and I had blown on my money on a random fruit juicer for some reason. In that zine I tell a story that I’d like to also tell here: I’m currently working on a zine for The Astro-Kats and Star Kids Club that has to do with using the resources that are available to you for Jupiter in Taurus. ![]() I want you to get really smart with your resources.
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