Welcome to the Hundred Acre Wood

[amphitritie]

So opens the obligatory introductory post. Why? Because I found a friending meme! Hello all!

Before I go in and tell you lotsa stuff about me in an unusually egocentric post (hey, why don't old friends play the see how many I actually knew about her game!) I have a few things.

1) The Trojan ecstasy commercials on Colbert Report = lol
2) THREE DAY

Comments

[amphitritie]

*cursty* Why thank you! No, from someone your age (33 wasn't it? Or 34, if your birthday passed since your introduction post) I don't mind it at all. I understand where the feeling comes from, I probably appear to be engaging in the mental equivalent of running around in Daddy's too large coat when you're five. Not that I mind, I think it looks rather dashing on me. Most people under 35 just laugh at me, not in a bad way, because this realization of my "adorableness" usually comes after I tell people my actual age and most guess AT LEAST 2-3 years later. I suspect it could be more, if not for my regular physical development.

Hope we do get to talk more/get to know each other better! You seem fascinating. For some odd reason, before my fourteenth birthday I'd always figured Croatia was an island. Well, now I've memorized Europe (and read lots of Doctor Who filming spoilers) I know it isn't. What's it like there? What I mean is, what would you consider main characteristics? Inevitably, I'll have to compare it to my limited knowledge of place and New York, mainly, but I don't want to appear too forward and appear as if I'm asking you to do it for me. So many of my new friends are from places I've never experienced; this is exciting!

By chance, that book is sitting on my printer (named Cornelius) at this very moment. I've never read it, for I dislike the cover, but I think maybe I will now. Just finding a book sitting around, a bad cover can turn me off it for years (I can be aesthetically snobbish sometimes.) However, recommendations can override this. Not that I need another book to add to my to-read list . . .

[dianora77]

Hey, hey, I'm still 33, and will remain so for the next 6 months! ;) But I'm hardly what in this day and age passes for a typical, mature grownup. I'm afraid I did come off as condescending, which was the least of my intentions. I bet you whatever you like that you're more mature and intelligent than I'll ever be. The thing with me is that when I was a child and a teen (and it's been known to happen even these days) people often thought me more intelligent and informed than I actually was or am. It was both a blessing and a curse, cause it didn't take me long to realize that I gave out that air of a know-it-all even though I actually didn't know shit. So I rode that wave and allowed myself to get a bit lazy.
Anyhow, I didn't mean to sound as if I was laughing at you in any way, I meant "adorable" in the best sense of the word. Like someone really likable whom I'd love to get to know better.

As for Croatia, damn, I wish it was an island. It does have one of the most indented coasts in Europe with hundreds of islands and islets, one of which (called Vis) my father even hails from. I mention it from time to time in my LJ cause I often spend some weeks there in the summer. As for your mistaking Croatia for an island, I wonder if perhaps you haven't mixed it up with Crete? I don't know, I'm just guessing blindly here. As for the country itself, it's beautiful and depressing at the same time. :) I mean, the nature and the towns are beautiful, rich in history, but life is pretty tough (we're struggling with our economy and foreign debt, with political and legal corruption and all the wonders they bring), but hopefully it'll get better. Although, according to our political leaders, that won't happen in the next couple of years. *sigh*

[amphitritie]

That first paragraph sounds a lot like me, actually. One of the hardest facets of my life is dealing with the expectations of supposed "intelligence." My sister/father/nanny/friends open a lot of sentences with, "so, since you're going to be a doctor" even if it's a question about why she shouldn't wash her feet a certain way. I jest though, that hardest are parents and teachers who will stare down at a 96/100 on an essay and since I consistently get grades like that there's no "how good of you to have worked so hard!" like my friends get, but instead "you and I BOTH know you can do even better. Why don't you go and study extra to see how you can improve! We know you love learning about literature, so this should be a breeze!" Yeah, I do love books, but cut me some slack.

Honestly, I didn't take it as condescending at all, just as you described. I think it has something to do with your age group though. Young adults are usually more capable of having a thurough and satisfying conversation (so rare among my peers), whereas engaging in one with my parents or other elders, seems to lack any sense of fun that emanates more readily from the younger generations.
I think it has more to do with just being young and confused. We're constantly bombarded with so much extra information it's hard to keep it straight. I lived in a rental house in Crete when my father was on a business trip, so I don't think that's it.

Well, I live in America. Aren't we all struggling? At least you're not forced to sell you islands.

[dianora77]

Actually, people here are selling their acreage left and right, mostly to Scandinavians and Russians who are buying it in heaps. I expect some of that land is on the islands as well. My mother has put a few of her family's plots on sale as well and we're hoping and praying they get sold soon cause that money would be a lifesaver at this point. ;)

Hihi, I know what you mean by "You can do so much better." Just reminiscing about that makes me sigh in exasperation.