feeling cultured

[flyingstalins]

since we last spoke:

Saw my first opera.  My godparents took me to an HD live broadcast that the Patriot's place theatre does of a few shows from the Metropolitan Opera each month.  It was very nice.  We saw Lucia Di Lammermoor.  I think I could get into this.

Getting into wines.  We had a fundraiser wine-tasting at church, and it's seeming like a

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[doodah]

I feel so uncouth. Quite fond of opera and Gewürztraminers, but Cabernet and coffee will take me another decade at least.

Why the change of heart on the internships? Regardless, if you're bearing arms, try to shoot only one foot. Then you'd walk a bit like House, and I'm very keen on him.

you are totally couth

[flyingstalins]

i thought you were already starting to like coffee?

I'm frustrated with myself, and the absolute lack of serious volunteer work I've done since graduation. In that line i think a) I ought to be getting more proactive about seeking the opportunities around me, and b) I'm really not a good-looking candidate for the internships compared with folks with immediate and more relevant experience. as such it would seem a bit selfish of me to take those limited opportunities at this time (though, that may be a lot of rationalized nonsense.)

(I used to be able to figure out umlauts and accents but now the old methods don't seem to work.)

Re: you are totally couth

[doodah]

I was starting to like coffee, but then it got legitimately cold for a few weeks, and I remembered how truly fond I am of tea. Coffee has no real place in my world full of tea, except to look cool in the breakroom.

I think you are overthinking the internship, but that's your thing. I love you and your overthinking.

Re: you are totally couth

[flyingstalins]

i am growing very fond of tea. I especially like mixing green and black teas. but that hasn't diminished my coffee love...there is still a chance dear one.

I probably am, though to be honest some of this was alos occuring to me when I realized applications were due soon and I hadn't previously realized the need for a letter of recommendation and a writing sample, neither of which I felt I could comfortably procure in a week (largely in that I've written virtually nothing since college and have always felt like recommendations would be burdensome.)
I do overthink, and am trying to stop (but unsure of the implications...)
thank you for loving me despite the neuroses.

Re: you are totally couth

[doodah]

I'm not much of a thinker when it comes to life decisions, and I've found that mostly, I just end up with a more randomly obscure and interesting set of experiences. Oh, and I get a lot done in a short amount of time and then fall asleep at the dinner table. But also, the things that require contemplation are pretty good about forcing their way through the chaos.