Wishing you much interview~ma, Hil! I hope it goes really well.
askye, I'm very glad to hear you're reaching 37 today. Many, many happies. Real, lasting ones. And best of luck with finding a therapist.
smonster, that comic on irony is fantastic. Have sent it to all my English teacher friends.
I remember seeing a movie (or the TV series, I forget) of Anne of Green Gables (and being made sad by the ending). I did not read it. I do love The IT Crowd.
I also found myself defending Bostonians a LOT to Minnesotan people, as a lot of them seemed to be convinced that everyone out there was rude and too busy
I adore Bostonians. I can't believe people would think them rude. I love Boston's combination of small town feeling in a decent-sized city, and the people completely reflect that. Maybe it helps that there's a lot Irish hospitality around. (My Irish Bostonian cousins, who I had never met before, had me stay for a week and showed me around Boston and the rest of Massachusetts. Wonderful people.)
I have to say I kind of agree with the whole fake niceness of American shop people being weird. Like the whole having people to say hello to you as you come in? Creepy. People constantly asking you with big smiles if you need help? Creepy. People at the till telling you to have a great day? Just a big lie! I’ve worked in shops, I know you don’t give a crap whether I have a nice day or not, and you’re only saying it because your boss will fire you if you don’t. Which makes me complicit in your lack of agency. Weird and creepy. I’ll take honest rudeness every time. That said, people in smaller shops rather than chains don’t seem to do it as much, and are just generally nice.
Londoners have all been pretty friendly since I moved here too, which stereotypes would say is unlikely. That said, the stand on the right, walk on the left thing is STRICTLY followed. I’ve never seen anyone not do it. Don’t know what would happen if it did.
A friend of mine from Finland took a really long time to get used to small talk in Ireland. In Finland, you don't even make eye contact with people in shops, let alone chat to them. She's had people looking at her very strangely since moving back because she's accidentally smiled at a baby in the street or something.
Happy Birthday (((( Askye )))) Love ya
Happy Birthday askye! Ooh, and! Happy Bloomsday!
I am missing the snotgreen sea in Dublin today.
Insomnia fairie can bite it. Blargh. Wednesday is going to suck. .
Happy Birthday, Askye!!!
Maria, I can definitely relate to that Italian gene and jewellery thing.
Happiest of birthdays, Askye!
Firstly, because I rarely bother to swap out my necklace and secondly because I feel like a hypocrite wearing a cross given my heathenistic tendencies.
And it doesn't help to tell yourself that you're wearing them in case of vampire attack?
the snotgreen sea in Dublin
That should be the name of a band, or the title of a novel or some such.
