i had gum graft surgery last week and the doctor's orders are liquid diet and minimal conversation, laughter, and facial expressions. this is not going well, i am Not cut out for the Victorian woman's ideal of restraint
@YehudisUM im curious about how to respond to those kinds of situations more generally – have you figured out any ways of reorienting a conversation with someone who spends so much of it complaining? ie if you don't have an external thing (like the museum) to reorient it for you?
excited to announce that i have signed up for a beginner's fencing class, in the same semester that i'm taking a course called "the villain-hero." i think i will also try to find an intellectual rival this year. is this my villain era