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Caterina's avatar

Good luck with your endeavor, Barbs! ⭐The "sticky-note-size CV" was hilarious!

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

Thank you ;)

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Elaine R. Frieman's avatar

I saw the picture and was thinking you socialite dark horse with your Birkin bag. 🤣🤪 Applying for jobs is the worst! I thought you worked at a hospital? 🤔 Sending you manifesting vibes to find something exciting. 🫶🏻🤞🏻🤩

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

I do! good memory! As you know, the timeline here in Substackland is a bit behind :P I'll tell more in the next post. No spoilers! (Rory Gilmore influenced me on so many levels!! hahahaha)

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Elaine R. Frieman's avatar

Oh sorry! This is past timeline talk. Got it! I got confused with the Disney trip too and thought wait? Is that trip recent because I thought it was years ago when you and BF were first together! 🤣🙈 Clearly, I’m being dim. 🤪🧐

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

hahahah not dim at all! all these events took place in 2015. Even t he Disney trip! Although it feels much more recent. Do you feel the same, when you tell the story of your divorce? Or does it feel like you're telling a story from another life?

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Elaine R. Frieman's avatar

It feels definitely like a lifetime ago for me. 😅 But in your case, you didn’t need to grow and change. I’m sure you have in the last decade but thankfully you’ve done so in a lovely partnership. 🫶🏻

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Carmen Luisa's avatar

Ahhh IELTS nightmare I paid for a course and sat the test and thankfully got the grade I needed. It did help me skip some classes at uni, which then helped me move to the UK to finish my degree there. But I found it was more about learning a system than learning the language 🤦‍♀️ but after university no one ever asked for any certificate, none I ever collected. 😂 could have left school and not gone to uni lol (of course not but I mean in theory)

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

Hahaha that was the stuff of nightmares! I agree, it's definitely about the system and leading the test, rather than learning English (compared to other exams that still nobody really cared about after uni).

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Monica Nastase's avatar

Oh, that bag!!! 😱 Is it a joke that Rory had a similar bag?? I don't remember seeing it, and I can't picture her with one... but also it's been like 20 years since I first saw the show.

Also, 100% team Jess. I had to say it. :))

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

;) She does, she does. It was a present from Logan, not everyone's favourite season I have to admit.

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

Thanks for reading! I haven't written about my English learning process but I definitely will :) thanks for the idea haha

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

Don't worry about that, seriously, Italians will celebrate any attempt to speak Italian even with the wrong grammar ! :)

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

If you ever wanted to strike up a conversation with me THIS is how you do it! 😍

Yes, I still have the bag! I love it so much, although it's not looking great, the handles are showing their age. A bit like Gilmore Girls. There's plenty of discourse on how Rory (Alexis Bledel's character) is ultimately a shitty person, and how the more we age the more we side with her mum or her grandma (especially at the end), but it's one of my feel-good TV shows and while I agree with the modern commentary, I would still recommend it!

OMG The Handmaid's Tale is scary good. I share your taste in shows!

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Barbs Honeycutt's avatar

During my 'gothic lolita' days I collected unconventional accessories, so I totally get your weakness and the current window-shopping trend hahah

I thought the second book would be more similar to the tv show but I loved both! It's like we get to see two possible realities!

Please, let me know how your Gilmore Girls adventure goes! :) Tap into your teenage self for a few seasons although we're at Lorelai's age at this point haha

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