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KK, I'm getting mixed signals showing a colossal gap between Oxbridge life and my actual situation, proving one thing which is I am not happy being an Oxbridge man, all around an opportunity for money, experience and pure pleasure without the usual desperation, ambition or exertion. 6 months in a different country with brilliant opportunity to save and learn and come back a great bassist. But any one else will only see sun, babes and beer with out the man on one's back. a) what fucking man. b) what a waste of good time.
Basically Catty thinks I'm throwing away what I've got and she wouldn't go., whilst Mirko and Bradon think I should go and it's a chance of a life time. What have I fucking got. A peice of paper and no more access to the best libraries in the world, posh dinners and the good things about bridge. afterwards it's a bit of paper. I got in, that's the achievement. I got a real degree. Now what the fuck can I do? Be a bore. Well fuck it. Colin has a career-less but much better job and if the accomodation's good he's coming too.
One problem is I need to think what I'll come back to in September. What if I teach English as a foreign language, or enquire at the embassy, or with some greek classicists. I will be the only person in the whole country looking more than two bars ahead but hey.
I think this is proving I do like the idea of simple life, but God knows I won't. I'm going to work if I'm there. Have to use what I've got and be better, cos god knows how mind numbing doing normal shit is. Normal shit is a cop out for the clueless and the lazy.
Not counting the crop 'fore flowering give it a few days.
Plus I am a little down and want to have food shopping.

On an ajoined point Mirko noticed that I don't bleed wine. I love it but I wouldn't spend my last penny on wine. Well, there's more than enough opportunity to get free samples. And my first thought in Greece was Vineyards! But I want more of a relationship and suffer from not knwoing the wines perfectly to trade at the level I like. Just sell it then shut up, apparently. I'm too 'sticky'. Maybe I should take it easy and stop trying to reinforce myself. The customer doesn't care :( I hate 'sales'. Good value transactions is fine. Try it tomorrow. Close sales. Be strategic. Keep a chart of upsells and cross-sales.