Comcast is the anti-Christ, if the anti-Christ were dumb as a box of rocks.
Have a great trip, Cashmere.
I am also introvert. I'm sensing a pattern. Being out among the humans drains me, and I realized long ago that one reason why being with my family is exhausting is that they never leave me alone.
I particularly hate small talk and facing a room full of people I don't know, which is why the idea of networking, which is actually pretty important to my business, makes me want to lie down. Sometimes I get to a networking event and manage to plunge in for a while. Other times, I stand at the door for a few minutes, then turn around and go home.
When I had surgery and chemo, members of my family were quite hurt that I didn't have them come stay with me to "help." I knew I could do cancer or other people, but not both. If my mother came, she'd be the man who came to dinner. The surgeries required someone to be there, and one friend flew in from Florida for one and another drove from Tennessee for the other. These were friends who would be happy reading when I was reading, who wouldn't fuss and who would leave. I am still hugely grateful to them.
Okay, so maybe I skimmed to get to this:
Also, I was looking through job postings, and found an ad for a position at Ohio State that's pretty much exactly what I want to do.
Hil! Woo! ::clears off the couch::
My relentless pimping of Atlanta never has any effect.
Sorry for the terrible, no-good days, vw. Are you applying ice?
Are you applying ice?
Yes. It's good for numbing for a while.
I am also introvert. I'm sensing a pattern. Being out among the humans drains me, and I realized long ago that one reason why being with my family is exhausting is that they never leave me alone.
Thank god my family is more or less in tune with my need to be *away* for periods of time. Usually. With people who don't know me as well (or who aren't any of y'all) if can get tougher - I spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with plausible excuses (Walgreen's run, forgot something and need to go back for it - "you go ahead, I'll catch up" - ) to squeeze out fifteen minutes or so of chill time.
With things like the SF2F, I took a lot of long walks by myself or would just chill in the room or out on that patio with a book for a little while every so often and that's enough for me to recharge. The smoking helps with that, actually - gives you an excuse to duck away for a few minutes. (Not that I'm recommending it, but still.)
Kermit-waves to Cash!
I need to be around the humans sometimes, though--the grocery store usually does it for me. I can reach high things on shelves for little old ladies and talk about the weather with the cashier and then go home.
For a long time, the social highlight of the week for me was going to the library. If I was up to it, I could have all kinds of conversation with the librarians. If I wasn't, well, just sticking to the basics, and being enough of a regular that the smile of recognition was involved in the pleasantries was enough for me to feel human.
Face it, folks. We are all a bunch of internet geeks. We are some of the shiniest, foamiest internet geeks on the planet, but we are still internet geeks. Introverted is just the beginning of that. Personally, I'm relieved and pleasantly surprised that Daniel and I manage to talk out loud to each other most of the time. I was somewhat concerned when I moved in here, that we would end up IMing each other from one side of the room to the other. Yeah, ok. We do IM each other. But that's just for the fun of it.
I think this is why we NEED Buffista Island. There could be as much or as little F2F action as each individual needs at the moment. And for those who are true hermits, it would just be great to be able to know they are there. Although I do imagine that Town Meetings would be a little more like herding cats, and a lot less like Star's Hollow.
my need to be *away* for periods of time.
Yes! Yes! Yay solitude! Yay!
Looking at a nearly two hour delay for my departure. Good thing I just bought a travel pillow.
