Thanks all. Next plane boarding momentarily.

Comcast is giving a Wii to new subscribers

yes. although if you already took the red pill, you are stuck with last year's gameboy.

And his whole reason for not wanting me to telecommute is that he doesn't like me being away from my office.

why do I suspect this is a line-of-sight issue?

I'm dragging myself out of the apartment now to get my comics and stop by the farmer's market. I'm hoping it will make me feel a little better to do something fun, and I need to find out why everyone is freaking out about the most recent Buffy.

Or, who doesn't know my safe word.

::starts guessing:: Waterloo? Rutabega? Bhutros Bhutros Gali?

I just have to say, the idea of "Bhutros Bhutros Gali" being someone's safe word delights me no end.

I don't think I'm an introvert, I think I just don't like many people. I can be very happy in a large crowd if I don't have to talk to them. I loved sitting in the food court at JFK, pretending to read my book as I stared at everyone else. I'm good at retreating to a corner of a crowd and just watching.

I can chit chat with folks, but then I get bored. I suspect that at the heart of me I'm just a crabby misanthrope in training.

I need to find out why everyone is freaking out about the most recent Buffy.

You and me, both, sj. I get home so late most days I don't want to take the time to drive to the other side of town to get my pulls on Wednesday. I'll probably pick mine up tomorrow.

Yay, Daniel!!!! Raises. Good.

Oh. Comics. I should pick mine up. I haven't done so in months. Oops.

I just have to say, the idea of "Bhutros Bhutros Gali" being someone's safe word delights me no end.

yeah, it's like "green, yellow, red"
1st Bhutros - warning
2nd Bhutros- getting serious
Gali - untie me RIGHT NOW.

To no one's surprise, I am an extrovert. I am also a nurturer, so that means if think I see someone I care about being unhappy, I try to help. At an F2F, this will sometimes translate to seeing someone off by themselves, and me bounding over to make sure that they're okay. Which, if they're trying to take a break, is not helpful. So, if I've done that to anyone, I apologize. You know it's done with love. And if you tell me "I just need a minute", I totally respect that. Cause I do too. It's why I generally room alone at the F2F. I just need to know that I can be by myself if I need to. I generally don't, but I need the net. it can be kind of a bummer when getting ready for Prom. That's the fun part for me, blasting the music and comparing outfits and drinking :)

Basically, I can't be around large groups of people for more than a couple of hours (and even that is very taxing). And it's NOT just you guys; it's *any* large group. What sucks heavily is that I *want* to be around Buffistas; other groups, NSM.

I discovered this about myself a long time ago (hell, I'm the eighth child in my family - I figured it out REALLY early on). When I'm in the mood to mingle, I can have the best time, but if I'm not, I need an escape hatch, stat!

Luckily, apart from some family things, I've been able to pretty much build in those hatches when I know I'm going into a large group. At the Atlanta F2F, apart from the prom, I was either doing (very spaced apart) small group things like dinner or RHPS, or I was off on my own.

Funny thing is, I don't mind being around large groups of people (unless we're talking about a front row at a concert type situation) if I don't have to interact with them. I LOVE watching large groups I'm not interacting with.

yay for a raise, Daniel.

Introvert here -- I'm exhausted at the end of of a F2F. However I have a lot of fun at them too. I'm not at the extreme end. The worst thing about the F2F for me is that I get involved in conversations that are things I are 'things we don't talk about'. ( cross new england and southern sensibilities) I actually do better at large parties ,because I can hide in the crowd. I talk to one person . or hang out on the edge of a group. What I truely hate is when I don't really know anybody -- than I hope for kids. Because then I play with them. Right now I have Friday thru Monday off every week. At least one of those days is me at home doing only what I feel like doing -- probably not til monday this week.