Great article on introverts and how they interact with the world.
I am SUCH an introvert. That article doesn't make me feel avenged, though. Very misleading title.
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
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Zenkitty - Sep 07, 2010 10:22:17 am PDT #1484 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Cashmere - Sep 07, 2010 10:26:34 am PDT #1485 of 30000
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-t - Sep 07, 2010 10:26:48 am PDT #1486 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't finished the article, but I am confused by the several references to happiness as an external reward or stimulus. I think they must mean something other than what I think they mean.
Kate P. - Sep 07, 2010 10:34:41 am PDT #1487 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate, congratulations to you and your DH!!!
Oh wow, I have a DH now!! Wow. OK, that put a huge grin on my face.
Thanks, everyone! We're both back at work today, but unsurprisingly, I am not being terribly productive at the moment. Mostly looking at pictures on FB and trying to catch up here, and wishing we'd been able to take a honeymoon right away instead of having to wait until my vacation time renews in January.
In the meantime, ~ma to them who needs it (and tons of continued ~ma for Drew!). And sj, congrats on having a plan for a dress you'll love! It sounds gorgeous.
Vortex - Sep 07, 2010 10:35:44 am PDT #1488 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yeah wasn't crazy about the title at all.
Vortex - Sep 07, 2010 10:36:42 am PDT #1489 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
but I am confused by the several references to happiness as an external reward or stimulus.
I took it to mean that "if you do X, you will be happy"
Laga - Sep 07, 2010 10:39:25 am PDT #1490 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Congrats, Kate!
Spidra Webster - Sep 07, 2010 10:44:27 am PDT #1491 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Well, here's some positive news. An acquaintance of mine who is a VO pro (award-winning and such) is willing to give me a consultation while I'm up in the Bay Area. I hope that getting a realistic assessment of where I'm rusty and where I'm okay and where to go from there will help me get over my fear. I really need to because I don't have too many ways to get out of the poverty my disability has plunged me into.
-t - Sep 07, 2010 10:44:27 am PDT #1492 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes sense, Vortex. I couldn't decode that, somehow.
Congratulations, Kate! May your honeymoon-at-home be every bit as blissful as an immediate vacation.
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2010 11:06:33 am PDT #1493 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The introvert article confused me on the use of the word "happiness," too. I finally decided they mean "happiness from an outside source," because it's poppycock to say that introverts don't want happiness.
I am, of course, almost a textbook introvert, and I cannot say how much I agree with this part:
Don't interrupt if an introvert does get to talking. Listen closely. "Being overlooked is a really big issue for introverts," Laney says. Introverts are unlikely to repeat themselves; they will not risk making the same mistake twice.
Seriously. It fucking pisses me off to no end when people interrupt while I'm talking. Interrupting with wisecracks and puns is practically a competitive sport in my office, and I want to go all Evil Hand every time someone does it to me.