On my phone right now so someone remind me to read the whitefont later.

I wish I could irritate someone with my requests to access social media stuff. I still can't get to our YouTube inbox.

Also, had I known, this was a bad time to try going off ADs.

Dana, you are having a crappy time right now. I am pouring hot-cocoa-with-whipped-cream (ok, it's the kind from a can) vibes through the interpipes for you.

Ugh Dana

Sorry Dana -- but if it is a part of your job to deal with social media -- I'd ask for an upfront definition of what expectable use is. You need to learn it, monitor it and contribute to it so you might just need some guidelines. Of course , it might not be the time to ask. Or then again - it might be time to make up your own guidelines first

clear readings to Daniel ~~~ ( I f the surgery idea comes up -- let me know , I had a friend who went through it )

ma~~~~ to Drew and Pix.

Good News to Spidra

and I claim introvert. that is becoming more of an extrovert. I could very happily stay in the house by myself for 3 days. And all the programs I do at the library drain me. and busy very people days drain me. And I BEG Matt to warn me if I am going to come home to other people, because I find it hard to be civil after work if I am surprised by people. However , I chose to join my neighbors at coffee every morning. and i hate missing parties with my neighbors ( they are like mild version of F2F - no kissing , less piles of people , but lots of drinking , laughing and sometimes dancing). but than these people don't really care if I talk or just sit back and let the conversation flow over me. So socially it is easy

Buffistas are good about introverts, I think. (except for Laura's DH at his first F2F, because we all wanted to make sure that he didn't feel left out, so we wouldn't leave him alone! )

I can do well socially at times (and while I'm somewhat crap at it, I like people), but it's always draining. If I'm out at a restaurant or a perty or such like, sooner or later I will disappear and turn the toilet cubicle into my Fortress of Solitude.

P and I throw parties for the kids and their moms at least once a month at her house.

Getting it set up is fun. Then we both run off and disappear in the laundry room to hide.

Each other's (mostly quiet) company in there is fine because we've half shared a brain for over 25 years. Thankfully, no one's found us so far.

And yet, if you asked those people? They'd think I was totally a social creature.

At least you do that. I don't host parties. Aside from the clean up for the party, then clean up after the party (too much damn cleaning), I'm just a horribly nervous of being a good host. Anxiety!

I just helped plan them, help set them up and then flee. Oh, and I help clean up. Most of the actual party is me and P in the laundry room wondering yet again why we do the damn things.

But I really do like setting up the food and stuff. Especially at P's house because she's a cleaning fiend so I never have to do that prep work. Just the ending clean up.

It would be too stressful to entertain at my place though. Especially with not enough room for me to hide effectively.

I mostly skipped and I somewhat skimmed for the recent brackets useage, once saw it's been used. So first, {{{Nora}}}, {{{Dana}}}, and continued to the {{{Pixdesigns}}}.

Also, good luck to Daniel!

IpettymeN, I was officially invited to do a pilot for my university's very elitist radio station after a successful guesting of me in another show (Bitches, do not twist that sentence. Thank you). I'm still in shock that other people like the music I like. IOON, I'd like to stop waking up into headaches now.

And, here are the instructions to the math department in my university. Thought you'd like to read: [link]

Oh, and one last thing: while I'm very much into denial it's starting tonight, happy new year, Jewistas! Personally, I'd like to kick, spit on and burn the previous year, that took so much out of me: my grandfather, my dog, introducing my body to migraines, and made me live in a settlement. Next year has a lot to make up for.

I wish you a good and sweet year, and may we'll be for head and not for tail.