Having small children is also an excellent party strategy for introverts. You can be so busy making sure they get fed and don't injure themselves or others that you don't have to talk to any new people!
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica, the books could GET WET! Huge design flaw. But awesome tub.
Also, if I'm doing something concrete and useful, like making pancakes for a brunch, I am satisfying people without having to interact!
I've seen you do that!
Made it home OK. It only took an extra 20 minutes. But I did nearly get stuck trying to drive up a slippery hill--the traction control was on continuously for a minute as I climbed the hill at about 2 mph. (I kept on wanting to press harder on the gas pedal, but when the traction control is already on, more gas doesn't do anything.)
Having small children is also an excellent party strategy for introverts.
Heh, buffistas who have met me in meat space have met my children for this very reason.
Heh, buffistas who have met me in meat space have met my children for this very reason.
I would never peg you as an introvert!
Remember what happened in Boulder? I think that was a classic example of me being *on* for too long (plus being tired and getting sick), and just losing it all of a sudden.
I have no problems wandering around the office and asking the developers WHY they think that's the best term for that thing.
This also seems to be a large part of parenting a three-year old.
I often feel terribly shy when I meet Buffistas in person, sadly. I mean, you'd think that I'd be able to talk to people I've spoken to online daily for 12 years, but sometimes, no.
To be perfectly honest, if I had a computer, you people, and twitter, I could be alone on a desert island indefinitely.
Ditto here, if you substitute TWoP for Twitter. I'm almost always happy to spend time with friends, but actually seeking interaction out aside from this board is so alien to me that I have to remind myself to touch base with my best friend every few weeks. My parents are really the only people whose company I actively pursue on a regular basis.
Yeah, the one time I met Plei I was totally awkward and had trouble making conversation. I suspected afterwords that she thought me the most boring person ever, cause that is what I would have thought if I'd met me that day.
pile of papers - GONE from my desk. Moving on to small scraps of paper and single papges from notepads. Pulling what useful info is on them that made me keep them and then tossing them.