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.

The joy of meeting other awkward people is that they are too busy worrying that they, too, are the MOST AWKWARD HUMAN EVER!

I LOVE having something to do at parties/gatherings, and I love being behind a check-in thing at events. I was "in charge" of the cake at my BFF's wedding, and that was nice too. I am not sure if it is my innate personality, or the fact that I started working as a cashier at 15, so I have LOTS of scripts for what to say in those situations.

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.

Me too, sometimes.

Yeah, the one time I met Plei I was totally awkward and had trouble making conversation.

Yeah, sometimes I feel like the clever, fun part of my brain just shuts down when I'm making f2f conversation.

Relatedly, I recently learned that introversion and social anxiety are not the same thing. Now I'm wondering how much of my difficulty socializing is due to social anxiety and how much is introversion.

I always loved working the check in desk at really big SCA events, like multi-day wars and such. You had a reason to talk to people in process of doing soemthing else.

Amy, that night I knew you and I was with Nicole and K-Bug so jumping in was easy. You didn't see me asking questions or anything. I can be extroverted in spurts but I value my alone time. Shoot, that is part of the reason I love working at home.