Well, I have the uber-mommy cousin who makes t-shirts and homeschools.We have, like, nothing to talk about. I would say we are both carbon based life forms, but she probably wouldn't accept that as common ground.

I never learned how to chat with people I don't really know. Small talk just seems so awkward, and I feel like the person I'm talking also feels like I'm wasting their time. But then people will refer to an incident of small talk that I found excruciatingly uncomfortable as a fulfilling conversation. I don't do this human thing very well.

Small talk just seems so awkward, and I feel like the person I'm talking also feels like I'm wasting their time. But then people will refer to an incident of small talk that I found excruciatingly uncomfortable as a fulfilling conversation. I don't do this human thing very well.

Beer helps.

Small talk just seems so awkward, and I feel like the person I'm talking also feels like I'm wasting their time. But then people will refer to an incident of small talk that I found excruciatingly uncomfortable as a fulfilling conversation. I don't do this human thing very well.

Beer helps.

TRUTH.

I'm pretry good at small talk . It's what comes after I suggest with.

In work news it was announced we will be open 5 pm - 1 am thanksgiving day then open 8 am on Black Fiday. WhI changed seems late to me so I expect it to change. Last year we were open from 5 pm thanksgiving straight though to 10 or 11 pm Friday. I guess they didn't make en I ugh money between 1 am and 8 am to justify being open.

There is so much injustice in this world - whole thing looks like it's headed for the nether regions in a modest hand-crafted container made from stiff plant fibers. I can't fix everything that's wrong. And to be honest, I don't know that I can fix anything. But I know it is more than I can do to fight on all fronts. Tell me it isn't wrong to pick one to focus on and let the others go. I feel like I'm drowning - I know others are in deeper, but I can barely swim, let alone pull anyone else out of the current.

You have to, Andi. Put on your oxygen mask before helping others. You add so much joy and caring to the world, that's important. Maybe more important than finding things to fix.

Tell me it isn't wrong to pick one to focus on and let the others go.

It's not wrong to pick one to focus on and let the others go. It's really not. If you try to do everything you'll end up unable to contribute to anything well, and you'll burn yourself out in the meantime.

So. Um. OK Cupid guy asked if we can consider ourselves "official," and I said yes. So we're official, whatever that means. (And I asked him not to mention it on facebook for now, because of my mother asking questions that I don't feel like dealing with. I'm figuring, if we're still seeing each other once we get to winter break, I'll tell her then. I should probably tell him that, so he doesn't think this is indefinitely facebook-secret.)

That sounds like a good thing, Hil. Yay!