Comfortable socializing

Now (we're talking a scale of months, I think), I'm much more interested in spending time with people I already know and like than in getting to know new people. Odd, considering how well being introduced to adrian_turtle half a year ago worked: but friends and loved ones are restorative, and take less energy than getting to know people in clusters. That may be part of it: when I met Adrian, there were all of five of us there, and both Adrian and I already knew the other three.

Thus, I called L to arrange to hang out on Friday, and I'm not even a little tempted to go to a barbecue today, and wasn't even before yesterday's unplanned errandry made my need for a day off more intense.

I'm still thinking about the extent to which I have the desire and energy to get in touch with people I haven't seen in several years, but was on friendly terms with before geography got in the way (before half the world was online). Seeing alanro again after five years proved that time isn't always an impediment--but we'd at least been talking on the phone now and again. It feels as though the people I've really been out of touch with will take more energy, and more explanations. I googled Lisa Coulter, and found only job/academic information, nothing whatever personal. Her right, of course, but it leaves me less to connect to, or base a decision on.

There's no urgency here, fortunately.

Comfortable socializing

Now (we're talking a scale of months, I think), I'm much more interested in spending time with people I already know and like than in getting to know new people. Odd, considering how well being introduced to adrian_turtle half a year ago worked: but friends and loved ones are restorative, and take less energy than getting to know people in clusters. That may be part of it: when I met Adrian, there were all of five of us there, and both Adrian and I already knew the other three.

Thus, I called L to arrange to hang out on Friday, and I'm not even a little tempted to go to a barbecue today, and wasn't even before yesterday's unplanned errandry made my need for a day off more intense.

I'm still thinking about the extent to which I have the desire and energy to get in touch with people I haven't seen in several years, but was on friendly terms with before geography got in the way (before half the world was online). Seeing alanro again after five years proved that time isn't always an impediment--but we'd at least been talking on the phone now and again. It feels as though the people I've really been out of touch with will take more energy, and more explanations. I googled Lisa Coulter, and found only job/academic information, nothing whatever personal. Her right, of course, but it leaves me less to connect to, or base a decision on.

There's no urgency here, fortunately.

Sometimes it's easy chat

Another angle to the last post: I walked in the park with cattitude this morning (he was on his way to work), then back home. When I crossed the street to my building, I saw a fine cat, black with a few white spots, sitting on the windowsill, and went over to say hi. It turned out this was not the shop cat, but another cat who looks similar. He sniffed me, I stroked him a bit, and I had a nice conversation with the woman in the kitchen. The cat's name is Robin, the woman is Jill, and we chatted about cats and the neighborhood, the park and the school system. She asked me if I was German, and I said "Well, German Jewish, does it show?" Apparently I'd said "Ja" (which was probably my pronunciation of "yea") several times, and she notices such things; in particular, her husband is German, so she's alert to that. Nice human, nice cat, a fine few minutes of conversation.

Sometimes it's easy chat

Another angle to the last post: I walked in the park with cattitude this morning (he was on his way to work), then back home. When I crossed the street to my building, I saw a fine cat, black with a few white spots, sitting on the windowsill, and went over to say hi. It turned out this was not the shop cat, but another cat who looks similar. He sniffed me, I stroked him a bit, and I had a nice conversation with the woman in the kitchen. The cat's name is Robin, the woman is Jill, and we chatted about cats and the neighborhood, the park and the school system. She asked me if I was German, and I said "Well, German Jewish, does it show?" Apparently I'd said "Ja" (which was probably my pronunciation of "yea") several times, and she notices such things; in particular, her husband is German, so she's alert to that. Nice human, nice cat, a fine few minutes of conversation.

More silliness: purple

If, for some odd reason, you want to give me a purple gift, I've been playing around with a wishlist.

More silliness: purple

If, for some odd reason, you want to give me a purple gift, I've been playing around with a wishlist.