my abode

it is pretty amazing what alone time can do for me.
if i can get a solid 45 minutes per day all by myself,
not looking at anyone, talking to anyone, listening to anyone (or anything, really).
i'm a much happier person.

sometimes i just need to let my energy bar fill back up, you know?

the white house has been really good for that.
our room is L-shaped, so I have a secret nook all to myself.

here i sit on that yellow bed,
writing my zombie script
(well, blogging while i'm supposed to be writing my zombie script),
tucked away where no one can see me and i can see no one.

I only live here for 2 more weeks.
white house, you have been good for my introverted-ness.

quote

❝ I’m the type who’d be happy not going anywhere as long

as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the

places I wasn’t going to. I’m the type who’d like to sit

home and watch every party that I’m invited to on a

monitor in my bedroom. ❞

-andy warhol

introverts unite.

jim.

"you're looking at the master of leaving parties early. the key is you want to make a strong impression, so you need to have a picture taken. you want to say some peculiar non-sequitur that people remember. you want to note something unique, a talking point, for later. i don't mean to brag but... new year's eve? i was home by nine."

jim's an introvert. i knew it.

pic here.

confessions of an introvert

here is a post in contrast to this one: confessions of an extrovert.

an introvert doesn't mind going to work early in the morning or late at night, because that means the front desk people aren't there to greet her.

an introvert likes to sit in an edge seat/against a wall in a classroom, a theatre, etc. so fewer people can sit by her.

an introvert doesn't mind coming home to an empty apartment. there is a strange sense of relief, actually.

an introvert looks forward to going to her classes of 150+ people because she can just chill there without being called on.

an introvert is content to just listen. if she's just sitting there being quiet, she isn't sad or feeling left out. really.

an introvert has probably wondered why she is relieved when she has nothing to do and nowhere to be.

introverts like to have fun. but they need alone time to charge their batteries. introverts are cool. sometimes society makes us feel like being an introvert is the "wrong" way to be. but guess what, it isn't. extroverts like to experience a lot, and introverts like to know a lot about what they experience*. can you imagine a world of only extroverts? madness. extroverts are cool too, but thank goodness we have a mix.

*i think i got that from the introvert advantage.