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For heaven's sake, be quiet
Where have I been, you ask?
Well ... truth is, I haven't "been" anywhere. Here's what happened: I got engrossed in a computer game for two nights. Then I reached a point in the game where I could not proceed. (Still can't, in fact. I'm waiting for someone to unearth and report a cheat code.) So that night, instead of playing the game, I began some of the redecorating around here.
I was not thrilled with the first attempt, nor the changes I made to the first attempt. Sometimes - as I've said before - you don't know whether something works until you've stared at it for a few weeks.
However, when I realized what I was planning with this new design, I also realized that I would have to reformat all thirty-five or so of the existing entries. This took longer than anticipated. Other things (like my day job) ensued.
So it's been five days. I'm sorry. I haven't read journals in the same length of time; I hope to catch up on those soon. Probably tonight while I'm doing my laundry - which, alas, is also five days overdue.
So what's been happening besides that? Well, I had a lovely dinner yesterday with journallers Patrick and TeKay. TeKay was visiting from North Carolina, and we agreed that the heat is not as bad as in the South, but in the South people are more likely to have air conditioning.
At dinner, I talked too much and Patrick talked too little :) Next time I'm going to gag myself and not say anything until he's gotten a chance to get in at least three sentences.
I live in fear of monopolizing a conversation because I was taught that was Rude. I worry that I'll be considered one of those people who's hugely egotistical because they like to talk about themselves all the time.
Well, I don't mean to do either. Ironically, if I'm talking nonstop, it's a compliment to the people I'm with; it means I'm relaxed enough around you that I can let the excitable vivacious part of my personality bubble out. I tend to clam up when I'm ill at ease - and since I don't get to know people readily, "ill at ease" is a very broad category.
And while I do talk about my own experiences a lot, it's not ego; it's just that I see the world by relating other people's experiences to mine. I don't have any other ruler. I try to avoid sounding like I'm practicing one-upmanship, but - since I view things from that peculiar angle, and also because I come from a long tradition of raconteurs (to use the graceful term) - I do tend to spin off into the "Y'know, that reminds me of the time when ..." mode an awful lot.
At any rate, it was a lovely dinner - and TeKay, despite my sudden goodbye (I'm not good with departures, so I just depart) I hope to one day see you again, somehow.
As for Patrick, he'll probably end up seeing me more often than he'd really care to, I'm sure :)
I have another entry in the catch-up queue, but I think I'd better go eat something first.
© Columbine
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