the aforementioned really interesting person on twitter is, truly, very interesting, but has a tendency to, when she starts talking about something, go on. and on. not just about the one topic, but then onto a tangential thought, and another tangential thought… and i clocked her, to see if i was imagining [...]
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i met up with a friend this past thursday at a local bar. i like hanging out with this person because i find her easy to talk to: she’s extremely intelligent, aware, curious but not in an overbearing way, open-minded, and speaks in complete sentences, means what she says. if you’re someone [...]
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i am at home… well, at my current sublet. it is friday, 11:23pm. the current sublet is a big artist warehouse in oakland, and right now there is a raging party going on within the lower level, ton of people, good music, live bands playing, even a lot of good-looking queer women. [...]
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monday at work, and i was out front having a smoke. i’m good at what i do, but the social stuff i’m not so good at. last year, i used to go out after work with this group of peeps, in my department and others on my floor, mostly in their 20s, good [...]
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My hypothesis is that people on the Autistic spectrum are often considered emotionally cold as they suppress their reactions and emotions when in the presence of other people, due to social anxiety; this leading to them appearing emotionless. I find that I do this often; I enter into a state of detachment when in company [...]
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i have somebody else at my job to train. she started on monday. several times she’s bounced over happily to my cube, interrupting me, standing there looking for a reaction, and i’ve just stared at her.
for instance, just a few minutes ago i was deeply involved in coding my site, phpmyadmin issues, and [...]
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earlier last week, i walked by the cube of the nearest person, and there she and one of my department members are sitting, faces close together, whispering. it was a moment filled with such estrogen, and i paused, captured by it. cube person looks up and says, “we’re having a sex in the [...]
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the deputy director of my nonprofit called to me as i was passing his office yesterday morning, motioning me to come in. i probably looked confused, came in, head bowed, looked at him and probably uttered some noncommunicative monosyllable. he looked at me, distracted half-smile, and said, “you are absolutely effusive via email, [...]
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Posted in autism et al, socializing on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
i was invited by someone at work to go with her and other coworkers for a run with the hash house harriers. if you’re not familiar with the hash house harriers, basically, it’s a big group of people that get together, run randomly, trying to find out where the trail is, sometimes running in [...]
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What Is Trust?
Trust is:
* Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of you.
* Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them [...]
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