Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2007, at 16:14:39
In reply to Re: Sorry for not being around. » Dinah, posted by Tamar on January 20, 2007, at 16:00:26
> I can't draw at all, and my mother is an artist... I find it very frustrating when I have an image in my head and I can't make it happen on paper. But it turns out I'm reasonably good at photography. Would using a camera work for you?
I was actually considering that. Or going to the craft store for sticker books. Some stuff has to be drawn, I think, but other parts could be done otherwise.
> > I guess new breakthroughs are hard to explain. :(
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> > Once I finish, if I ever finish, maybe I could email it to someone who understand parts and pieces? And see if they understand? Or I'm just jibberishing.
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> I don't know whether I can claim to understand parts and pieces but I'd certainly be happy to look at it!That'd be great! Sometimes my therapist has enormous difficulty understanding me, and it always makes me feel like I can't articulate well. But other times I know I do articulate well, and in fact have a knack for it at times. And I figure the reason for our miscommunications must just be differences in the ways we think.
> > Of course, I really don't have time to do this and maybe it's just another elaborate nonworking ploy rather than an important idea.
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> > And now off to a shower. I am trying to figure out what etiquetorial board to submit my proposal that showers should always include both sexes. My real reason of course is that three or so hours of solo socializing is something that I'd most heartily like to avoid, such as for example by writing a long and probably hard to understand post.
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> I had to read that last paragrpah three times before I realised you weren't talking about bathing! But yes, showers (of both kinds) could frequently be improved by including both sexes.rofl. Yes, I just re-read it and can see where it could look like I was talking about bathing showering. Now I can't stop laughing about three hours of solo socializing.
The shower went ok. I was neither over nor under dressed. I've tried to work out techniques for when I have to go somewhere where I may only know the hostess. Following my inclination and seating myself in a quiet place makes me a social burden and the hostess feels compelled to do something. I can't bring myself to join groups. But if I sit near enough to a group of people who are talking animatedly, and put on an interested expression, it can appear from a distance that I am on the fringes of that group and am enjoying myself, while directing my gaze neutrally enough that the group doesn't consider that I'm trying to become part of it.
Can you tell I have a touch of social anxiety?
My usual choice of finding someone who looks even more uncomfortable than I feel and striking up a conversation doesn't work at places like showers where there tend to be clumps of people who know each other.
But really in this day and age, shouldn't men be just as interested in what kitchen appliances they receive as the woman is?
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