Arcadia

Alas, I have nothing off-topic to discuss. But here is Gandalf the White … Squirrel.

Now working on a batch of hovering tomatoes. They wait until the moment is right. Bwahahahahaahaaaaaa….

Okay, okay, you've convinced me to give it a try. If only to gaze at Chris Hemsworth….

Oh my. I feel all of you. What are we to do with our pathetic selves? Be proud of our ability to take care of ourselves, that's what! (There's got to be a silver lining here somewhere, right?)

Wow, that was quite a set up. I do get a kick out of Corden's little mini movies.

I imagine it's relevant only if you want it to be.

Do you suppose extroverts find it as hard to make friends as we do, but they're better at faking it? Or are they really better at making friends? Or is friendship a different thing for them? I have plenty of acquaintances that I'm "friendly" with, but I wouldn't really call most of them "friends." But I suspect a lot of people do use the term "friend" more liberally than I do.

We could make this "living actors only", and you'd have room for a few more. 😞

Now that's a good kitty, bringing home the bacon.....

Well, it's the same with the other friends … they don't have time for me any more. Although in most cases, they genuinely don't have the time, due to … AHEM … babysitting duties. Or travelling. Or both. At any rate, I notice I'm the only one doing the inviting … I can't remember the last time anyone invited me to do something. *sigh* Time to make new friends, but that was never my strong suit. I only have so many now because they included me, not the other way round. Left to my own devices, I only have one or two at a time. Which is okay, when they're close friends. But even my two closest friends are … unavailable. *sniff* Ah well … I have a cat.

Now I'm even more confused.

I don't know, but that's what it feels like. You break a sweat just walking out the door. Oh dear, then what's that stuff cascading outside my window right now? Okay … but I still don't get it. Right now it's 86 degrees, it's pouring rain … but the humidity is only 59%. Double WTF???

Yeah, but that still seems like it would be an awful lot of parties ..... Maybe I'm imagining that most kids have more friends than they actually do. I know it always seemed that way when I was in school; I'd have maybe one or two friends, but everyone else (it seemed) was friends with everybody … because they'd all grown up in the same neighborhood, and I was always the newcomer. But maybe I mistook familiarity for closeness.

Nope, it's them and them. But the grandchildren take up the bulk of their time, which I do understand (even if I don't exactly appreciate it!) It's when I discover they've had lunch or a movie together, and didn't include me, that I feel a little weird. Sometimes when I show up for our weekly "paint in", I get the feeling they were hoping I wouldn't. I couldn't, for awhile, and now that I'm back, I'm feeling less welcome than before. I show up anyway because the alternative is to have no social interaction at all, and I can't deal with that right now.