Introverts, how is your day?

[Arcadia]

Let's see ... hey, I have some spray glue, spray varnish, spray paint and, erm, okay, I don't remember what's in that can but it's a spray and I'm sure it smells just as noxious as the rest. That should repel all boarders! And then I'll poke 'em in the eye with a paintbrush.

[Pseudonym]

How about the spray varnish and a lighter? Flame thrower! Unless you think the spray paint might be more flammable?

[Carol the Dabbler]

I still have a tyre lever under my bedside table.

 

Come to think of it, I believe I still have a small crowbar in my nightstand, but don't offhand recall what situation might have inspired me to put it there. Alex has a baseball bat under his side of the bed, which would be far more effective, especially considering that he has about ten times more muscle than I do. (Come to think of it, maybe I put that crowbar in my nightstand when he was off in one of his business trips.)

[Arcadia]

Good grief, what are you people preparing for, the zombie invasion?

[SherlockedCAMPer]

My room is almost protection in itself it's such a disaster. I really have nothing in my room to protect me. However, I do have screwdrivers and a claw hammer in our dining room.

[Arcadia]

Doesn't everyone? :D

[SherlockedCAMPer]

And I can't forget the various wrenches in the same spot.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I just did the what type of introvert quiz and got artist which is very accurate.

[Pseudonym]

Good grief, what are you people preparing for, the zombie invasion?

 

Mmmaybe...

[Arcadia]

*Surreptitiously moves paint can next to bed .... *

[Pseudonym]

Don't forget the lighter. Zombies don't really care about getting paint sprayed in their eyes, but they do care about being set on fire, so you can't forget the lighter. 

[Van Buren Supernova]

Nice...! Nobody should ever messes with us.

I like the flame thrower idea best.

 

As of now, I also have a baseball bat on my side table, brass-knuckle, and various strategically placed insect spray, have multiple sport knives and I've been wanting to steal my dad's samurai sword he got from his friend.

 

As for weapon to fight zombies.. I have assembled something but... I am not going to tell....!!

Don't let her fool you guys, just the other day she admits that she is a zombie and now she is asking questions about our zombie mitigation council. Come on....!

Can't you seeee...?

 

 

@SD's article, I just had mini introvert hangover today, and tried to chase my colleagues out of office (why don't you guys go for meeting, have long lunch, or stand under the sun?) They were not particularly noisy actually, just.. around. Too around. XD

[Pseudonym]

Don't let her fool you guys, just the other day she admits that she is a zombie and now she is asking questions about our zombie mitigation council. Come on....!

Can't you seeee...?

 

OMG, you're right! I've been a fool! Now she'll get some sort of flame retardant suit.  :o

[Arcadia]

Nice...! Nobody should ever messes with us.

I like the flame thrower idea best.

 

As of now, I also have a baseball bat on my side table, brass-knuckle, and various strategically placed insect spray, have multiple sport knives and I've been wanting to steal my dad's samurai sword he got from his friend.

 

As for weapon to fight zombies.. I have assembled something but... I am not going to tell....!!

Don't let her fool you guys, just the other day she admits that she is a zombie and now she is asking questions about our zombie mitigation council. Come on....!

Can't you seeee...?

SHHHHHH!!!!

 

 

Don't let her fool you guys, just the other day she admits that she is a zombie and now she is asking questions about our zombie mitigation council. Come on....!

Can't you seeee...?

 

OMG, you're right! I've been a fool! Now she'll get some sort of flame retardant suit.  :o

 

Too late. I've already bought it, bwahahahaha......

[Pseudonym]

Well, my day began with a nosebleed in the shower, then I got into work and found out the power had tripped out even though it looked like the switches were all on and annoyingly had to do the damsel in distress bit for help. Will the day get better, or worse? Only time will tell... 

 

 

[Arcadia]

Oof.

[Van Buren Supernova]

My day starts with a blink on my phone.

What a coincidence, two second-tier friends sent me very scary message: "How are you? Long time no hear."

 

Gahh. My strategy is always to wait for a couple of hours before replying, hoping that they would be too busy by then to reply me back. (No such luck for the first one, but second one I managed to time it properly on his bed time across the world)

 

Group chat is easier to manage. For example I have 3 person group, one of it is chatty. I would then pretend to be dead when I'm not interested in chatting after I strategically shift the conversation to the other friend. That other one who understands me very well, introvert as well but has more endurance in socializing, would then msg me in private

 

Dang it! You are doing it again, play dead, are you?!

 

Bahhahahha....You are on you own.

P.S Not sorry

 

(Watching constant and furious phone blinking and more flood of msg between the two)

 

P.P.S. Still not sorry.

[Pseudonym]

Are yes the "How are you?" followed by the horrifying message "We'll have to meet up some time!" 

 

Playing dead is definitely a good strategy. :D

 

[Arcadia]

I disabled the chat function on my Facebook page. :p

[T.o.b.y]

I don't have a facebook page (much to the disapproval of the American half of my family). And I am very happy that at this time in my life, I am not in regular contact with anyone I had rather not be (outside of work, at least). I would indeed love to meet up oftener with the few people I call friends, but they live far away and are very busy. Most of them are as introverted as myself - or more so. Some I don't hear from oftener than once every few months, but that's fine. My parents have similar relationships - for a long time, as a kid, I wasn't aware they had any friends at all! :lol:

 

But at least our friendships tend to last. And in an emergency, our friends are there for us and we are there for them. We have family for everyday socializing. I really can't complain.

[hann156]

 

But at least our friendships tend to last. And in an emergency, our friends are there for us and we are there for them. We have family for everyday socializing. I really can't complain.

 

Yup, I have never understood why some people have like 100+ superficial friendships and the only thing they do with them is to ask "How are you" and party occasionally. In my school there are so many people like that. I have always preferred fewer, but real friendships. I have to trust the people I hang with completely to be myself.

And also, I don't like the question "how are you", because usually people just want to chat about themselves and don't really like to know how are you doing.

 

[Amber§]

I agree with you. Everybody is your friend when it's easy or when they want something from you, then, when you are in trouble, you don't know why but everybody goes away and leaves you in the mud.

 

Lately I've preferred staying home than going out with people, because I find so sad that, while you become close to someone, this person treats you as everybody else: with fake smile.

[Van Buren Supernova]

No, not facebook, haven't logged in for years (what, they have chat feature now?)

It's Whataps, an apps I use for free msg-ing and calls, very practical since people I care about are all living far far away from me.

Anyway, not classic "We'll have to meet up some time!", but A wedding invitation! *coil in horror*

 

However, the good thing is, I have been a jerk for sometimes, so people who are kind enough to stay friend with me already know what I am. (Bless them!) I don't really need to look for crappy excuse, in fact, they already predict my Of course I'm not going, there will be people. Yes, I use that all the time. So it's settled. I didn't promise her, but I will try to make effort to celebrate for her with just few friends, euh.. sometimes in the future. Because apparently, my other friend tries to use the same excuse, and even put the blame on me that because I don't go, he won't go as well. But his excuse is not accepted (not everyone can pull it off :P) now he tries to guilt me into going. Good luck.

 

To be fair, those friends actually care and be there for me when I need them. They have proven it many times in the past. It's just that I don't feel that close and it's very rare that I'm in the mood for chatting, and god, they chat.

[T.o.b.y]

And also, I don't like the question "how are you", because usually people just want to chat about themselves and don't really like to know how are you doing.

 

One of my criteria for a real friend is that if they ask "how are you", you can answer truthfully.

[Pseudonym]

Oh the utter physical and mental exhaustion of a Monday morning.  :(