Comments | darkin142: Yes, I'm still alive

darkin142

Yes, I'm still alive

Jul 24, 2006 13:43

I've been something of recluse the last few weeks, many apologies to anyone who actually noticed or cared. This is the first time in a long time that I've had a big chunk of the day every day for myself, and suprisingly I'm really enjoying it. Sundays are my day off now, so yesterday I actually made it through an entire day without speaking a ( Read more... )

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mark_twain July 24 2006, 21:23:12 UTC

"You hate people."
"But I love gatherings. How ironic!"

sebethis July 25 2006, 01:26:14 UTC

I'm glad to hear you are alive and kicking... though I figure if something had happened someone would have mentioned it to me at some point.

When do you go to that family wedding again?

darkin142 July 25 2006, 22:11:29 UTC

august 4th, I'll be gone for a week. I'm so dreading it, I really don't like weddings, and I'm not going to have you or Rob or Rob's friends there to protect me from the relatives. Mom bitched me out so much for not dancing enough at Greg's wedding, arg! It makes me so squeamish and I have no excuse this time because it's family. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll sprain my ankle or something before I get on the plane, something that will only last as long as the wedding so I can still compete (ironically?) in the Dance Dance Revolution tournament at Gen Con the following week, assuming I have enough money to go still. I can obey the commands of arrows on a tv screen, but put a person in front of me and I panic. Am I a hopeless loser? Yeah. Though I don't actually believe DDR involves dancing...

sebethis July 25 2006, 22:20:53 UTC

Damn! I'm flying into Chicago on the 4th. I was afraid of that.

As for the wedding stuff, I understand what you mean. The problem is when there is pressure to perform or act in a certain way. It makes it that much more difficult to just let go and do it. You can always fake a sprain and then get out of it without endangering Gen Con DDR competition.

By the way, you aren't a hopeless loser by any stretch of the imagination.

And say hello to your parents for me.

djgrooveplow August 7 2006, 16:18:25 UTC

You aren't a hopeless loser! There's always hope.

j/k I guess most people deal with this kind of thing through drinking, which probably isn't very healthy, so kudos to you for not resorting to mind bending chemicals to remedy lifes problems.

You could get a drink and pretend to be embarrasingly drunk, then maybe your parents wouldn't mind if you didn't dance, because they'd rather you not embarass yourself too publicly. ?