Required Reading
by Chris on Jul.30, 2004, under General Thoughts
I’ve known for a long time that, while I’m not a total hermit, I both need less human contact than other people, and tire of it sooner. The fact of the matter is, I find forcing myself to conform to others’ expectations of me is exhausting, both physically and mentally, and it leads to some of the more antisocial behaviour that I’ve engaged in in the past.
I’m thinking, though, that this book ought to be required reading for anyone that wants to understand me a bit better, and also for anyone that has a friend that they find to be a bit distant at times, for reasons they don’t really understand.
Party of One has put to words many of the things I see in myself. Although it’s not a word-for-word expression of who I am and how I feel about things, it is more accurate than not. I am a loner, to a large extent. And although the people in my life enrich it and make it a better place, there are frequent times that I can’t handle any of them, and I just need to be away from it all.
It’s a good book, and I hope that someone gets something valuable from reading it.
July 31st, 2004 on 10:35 am
Does it have big print and lots of pictures?
July 31st, 2004 on 6:27 pm
Ah… it’s so good to be back on line! I didn’t realize how much I’d miss it, how much it would drive me crazy not to be able to just check my email and my blog roll…
As for being a hermit… I used to be like that, too, then I went to work at the Pickton Farm and suddenly became a lot more social and wanting to hang out with people. could have used that hermit-ness right now, though, as the people here all suck and don’t care to include me in anything and all my friends are back in Alberta or Vancouver. Yeah!
August 2nd, 2004 on 3:13 pm
If you remember that CD I was looking for for so long, one of the songs on it that is right up my list of songs is the title song, words of ernest. Listen to it, you will probably really understand the song and know exactly how close you and me are in this arena.
September 15th, 2004 on 11:25 pm
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