Done yesterday (20110721 Th)

[mdlbear]

0721 Th
  * up 7:30; W=197.6; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, light, laundry
  * Thankful Thursday
  & no walk.  
  : One can only conclude that $CLUELESS_IT_PERSON doesn't read her email --
    she was over in our building this afternoon and greeted me in a friendly
    manner as if nothing had happened.  As if she'd never forwarded my
    password to half a dozen people, and I'd never written a politely
    insulting reply to it.  New dimensions of cluelessness?
  @ Musicians Are Probably Smarter Than The Rest Of Us (solarbird) 
    Music keeps your brain young and active.  Let's hope!
  @ Mass Extinction Easier to Trigger Than Thought - Wired.com (osewalrus)
  % Starting to wonder whether I _do_ have social anxiety after all.  It's
    true that I don't get much of an anxiety reaction, but that may just be
    because I've perfected ways of not getting into what I think may be
    anxiety-provoking situations in the first place.
  @ Awesome (virtual) party at haikujaguar's place
  * bath ~11am; bed 11:45ish

Didn't do much yesterday, beyond a few conversations and some late-afternoon coding. Oh, and helping someone in marketing with their email migration, which as you'll remember is three clicks in your browser to generate the .tgz file, and another three plus a file select to import it into the other server.

Apparently $CLUELESS_IT_PERSON doesn't read her email -- she was over in our building this afternoon and greeted me in a friendly manner as if nothing had happened. As if she'd never forwarded my password to half a dozen people, and I'd never written a politely insulting reply to it. New dimensions of cluelessness?

I also avoid conflict -- I didn't mention the incident. I'll keep it to email; it's easier to and edit. Or maybe it's just that she reminds me of my older daughter.

...And some additional thoughts about social anxiety, and specifically wondering whether a group would be useful. I'm still waffling about whether I actually have social anxiety -- I don't really feel all that anxious in most social situations these days, but that may be mainly because I'm so good at avoiding or deflecting actual interaction. Something else to worry think about.

Good news! All of Tempered Glass will be at Worldcon! Starting sometime mid-afternoon on Wednesday, hopefully.

Some links, including an awesome (virtual) party at haikujaguar's place, which may actually still be going on. That's the nice thing about virtual parties.

Comments

So I read this article

[capplor.livejournal.com]

on "selective mutism" which is the new fancy term for kids who clam up in certain circumstances. Although it is generally believed to be caused by social anxiety, kids doing it are LESS anxious for having done something about their fears. Sometimes they don't seem anxious at all; they're just either talking or mute.

I suggest you the social anxiety group. You will be able to tell after the fact if you have that problem by whether the group helps.

Re: So I read this article

[idea-fairy.livejournal.com]

You will be able to tell after the fact if you have that problem ...

Is this a boolean thing that you either have or you don't, like pregnancy? Or can you have just a little bit of it?

This society seems to be biased toward thinking of things in boolean terms.

Re: So I read this article

[mdlbear]

Interesting. Yeah, it does seem to be an anxiety-avoidance mechanism.

[idea-fairy.livejournal.com]

As if she'd never forwarded my password to half a dozen people ...

Now your reaction to the incident makes sense. I'd had the impression from previous postings that it had never gone beyond her merely asking for the passwords.

That sound the IT people are hearing may be can openers starting in on a load of large cans of worms.

[mdlbear]

Thought I'd mentioned that. Yeah, I raised a question in an email, and she answered the question, copied the other two people it applied to plus the IT department list, and left a copy of my original email on the end, without noticing that I'd also responded to her request for my mail-server password.