The Ink-Pot and the Palette

wow - that's a great scene. and this post is beautifully written!

there's nothing wrong with being an edge-dweller, with not connecting in the same way 'everyone' does. often people can't grok that there is a minority who doesn't conform in that respect, and that feeling of being an outsider, a minority, means one figures out how to navigate that world while not really fitting in, by camouflaging some aspects of self. but you are pretty terrific as is; it's great that you didn't end up cured of being you.

I think I mimic 'normal' and 'nice' pretty well, but admit generally my attachments are shallow and I don't always react the way others do. I'm mostly fine being alone, and happiest spending people time when *I* want to be social. I'm only semi-joking when I claim my motto is "I hate people"