| Introversion | 11:20 PM |
A friend passed along this article about "Caring for your Introvert". It wasn't an especially great article, but it certainly did hit home at some points. I am one of those people "who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate." I can't help it -- any of my friends will attest to my sometimes flakey nature -- I get really excited at the thought of going to a party or an event or a show in the planning stages and make all sorts of commitments, but when the time approaches to actually go to one of these things, it really takes everything I have to muster up the energy to go. I usually have a good time if I make it, but I find myself more frequently than I'd like cancelling at the last minute.
I don't think I'm anti-social -- I have definite social needs and can hold my own in social situations, but I am very much a person that enjoys my own company and the reflective quiet of my own mind over that of a crowded room of people -- too many people I care about and I'm overwhelmed and too few people I care about and I don't want to be bothered. I love people -- I care deeply, but I'm much more sane when I get to retreat into the deep solitude of my own little head more often than most other people do.
| First Day at Google | 11:20 AM |
- Toilet seat warmers that made me giggle non-stop the first time I sat on them.
- All you can eat trail mix -- most new employees gain an average of 15 pounds after they start working at Google.
- Coffee, espresso, milk -- and engineers who explain how to make the perfect cup every time.
- A workstation named "bo-kitty" that I log into as "kat".
- Working next to my best friend -- and keeping him honest :)
