Post your random thoughts/feelings etc

[Srijita52]

Thank you.

In this case I wish there was something I could do... But I can't do more than I already do and I can't do much at all given the nature of the problem. It was about children killed by drone strikes, the imagery at the end was much more disturbing and upsetting than I was prepared for, despite the viewer discretion warning. In fact, one part of it I cannot get out of my mind, I keep seeing it over and over again...

That sounds awful. I'm sorry Starry.

 

[KiaKaha]

Sometimes SPW is a bit of a popularity contest. You can just feel it.
Although I am sure no one would admit it.

 

[awkwardamanda]

Apparently I have the hands of a corpse XD According to my mother, anyway. She said it "isn't human" for them to be so cold

They are pretty damn cold. And I was sitting in a heated room. They were even worse last night while I was sitting in bed on my laptop - my room isn't heated, and my hands get so cold I have to periodically wrap them in blankets until I have to click on something. Unless I wear my fingerless gloves, can't remember why I wasn't.

I'm always cold. I've noticed lately that my right hand tends to get super cold when I'm at the computer because it's stretched away from my body on the mouse all the time. I remember reading somewhere that people who are emotionally cold also tend to be physically cold.:thinking:

 

[NathanielWingatePeaslee]

Anxiety issues tend to activate a survival mechanism that pulls blood towards the vitals and away from the extremities, so cold hands and feet are not uncommon for us sort. :/

 

[Hellhound]

Sometimes SPW is a bit of a popularity contest. You can just feel it.
Although I am sure no one would admit it.

How so? :idontknow:

 

[Hellhound]

Hot weather, go away. I hate you.

 

[superfluouslyme]

Sometimes SPW is a bit of a popularity contest. You can just feel it.
Although I am sure no one would admit it.

I can definitely see some high school clique type things going on, but I don't know if I'd call it a popularity contest. How do you see it?

 

[ImNotMyIllness]

Sometimes SPW is a bit of a popularity contest. You can just feel it.
Although I am sure no one would admit it.

Really? I never saw it that way. I just see SPW as a great resource and a place to vent. Some people have been here longer or are very active. But, I don't think anyone here is trying to be popular. Well, I never felt that anyway.

 

[Opaline]

First day of training went just fine. Had a good time with my fellow trainees.

One of them was cute and we talked a bit. I noticed he kept glancing over at me while we were filling out paperwork and when we locked eyes a couple times he smiled. Heh. He told me where he goes to college and I know exactly where that is. Unfortunately he's going to be working at that store and I won't be, but maybe before the week is up we'll end up exchanging contact information

Edit: Actually... now that I think of it, it might be better that we don't work at the same store. Dating coworkers can get messy.

 

[awkwardamanda]

Anxiety issues tend to activate a survival mechanism that pulls blood towards the vitals and away from the extremities, so cold hands and feet are not uncommon for us sort. :/

Yeah, I've heard that before too. I've also heard that people who are always cold tend to be more tired. I guess your body just uses up so much energy trying to stay warm.

 

[superfluouslyme]

First day of training went just fine. Had a good time with my fellow trainees.

One of them was cute and we talked a bit. I noticed he kept glancing over at me while we were filling out paperwork and when we locked eyes a couple times he smiled. Heh. He told me where he goes to college and I know exactly where that is. Unfortunately he's going to be working at that store and I won't be, but maybe before the week is up we'll end up exchanging contact information

Edit: Actually... now that I think of it, it might be better that we don't work at the same store. Dating coworkers can get messy.

I'm glad training is going well. :thumbup:

 

[MikeyC]

First day of training went just fine. Had a good time with my fellow trainees.

One of them was cute and we talked a bit. I noticed he kept glancing over at me while we were filling out paperwork and when we locked eyes a couple times he smiled. Heh. He told me where he goes to college and I know exactly where that is. Unfortunately he's going to be working at that store and I won't be, but maybe before the week is up we'll end up exchanging contact information

Edit: Actually... now that I think of it, it might be better that we don't work at the same store. Dating coworkers can get messy.

Told you you were hot. erfect: Sounds like it's all going nicely for you.

 

[Roman Legion]

What's wrong?

I try to connect on any level with people in college, but I just feel so alienated. I feel peope really despise me or just do not care enough to return the same level that I put into putting myself out there. It is hard to explain, so I hope that makes sense as it is very hard to describe.

 

[coyote]

interesting article sent to me by a friend:

Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: 7 Reasons Why Connection With Self and Others Is So Important

 

[1BlackSheep]

^^ I love Huff Post! Lots of good articles on there.

 

[awkwardamanda]

How come some people barely do anything and everyone loves them and flocks to them, but other people have to work really hard (but make it look like they're not working hard at all) to get people to like/take an interest in them? I don't get it. It's not only in real life I've noticed this, it's even on the Internet! Damn humans and their tricky social nuances...

Whatevah.

I can't be bothered to try to get people to like me. Seems kinda desperate. If they like me, fine. If they don't, oh well.

 

[Opaline]

I can't be bothered to try to get people to like me. Seems kinda desperate. If they like me, fine. If they don't, oh well.

I suppose it could come off as desperate... But I'm not out to get everyone to like me. I have people who do like me, so that's good, haha. What I'm talking about is more like... when you start a new job, or join a new site, or group, or whatever. Most people would like to make friends there or at least have people to talk to, I would assume. But it seems you have to have "it" - whatever this elusive "it" is, I have yet to figure it out, maybe some sort of invisible magical magnetic quality... I do have friends - or friendish people - out there, but I still feel like I'm lacking "it". It isn't easy for me to make friends. It seems to take effort. I guess that's okay, but sometimes it leaves me feeling like I'm unlikeable... :idontknow:

 

[1BlackSheep]

How come some people barely do anything and everyone loves them and flocks to them, but other people have to work really hard (but make it look like they're not working hard at all) to get people to like/take an interest in them? I don't get it. It's not only in real life I've noticed this, it's even on the Internet! Damn humans and their tricky social nuances...

Whatevah.

I don't quite understand it either. I definitely don't have the "it" factor, whatever "it" is!

 

[MikeyC]

I suppose it could come off as desperate... But I'm not out to get everyone to like me. I have people who do like me, so that's good, haha. What I'm talking about is more like... when you start a new job, or join a new site, or group, or whatever. Most people would like to make friends there or at least have people to talk to, I would assume. But it seems you have to have "it" - whatever this elusive "it" is, I have yet to figure it out, maybe some sort of invisible magical magnetic quality... I do have friends - or friendish people - out there, but I still feel like I'm lacking "it". It isn't easy for me to make friends. It seems to take effort. I guess that's okay, but sometimes it leaves me feeling like I'm unlikeable... :idontknow:

Is this about your training that you're doing?

 

[MikeyC]

Partially. I mean it mostly went well but it wasn't perfect. It's about other situations in my life as well, including some online things. Just in general, I can't figure out what people want from me. Not that I want to cater to their every whim, but it's obvious people who have a lot of friends give other people something they want, whether it's humor, attention, whatever. I'm doing something wrong.

I wouldn't even think about this too much, lest you go crazy trying to figure it out. Just do what you're doing.