Brand New Website

Good new to everyone.  I have updated my website and I've created a system to keep things up to date.  Click here - www.mypalal.com

 

Let me know what you think.  I'd love to see your comments.

 

Alan

Halloween Parties

What do introverts love more than anything?  That's right…It's parties.

God, do I hate parties!!!  I like hanging out with friends, but the whole social gathering is not something I look forward to nor do I enjoy staying a long time.

Don't get me wrong.  I love my friends. I'm just a little intimidated.

I was recently at my theatre's Halloween Party (www.nationalcomedy.com) and I decided that this year I'm not going to wimp out and come without a costume.  My wife and I went to Disneyland and we bought at $20 worth of clothes, which came to a cheesy hat and Mickey gloves.

The key to my success at parties is my wife.  My wife is much more outgoing than I am.  I can socialize vicariously through her.  Plus I love hearing, "Thanks for coming to my party, your wife is so much fun to have."

I was having a pretty good time, and then I ran into some of my poker buds and we talked poker for about an hour.  That's when everyone started making fun of me.  Apparently, if I'm really into a certain subject I can lock in on that and neglect everyone else.  Oh well.  I'm just a little shy and I like being in comfortable situations.

Is that so wrong?

A bizarre situation

I was at the Macromedia Conference MAX in Anaheim CA this week.  Talk about a nightmare.

I like just going to workshop and learning new things.  But then there's lunch. Each day I got a nice meal, but I had to sit at tables in the main exhibit hall.  You had to be seated in order to each and due to limited space there's not that many empty tables.

On the second day I was wondering the table and I found a table with a bunch of Asians.  OK, maybe I'll get along.  I ask if the seat was taken.  The person I was talking to looked blankly into my eyes.  So, I sit down and find out that every at the table is a Japanese National and they don't speak English.

I take that back, there was one white guy, but then he was with that group and spoke fluent Japanese.  You would think this is an idea situation, but I felt like such an intruder on this group.  Especially when the female member showed up and there was no seat for her.

I ate quickly and left.

My First Introvert Blog

Welcome to my first post. The reason I created this was to document my life as an introvert. I've always been told that it's better to be an extrovert than an introvert. You know what? I like being an introvert. Sure I may find being in a mingling situation rather frightening, but there's fun in being a wallflower and just observing people.

Well, enjoy.