“Be Yourself”
Mark is a major introvert - but get him away from too many people he doesn’t know and he’s like a completely different person. I love both sides (I love every bit of that boy) but sometimes I wish people could meet the comfortable-with-his-surroundings Mark right away because when they first meet him they’re not actually meeting all of him. And all of him is pretty cool.
Anyway, this one resonated with me. Carry on.
Literally as I was falling asleep last night, I was thinking about this. Particularly because I before I knew her, I thought this: “who is that strange person who talks in all of my classes?” And now I think: “I would love to finish that wonderfully strange sentence for you except people would look at me funny :(” And I don’t want other people to have the same misunderstanding I used to.
Actually, the timing gets even funnier, because after I finished a test early yesterday I went and got us both lunch. While I was waiting in line, two people were talking about a colleague of theirs who is fantastically intelligent, but is usually too uncomfortable to show it. That’s what got me on the topic originally. I suppose there’s one person thinking that, for every wonderful introvert out there who has managed to connect with a few close friends.
Also, including you, nearly all my female friends have partners who seem like awesome dudes I should hang out with. Well, okay, that makes for a grand total of three guys. But small sample size aside, I should do something about that! Right after I finish finding a job for the summer, an honours thesis supervisor, and reviewing for tomorrow’s midterm.