Introvert-Alert

I am a total introvert.  No seriously.  And to some people, it doesn't make sense because I love to talk.  I mean I have a blog.  Clearly I like to be the center of attention sometimes.  I was always confused too.  How could one person both love to spend time in groups AND be introverted at the same time?  But then I realized, it isn't necessarily whether you are loud or not that makes you introverted, it is where you get your energy from.  So no.  The fact that I am an introvert doesn't mean that I spend all day cooped up in my house wearing dark hoodies and sweatpants, playing video games and reading Fantasy novels in the dark corners of my basement, secretly plotting my take over of the world.  Clearly my previous view of introverts was a little extreme and completely unrealistic.  I mean, ok, sometimes I do put on my grungy sweats and play video games or read a book or listen to music in my basement... But its not the same.  The good thing is, I was wrong about what being an introvert means!  I can be an introvert and love to spend time with other people.  I just get my energy from spending time alone.  I guess after a while of being around a lot of people, I get worn out   A friend of mine asked me recently (by recently, I mean literally within a few hours ago.  Congrats Hunter, if you read this, you made it in my blog! Woo!  And inspired the whole topic of it!) Anyway, he asked me what I do during all my alone time.  Well, I read and play music and watch movies and exercise and listen to music and write blogs... Honestly though, half the time I am not even really sure what I am doing.  It is like a time warp.  It's just a jump to the left.  And then a step to the right. (Sorry.  Quick Rocky Horror musical interlude right there.)  It is like a time warp.  One minute I am sitting down to play the Sims and the next second, I look to the clock to find it has been hours.  Or I think, maybe I will just read a book.  And then hours later I realize I have been sitting in the dark reading because the sun went down and I didn't even notice.  Maybe I'm just really spacey...  Who knows. In reality, I don't think it really even matters what I do, as long as I have time to relax and de-stress from having so many people around to entertain.  I think it would probably be good for anyone to do every once and a while actually.  So grab your ipod and a good book and cuddle up in a blanket on the couch sometime.  It is worth it.  Just don't end up like a hermit, contained to your bedroom, whose only social life consists of asking virtual elves for help on journeys in a fictional, mystic world, still living in your parent's house at the age of 45, working part-time at the nearest Game Stop.