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28188. thoughtful - 9/5/2014 1:42:39 PM I'm so terribly sorry to hear about Irving. He was a special guy...I have the throw he gave me from Indonesia and think of him every time I see it...having met him at the party at TMac's house oh so many years ago.
RIP, dear Irving. May your soul move on to even better and brighter things. 28189. iiibbb - 9/5/2014 3:27:31 PM I'm shy to a point. I was teased a lot in High School. I developed a very acerbic wit, which was tempered slightly when I joined a club populated by misfits in college.
I've accepted that I'm not like most people--- my closest friends say I am a hard read and that the people that don't know me well have me pegged all wrong. I'm very introverted except with people I know very well.
I'm still shy but I don't take shit. 28190. judithathome - 9/5/2014 4:12:07 PM Well, you seem to be able to vent from time to time to us and usually people don't feel comfortable doing that sort of thing to complete strangers. I think you're very much a part of the group here and though we might get "testy" from time to time, I'd miss you if you went away.
I fell as though I know you pretty well...as well as any person can know another when we're basically just words on paper. 28191. judithathome - 9/5/2014 4:13:09 PM Well...not on "paper", actually...ha! 28192. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 4:49:04 PM Interesting exchange. I don't really know what I am anymore. I hated high school. I did not fit in and thought people were cliquish and unfriendly. It wasn't until years later that I realized a lot of it came from me. A lot of people I disliked or didn't think about in high school I know now to be really good people. I'm not shy but I'm not very social. And I absolutely cringe at certain social expectations in which I see absolutely no point. I also have a low tolerance for people who are easily offended or purposely offensive. Mose tells me I have no filter. Some of that comes from teaching for 34 years, some of that has always been my personality, and some of it frankly has been a result of my interactions here.
I feel like the Fray helped me more than anything in my rural education activism, statewide organizing, and working with various school boards, superintendents, and legislators in association with that activism. But I don't have a lot of patience, so when people start taking things in a direction I don't like I pick up my marbles and go home rather than work within the group. I got off the bus when the state rural ed advocacy group I cofounded decided to convert Mission Possible into an acronym. I didn't even say how stupid it was. I thought it should be obvious. Since it wasn't, I just quit without any explanation. But I'm very loyal to people and places. 28193. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 4:52:10 PM The Fray was also indispensable in this nfluencing how I approached and presented my own research and worked with other researchers. 28194. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 4:52:49 PM influencing 28195. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 4:54:50 PM one of these days I need to make myself a timeline. I can't remember what falls when in IRL and here. And I can't remember how the two worlds correlate. 28196. iiibbb - 9/5/2014 5:11:26 PM Judith--
You guys are safe and tolerant. This is a low volume website. I've done forays into Democratic Underground for instance. I apparently do not play well with others (not that being pasted as a troll on a site full of trolls is a blemish in my opinion).
Basically I like you people. I'm still anonymous... I almost met Arky once when I spent the night or two in Little Rock for a conference, but didn't follow through on the invitation.... that was a stressful time. 28197. iiibbb - 9/5/2014 5:33:48 PM Arky. I'm not anything in that I don't identify with groups of people.
I'm very self aware/self analyzing. I'm ADHD according to the specifications. I've decided I probably have a mild anxiety disorder - not sure what a therapist could really do for me. So I have hard time with people I don't know without some sort of context. If I get going, I'm very open because I'm not embarrassed about who I am... all that peer ridicule made me pretty immune to criticism and has given me a long fuse... until it's time to vent. I'm not crippled by any of this, I just keep to myself while being keenly aware of events, but not feelings, circling the air around me. If I'm actually aware of someone's feelings/boundaries, I'm actually very sensitive to them - unless I'm angry (which isn't much). I'm the last person to exclude someone from a group unless they're an asshole.
In spite of this, at work I am a great team player and very supportive of the people I work with.
I love children. I have a deep well of patience when it comes to children and noise (from happy to sad to mad).
I'm not in a political party--- although Republicans and Libertarians are certifiably loony right now.
I'm agnostic, identify Christian, can't relate to churches, but I'm not an atheist either (mostly because vocal atheists irritate me as much as any religious person).
I don't like crowds, but I don't have a phobia about it. I don't go to the fair. I don't go to concerts.
I'm pro-rights but for some reason I find activism to be a turn-off (usually because the lead activists are right for the wrong reasons in my mind - and that usually makes me a quiet ally). 28198. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 6:36:28 PM It sounds like we have a lot in common. I don't mind crowds, though. I hate groups, meetings, conferences. Unless I'm in charge. I don't like feeling I'm being held captive. 28199. iiibbb - 9/5/2014 7:34:38 PM I don't need to be in charge, but I usually try to stick with good leaders.
I'm flexible. 28200. arkymalarky - 9/5/2014 8:26:20 PM It's the physical feeling of being trapped. I have to sit on the aisle in the back. I don't feel that way in crowds because I can move around, cough, scratch, etc. 28201. Ms. No - 9/7/2014 11:02:54 PM Does anyone have access to or remember how to find that quiz/chart on types of government? There was a four quadrant chart I think with where your answers put you in terms of authoritarianism, libertarianism etc. etc.
I can't even think what the choices all were ---- which is why I'm trying to find it. It made a whole lot of sense when trying to distinguish between systems of rule. 28202. iiibbb - 9/8/2014 2:09:30 AM Here you go
By the way... I just love the LMGTFY website... it is a laugh riot. 28203. Ms. No - 9/8/2014 5:00:09 AM That's awesome! Thanks --- I DID google it, but clearly wasn't putting in the right words for an accurate search.
28204. alistairconnor - 9/10/2014 2:54:47 PM Oh I missed Don! Graybeard, and a thousand other monikers. And Scott Loar... A respected adversary. Great times of intellectual adventure, when the internet was young. 28205. wabbit - 9/11/2014 12:44:53 PM Happy Birthday Mote! 15 years today - a tiny fraction of what we once were, but still here. 28206. arkymalarky - 9/11/2014 1:20:26 PM Oh yeah, happy birthday! I still smile at seeing us here. It's the homepage on my phone. 28207. Ms. No - 9/11/2014 5:00:45 PM Happy Birthday to us!
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