On the plus side, if it leads to a lot of "staring contests" aka eye-fucking, well that's a good sign ;-)

Argh, foiled again! Is this engineering course something that is part of your major or minor program? This guy is bound to pop up in other classes. It took me 2-3 years to eventually know everyone in my program.

Thanks for the hugs. It's been a while since I've felt this "second sense", so it's nice to check with fellow Jezzies on what they think. I'll make sure to be extra careful and scale back from volunteering. I can't imagine having to deal with a guy hanging around my dorms/FB creeping. I'll try to be careful and stick…

Dang, maybe check the class roster or grade sheets?

Once I realized I had a crush on a guy, I could never look him in the eyes.

Right now one of my newest friends is a woman my dad's age (almost 60) who is teaching me sewing lessons. She's this badass who was a former bodybuilder and she's lived a lotta life. She's not necessarily a role model in the mainstream sense, but I admire her greatly for being so resilient, intelligent, and unique.…

I think that's true. I tend to talk to children in a normal voice, not in a high pitched "kid" voice that I noticed some people do.

This theory is going to stick in my head from now on. I'm not interested in kids or pets, and I tend to be a magnet for all of them.

Ah that explains it. I don't get Logo on my cable!

Damn, I don't see them in my neck of the woods (Ohio). I do see a lot ChristianMingle ads though :-P

This is a good point. I am sort of coming out of a bad patch this year (I think I had mild depression), so there's definitely a possibility that I am being overly sensitive. I do think going to the party would be beneficial, and I am meeting a few genuinely interesting artists out of the volunteering, but it's a…

I've started volunteering at a local arts center, to try to network and get some volunteer experience on my resume while I job search. Well, the manager of the place gives me the creeps. He skeeved me out immediately when I first met him, but I thought he was just one of those touchy-feely artist types.

Kind of long question in reply. My apologies if you read this on Groupthink already. I could use some advice.

Yeah, I normally don't feel too bad about life. It's just when other people ask innocent questions for small talk that I become aware I'm not fitting the social norms of my particular suburb for a mid to late 20s woman.

I remember finding it through Gawker, which I found through Entertainment Weekly's website. They had a link to "Gawker Stalker" and of course I had to find out where all the celebrities were being spotted.

I just bumped into a friend from high school today, and she was all "I didn't know you were in town! We should hang out!" I feel bad, but I have no desire to hang out with her outside the one or two times I might see her during the holidays. She was never a close friend in high school, and we had nothing in common…

As long as they're not wearing those horrible tops with too-big armholes, I'm okay with that.

I do appreciate the commercials that put a little more effort into the basic setup, like a woman and a man randomly bump into each other on the street and then the commercial insinuates that the two are going to talk on the local chat hotline.

I work evenings, part time. Pro: I can leave the work there, con: as an introvert, it's a draining job (I have to talk to a lot of different people).

What a coincidence. According to my television, the local hot ladies are randomly lounging around in hotpants awaiting my calls.