I have no internet except at work, no cell phone, no facebook....no friends really as my circle has moved away although we keep in touch, one girl I see occassionally, those who do know me give me shit about living a 'cave man' life style heh.
My whole life I've been employed through jobs or made money illegallly where it required me to be around, interact with, and socialize with people extensively. I've had the same circle of 3 friends or so since my youth who have all changed drastically but I still love their company, I've more often then not lived with roommates and/or girlfriends, I currently volunteer at my local library where I have to interact with the degenerate waste of American society daily for no pay and I actually enjoy it, never was one to actively socialize outside my friends/acquaintances but never had any problem doing so if necessary (I learned at a young age that despite the fact I feel uncomfortable or awkward every moment of my life and especially socially, it's rooted in the fact that I don't relate to 98% of people I've encountered in my life at all but it doesn't worry me as what people do with their lives couldn't be less interesting to me anyways) but the irony of all of this is I've felt like an introvert always.
At this point in my life, I prefer to spend most of my time alone. I agree with the original poster that social interaction, especially with your average, every day person is both exhausting and boring. Still, I confess to a morbid fascination with the eccentricities, details, and subtle aspects of these people that we're all surrounded by every day and how they live, function, the every day insanity they accept as reality etc. Perhaps why I enjoy socializing and dating occassionally or under the right circumstances, but as many others have mentioned...my ideal night is a good record, some time with the girl I love, a book, a night of good quality hallucinogens, a stimulating discussion with a friend, exploring cinema or just listening to how quiet it gets a night or the wind, little things that you can't appreciate in a HUGE or over active social setting....when I'm not working or I don't have to deal with people I'm not going to, I've seen every side of human nature in my drug dealing days and that's not even getting to what I've seen in my professional career and I can tell you even without being a misanthrope...99% aren't worth the time at all...and most of them are already dead inside anyway.
Insidious and Alone for the rest of my life likely haha
Time to listen to some Mania..
