ME.

Interesting, because  while I like being alone but I also hate it. I know it's contradictory. I was at a social event this evening, and the friend of mine that was there and didn't know anyone besides me and the host, had engaging conversations with multiple people at the party, and exchanging contact information, and though it was killing me that I wasn't making any connections, I didn't even try. I only chatted with the host and his wife. They spoke to me; I didn't have to come up with anything creative to say.  I was asked to arrive a couple hours early to help with the cooking ( I barbecued all the spare ribs and even baked a cake). I expected the spare ribs and the cake that everyone ate till it was gone, would have been a conversation piece, but it wasn't.    I'm  introverted  and don't want to be.

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Mad props to my friends Aaron, Billal, and Farzahad for paying a subscription to my monthly cake service. Extra props to Aaron for coming up with the idea and being the first subscriber. Extra extra mad props to Billal who lives in Cairo Egypt and Farzahad who lives in Alkhobar Saudi Arabia. Billal and Farzahad don't even like sweets. They call it a subscription. I call it a donation.  Thanks!

Amendment- Thanks to my friend Karim for buying a subscription today. He lives in Paris.

What advice would you give your younger self?

• Not to trust anyone, and to find things out for myself.
• Ignore my high school guidance counselor and take calculus and trigonometry courses.
• Buy Yahoo stock.
• Ignore mean things I've overheard and have been told about myself that have affected my behavior and belief system to this day.
• Don't be afraid to have an opinion.

this.

Psychological slavery is the wretch of humanity