Paradoxical.

[icebluenothing]

So what on earth are you supposed to do when you feel terribly lonely and thoroughly sick of people at the same time?

Comments

[hetaera15.livejournal.com]

you can always come visit me. I'm not people. :)

[ilion.livejournal.com]

PS: Kate is much more helpful than I am.

[ilion.livejournal.com]

I think the usual treatment is to watch Clerks and remind yourself how much you so *get* Randal.

[leenerella]

I usually go camping. Nature is the only thing that makes sense in those moments. And then I get to spend a different kind of time with people, but don't have to deal with the random stupidity that seems to overtake civilization from time to time. Maybe the less romantic reason is that the novelty of camping is just a distraction... but I don't think I believe that.

My other solution is to spend an evening in the dark with some DVDs and one or two non-offensive people. That way, I get the physical presence of company in the room, yet I don't feel obligated to entertain anyone.

That's probably no help, but it's an answer to the question... it's good to hear from you, though.

[rocza.livejournal.com]

Lock a few people up in cages and poke them with sharp sticks.

Or throw rocks. Doesn't involve welding that way...

[windbourne.livejournal.com]

Go see a movie? Lots of people around you, but you're not actually required to interact with any of them. ^__^

[addelle.livejournal.com]

You're not talking to the right people.

Realize you are

[noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com]

the mother of two almost toddlers with death wishes and have parents you are helping your sister to take care of while you wait to find out if your dad has more than a couple of months to live and your mother can't walk becasue she has no cartilige in her knees and everybody keeps bursting into tears so the only adult type people you ever see are stressed out of their minds and there is nothing you can doabout any of it, well, you can do your best to keep those cute little kiddos alive, by keeping your old dog away from em and training your other dog not to bite them and putting soft surfaces everywhere you can.

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

I usually step outside of my normal routine, go somewhere, visit someone I'm not used to seeing. Last time I did this, it was Olympia and you.

Or else I hole up in the basement and play NetHack for six or seven hours.

[bettybluecat.livejournal.com]

Get a cat and go shoe shopping.

But that's my answer for everything.

[lawst.livejournal.com]

Stick your finger in your belly button (I'll have to teach you the belly button song one of these days).

Spit balls.

Make rude noises with your armpits.

Play with a toddler.

Write.

in addition

[lawst.livejournal.com]

Color in a coloring book, crayons only.

Get on a bus and ride it to wherever until you're lost.

Ice blocking.
1) Get yerself a big block of ice and find a grassy hill.
2) Sit on the block.
3) Push.
4) Slide down hill.
5) Walk back up hill.
6) Repeat steps 2 through 5 until you're either worn out, laughed out, and/or have frost bite on your ass.

Screaming is optional, laughing is mandatory. Best if steps are performed with others. Solo ice blocking is also recommended for when you're run out of other options.*

*Not officially sanctioned by Red Green due to lack of duct tape.

oh yeah

[noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com]

you can
call texas
or write letters

[ex-cirocco891.livejournal.com]

Try getting together with someone you haven't seen in a long time. My friend Shane (guapo from BB) and I have dim sum together once a month, and no matter how burnt I am on humanity in general, I am always clam-happy to see Shane. It's wonderful to talk with someone about your life who is both a) interested and b) more or less entirely outside of it.

[songhawk.livejournal.com]

-get together with one person who you don't see often enough to be sick of and who doesn't mind listening to rants and rant at them or otherwise bend their ear. *waves*

-cuddle the cat. Better yet borrow a dog for the day. Ideally one that asks for pets by sitting next to you and leaning/resting head on knee rather than one that jumps in your lap and wahes your face.

-curl up with a favorite book selected for mood.

-write to someone

Call a buddy...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

"Denny's?"

That's my normal routine, at least.

[luchog.livejournal.com]

Drugs, alcohol, loud violent music, and porn are invariably my solutions to the problem. Not that i'd necessarily recommend them.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." -Hunter S. Thompson

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Very interesting to see people's responses to this. When I'm in the mood you described, a movie in with a friend rather than out can be the order of the day. People can be at their loathsome worst in theaters (not to mention the stink of "human" we encountered when seeing X-Men 2 last week in the dollar theater. Time to steam clean the seats, guys. One of the few times in my life I've been thankful when someone wore too much perfume).