Comments on: The Three Things, Edition 2

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:02:15 +0000

@RebeccaTodd Right? And thinking through solutions before having my say.

By: RebeccaTodd

RebeccaTodd — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:54:47 +0000

@ginidietrich I know! Aren’t extroverts weird? All this “discussion” of “feelings”- ugh! I prefer down time to think through all the possible implications before I share.

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:53:18 +0000

@RebeccaTodd My SIL and I just had a debate about this very thing. She told me she doesn’t understand why I don’t want to be around people who love me when I get bad news. I need the time to collect myself and recharge in order to face people. That’s totally unfamiliar to her.

By: Carmelo

Carmelo — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:09:18 +0000

@ginidietrich @RebeccaTodd I’m an introvert too! I’ve never taken a “test” that hasn’t proclaimed me such. But, most of my life I’ve made a practice of doing things that my nature says I can’t/shouldn’t/wouldn’t. And when I saw others do it ahead of me and how discreet it was … well, there you go. I just did it!

Come on, Gini. You would too. Given the same circumstances and knowing that Bill Cosby was the show.

By: RebeccaTodd

RebeccaTodd — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:02:37 +0000

@ginidietrich I gotcha! Anyone who confuses introversion with shyness hasn’t met me…or you! I love a day where I can go as long as possible without speaking to anyone.

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:34:46 +0000

@RebeccaTodd I am. It doesn’t mean I’m painfully shy (which hasn’t always been the case). Simply that I need time alone to recharge and that I DEFINITELY would not approach someone with a $20 bill to get a better table.

By: RebeccaTodd

RebeccaTodd — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:19:57 +0000

I always like when Gini proclaims “I’m an introvert!”. It must be similar to when I swear I am the same. Funny thing- the vegan places I go to never seem to be booked out.

By: barrettrossie

barrettrossie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:30:52 +0000

@Carmelo @ginidietrich A San Francisco story: My pal was also the captain of the ushers at the Masonic Auditorium on Nob Hill. Great auditorium with lots of private shows as well as public ones. He would call me on the spur of the moment and ask: “Wanna see…” followed by some pretty big names. He’d let me in at no cost, with the catch that I had to wear a navy blue blazer be an usher for 20-30 minutes. Then I would sit in the front row to see: Van Morrison, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Jay Leno and Etta James. And some jazz guys who were not so memorable.

By: Carmelo

Carmelo — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:26:18 +0000

@ginidietrich @barrettrossie After visiting for many years I just had to move there so I did! Now we live just down the mountain a few minutes but lived at TAhoe for twenty years and LOVED it.

And yes, I absolutely loved his show. Seriously, there were times i went to the floor laughing. He had the audience in his grasp. Oh, and I also ran into him at a small, nearly empty mall and we chatted about his TV show (the Cosby Show) during its second season. Nice guy.

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000

@ExtremelyAvg I think it definitely takes a certain personality.