[senses, links]

Random thought about me and having some (but not all) overly sensitive senses.

Most easily stimulated (both positively and negatively) would be texture and scent. I am _ridiculously_ sensitive to both textures and scents, both positively and negatively.

It's actually rather annoying, because it makes me really _really_ picky about things like what clothing is made out of (and, generally, what I prefer is more expensive. Annoyingly. Might be why it took me so long to develop any sense of what kinds of clothing I actually like!), and whether or not people wear artificial scents (or strong scents, even if not artificial) near me.

This probably also affects how much I dislike sweat after it dries, at least partly because dried sweat will make me feel hot, even if I am actually cold (so I will feel both). Annoyingly sensitive skin... (but not, I note, in terms of contact dermatitis, thankfully. Which is what is often meant by that phrase)

I have to wonder if that annoyingly sensitive skin is why I dislike humidity combined with heat so very much. I _like_ heat, when not humid. Very much don't like humid, though.

Probably also has a lot to do (along with laziness) with my active dislike for basically all beauty care-type products (make-up, hair spray, etc). Unscented skin lotion is good, though, since my skin is frequently dry.

The sensitivity _is_ also good (I tend to know - and be comforted by - the scents of people with whom I am sufficiently close, for example, and touch is most definitely a strong positive as well!), mind.


And, in an entirely different train of thought, cadhla is a Pretty Pink Princess! (might also be helpful to read this and this explanation of that particular phrase. Which phrase, I note, seems to be trying to insinuate itself into my vocabulary. It's _scary_ when phrases from people I've never met manage that!)

[senses, links]

Random thought about me and having some (but not all) overly sensitive senses.

Most easily stimulated (both positively and negatively) would be texture and scent. I am _ridiculously_ sensitive to both textures and scents, both positively and negatively.

It's actually rather annoying, because it makes me really _really_ picky about things like what clothing is made out of (and, generally, what I prefer is more expensive. Annoyingly. Might be why it took me so long to develop any sense of what kinds of clothing I actually like!), and whether or not people wear artificial scents (or strong scents, even if not artificial) near me.

This probably also affects how much I dislike sweat after it dries, at least partly because dried sweat will make me feel hot, even if I am actually cold (so I will feel both). Annoyingly sensitive skin... (but not, I note, in terms of contact dermatitis, thankfully. Which is what is often meant by that phrase)

I have to wonder if that annoyingly sensitive skin is why I dislike humidity combined with heat so very much. I _like_ heat, when not humid. Very much don't like humid, though.

Probably also has a lot to do (along with laziness) with my active dislike for basically all beauty care-type products (make-up, hair spray, etc). Unscented skin lotion is good, though, since my skin is frequently dry.

The sensitivity _is_ also good (I tend to know - and be comforted by - the scents of people with whom I am sufficiently close, for example, and touch is most definitely a strong positive as well!), mind.


And, in an entirely different train of thought, cadhla is a Pretty Pink Princess! (might also be helpful to read this and this explanation of that particular phrase. Which phrase, I note, seems to be trying to insinuate itself into my vocabulary. It's _scary_ when phrases from people I've never met manage that!)

[day]

I am... oddly distracted today. Had trouble waking up, though, and woke up with a headache. Probably ought to have just gotten up when I woke up at 7, but I was still tired. (not that getting up at 9 was any better!)

I feel kinda like there's a bunch of things pending or something, but I don't think there _are_. It's like I'm forgetting something important. I hate that!

*wry* I half wonder if it's because I'm impatient to see what happens next in the book on CD I'm listening to on the way to and from home. Or, alternately, the fact that I need to figure out how to make Ash less lonely, at least until mid-August when jasra and her cat move in. 'Course, I have no idea how he's going to react to her cat; hopefully said cat won't try to play with him!

I can't tell if I want to be social or not. I'm itchy in a way which could mean either that I'm low on low-key socialization, or that I'm just not up to being social (hell, I might be both!). I do know that the idea of anything large group makes me uncomfortable, so I may not be making it to jirikido and redjo's housewarming on Saturday.

Hmm. I think I'm low on people, slightly. And if I don't go to the housewarming (which I'm leaning against doing), I'm not going to be seeing people in a non-work context until Sunday. Perhaps I should go to the housewarming, large group though it might be...

Meh. All out-of-sorts today, which makes being useful at work... interesting. Especially since I don't know what I _want_, only that there _is_ something that I want.

[day]

I am... oddly distracted today. Had trouble waking up, though, and woke up with a headache. Probably ought to have just gotten up when I woke up at 7, but I was still tired. (not that getting up at 9 was any better!)

I feel kinda like there's a bunch of things pending or something, but I don't think there _are_. It's like I'm forgetting something important. I hate that!

*wry* I half wonder if it's because I'm impatient to see what happens next in the book on CD I'm listening to on the way to and from home. Or, alternately, the fact that I need to figure out how to make Ash less lonely, at least until mid-August when jasra and her cat move in. 'Course, I have no idea how he's going to react to her cat; hopefully said cat won't try to play with him!

I can't tell if I want to be social or not. I'm itchy in a way which could mean either that I'm low on low-key socialization, or that I'm just not up to being social (hell, I might be both!). I do know that the idea of anything large group makes me uncomfortable, so I may not be making it to jirikido and redjo's housewarming on Saturday.

Hmm. I think I'm low on people, slightly. And if I don't go to the housewarming (which I'm leaning against doing), I'm not going to be seeing people in a non-work context until Sunday. Perhaps I should go to the housewarming, large group though it might be...

Meh. All out-of-sorts today, which makes being useful at work... interesting. Especially since I don't know what I _want_, only that there _is_ something that I want.

[apartment] regular schedule

So, I'm slowly getting back into having a reasonably regular schedule - very important for my sanity and remembering to do things.

I noticed today that I'd lost a rather vital part of my schedule as far as my cat goes; no wonder he's unhappy! I tended to try to remember to give him some (10-15 minutes worth) of attention as soon as I got into the door, between arrival and feeding him. I'd not been doing that. I did today, though, and the difference in his vocalizations so far is _amazing_. We shall see if it helps at night. I'm going to try to add in cuddling him at night before I sleep (which I was doing already) and for 10 minutes or so before I leave for work. Hopefully, this will help.

Sheesh, self! Poor kitty...

Next, I need to remember to stop putting off going shopping!

[apartment] regular schedule

So, I'm slowly getting back into having a reasonably regular schedule - very important for my sanity and remembering to do things.

I noticed today that I'd lost a rather vital part of my schedule as far as my cat goes; no wonder he's unhappy! I tended to try to remember to give him some (10-15 minutes worth) of attention as soon as I got into the door, between arrival and feeding him. I'd not been doing that. I did today, though, and the difference in his vocalizations so far is _amazing_. We shall see if it helps at night. I'm going to try to add in cuddling him at night before I sleep (which I was doing already) and for 10 minutes or so before I leave for work. Hopefully, this will help.

Sheesh, self! Poor kitty...

Next, I need to remember to stop putting off going shopping!

[links]

starandrea, on the difficulty of making choices vs. the difficulty of being young.

A quote from carocrow on society and successful violence


And now, I get offline and out of this overly humid room!

[links]

starandrea, on the difficulty of making choices vs. the difficulty of being young.

A quote from carocrow on society and successful violence


And now, I get offline and out of this overly humid room!