[Ari]

I never fully understood the introvert/extrovert distinction until I started hanging with organizers and partiers who at the end of the night will be buzzing and ready to take on All the Things! Whereas I want to go home and rest. Last year I helped to run a conference and after it was over I sat at home in silence for the next day, which is rare as I normally have music going, but I was completely drained (even though I had a great time).

I often suck at and avoid medium talk. I can bullshit/small-talk pretty well from forced training at parties, but I normally end up so engrossed in topics of interest that it becomes hard to simplify things into an actual conversation instead of a lecture that just leaves people confused or me trying not to smack them when they say something dumb like it's common sense fact.