The case against hugs

Represent!

I'm afraid I'm kind of weaselly when it comes to declining hugs from people I'd rather not hug; I kind of just do the "hug" that's really inclining the top half of my body towards the enthusiastic hugger and then limply putting one arm on their shoulder/upper arm and patting ineffectually a couple of times.

Your basic passive-aggressive hug. I own it. I just don't want to have the conversation yet again of "You don't want to hug? WHY??? *I'm* big hugger! I hug everyone!" Mostly because my answer is generally "I don't like you/don't know you well enough to hug you," and nobody wants to hear that.

Plus, one time, someone actually got shirty when I declined a hug, saying, "I just saw you hug [person]! My turn!" And I was all O_o GET AWAY CREEPER.

I'm actually way more huggy than I used to be, but most people can still tell when I'm flinching away from one. From a hug! Not from the person! I would often love to give the person a very warm and friendly handshake!

ION, is it weird that I think I'd rather come into the office on Monday than bring my computer and stuff home and work there?

I don't think so. I find working from home more onerous than coming into the office, usually. Home is where I don't work!

That's what I decided. Especially because then I'll spend Sunday thinking I should just get it over with, etc., when instead I can just plan to go at X time on Monday. Done!

I keep forgetting Monday is a holiday for some people. I'm not a fan of Columbus, but I could sure use a holiday in October.

I went out to run some errands, and being as it's a Who Gives a Damn day, I wore my black leather newsboy cap with a black t-shirt with a wolf on it. I went to Red Robin for lunch, and my waitress was hipper than usual, with a discreet piercing and a bandana around her head. I'm not sure what particular vibe I was giving off, but after I gave her my usual order, which didn't require checking the menu, she grinned at me and said, "I like your style." I don't think anyone's ever said that to me before.

That's cool, Connie.

OMG I have so much TV to watch! I don't know where to start.

In DVD news, did anyone else know that Jonathan Pryce played Sherlock Holmes in a movie from 2007 called I Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars ? I got a DVD catalog today with that in it, and I'm tempted. $10 with shipping.

I'm not a fan of Columbus, but I could sure use a holiday in October.

Word. It's really great timing, halfway between summer and Thanksgiving.