Hiya!! Went to gathering for 31st w/ live band, who happened to be my dad's fav, & then mine. They weren't Pentangle/Steeleye but it was near as damn it. Ragged Staff, they were called, they did 1 of my favs, '* Of Co. Down'. I was so pleased.

I went to 1 the next day for a friend of my mum's 70th. It was so posh we had 2 forks, there were white bits on the ham, I knew nobody, & I was bored out of my skull. Then this woman sitting next to me, who'd noticed the silver dragon encircling my slender wrist, told me she took classes in Greek myths & Latin. Another lady told me she was into crystals.

My ideal gathering, the 1st type, full of people I've actually got something in common w/, which is difficult cos not only are my interests quite obscure, you've got my problems actually getting to these type of things. I thought I had Aspergers for yrs cos I too find small talk not only difficult but pointless, but as more people who share my interests (my ahave filtered into my life I find it much easier.

I can be happy w/ or w/o socialising, as I spend ½ my time on the Disc, write, etc. I've a flatmate who is afraid to even leave her room to go outside. I'm lucky in a weird way cos it wouldn't be safe for me to be *totally* isolated.