New Japanese architecture

[meridannight]

Im sorry to be so annoying to you, usually online it's the opposite complaint - that I write too much. Face to face though, I tend to ask questions and listen much more than I talk. It might be a self conscious kind of thing, I feel like I have a tendency to bore people when I start nerding out on things. And I don't typically ask questions expecting them to be asked back to me in reply.

Your replies are lengthy sometimes, but they are interesting, involved, and stimulating. I’ve never seen you rambling about insignificant trivia, or write paragraph after paragraph of poorly articulated arguments. Your replies are well-thought-out, and they express a strong individual viewpoint. (That’s what I like about you. I don’t always agree with you, but I like it that you have a strong personal opinion and stand for it).

I for one, enjoy those posts where you go more into depth about what you think. It’s not boring to me.

I also like the idea of apartment living over having a detached house because I feel comfortable and safe when I can hear people around me. Like I'd never be able to relax in a cabin in the woods kind of thing.. I'd be too anxious. And I don't need a ton of space, either. I'm a pretty simple guy.

That's interesting. I don't enjoy apartments precisely for the fact that you can hear your neighbors in there, and have them that close. My home has to be my home without any strangers in it. The voices/sounds of the neighbors in my home is close to sharing an apartment with them. I can't stand that.

I can live in a cabin in the woods. In fact, a nice house by the lake in the mountains somewhere is something I've thought about. But, I wouldn't be able to isolate myself like that for long. I am not that solitary, and I don't want to be that isolated and separated from other people. I want to live in the society, but I want the society to respect my privacy and not intrude on my space. I need the paradoxical combination of feeling connected while being apart at the same time.