I guess what you have to do is slowly realize, over time, that our skills actually build our personality as well. If people can be in relationships where none of the people in it understands a thing about the other's work, then surely life itself cannot be truly lonely for your interests. And who knows, people might learn to like muffins. Actually, MLP got me into muffins. It's possible. :D

I can see your point there, and in fact a lot of people have no skills at all and they are still pretty cool dudes. I guess the feeling of rejection comes from a perception of people spending more time with more interesting personalities than my cold, dark and wet one. Not that I am envious; if they are good people than they desserve it. Therefore it must be something I'm doing wrong, and the only thing I could think of is that I am quite boring and useless save for a few specialized skills that only I can appreciate. That is at least how my brain worked this weekend when all my plans and foolish hopes of actually having someone to talk to in person fell apart when they would rather go out drinking in the woods. It was the only thing I had to look forward to all week.

That.. is rather telling, yes. I mean.. I'm all for being happy by yourself, but we all need some social interaction sometimes. This sort of stuff only makes that harder to get. But what can I say? You're plenty cool 'n relaxed in person, so maybe it's more a matter of clicking with the right people? For example, I could tell you that I wouldn't just abandon a proposed meeting - nor would I want to anyway. The more complicated some interactions are the more obvious it becomes that they're not worthwhile.

I think the cool dudes without skills have skills that you, or they themselves, just don't know. Some people have elevated existing in this modern life to an art form, and any specializations would only dilute that; it's their way of life. Your skills do complement your personality, though, but it must be great to have people around you to share them with. I know that when I talk with other musicians I get all jazzed and excited, and we learn so much from each other.

Uhh.. I think I'm done rambling now, but, huh.. don't worry about your interests making you derpy or something. If anything, I think your problem is that you have too many isolating influences around you. I imagine that at work you live in your head all day. Good luck not trying to be too introspective with that pattern, I know quite well that that's impossible. Life can only get easier from here on.

Deeeerp.

Mmmm-hmmmm, and the lack of stimuli in my environment only makes me turn to the internet and that can be a very lonely place as well. So I guess it is less of A Derpy situation as it could be similar to Princess Luna. Or Nightmare Derp. I am feeling better today though; I am glad you can see where I'm coming from. I saw somewhere that even some sharks like to play tag with each other. And I know that too much sociality can be tiresom when I get it. This paragraph is not very coherent but, I dunno, there it is!

Well, that's okay, I get what you're saying. It's not always easy to regulate your intake of social activities when you're an introvert, because our gut instinct is often to avoid seeking additional engagements. And then, when we arrange for them we can put too much energy into it before it even starts. All I can tell you is to try to stay calm and trust in your positive swings to guide you through any obstacle courses the world puts before you. Sometimes you have to jump across the mud, and you can do that fine by yourself; probably better than with assistance, and then you can trust to have someone help you with guiding eggs through the hen house.

We also don't get energy refunds when it is cancelled. And that is certainly not an obscure metaphore at all!