Let's go have some "fun"!

Extroverts want us to have fun, because they assume we want what they want. And sometimes we do. But “fun” itself is a “bright” word, the kind of word that comes with flashing lights and an exclamation point! One of Merriam-Webster’s definitions of “fun” is “violent or excited activity or argument.” The very word makes me want to sit in a dimly lit room with lots of pillows—by myself. Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

HAHAHAHAHA! This is so true of me. My idea of fun is browsing a book store for as many hours as I want by myself (usually). Or I think it is fun to be with one other person in a quiet coffee shop. I have been frustrated when extroverts try to convince me that my "fun" isn't fun at all. It is for me just like theirs is for them. I don't begrudge them their ideas of "fun" so I wish they would respect my version of it, and some do. It's the ones who can't fathom that there are people who aren't just like them.
I especially love the last line of today's quote. So many days that is exactly what I feel like doing when I've had too much interaction for too many days in a row. Sure I'm an outgoing introvert but I definitely have my limits. :) I get worn out.
What's your idea of "fun"? Is it with one or more exclamation points and some or lots of flashing lights or is it more subdued? Either way is okay and either way is okay for others, just remember that. So with that said, let's go have some "fun"!

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Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

A dime a dozen

"It's said that in the year 1796, the first U.S. dimes were produced for circulation. Hence, it would make sense for this phrase to originate sometime after." Read more here . Today the phrase carries the meaning that something is cheap or without value if it can be lumped in with other similar or exactly-like things. It's more of an insult than anything.

Life according to van Gogh...sort of

There are two ways of thinking about painting, how not to do it and how to do it; how to do it -- with much drawing and little color; how not to do it -- with much color and little drawing. Vincent van Gogh in a l etter to Theo van Gogh, April 1882 Life is a little bit like today's quote from van Gogh. Some of us live life focusing on the drawing - the details - and have very little color. Others of us go for the color and forsake, to a degree, the drawing - the details. Unlike painting, according to van Gogh, one is not wrong over the other but somewhere in between the two would be the best I would think. If you look at some of van Gogh's paintings I feel like you can see where he might have struggled between the "how to do it" and the " how not to do it" (as he admittedly loved color so much but knew he had to focus more on the drawing) and that seems to be reflected in his life as well. In the end he wasn't able to find the ...

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