I’ve felt disconnected from my friends of late. I’m sure that they feel the same way. I’m insanely busy again after a moderately relaxing month off from the combined work/school pressure. Yesterday’s symposium was interesting but frustrating, and it just added to my level of internal pressure.

If there’s something I don’t know how to do well, it’s let off steam. I build, and build, and build. I deal with it well, it inspires creativity, but it also causes Very Bad Things[TM] to happen to me.

I realize now that what I need is to not disconnect. Unfortunately, all of Amy’s work of late has kept her too focused to have one of our usual rambling, roving, heartfelt conversations over ICQ. But we’ve had one this morning [well, we're having one, but by the time you read this, it'll probably be over, heh], and I feel a whole hell of a lot better.

That’s how I let off steam: I hang around with my friends. I haven’t gotten to do that, despite that note Kat left on my truck the other day. I regret it, I hate it, but that’s the way it is.

I’ll try harder.