Bad vibes

[kellinator]

I wonder what it is about us that makes us have instant, visceral reactions to people we don't know.

(Context: A law alum just came in looking for my boss and complaining about a fine. Something about her put me off immediately. It was probably the bitching about the fine, but I digress.)

Sometimes back when I was working at Crystal Blue I'd be waiting on someone and I'd just get really creeped out and uncomfortable. Of course, this being Crystal Blue, I could just mutter something about bad energy and one of my co-workers would rescue me.

But what is it that sometimes gives us an instant bad reaction to a person we know not at all? Is it just giving in to our base prejudices, like mine against whiny lawyers? Or are we maybe, just maybe, picking up on something? What's the saying? Ah, here it is:

"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level." ~Joyce Brothers

Ah Google, how I heart thee.

Comments

[fairylogic.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that one yet, but I think I saw it last time I went to the library. I've been working my way through the Newford books for a while now. I just finished "Somewhere to be Flying" which was awesome. I love the mythology he's created and how all of the books are interwoven. What all have you read so far?

[ardentdelirium.livejournal.com]

(I'm lazy, so cutting and pasting titles from his website, bear with all the capitals, please)
MULENGRO: A ROMANY TALE, GREENMANTLE, SPIRITWALK, MEMORY AND DREAM(Ithink--if not, its one the library has that I'm planning on doing soon), THE IVORY AND THE HORN, FORESTS OF THE HEART, THE ONION GIRL, TAPPING THE DREAM TREE, and I have Seven Wild Sisters and Spirit in the Wires out now

[fairylogic.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, there are a few in there I haven't heard of. So far I've read The Onion Girl, Dreams Underfoot, Moonlight and Vines, The Ivory and the Horn, Someplace to be Flying, and I'm now reading Spirits in the Wires. Also a handful of short stories in various anthologies. I might have missed a few, but the man has written so much I don't think I'll ever run out of new things to read!