most days I wouldn't say I'm connected with the rest of the population (outside of friends and family that I choose to let into my life, of course). shackled to them would describe it better.
on a good day I can be completely disconnected from the herd. it really helps my overall outlook when I can achieve it. the situations that would normally piss me off are a whole lot more amusing if you just don't picture yourself as involved and just look at it as comedy routine set up for your amusement.
on a really bad day I feel like I'm packed into a herd of lemmings, and am just tall enough to see over the crowd to the cliff that the others can't or won't see. my day then consists of a completely futile effort to convince them they are going the wrong way, while the crowd drags me along with them to the drop.
luckily that particular type of bad day doesn't come around too often. actually I don't think I had one since Tuesday or so.
