'mage-making is getting tiresome.

"I would not be so bold as to say she is a contemporary character - but neither do I think her conventional, as such. Each separate part of her is part of a conventional stereotype, but the way in which they have been put together makes the result rather unusual, and so it is difficult to say to which category she belongs."

There's something about staying home alone with the laptop and a good supply of chocolate that sort of says "dork", but it's nice for an introvert. It's like extending your boundaries of privacy to the whole house. You can watch/read/play/make whatever you like and no-one's going to make a fuss about it. You can eat whatever you like whenever you want. You can turn up the volume really high and your neighbours'll be too polite to come over and complain. You can even sleep without anyone making noise around!

Ahh, the charms of a quiet neighbourhood...