Facially inarticulate

"...despite your face" is a phrase that someone once said to me in a very serious discussion a fair while ago, and it caused me to break out into inappropriate giggling. But:

A photo was taken of me this morning to put on a display at work (so people can look on a wall and see who it is looking after their kids). When it was shown to me on the digital camera's screen, my visage looked far too stern. So we took another shot, and this time I affected a subtle smile. Not bearing my teeth or anything, just a friendly grin. I looked at the second photo to find... that it looked exactly the same as the first. Gosh darn.

I've never been the most facially expressive of people. Perhaps because when I was a kid I thought showing emotions would make me vulnerable or some crap like that (stupid child Chris! *paddles*), but that's not really my attitude now. I like to share. But I'd always assumed there was some discernible difference between those two expressions.

Human communication is half body language. You get subtle cues and feedback from the face of the person you're communicating with. I know I do. Have I been giving people nothing when their brains were looking for reassurance or feedback? Are my all my human relationships doomed to be crippled by this inexpressive mask I apparently wear?

Stupid 2.30AM questions.

On the bright side, I had quite a full day today. It started early, will end soon, and had a chocolate centre. Yes, I went to the Lindt shop in town with a number of wonderful people whose LJ names I am to lazy to type. It was yummy.

Bed now. I leave you with:

"All night rock and roll T.V.
another intense young thing
see him suffer
dig the stig martyr

So serious,
this epileptic chihouha."

-The Tendrils.