intimidated stoic a monkey approaches a lion the lion roars a hello the monkey jumps back, afraid and never talks to the lion again. the lion is upset that the monkey doesn't like him. . 040114 ... no reason the idea that anyone could be intimidated by me never really occurs to me, and it always throws me when that turns out to be the case. 130308 ... unhinged maybe the blood from the heart on my sleeve scares him a bit 130309 ... nr i never outgrow feeling this way 220904 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Hard same, as the kids say. ...Do they? But yes. David laughed when I said I'd been "terrified" of talking to Janet in novel_concept, but I was. Others' experience or relative fame or perceived with-it-ness can make me want to shrink back like a snail. Even with people I already know well, I can get intimidated about broaching new topics, asking for advice. 220904 what's it to you? who go blather from