Volumizing the Introvert

This could be the breakthrough you've been looking for.

Let’s cut the shit, OK? I hate it when someone starts a conversation like that. It’s stupidly judgemental and presumptuous, as if they alone understand the true nature of the subject, and have determined that it’s time to stop being phony and start being truthful.

Yet there are times when I feel this phrase bubbling up from deep inside, always in respons…