shyness

I don't think I come across as shy. I think I come across as somewhat confident. But I am very shy. I am no good at asking people out or flirting or anything like that. I am horrible at competition, even in things where I am somewhat confident.
It's a source of great frustration for me.

help requested

So, I am doing a project on the connection between icons and identity in live-journals. Behind this cut is a poll. If you are willing to help out, please answer these questions. This may be used for publication, but without names and should something like that arise, I will contact you first. If you have any friends who are interested, feel free to refer them to this post. While these questions are general, feel free to refer to specific icons that you might use. Do not be afraid to go into detail, if you run out of space(lj only allows 255 characters in a poll answer) feel free to e-mail my livejournal account and provide more details. Your material will be kept confidential.

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