Boring people

I don't believe in boring people. Even simple people are too complex to be truly boring, which is not to say that they can't bore me. It's all just a matter of whether or not a person is willing to share the things about them that are interesting. Although I have referred to a particular couple I know as chloroform, the reality is that if they'd ever break past the incessant mindless chit-chat, I'm pretty sure that there is some substance there. I suppose it's possible that I'm giving them too much credit, but I have convinced myself that even the dullest people I know have the potential to be fascinating, if they'd just engage in a bit more self-gossip. After all, the most interesting people I know shamelessly divulge an excess of information about themselves.

I've noticed lately that there are people I know that have to think I'm boring. Perhaps it's that I don't care enough to ask them about their lives, and I don't particularly want to share anything about mine that has created this boring vibe, but either way, I feel bored by myself when I'm in their company. Part of me wants to figure out how to overcome it, and part of me just doesn't care.