party of the first part

Somebody told me the other day that I was antisocial, but isn't that when you're actively aggressive or hostile? I think she meant asocial; I can easily spend a lot of my time all by myself. Some people say if they spend a lot of time by themselves, they get bored. It must be the company. Anyway, I got my own social set, thanks very much. Other cantankerous malcontents. Not that we're any barrel of laughs. We convene every couple of years in clumps of two or three, glaring at each other for awhile over tepid cups of bitter coffee.