Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: stacer on May 23, 2004, 12:50:51 AM
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Or, stacer has problems conversing at parties, especially with particular people.
So, I was at this party tonight, and having a good time, talking to lots of people, etc. I usually do pretty well at parties. Except...
Except, of course, when there's someone in particular I want to get to know better and I work myself up into a huge fear of even talking to him. Plus, this particular one tends to be a quiet sort. So when I first got there he was pretty happy to see me, and we talked for a little while, but after a while there was this awkward silence in which I didn't know what to say next, and of course instead of pulling a standard "how's the job going?" or "how was the pinewood derby today?" or something normal, I talked about how his roommate gave me a ride home the night before and I was right about something that I talked to him about earlier, that there was a southern route between his house and mine. Nonsense stuff, and not the interesting sort. :P
And then later tonight, we were walking along and his roommate kept running into things, including a fire hydrant. Which made me think of the girl I tutor, whose friend recently died in a car accident when they ran into a fire hydrant. I may be a good print editor, but the one on my mouth needs help. From my brain to my mouth, that's what happened. Total mood killer, everyone staring at me thinking, "What brought that up?"
Argh. Not a total waste. We were all really tired, so perhaps he was thinking more about how tired he was than how dumb I am. He's going to host a Settlers night with me so that I can learn to play. (I've been wanting to for a couple years but never got the chance.) Does this make me more of a timewaster than before? :D
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Ach, I'm sorry stacer. It's never fun at all when that happens.
I did one of those while I was doing a class presentation in my Contemporary American lit class this past semester. About half the class kind of stared at me, the other half laughed and I turned a couple different shades of red.
I know what my problems is: I work in text too often, both online and on paper- I can edit text, but editing words is a lot harder.
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All is not lost, there is good chance he was only mildly listing.
On another note, Settlers is such a cool game. Course, last time I played, I think it was with my Brother-in-Law who graduated in city planning. He got a little too competitive. So tip for your Settlers game, don't be too competitive, yet don't be complacent.
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yay! for settlers!
Boo! for awkwardnes. sorry stacer, but we're happy for you. You're taking your first steps into a larger world.
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now your channeling Obi Wan????
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/me takes his first steps into the larger world of fire hydrants
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Makes me think of a scene form a Home Movies episode (from Cartoon Network.)
Brenden goes to Coach McGurf for girl advice. It went something like this:
Brenden: "I don't know, coach. I can't seem to get this girl to like me...."
Coach: "Well, did you try shuffling about awkwardly?"
Brenden: "Yup."
Coach: "Did you try acting nothing like yourself, then getting really nervous and saying completely random things that now, looking back on them, sound incredibly stupid?"
Brenden: "Yeah, coach. I tried all that!"
Coach: "Hum. Well, I've got nothing for ya, then. That usually works for me...."
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Who's channeling me?
Home Movies is funny. Bad real-time dialogue editing is not. Keep it up though...I'd think that if one weird comment drove him off, then something more than just your comment is wrong.
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Well, at least we had a normal conversation on Sunday, so I'm not so worried. And he still seems pretty happy about planning the Settlers game, so that's a good sign. But you know how it is, everyone's tired, and people start to say things they probably wouldn't even think of if they weren't so tired. Ah well.
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It may just be you stacer, or is it a me thing? I usually, no matter time of day, spout off completely innane one/two-liners to people.
Take this for example: "so its like hand and hand, feed the pretzel, man."
Yeah... I love me.
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I never said I thought it was just me. And if I spouted off one-liners, at least it might be funny. :D Oh well.
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I'm just teasing. :D
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Gemm why did you change your name and back again?
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Ummm, why does SE say he didn't do anything and yet he did edit his posts?
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No comment from the accused...
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that's because I am beyond your comprehension.
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My questions don't get answered.
It's like being in a hell full of philosophy professors.
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Is it like being in Hell with Philosophy professors, or do you just *think* it's like being in Hell with Philosophy professors?
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I thought you only asked one person a question. The rest of us are just here to make sarcastic comments.
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Im sure we could give you an inappropriate or bad answer,... that is if you want it.
Then you could just do the opposite...
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Correct me if I am wrong but does this opposite involve an octopus, a trampoline, twenty four dollars and a rather large chocolate statue of a man named Senior Gonzalas?
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...and a very depraved walrus...
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well that would break the ice yes...
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Now is this ice crushed, cubed or mixed?
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Cold.
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Viral or Bacterial?
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viral, much like you.
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Me, myself, or I?
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yes
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"Yes" or yes?
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trying to have conversations with people you're interested in sucks.
I'm also bugged by groups. And annoyed by people who have the ability to go from one conversation to the next within these groups with ease.
I'm much more of a one-on-one type of person. Group activities seem to be stacked against people like me.
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I know what you mean, Ookla. I much prefer small groups, but whenever I plan a small group activity it mushrooms into 15 or 20 of my closest friends, which makes one on one or small group conversations hard.
But! Next week, Settlers has a specific limit. Ha, so there! Only 8 people (2 games at once).
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actually, there's a 6 person expansion, so if you're playing two games at once, you could play 12 people.
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Yes, I've been told this, but I'm not actively seeking an expansion. ;)
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Keep it on the down low... and let me know if you see my wallet while you're down there...