Thank you thank you I'll be here all week, now for my next number, a little one I like to call...
When I go out I assume I'm not going to meet anyone I didn't already know, at most 1-3 people will actually talk with me, and that I basically make others uncomfortable, and tend to enjoy it. I go to the bar and have a certain number of expectations based on these assumptions. I expect to have a guiness, sit around alot, and in general have about as many social interactions as when I'm on the can. Isn't social science fun kiddies. Last night's exception: One of my fiends works as the doorman, so I chat it up with him whenever he wasn't straining his sense of politic by enforcing the rules of the joint, and otherwise doing his job.
Don't get me wrong, I expect these things, am fulfilled by them, and in general enjoy the experience exactly for what it is. And I get to see people, study them, and space out about whatever i feel like it at the time. One other thing. I hate it when people choose not to recognize me as an acquaintance. even though we have aquatinted. That is to say, If I've conversed with someone, I'll at least smile and nod even if I think they're a fucker, their opinions are horseshit, and the should be set on fire and stomped out with golf shoes. It's just respectful. Pretending to ignore someone, or not to have seen them, is not respectful, and is stupid. I know when people do this to me, and when I see it happen it only makes me think less of them.
Lessons learned: Stupidity knows no social boundries, nor is it affected by too much alcohol, and eating a handful of tofu smart dogs with mustard just prior to bedtime makes for a socially unacceptable, and somewhat odoriferous morning
The down side: no rest, touch of the over hang, and I did something bad to my knee, and now it hurts alot, whenever I move it.
The Up side: I'll probably do it again tonight, just for shit's sake. Well not the smart dogs part.
When I go out I assume I'm not going to meet anyone I didn't already know, at most 1-3 people will actually talk with me, and that I basically make others uncomfortable, and tend to enjoy it. I go to the bar and have a certain number of expectations based on these assumptions. I expect to have a guiness, sit around alot, and in general have about as many social interactions as when I'm on the can. Isn't social science fun kiddies. Last night's exception: One of my fiends works as the doorman, so I chat it up with him whenever he wasn't straining his sense of politic by enforcing the rules of the joint, and otherwise doing his job.
Don't get me wrong, I expect these things, am fulfilled by them, and in general enjoy the experience exactly for what it is. And I get to see people, study them, and space out about whatever i feel like it at the time. One other thing. I hate it when people choose not to recognize me as an acquaintance. even though we have aquatinted. That is to say, If I've conversed with someone, I'll at least smile and nod even if I think they're a fucker, their opinions are horseshit, and the should be set on fire and stomped out with golf shoes. It's just respectful. Pretending to ignore someone, or not to have seen them, is not respectful, and is stupid. I know when people do this to me, and when I see it happen it only makes me think less of them.
Lessons learned: Stupidity knows no social boundries, nor is it affected by too much alcohol, and eating a handful of tofu smart dogs with mustard just prior to bedtime makes for a socially unacceptable, and somewhat odoriferous morning
The down side: no rest, touch of the over hang, and I did something bad to my knee, and now it hurts alot, whenever I move it.
The Up side: I'll probably do it again tonight, just for shit's sake. Well not the smart dogs part.
I also had a chuckle of recognition at the fact that you enjoy making others uncomfortable... I once met this girl who said to me, 'You know, you're really difficult to talk to'. I think I probably just scowled in reply.
My favourite trick is the pregnant silence: I force people to tell me more than they really want to about themselves by remaining silent and looking expectant until they feel compelled to say something else. Works every time!