Unlikeableness

As I was going over the details of last night I noticed something in common with all of my new acquaintances. All of them have been guys. Now I started to muse about this and I have developed a theory as to why this is. And my theory is that girls are mean. As simple as that. If you are female and introduce yourself to another female it's generally an awkward and unpleasant experience. Here's a basic senario; I walk up to a girl and introduce myself, she does the up-and-down judgement stare to size me up. If she decides I am not a huge threat, she will initiate a conversation with a reserved judgmental tone choosing her words carefully as to determine whether she likes me or not. Once I prove myself as a nice person, she might decide to be nice back. Though it's not likely. Girls generally don't like to reach outside of their own group to make new friends. They would rather stick with the comfort of surrounding themselves with familiar people. Mind you, this is only my theory. I don't mean to stereotype all females because there are always exceptions. Only most females are like this. Thus, meeting females is not a happy experience and i would rather not deal with the awkwardness and meet boys. That's all I have to say on the matter.

Nintendo 64

Snowdown was more fun than I expected. I watched the parade with some of my friends. After the parade we hung out in my friend's dorm room at the college and played old school Nintendo 64. I rocked Super Smash Bros and dominated the boys. The years of playing with my older brother and his friends payed off. But reminiscing about old memories of playing Nintendo was not the only opportunity that arose. I also was able to make a few more acquaintances.
I had never actually met my friends roommate before last night. He's very interesting to say the least. We walked into the dorm while he was jamming on his electric guitar, and I have to say, his playing was quite impressive. We began to discuss music and we actually have a lot in common as far as taste in music. I hardly ever come across someone with similar music taste I don't listen to that main stream stuff so he definitely earned likability points. But other than his taste in music and epic guitar skills, he was hard to be too terribly fond of him. He had strong opinions about everything and there was something a little off about him, though I couldn't figure out what it was. Overall though, he was pretty chill.
I also met another guy who showed up in the dorm. I'm not entirely sure who he was, but he was slightly creepy. He had a tendency to lurk in the back of the room and he smelled bad. I wasn't very fond of him.
Another point during the night, we ventured out of the room and chilled on the couches in the lobby. Another group of guys were out there and we got to talking a bit. One of the guys was from Louisville, Kentucky which is where my dad is grew up. It's so awesome when you find something in common like that with a complete stranger. I enjoyed talking with him very much because he was funny and i enjoy conversations that make me laugh.
My night was extremely enjoyable! Hooray for amazing nights where I make new friends!

Party!

I still haven't met a single unfamiliar person this week! I won't get down on myself though because tomorrow is Snow Down! Snow Down is a big celebration in my town. I think we celebrate snow but I'm not really sure the purpose for it other than an excuse to have a party. But who doesn't like to party? Plenty of opportunities will present themselves to me tomorrow.

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This week I have had the opportunity to meet a few people I was not well acquainted with. Though, I hate to admit, I didn't really get to know them. In my small town, what we hope will be a major movement for the youth of Durango has just begun. There's not much for teenagers to do, aside from smoking pot or, if your me, hanging out in coffee shops. And the lack of something to do is hopefully coming to an end.
The director of Camp Kivu, formerly known as Kanakuk Colorado, moved to Durnago from Branson. He noticed the need for change and decided to do something about it. So he started a youth meeting for Christian kids and is hoping to turn it into something big. But for now it's just a handful of Christian kids meeting Monday nights to worship, pray, and discuss matters of faith and other matters in the world. It's building a great community.
Anyway, back to my point, which is that since i go to a small school I don't know many kids from my town. So Monday night I made a few more acquaintances. Though, I am disappointed that I didn't take advantage of the opportunity to try to get to know them better. But there is no need to be down on myself because there is always next week.

Condement Forts and Hypervenalation (pt ll)

I forgot to incorporate the moral of my story in the ending. The moral is if you are a pleasant and open in appearance, it should not prove terribly difficult to meet other human beings because they will generally initiate the conversation first. Or if you're just awesome as i am, random persons will be drawn to you.

Condement Forts and Hypervenalation

It's the end of the week and i was finally able to over come the overabundance of snow and make my way to church! I was indeed overjoyed to leave the confines of my room to do something fun. After church Claire and I went to one of our favorite restaurants in town, The Diamond Belle. I would say it's my favorite because they serve delightful salads, which are hard to find, and mouthwatering fries. Not to mention our friend, Colt works there so we receive excellent service.
(Here's a rabbit trail for you, though I promise I will eventually make it back to the story.) I've begun to notice friendly people will randomly walk up and start conversations with another person if the person looks good natured and open to a little chit chat. Which, in my case, happens a lot. I never knew why, but in my opinion the reason is that I'm generally a happy, easy going person most of the time. A typical human being enjoys being around other human beings, and it's quite entertaining to verbalize with unfamiliar persons.
Anyway...(back to my story)As Claire and I were nibbling on the sustenance before us and snickering uncontrollably at each other's ludicrous behavior, Colt would visit us at random. Every so often, the cook would join Colt on these brief visitations. Obviously, the cook was drawn to our awesomeness. (I was building forts out of condiment containers on the table) Who could blame him for desiring to associate with us?
At one moment during our meal I caused Claire to laugh so arduously she began to hyperventilate (indeed. I am that amusing) and had to run to the restroom, leaving me alone at the booth with my condiment fort. In the duration of her absence, the cook sat himself down across the table for me and began to converse. Thus, I deemed the appropriate action would be to introduce myself. And i did just that. We spoke for a small period of time before Claire returned capable of taking a full breath. Thus is my epic story of meeting my human being for the week.
Just as a side note: Claire and I don't get kicked out of the restaurant because we're regulars and we're awesome.

too much snow!

I have indeed felt much better lately, but due to the snow I have not been able to meet anyone because I'm not able to get out of my driveway.

Unhealthfulness

This week I have not had the opportunity to meet any new people because sickness overtook my feeble body. So the past few days have been spent in slumberland and when conscious, swigging tea, gormandizing soup, and hearkening the sweet sound of Vampire Weekend's new CD, Contra. No social life for me. This is indeed very grave. However, this morning I am feeling much better and may even be able to venture out of my house to recrudescent to school tomorrow. Not that I'm looking forward to relinquishing the amenities of my house to face the vexations of high school, but it would be nice not to fall behind in my academics. I must bid you all farewell for now. I will count the seconds until we meet again...

fail

This past week and a half since i started trying to reach out of my comfort zone and meet new people i feel has been a mostly positive experience. I certainly have been more confident and comfortable in public and i have so enjoyed my conversations with people I am not well acquainted with. Though, I think everything you do should be done in moderation. Too much of anything can be have a negative effect, even if it's a positive thing.
This past weekend my friend Claire's parents went out of town. We decided to have an epic Elisabeth and Claire weekend so I spent the weekend at her house. Both being single,decided to "hit the town" Saturday night. So we donned our cutest dresses, dug out some heals, and treated ourselves to a fancy dinner. While at dinner, we took notice of the super attractive bus boy who apparently had taken notice of us too, walking past our table five times a minute openly staring in our direction. He started to take our dinner plates away saying something along the lines of "I'll put these in in boxes for you ladies and do i know you?" and pointed at me. I was so caught off guard that he was actually talking to me my response was "me?" and pointed to myself. "I don't think so" The most adorable smile spread across his face "Because you look really familiar." he said. And thus, we started a conversation trying to figure out whether we had met before. We decided that we hadn't, though it gave him an opportunity to talk to me and flirt a little. The fact that he was showing interest in me mixed with my newfound confidence, clouded up my reasoning and I decided to leave my number for him. Life lesson # 1,295: never leave your number for random cute strangers. EVER.
Fortunately for me, I have friends who work at the same restaurant. So, being the stalker that I am, I asked them if the knew him. It turns out that they did know him, and he has a reputation of sleeping around a lot and goes both ways. Gross. Now, I have gay uncles and friends so I'm not judging this guy, but i wouldn't want to go on a date with someone who likes both girls and boys. It's not really my thing.
The moral of my embarrassing story is that confidence, though it's a good thing, should be used in moderation. And I would like to add to never leave you're number for random guys also. Learn from my mistake.

O, The Wonders of the Internet

Every Monday afternoon I sit at my favorite coffee shop ever, Durango Joe's, and work on homework before i go to my hockey practice. Occasionally i will take breaks from the stresses of homework and log on to my favorite internet site, which happens to be facebook.
Yesterday afternoon I finished most of my homework and decided to check my facebook and discovered that i had a new friend request from a friend of a friend. I had never actually met him in my life, but decided to accept because I knew of him and he sounded cool. Since i had nothing better to do, I started chatting with and discovered that he was a super interesting person. He's originally from Spain and also lived in Honduras for a year. We hit it off right away because of my love of traveling and talked about how America compares to other countries in the world. He ended up calling me later that night (fun fact:I'm deathly afraid of talking on the phone but for some odd reason decided to answer anyway) to get to know me better and we decided to get dinner together before i had to go to hockey practice. Our mutual friend ended up joining us which was awesome because it got rid of the awkwardness of eating dinner with a complete stranger. Though, I have to say, it was terribly fun to talk and be real with someone I didn't know. We didn't talk about much, just our interests and hobbies and such, but it was very interesting to see the world through someone else perspective. That's really all i have to say for now.