The Mid-Week Socializing Game!!
Hey guys! It’s that time of the week, again… Time to socialize on the fly! (And, I’ll have one of those shots in the photo, please!)
Here’s how it works: I’ll start with a question, and the first person answers my question, and then asks a different question for the next person in the same comment.
I’ll start!
Do you thrive on situations where you don’t know anyone, or are you the type of person that would prefer not getting to know new people?
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Ah, the answer to the question (which I suspect is close to your situation earlier this evening):
When I find yourself in a situation where I dont know anyone, I do feel overwhelmed, but I try not to let that stop me from meeting 1 or 2 people. Sometimes it can work out, sometimes not. When we were fist visiting Vancouver and looking for a place to live, I went to a tech conference (Massive, in fact). At the Beer Garden at the end of the event, I started talking some guy there, and mentioned that I was looking foward to moving here. “Are you sure you want to do that?” he said with a trace of bitterness. Turns out he was moving back to Toronto after breaking up with his partner, and was looking to sell his condo. We took a look at it the next day, and (long story short) ended up getting the place.
The moral of the story? No matter how hard it is, try to talk to a stranger in those situations; it may change your life. You just never know.
PS: Hope your Neuro Opthalmology Appointment (man, that sounds impressive without even seeing the machinery or doctors) goes OK.
My question: Have you ever began a conversation with a stranger and had everything go terribly, horribly wrong, and wish you’d never started talking to them in the first place?
lol, frequently. No, that would be too pessimistic. Occasionally. Realizing I’m not talking to who I thought I was or I just bumped into a wall of someone’s sensitive topic by some flip remark, or feel myself come up prickly. Meh, it happens. One lives.
For you, how often can you hug someone if you see them? Only if you see them every week or each month? More? Less?
Depending on who they are. I have friends I just naturally feel overwhelming affection for. Others don’t make me want to touch them. That said I am naturally a prickly pear ergo those that know me that I don’t hug should not take that personally…I still LOVE YOU!
How long was it before you farted in front of your current “partner”?
:-O
I have NEVER done that before… Some people actually DO that?!?!
I will use the ex as I currently have no partner, but probably not long after we met. Disgusting, I know. But, since my farts don’t stink… all is good!!
Q for the ladies… Why are women attracted to bad boys?
(Hi Rick!)
A: Not all women are, actually! I’m not… Although, I do like edgy with confidence, I definitely do NOT like men who treat women badly, or are arrogant.
Q: What was the last text message you received? Was it part of an on-going conversation, or just a one-off?
“and yes I will hopefully get to robinson’s…and yes I will crash my truck if I keep texting.”
part of an ongoing conversation about my attendance at tonight’s canucks game! WAHOO!!!
for the record i like bad boys but only when they are bad boys with good hearts that can be converted and brought to their knees by yours truly.
are the Canucks going to take it in 5???
Thanks for 2 answers!! (and hey you T!)
But bad boys don’t have good hearts… :-p
Are the Canucks even in the playoffs?? LMAO! Oh, you can’t answer a Q with a Q can you… I hope so, I hate Dallas.
Side note… my 19 year old totalled my Suburban texting on the highway a couple months ago… ugh.
Who WILL win the Cup this year?
Rick! Yikes… I hope she was okay. Who texts on the highway! Holy!
Of course the Canucks will win the cup, finally. For. The. First. Time. Ever!! We’ve got the team to do it, finally, if they keep their act together and pull off saves like they did the other night. That was exciting!
Q: What’s your favourite song right now?
A: Conjure One – Extraordinary Way (Antillas Remix)
Q: What Martial Art would you take next? (not one you might be taking now)
FYI… 19 year olds text on the highway. Or at least mine did.
She was ok… stiff and sore for a few days. Thank God she was in the Suburban and not her car. She ripped the front wheel off a 3/4 ton truck.
I still feed her crap over it too. But isn’t that what Dads are supposed to do?
A: Yes, I suppose part of what Dad’s do is train their kids on how to take crap
But with any luck they balance that out with other things.
Q: Do you keep copies of your msn/google chats?
A: Nope — I don’t use the chats for anything critical, so I just see it as another way for personal conversations to be disclosed somehow down the line, so I don’t. I’ve experienced a few boyfriends in the past who have snooped through my computer, and quite honestly, reading those chats out of context would be confusing, and sometimes troublesome. Besides, there’s nothing there that I’d need to refer back to, anyhow!
Q: Could you go without refined sugar (completely cold turkey) for three months?
A: Without refined sugar for THREE months, cold turkey? Not a chance. Too many implications – no more lattes, for example (honey wouldn’t cut it as a replacement).
Q: If you see someone you sorta know – maybe you took a class with them a year ago or something – and you see them walking down the street towards you, or on the bus, do you feel happy to reconnect, or would you avoid/ignore them ’cause you don’t have the energy to get into the, ‘Hi! How are you??’ conversation?
(edit after the fact) Vern got left out of his answer, so I’ll answer it! …I would take Karate, I think! I hear it’s a great workout!
A: i’m almost always happy to reconnect. maybe that’s partly because that used to be my job when i did outreach counselling in the downtown eastside. part of my job happened on street corners, so to say …
it’s happened to me almost every day this week, by the way.
Q: do you read science fiction? if yes, what’s the latest you’ve read, and if no, why not?
I do, but I’m kind of stuck in the middle of one that I started a while ago: by China Miéville, which takes place in the same ‘universe’ as one of his other books (and one which I heartily recommend, Perdido Street Station. Someone recently wrote an essay on the fact that even ‘normal’ fiction is often Science Fiction (or rather, speculative fiction) these days, and the ghetto-ization of Sci Fi shouldn’t be necessary to the degree it remains. On the other hand, there’s plenty of awful Sci Fi movies that can’t seem to resist big endings where everything gets ‘blowed up’…
Q: What do you do (now that it’s mostly over, for the most part) when the Vancouver rains get you down? (I’m looking for something to help out my significant other, who says that this winter was really depressing for her).
(Argh, pardon the lack of an ending tag for the italics…)
A. Try running in the rain! It’s actually really good to do that on kits beach. Runner’s high will get you through that dreary rainy day.
(Hey David if you like SF try “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro…life will never be the same….)
Q. Do you have a lucky charm? And if so what is it?
Magically delicious and leprechauns are leaping thru my mind this minute.
Apart from the cereal (I only had it once) I’ve never used a charm for luck although I used to have a rabbit’s foot.
Going back up to the question of bad boys. I think it’s the appeal of someone who gives the sense of being aware of where lines are and when he crosses them. He doesn’t give off nervous awkwardness but puts himself out there so you don’t have ambiguity.
Have you ever contacted your government representative to tell them your concerns or ask a question?