Positional Death
Man, so angry today because I had planned to watch Game 5 from 9-11 then go to work a bit, but they were showing FUCKING NETBALL!! I checked the schedule and they had shown the game at 7am, which was the Game 4 replay, instead of showing the live Game 5 at 9am.
Screwed up my day.
I had logged onto MSN and G logged on as well, and asked if I wanted to go to this Asian social lunch with him. I figured I could go at noon, stay there for about an hour and then go to the office to do some work, so I agreed. Besides, it would be good to get out and meet some people *cough* girls.
I told him to invite Brain, because I knew he really wanted to meet girls, and maybe even try out what he had read in The Game.
G picked me up at about 11:30am, and we drove to pick up Brain and Scope. G was in a bit of a hurry, so he decided to turn right into a street which didn't allow a right turn. There was cop standing next to his car pointing at G. I had started calling Scope up, and I said "I think he's pointing at you", but he kept driving.
I checked the side mirror and saw that he was chasing us. I said "ummm...I think he's chasing us". He kept driving, did a u-turn at the roundabount and stopped outside Brain's house. The cop stopped behind us and basically issued G a ticket for the no right turn and a caution for not obeying his direction.
I just sat there embarassed. He was such an idiot. But at the same time, I could see how this would be bloody hilarious in 10 minutes' time. Brain came walking out of his house and was like "wtf?" but entered G's car anyway. I sat there thinking if it was a good move. In hindsight it was, because it supported G's story that we were picking up a friend.
I was also a little pissed that G had called Brain up earlier, and then on the way I called him up to tell him to wait for us outside his house, and yet he only came out after the cop had fucking time to issue a fucking infringement notice. Fuck!
After that little episode we picked up Scope and parked in the city. G was walking pretty fast towards the place, while we kinda just strolled behind him, lol. G wanted to run a flashing pedestrian light, and Scope and I followed (I can now jog very lightly to escape being run over on the road, but right now my knee feels soooooo loose/naked, it's like nothing is connecting the bones). Brain didn't run with us so we had to wait for him...grrr.
We finally reached the place, and I saw a bunch of Asian people standing outside a restaurant. We stood around awkward for a second before this guy called Michael came over and introduced himself to us. He apparently was the organiser of this. Seemed like a nice, decent guy, but I bet you he'd pick up if he could.
He even introduced us to a group standing furthest away from us, which luckily had a few girls. After that he walked off, and I took the chance to make things easy by initiating conversation with a girl called Monica, which started a four-way conversation between her, another girl, G and I. Brain and Scope watched on even though a few times I tried to bring them into the conversation.
A while later, a girl came along and she caught my eye. I swear to god I thought that was Nabi. I waited for her to see me to see if there was any reaction. There wasn't. I looked at her a bit more and thought maybe it wasn't her. When we walked to our table I realised it wasn't her, but this girl was quite pretty.
I knew, I KNEW seating arrangements would be crucial. But I had no idea how the others would be seated. At first we went to one side of the table, but everyone was going there so I went to the other side, in the corner. I ended up sitting between Scope and Brain, which would eventuate to be my positional death.
G sat on the other side of Brain. To our fortune, the girls we had been talking to earlier came to our end of the table and sat next to Scope. The Nabi look-alike (Niko) sat next to Scope, and I smiled at her as she sat. She looked at me twice, and then I introduced myself, which led to introductions for everyone else.
I was pretty glad at this point that she had come this close, but came to realise it didn't matter - Scope was the immovable barrier.
At first I was smart and went to get drinks from the fridge for everyone. I noticed Niko look at me was I headed to the fridge. I also noticed her look at me as I made my way back to the seat.
At times during the buffet, I would try to say something across the table to Monica, hoping it would engage Niko, but she didn't buy it. Other than that, I was trapped into talking to either Brain or Scope. I was wishing, WISHING that Scope would talk to Niko, because she could only talk to the other two girls and it seemed pretty rude to not talk to someone right beside you, but he didn't budge. They actually managed not to talk to eachother for the whole thing. It was like Katie and me.
For most of the lunch, Niko had her back to Scope. That was such bad body language. I don't think she was trying to be rude, but I think she didn't want to feel ignored, or awkward.
I got pretty upset inside, not sure who at more. Sometimes I thought Brain because he was the one reading The Game and wanting so much for an opportunity to talk to girls, and yet here he was, opportunities plentiful, and he choked. It was like someone saying "damn, I wish I would make it to the NBA Finals" and when they do, they absolutely fucking choke. Fuck.
On the other hand, I felt that Scope should've at the very least and out of courtesy talked to the person next to him. Maybe if he had spoken to her, it would led to a three way conversation involving me, rather than having her turn her back on all of us?
Focussing on the positive for a second, I was very impressed with G's social skills. Although some of the stuff he says can be a bit weird at times, I admired how he initiated interaction with a lot of people, not just girls. He leaves sufficient silence during a conversation for others to join in, and he can keep it going with random interesting questions. Bravo, bravo.
Brain and Scope left at the end to go to Thai's place, and it was a bit of a relief because that meant there was now no barrier between Niko and I! But it felt like the damage had been done - you have a certain amount of time to build rapport and when that expires, it just makes life that much harder.
I eventually found an open opportunity to talk to her, and she turned around to face me which made me feel bad because Monica had gone off somewhere so the other girl had no one to talk to. I could've involved her in the conversation, but damnit, I wanted to show interest in Niko!
We talked about normal (boring?) stuff. She lives in the city but works in Neutral Bay. When I asked her how long she had been here, it felt like a conversation I was having inside a brothel.
I noticed she was quite pretty close up as well, but at the same time thought maybe I was showing too much interest. As talkative as she was, I noticed that she didn't ask what I did, just my background info.
After we all paid our share, we stood outside for a bit. Monica and Niko had gone to one side to talk, and G suggested to head over there. I agreed, but on our way got caught in a conversation with this guy called William, who works in the suburb I used to work in. He seemed like a pretty cool guy, but I had my mind on Niko. I looked over at her which I think made things pretty obvious.
One group, including Niko and Monica, suggested going for ice cream first while the others went off to karaoke. G suggested we go follow the ice cream people and I was more than happy to oblige. I was really happy to go to that place with the tower ice creams, but these two guys leading the group wanted to go to Lindt.
When they decided on that, Monica said she didn't want to walk that far, and then Niko said she'd follow Monica.
Great.
The others kept walking, and G and I found ourselves standing there again trying to decide what to do. I didn't want to follow the Lindt group because they looked like fuckers, but I also didn't want to go to Niko because then it would seem like we were following them (rule is, lead, don't follow).
We ended up going to Monica and Niko. We all bought ice cream except Niko who said she was on a diet. I walked almost in isolation towards karoke with them.
I really didn't feel comfortable being there, mainly because I knew I couldn't sing. But I also began thinking about Niko. If she was willing to not go to Lindt, how high could her interest in me be? So what was the point of staying in karaoke? While G was out at the bathroom, I walked out. G saw me and I told him I had to go.
Yes, I dogged it, but I guess I had better things to do. I went to the office and got some work done before going home.
God, I am still so angry at Brain and Scope. G just told me on MSN that if I hadn't of suggested inviting Brain, then he wouldn't have gotten the fine and I would've sat next to Niko!!!
Screwed up my day.
I had logged onto MSN and G logged on as well, and asked if I wanted to go to this Asian social lunch with him. I figured I could go at noon, stay there for about an hour and then go to the office to do some work, so I agreed. Besides, it would be good to get out and meet some people *cough* girls.
I told him to invite Brain, because I knew he really wanted to meet girls, and maybe even try out what he had read in The Game.
G picked me up at about 11:30am, and we drove to pick up Brain and Scope. G was in a bit of a hurry, so he decided to turn right into a street which didn't allow a right turn. There was cop standing next to his car pointing at G. I had started calling Scope up, and I said "I think he's pointing at you", but he kept driving.
I checked the side mirror and saw that he was chasing us. I said "ummm...I think he's chasing us". He kept driving, did a u-turn at the roundabount and stopped outside Brain's house. The cop stopped behind us and basically issued G a ticket for the no right turn and a caution for not obeying his direction.
I just sat there embarassed. He was such an idiot. But at the same time, I could see how this would be bloody hilarious in 10 minutes' time. Brain came walking out of his house and was like "wtf?" but entered G's car anyway. I sat there thinking if it was a good move. In hindsight it was, because it supported G's story that we were picking up a friend.
I was also a little pissed that G had called Brain up earlier, and then on the way I called him up to tell him to wait for us outside his house, and yet he only came out after the cop had fucking time to issue a fucking infringement notice. Fuck!
After that little episode we picked up Scope and parked in the city. G was walking pretty fast towards the place, while we kinda just strolled behind him, lol. G wanted to run a flashing pedestrian light, and Scope and I followed (I can now jog very lightly to escape being run over on the road, but right now my knee feels soooooo loose/naked, it's like nothing is connecting the bones). Brain didn't run with us so we had to wait for him...grrr.
We finally reached the place, and I saw a bunch of Asian people standing outside a restaurant. We stood around awkward for a second before this guy called Michael came over and introduced himself to us. He apparently was the organiser of this. Seemed like a nice, decent guy, but I bet you he'd pick up if he could.
He even introduced us to a group standing furthest away from us, which luckily had a few girls. After that he walked off, and I took the chance to make things easy by initiating conversation with a girl called Monica, which started a four-way conversation between her, another girl, G and I. Brain and Scope watched on even though a few times I tried to bring them into the conversation.
A while later, a girl came along and she caught my eye. I swear to god I thought that was Nabi. I waited for her to see me to see if there was any reaction. There wasn't. I looked at her a bit more and thought maybe it wasn't her. When we walked to our table I realised it wasn't her, but this girl was quite pretty.
I knew, I KNEW seating arrangements would be crucial. But I had no idea how the others would be seated. At first we went to one side of the table, but everyone was going there so I went to the other side, in the corner. I ended up sitting between Scope and Brain, which would eventuate to be my positional death.
G sat on the other side of Brain. To our fortune, the girls we had been talking to earlier came to our end of the table and sat next to Scope. The Nabi look-alike (Niko) sat next to Scope, and I smiled at her as she sat. She looked at me twice, and then I introduced myself, which led to introductions for everyone else.
I was pretty glad at this point that she had come this close, but came to realise it didn't matter - Scope was the immovable barrier.
At first I was smart and went to get drinks from the fridge for everyone. I noticed Niko look at me was I headed to the fridge. I also noticed her look at me as I made my way back to the seat.
At times during the buffet, I would try to say something across the table to Monica, hoping it would engage Niko, but she didn't buy it. Other than that, I was trapped into talking to either Brain or Scope. I was wishing, WISHING that Scope would talk to Niko, because she could only talk to the other two girls and it seemed pretty rude to not talk to someone right beside you, but he didn't budge. They actually managed not to talk to eachother for the whole thing. It was like Katie and me.
For most of the lunch, Niko had her back to Scope. That was such bad body language. I don't think she was trying to be rude, but I think she didn't want to feel ignored, or awkward.
I got pretty upset inside, not sure who at more. Sometimes I thought Brain because he was the one reading The Game and wanting so much for an opportunity to talk to girls, and yet here he was, opportunities plentiful, and he choked. It was like someone saying "damn, I wish I would make it to the NBA Finals" and when they do, they absolutely fucking choke. Fuck.
On the other hand, I felt that Scope should've at the very least and out of courtesy talked to the person next to him. Maybe if he had spoken to her, it would led to a three way conversation involving me, rather than having her turn her back on all of us?
Focussing on the positive for a second, I was very impressed with G's social skills. Although some of the stuff he says can be a bit weird at times, I admired how he initiated interaction with a lot of people, not just girls. He leaves sufficient silence during a conversation for others to join in, and he can keep it going with random interesting questions. Bravo, bravo.
Brain and Scope left at the end to go to Thai's place, and it was a bit of a relief because that meant there was now no barrier between Niko and I! But it felt like the damage had been done - you have a certain amount of time to build rapport and when that expires, it just makes life that much harder.
I eventually found an open opportunity to talk to her, and she turned around to face me which made me feel bad because Monica had gone off somewhere so the other girl had no one to talk to. I could've involved her in the conversation, but damnit, I wanted to show interest in Niko!
We talked about normal (boring?) stuff. She lives in the city but works in Neutral Bay. When I asked her how long she had been here, it felt like a conversation I was having inside a brothel.
I noticed she was quite pretty close up as well, but at the same time thought maybe I was showing too much interest. As talkative as she was, I noticed that she didn't ask what I did, just my background info.
After we all paid our share, we stood outside for a bit. Monica and Niko had gone to one side to talk, and G suggested to head over there. I agreed, but on our way got caught in a conversation with this guy called William, who works in the suburb I used to work in. He seemed like a pretty cool guy, but I had my mind on Niko. I looked over at her which I think made things pretty obvious.
One group, including Niko and Monica, suggested going for ice cream first while the others went off to karaoke. G suggested we go follow the ice cream people and I was more than happy to oblige. I was really happy to go to that place with the tower ice creams, but these two guys leading the group wanted to go to Lindt.
When they decided on that, Monica said she didn't want to walk that far, and then Niko said she'd follow Monica.
Great.
The others kept walking, and G and I found ourselves standing there again trying to decide what to do. I didn't want to follow the Lindt group because they looked like fuckers, but I also didn't want to go to Niko because then it would seem like we were following them (rule is, lead, don't follow).
We ended up going to Monica and Niko. We all bought ice cream except Niko who said she was on a diet. I walked almost in isolation towards karoke with them.
I really didn't feel comfortable being there, mainly because I knew I couldn't sing. But I also began thinking about Niko. If she was willing to not go to Lindt, how high could her interest in me be? So what was the point of staying in karaoke? While G was out at the bathroom, I walked out. G saw me and I told him I had to go.
Yes, I dogged it, but I guess I had better things to do. I went to the office and got some work done before going home.
God, I am still so angry at Brain and Scope. G just told me on MSN that if I hadn't of suggested inviting Brain, then he wouldn't have gotten the fine and I would've sat next to Niko!!!
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