bar test
So its Friday night and most the people i have met are going out. i havent done anything but read (mmm Atals Shrugged! why did anyone warn me it was so addictive?) so i put on some more deoderant and consider myself dressed. We all pile into a taxi and ride off to a little bar/club doing kareoke (no i cant spel et!) I'm cufused by people smoking inside by my lungs and eyes dont burst so i decided to tough it out.
well I didnt know any songs, found it really hard to talk to anyone and was uncomfortable around all the drunk people (of all ages! 18 to grandpa) and got quite very quickly. Poor Pat sat beside me the whole time trying to keep me from watching the lights in silence as alcohol made the mindless chatter of the place get more stupiderer.This was my first real strike of homesickness. Oh how i wanted a low-quality burrito instead of the quickly diluting drink Pat had bought me, for it to just be five people instead of fifty, to be watching MST3K instead of bad singing, to be playing Risk instead of trying to figure out Cricket on my own... Then Jason made me dance with him and i was much relieved. Maybe if we go somewhere with a younger population and more dancing space i'll actually enjoy myself. I always loved prom and homecoming type events. Maybe if i leave ealier i wont have to hear speach getting slurred and bouncers taking action...
I have been trying to recal how you get close enough to people that doing nothing becomes fun with them. What is the progression that makes sitting at Steak n' Shake into a great night out? Can a apply that to make myself more comfortable in these more 'mature' kinds of social events?
At this University i am in the youngest 10% or maybe less of students, hanging out with grad students and vocational guys is inevitable. Everything else feels natural but my stay wont be worth anything if i dont get to know people.
by the way, I like Vegimite ^_^
well I didnt know any songs, found it really hard to talk to anyone and was uncomfortable around all the drunk people (of all ages! 18 to grandpa) and got quite very quickly. Poor Pat sat beside me the whole time trying to keep me from watching the lights in silence as alcohol made the mindless chatter of the place get more stupiderer.This was my first real strike of homesickness. Oh how i wanted a low-quality burrito instead of the quickly diluting drink Pat had bought me, for it to just be five people instead of fifty, to be watching MST3K instead of bad singing, to be playing Risk instead of trying to figure out Cricket on my own... Then Jason made me dance with him and i was much relieved. Maybe if we go somewhere with a younger population and more dancing space i'll actually enjoy myself. I always loved prom and homecoming type events. Maybe if i leave ealier i wont have to hear speach getting slurred and bouncers taking action...
I have been trying to recal how you get close enough to people that doing nothing becomes fun with them. What is the progression that makes sitting at Steak n' Shake into a great night out? Can a apply that to make myself more comfortable in these more 'mature' kinds of social events?
At this University i am in the youngest 10% or maybe less of students, hanging out with grad students and vocational guys is inevitable. Everything else feels natural but my stay wont be worth anything if i dont get to know people.
by the way, I like Vegimite ^_^