So, I said I was gonna post every single night, but obviously I didn't. I've been really busy with school and other life things, so I just forgot about this place for a while. I've got a new plan, though. What I'll do is write a new post every Friday morning, since I don't have class until 12:30. It'll have to be after class on Fridays second semester, however, because I have a class from 7:30 to 10:30 AM, which won't be the worst thing in the world. I've had a lot of things to write about that I should've put down here a while back but never really had the chance/time/motivation to do it, but now I'm gonna *try* to *make* myself write up more posts.
Anyway, for this one, I'm already just over half done with my first semester of college. Damn, that time went by fast. It feels like just yesterday was my first day. I remember after class I went outside and made my way over to my math class, and since I have an hour between Tech. Drafting and Tech. Math 2 on Wednesdays, I decided to sit on a picnic bench for about a half hour. I read some stuff in my Tech. Drafting book that was assigned, being as I had nothing else to do and it felt weird not rushing over to my next class in 5 minutes. That was 8 weeks ago, and shit did that go fast. The semester ends on December 16th, and it's October 17th today, so two months from today, I'll be a day done with first semester. O.O
My sister transferred to UW-Platteville for two years now. She's finishing up her Carroll degree this year and will be going through the final steps the next year. Last weekend was Platteville's homecoming stuff, and we saw her in the parade and at the game when the marching band did its field show. It was really impressive. Everyone was so awesomely in-sync and they looked really damn great. I don't know how many of you watch the show How I Met Your Mother, but there is one episode where Barney worries that he's not Ted's best friend. When Ted says "You're my best friend, Barney.", Barney gets happy and says "And, as your best friend, I'd like to play a little game I like to call 'Haaaaaaaave you met Ted?" and then Ted in response doesn't want to play it, but Barney is already in the works of getting Ted set up with a cute woman at the bar, in which he's forced to talk to her. That's the whole point of that game, to force a guy who can't always simply talk to a girl to talk to one without a choice, unless he wants to make it really awkward for himself. I mention this because my oldest sister's boyfriend was at the game with us, and there was (I'll be honest) a pretty cute girl in front of us with her family, and he first asked her what was the deal with some band members not wearing their uniforms. Then, about 5 seconds later, he said "Also, have you met James?" and from there I was chatting with her for about 30 seconds. Now that I think it over, I could've played it so much smoother than I did. I mean, I'm not saying I choked up and couldn't spit a "Hi." out, but I didn't say "Hey, I'm James.", I just said "How's it going?". And the only things we really "discussed" was who my older sister in the band was and that she (the girl I talked to), I guess, took a year off from school. Now, here's what I really should have done:
Me: "Hey, I'm James."
Girl: "Hi, I'm --her name--."
Me: "Nice to meet you."
Girl: "You too."
Me: "You part of the band?"
Girl:*her response*
Me: "Ah, nice. How long you been playing that?"
Girl: *her response*
Me: "Cool. That the only one or do you have alternates?"
Girl: *her response*
Me: "Sweet. What year are you here?"
Girl: *her response*
Me: "I see. How come you took a year off?"
Girl: *her response*
and blah blah blah...
See, that would've led to at least a 5-minute conversation. Building questions off of responses. I guess I'll remember that for next time. Now, I don't know if it was weird that I just wrote up a conversation of what should've been said or not, but it's there. Not like I have 50 followers here who comment on every single post.
Anyway, that'll be it for this post. Gotta get going soon for class. I will do my best to hit this place up again next Friday, roughly the same time. And that's all she wrote!
