Confessions Of An Email Addict

Aw. I love it when people think I am great. I mean who doesn’t? But I am. Really. As far as quality goes I am right up there – take note folks. We all have our faults and I will be the first to admit mine but I get an ‘A’ for awesome!

So the saying goes:

You seem like a fun person. The kind of person you see in passing or standing out in a crowded room that, of all the other people, just strikes you as someone you really want to get to know but all too often never get a chance to even say hi. So ya…. Hi.

And then I said:

Well thanks … I don’t know if I stand out in a crowd but I am always smiling and cracking random jokes or making some sort of strange obscure gesture. Not everyone gets me and I am ok with that I am laughing inside.

Pics are good. I am addicted to taking pictures of myself. It is just fun. Also taking pictures of my random possessions piled up to look cool. Maybe I could like put them to use as backgrounds for spam or something.

So he says hi again:

What I meant by standing out in a crowd is that you get so used to people being so fake, shallow, and empty. You meet too many people and they turn out to be like everyone else. So caught up in day to day crap that they don’t take a moment to enjoy life.

You just look like someone different. You look like someone who you could talk to and not have your conversation sound like the last 10 conversations you’ve had with everyone else. (Oh I am …. and I hate that small talk crap get to the point or something interesting already.) Sometimes you can just spot that about a person. If you were walking in a crowd you look like the person I’d probably want to talk to most.

——— and on that note ———

I hate parties and the bar. People have THE MOST BORING conversations in those situations. I am sure it is because you are all drunk. But I don’t drink. So unless I am laughing at what you are saying I am laughing at your inability to communicate and the effort you are putting in (or lack of). The best is talking to people the later on and they don’t remember half of what they talked to you about.

No wait. The best is that this is a socially acceptable way to connect with other people! What the heck is with that? How exactly do you figure folks? Last time I checked a loud, drunken mess of a place is not the best way to meet someone or connect.

I am forever starting conversations with people that do not involve the questions “what do you do for a living?” or “how is your night going?” allow me to give you some real conversation starting questions:

“Global warming is a sham and that Al Gore book is Global Warming for Dummies”
“Do you believe in God?”
“So where is your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband?”
“See this scar? I got it from a donkey.”
“What do you think about suburbia?”

Oh there are tons. Piles. Think people. Be creative. For crap sakes be true to yourselves. (ok that last bit was slightly off topic but it is all the same really – 36 inches around….. think about it…)