revolving doors...
I have become fairly indiscriminate about the diet talk. There's so much to say. Life, now, is kind of like Space Mountain with the lights turned on. And all the magic behind eating Enteman's cookies are lost by virtue of my current fixation on the "Nutrition Information" box. Anyhow, story after story is generated, and my friends and labmates have duly listened to my calamitous diet experiences. But today today, at dinner, I realized that I have gone too far. I was called (1) substanceless and (2) on the verge of turning into one of those phony LA people whose sole fascination in life is dieting.
I tend to think that one should always have at least two amusing anecdotes to tell at any given point. So, when you see that random somebody, you can give them a life update in the form of an entertaining story. The only trouble comes when the story is stale, as the revolving door for life anecdotes moves fairly fast, even in the summer. I think my screenwriting/diet one-two punch has run it's course. So, now I need two new talking points. Ideas, with corresponding conversational points:
-learning about my roots, understanding my parents better (6/10)
-writing arts articles, interviewing B-list celebrities (7/10)
-making new acquaintances only to run social experiments (9/10)
-take dancing lessons, learn foxtrot, etc. (6-8/10, depends if I suck)
-have fun on match.com (10/10, disaster guaranteed)
-go to republican meetups to better understand the red states (7/10)
-get a psychologist for kicks, the Robin Williams type (8/10)
-take etiquitte lessons (6/10)
These topics, coming to a soiree near you
On a side note, I'll never really see Paul Wolfowitz in quite the same light. (He does a fun thing with saliva and his hair).
Is it wrong for people to wear shirts from sporting events that they never were a part of? A marathon, a crew race, a tennis tourney. My take is no. A shirt does not a trophy make. And furthermore, I figure having to keep saying, "Actually, my dad gave it to me" is punishment enough.
I tend to think that one should always have at least two amusing anecdotes to tell at any given point. So, when you see that random somebody, you can give them a life update in the form of an entertaining story. The only trouble comes when the story is stale, as the revolving door for life anecdotes moves fairly fast, even in the summer. I think my screenwriting/diet one-two punch has run it's course. So, now I need two new talking points. Ideas, with corresponding conversational points:
-learning about my roots, understanding my parents better (6/10)
-writing arts articles, interviewing B-list celebrities (7/10)
-making new acquaintances only to run social experiments (9/10)
-take dancing lessons, learn foxtrot, etc. (6-8/10, depends if I suck)
-have fun on match.com (10/10, disaster guaranteed)
-go to republican meetups to better understand the red states (7/10)
-get a psychologist for kicks, the Robin Williams type (8/10)
-take etiquitte lessons (6/10)
These topics, coming to a soiree near you
On a side note, I'll never really see Paul Wolfowitz in quite the same light. (He does a fun thing with saliva and his hair).
Is it wrong for people to wear shirts from sporting events that they never were a part of? A marathon, a crew race, a tennis tourney. My take is no. A shirt does not a trophy make. And furthermore, I figure having to keep saying, "Actually, my dad gave it to me" is punishment enough.
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