Guys, I'm way better at this than I've realized. Last night I showed off all these social skills that I didn't know I had.
Going through the night, touching on highlights.
Started with the ride there. I play harmonica in the car on the way to parties. I've tried rapping, playing music, riding in silence, but harmonica is the only way to keep my mind quiet so it doesn't ask "What's going to happen?" over and over.
Get there. It's a house, rented by two guys, friends of Cam, whose birthday it was. I come in, immediately introduce myself to everyone I see. If you don't do this, this is absolutely something you should change immediately. Meet everyone as soon as you see them. If you can't say "Hi, I'm Josh" to a guy, you can't say it to a girl.
See some of my people. Most of the same ones who were there on Thursday. A lot of them hang out the whole night as part of one 5 or 6 person group, my friends Sean and Derek mingle with new and old friends alike. I also see some old friends, including some people I have a lot of respect for.
Lost a game of pong. Made a redemption shot that saved us from losing once, so nbd. Two girls came in while I was playing. Both blonde, one skinnier than the other. The skinnier one, Madison, had some style, but when I introduced myself she seemed uninterested in meeting me. The bigger girl was named Megan. Very sweet girl. They were my undoing, in the end.
Other people of note. Kazi. I knew him already, you'll probably never see him in another post. But this guy, an apprentice tattoo artist who has done beautiful work in many mediums, knows the truth. He knows about being in the present, he knows about humility, the divine path of every person, all these things. It's enlightening to talk to him.
Cam. It was his birthday, but he has a flair for the dramatic. It was his birthday, so he made a toast with champagne, which ended up being kinda ****ty, after some hype. Apparently he had been talking about it for a couple weeks. I rapped with him, and this other kid. I didn't know the other guy, but he was sick with it. I messed up pretty badly my first round, by the third I was on.
Mitchell. Wouldn't put him here except for a couple points. He was playing with rave gloves the whole night. Wasn't the right vibe for it, really. Madison took them to play with occasionally, but otherwise all it did was provoke the pitbull in the house, Chance. But he did sell me a powder whose encoded name is NENB. Pull a quick number-shift cypher and you'll figure that one out. It wasn't much, but it should make my New Years a little better.
Nick from Thursday was there. I liked him at that party, he was completely unimpressive here. Just goes to show that people have their nights.
There's no one else really important. One guy was a good breakdancer. But there were plenty more guys. Lots and lots more guys. In fact there were 5 or 6 girls that I didn't know, compared to 20-25 guys. I stood out fantastically, and that is why I'll matter.
But let's move on to females.
So when I was sitting in a circle with Megan and Madison, and many guys, I was getting ioi's from Megan. I had to decide, do I go for the hotter girl? Or the one showing interest? I thought about it, said, "I've wimped out in the past with hotter girls. I'm gonna get a close with the one I choose tonight, I'll go hotter next time." So I pick Megan early on. This ended up being the mistake that left me alone that night.
I'll come back to that, the most interesting story of the night, but before that I'll talk about my other choices. I'm trying to come up with this girl's name, I know it isn't Jordan, cause I thought it was Jordan last night. But anyway, Jordan was this cute Cuban girl. Unfortunately she was already paired up with Cam's best friend. I flirted anyway. We had a really good conversation on hispanic heritage and proper respect for it. You can have this conversation with any latina girl. They LOVE to talk about it. I got plenty of glances from her, especially when she kissed that guy, she looked back at me to see if I saw it. I commented about it, of course.
There was another girl named Allison, not really worth talking about. She wasn't a good conversationalist, wasn't attractive, and I tried to cold read her as Jewish and it failed. Not crash and burn style, but no interest.
Last one, I don't remember her name. She was visiting from Mississippi I think. Now the problem-moment with her came when I was with her and her friends in the kitchen. She asked me if I knew anyone at the party, sort of skeptically, like I was crashing. Definitely a sh*t test. I know now that I should have ignored it, instead I offer to take her around and show her who I know. She refused, but a guy behind her said he would take me up on it. In the moment I said yes, and walked out. Then I hear laughing coming from the kitchen. The guy wasn't coming, and he made a joke about getting me out of the room. I yell "**** you!" then go around the party and joke happily about it. It was a ****ty moment, but ended up doing nothing to my night.
Went with some guys to ihop. At first we thought a whole crew was going, then turns out they're headed to steak and shake. I call Cam to see what was going on, he spouts some ****, then says that they aren't going there, they're back at the house. I say **** it, let's follow them. We end up at steak and shake, they get out of the car. Megan and Madison are not with them. I say **** it again, they're *******s, lets go to ihop. So we do, get food to go, and come back to the house. Wasn't a shining moment for me, but whatever. I stayed calm and carried on.
So here's the Megan and Madison story. Madison seems to like having a back-up friend. Megan's job, and probably the reason why she tags along with Madison to parties, is to make her feel good. The way that made me feel is two-fold. Madison seemed egoic and needy, Megan seemed caring and nurturing.
Unfortunately, despite being hot, NO ONE HIT ON MADISON.
What?? I took Megan so that I wouldn't need to deal with competition, not so that people could avoid the hotter girl.
The problem became, I was making too many waves to have chosen Megan, in Madison's point of view. My problem early on was not being definitive in my statements. I would say "Yeah come downstairs" then start heading out with a hand signal. No eye contact, it was weak, obviously failed. I fixed that mistake, and fixed others. My goal was to let Megan know, quietly and discreetly, that I was into her. I ended up sitting on a couch with Megan, watching pong and chatting. I could tell she was nervous, excited, aroused. Then Madison comes along. All of a sudden Megan is a little anxious. She's trying to come up with a way for Madison to not be bored. There wasn't really any way to fix the boredom, but Megan, the sweet girl that she is, tried.
So the night progresses, things happen. It comes down to a few guys in the living room, I lose a game of NCAA football, but barely. Megan is asleep in the chair. I wake her up, saying "This isn't good for your back. I'm looking out for you." She smiles, we flirt for a sec, I tell her that I want to gossip about Madison, that I got vibes off of her. I get myself set up on a broken pull-out couch, she's bugging me to tell her about my vibes. Once I'm laying down with a blanket and pillow, I say, "Well, I don't like to use the word arrogant..." She looks at me with a really shocked smile. I follow that track, and she denies every word. It makes me wonder if she consciously sucks up to Madison or not. Could go either way. Megan goes upstairs.
I got a better bed alone upstairs. Megan and Madison are talking to someone on the phone. I heard mention of Madison's boyfriend through the night, could have been him. Nothing happens that night. It's interesting that I was c*ckblocked by the hotter girl. Megan felt so driven to make sure that Madison wasn't alone, that I lost her, even though she was attracted.
I pull myself out of bed at 9 am this morning, feeling kinda rough. Megan and Madison were in bed across the hall. I decided I wanted to say something to Megan before leaving. Thought about having her write her name on my hand, so I could find her on fb. Went downstairs, found a pen. Then somehow didn't have it, I changed my plan to sneaking in, a kiss on her cheek quietly then heading out. I had a second of AA, but I said, just go in, see what happens. Went in, Megan wakes up, sees me, smiles and says Hi immediately. Definitely woke Madison up. I go up, tell them that I want to hang out again, that I need their names so I can find them. Sit on the bed next to Megan, have her type names into my phone. I ask them how their night went, and redirect the question to Madison specifically. She answered nicely, I got my phone back and went on my way.