Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Being not a b1tch
(diffusing disrespect)
I was doing group work today in the class I have with Gina L. The group was her, a popular b1tchy girl with a bf, and a guy I'm on pretty good terms with. I lost nose-goes for writing our sh1t and was working while everyone else was having a conversation about colleges n stuff. I made a point here and there and at one point stopped working to join in the convo. When there was a moment of silence, the group looked at me and the ****y girl goes, "Are we done yet? C'mon, I thought you were supposed to be asian" Here was another situation that I didn't know how quite to respond to--it's clear I should have diffused that disrespect, but I wasn't able to do it in a way that was both humorous and didn't make it seem that I was getting fussy about doing groupwork. I think I smiled at her and said something calmly but I don't really remember.
Petunia S (hot LJBF)
I had a marker in my hand for some reason once class started, so without even thinking I told Petunia S to let me see her hand (kino). I drew the first thing that came to my mind, which was an asian smiley face. She looked at it, laughed, then said, "What does this mean? Are you marking me as your property?" I responded, "Petunia S, you already were my property." I hesitated a little here and a cool guy sitting on the other side finished, "that just made it official", to which I agreed. Should have taken the flirt up to another level but a girl sitting next to me started talking to me.
I guess I might hang out with her this weekend? I've been pretty far in the friend zone with her but I've cut off interaction with her for a while and am sure that I act differently from what she's used to from me. The question is...how different? I'll find out soon.
It goes on and on forever...Mel K
The last time I talked to her was when she messaged me 2 weeks ago on FB chat, and even that was during NC. I was being polite but uninterested. Last night, I decided I'd call her and stir up some emotions. It was around 9:45, and she didn't pick up. Naturally, I've read David Deangelo's columns, which advise not to leave girls voicemails, so I didn't leave one. I also decided against texting her to leave the mystery of "he called me..."
Tonight I was just chilling, thinking, "should I call her again? Does that signify persistence, or desperation? Will it be weird if she just gets two calls from me?" when she messaged me on FB chat.
her: hey ohh
me: hey Mel K how are you
her: good goood. sick. you?
did you calll mer yesterday? .. i believe my phone is stupid.
me: sick of missing me? yaa i did
her: oh yes. thats definitely it.
and you dont leave a voicemail? see i find that semiannoying. cause then i have to wonder the reason.
me: voicemail is obsolete
her: so if people dont answer thats it? harsh.
me: you're telling me you LIKE having to make a phone call just to hear a message?
her: okay no. i actually rather hate it and delete them before listening. but still..
orrr a text is good. because its so much simpler but not as complicated.
me: agreed, yet i just don't like texting that much
her: but when the phone call fails it seems like a good alternate to leaving a voicemail. correct?
me: haha, not necessarily
her: haha okay fine. you win.
me:
. so when we hangin out katie? (ahhh i should have been declarative here instead of leaving it up to her. don't know why i asked her)
her: sooon. like possibly weekend after next?
me: weekend AFTER next..that's already ambiguous. how about friday (i did it AGAIN. dammit)
her: but im busy this weekend
me: with me
her: you havent talked to me in forever so you are not in my first priority time
sorrrry
but thee weekend following this weekend im pretty good
(i was stuck here for a bit...here's a girl talking down to me AND communicating that she's high-maintenance...)
me: haha ok i know you're pretty heartbroken from not getting my attention...but i'm here now am i (did this sound to much like i was trying to please her?) (also, i wanted to turn the tables around on HER by also saying something about having other commitments beside her...but i couldn't seem to say it without making it obvious and superficial)
her: absolutely. goood good
okay well considering my sickly state of being i am going to sleeep. good night
me: wait
i wanna see you friday. (persistence is good, as long as it's not desperate....so i thought?)
her: wait. next friday.
me: man you don't back down ever do you
her: i cant change what is already scheduled to happen. it doesnt work like that.
me: what could POSSIBLY be more important than seeing me (classic C&F, here i thought i've done enough badgering about seeing her this friday and i'd cut it out after this)
her: maybe seeing some other people that i have been putting off for quite a while
me: hahahahaaa (i was almost about to say that she sounded angry)
her: and sleep. its pretty important as well.
and im not exactly sure why thats amusing. but alright
me: that second one is 100% BS but fine
her: not true. im currently suffering from lack thereof
speaking of which... good night!
me: 'night
The worst part about all this is that I'm having some one-itis symptoms for her, and it's driving me crazy sometimes...The last few weeks have been consumed by my mind convincing me that she's interested (which is usually a GOOD thing, but it's a bad thing here) when she should be NEXTED.
I'm a really optimistic guy, and it's hurting me here cuz my mind's too fixiated on her and not the bigger picture.
The begging, AFC in me thinks...
-she talked to me! she's interested!
But really it's...
-I called her and she wants to know why. She
wants my attention
-if she really were interested, she'd be calling/texting ME before i tried to contact her...(which is how it was in the beginning when she randomly started talking to me)
the AFC thinks...
-she's really busy! but she still likes me cuz she said "next weekend"!
Really....
-no. if she were interested, she'd either break her plans to see me, MAKE time to see me, or if that REALLy couldn't be done, maybe suggested sunday or something when nobody does sh1t.
The fool in me keeps trying to maintain "hope" that she's interested by reminding me that "she's such a shy girl, if she's acting this way with you, that means she's interested" and for some reason keeps convincing me that there's a chance she's playing this huge "game" with me.
The fool in me keeps trying to make me think that I just "have to show her more attention because she likes me but is scared of being heartbroken so she knows that i actually do care"
Now that I've typed all that out, it's much easier to see how full of sh1t that "fool" in me really is.
Also, she literally said that she moved me down on her list cuz I "hadn't talked to her in a while". This sounds like what girls would do in girl-to-girl friendships...Plus, the whole point of NC'ing was to be scarce and make her value my presence more. Clearly, this has not happened because she quickly and easily left the conversation.
EDIT: one last thing is,when I was first breaking out of being extremely antisocial I was studying Dale Carnegie's How To Win Friends and Influence People, which advised always talking about the other person's interests and showing them general interest. I also knew to let the girl talk about herself. Now though, I know not to let a girl ramble on and on about her sh1t and to flirt with her instead. Because of this, I didn't even ask her about her sickness at all. That was a GOOD thing, right? Or does it just show social ignorance?