Fortuna Favet Fortibus
"Is the view better from up there?" I asked as she was standing on a couch, surveying the bar.
"No, I'm too short to see my friends."
"Ah. I'm coming up there with you."
"I'll come down."
"What's your name?"
and it was off to the races.
5 minutes later her friend walked by to tell me that she needed a hickey.
15 minutes later I'd grabbed her and was grinding with her on the dancefloor.
an hour and a half later, she told me she was tired and going to bed.
"Would you like company?"
"Sure." And off we went.
I've been spending a lot of time on the approach phase of my interactions with people. Since I started, I've been getting good at it incrementally. Walking around with Chet last night, I spotted a woman looking lost on the street and without thinking started talking to her, offering to help. Until now, I would have had a whole converation with her in my head, but not in person. I was quite pleased with myself. Reviewing the archives here, I see that this has always been a struggle for me. I'm glad I've decided to get this part of my life handled.
In other almost-as-important news, I cancelled my Cable TV, now I'm going to have to find something else to do with my free time. Reading, for example, which I stopped doing in the face of watching Scrubs. Terrible choice, Cable. So much better off without.
So - new motto - Fortuna Favet Fortibus.