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02/13/01 09:44 PM: I went to see H2O
I went to see H2O last night at the Water St. Music Hall. I went by myself. I know, that’s lame. . . . Well, it wasn’t, actually. It certainly could have been. I’ve stood around by myself among crowds of people enough times to know that that sucks. But wouldn’t you know it, I actually struck up a conversation with someone and made a new friend. That’s quite a rare occurrence for me. I milled around the place for a while. The show hadn’t started yet, so I went over near the bathroom and stood up against the wall. I stood next to some kid for five minutes. Finally he was intrigued enough by the design on my hoodie to come over and take a closer look. We went back to standing in silence for another two or three minutes. I finally decided I’d had enough of that. I turned and started talking to him. Yes, talking to a complete stranger. What an experience. I am about the shyest person you’ll ever meet, but I’m getting sick of it. It sucks to not allow yourself the chance to be friends with people just because you’re scared to start a conversation. You never know. Sometimes people will look at you like “what the hell is your problem?” And other times people will warm right up to you and engage in a conversation. I lucked out last night. I met a cool kid named Ryan and hung out with him for four hours instead of standing around by myself. I need to try crazy ideas like talking to people more often. It’s worth the risk.
