-: P t T :- p2

(this is what i looked like today. hello!)

i'm thinking i'm going to extend this series of ptt as my interaction progresses with this girl until it ends. i might've sounded a bit too eager on the first post with the whole:
i'm going to ask her out when i meet her blah blah blah crap.
I think that was wayyy too ridiculous. i mean, i'm not casanova, and i'm definitely not even a grant mizuno. how the heck am i going to get this to work?

lets go over the basics.
there's three parts to any good story. a beginning, a climax, and the end.
the beginning is key. in fact, it could be said that the beginning is the most important part for the entire story because it's the foundation for which the rest is build upon.
This is the Introduction.

I got to class before her and there was this old dude sitting on the end row of where she sat about. i figured she would sit in the row ahead of him and so i figured i'd sit there and then maybe she'd sit next to me. WRONG. she excuses herself over the guy and sits in that row i passed on. AHHH. this is so much fail. but it just makes it harder for me...So she was sitting about 2 rows behind me this time and a little to my left. i'm like, ok so i basically have one option now if i'm going to introduce myself here. i just gotta go up to her after class. i basically almost psych myself out and freeze up. then i'm just like. NOPE, gotta go.

we watched some lame old film for H-bomb awareness from the 60's and what do to when it happens. hilarious. they'd "duck and cover" (like that would help). or they'd go into the shelter and wait 5 minutes after the bomb exploded, then come out. radiation fail. ahhahahaha

i had to wait 20 minutes during this film to the end of class and the whole time i'm thinking about what to say to this girl, and how to say it. she has an angel's backpack, so that's going to be my point of interest for the conversation (a la icebreaker). i had a couple topics on the backup if she held up and talked to me (such as lakers, socal etc), but i figured it probably wouldn't happen.

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the film ends, and i get up and turn around, and she's still on her computer. i get out to the aisle so other people in the middle can get out, and i walk toward the back. now i'm at her aisle and i'm like, oh man, do i just go sit next to her? what do i do?

whatevers, so i tell myself, just go for it, but to be honest, i'm SOO nervous at this point...
SO i go up next to her, sit a seat away and introduce myself. She says her name is jamie and smiles. (yessss! perfect so far.)
i'm like, "Wow, that's an awesome angels backpack you got there." (CUTE intro, right?)
and she's like, "Oh are you an angel's fan?" (yes i am, but i actually am using this backpack as my icebreaker in)
i'm like, "yeah for sure, there's not too many of us out here." (on the real, there isn't that many)
and she's like, "Seriously, We're not doing too well though." (omg, she knows we suck and isn't some 2002 fan still thinking we're awesome)
"Yeah, it's too bad Vlad is going crazy right now." (checking to see if she knows he's not with us anymore)
"Yeah, where's he at again...oh, Texas." ( This is key...it proves SHE ACTUALLY FOLLOWS)
This is where I'm like, ok, she's legittt. (at this point she packed and we're leaving out together.
I'm like, "So where are you from?" (step 2)
She's like, "Anaheim Hills." (yesss, she's in the area)
"oh really? i'm from Anaheim! i went to savanna!"
"oh really!? i went to Orange! how cool!"
"so what year are you?" (we're outside on the steps and i know she's going to go the other way, so i wanted to find out her age range so i'm not hitting on some first year freshie)
"I'm a third year, You?" (yessss again!!)
"I'm a fourth year." :smile:
"ready to get outta here?"
"oh yeah, fo sho."
"well it was nice meeting you...i'm going this way."
"nice meeting you too. laterrs"

SO overall i figured it went pretty well, i mean, i figured she wasn't going to just stop and have a conversation with me. i think the end result is somewhere in the middle. Small talk, with a base for the rest of the story to get built on. I figure if she's semi interested, she'll sit next to me next class. if not, then i can't keep chasing her? can i? i mean, i'm not desperate here, i'm just trying to get over the hurdle of crappy social awkwardness and get to know her.

the only questions that i have yet to ask and find answers are:
1) is she single?
2) is she Christian?
3) is she interested?

i'm very interested in what you all have to say (the small few who read my blog) if you have any ideas, advice, constructive criticism, or critique on how to make this a successful venture, please dont hesitate. i'm very excited to see what people say. just email me. justintanaka@gmail.com or formspring me (that white box on the right at the top) i'll reply in the next blog with your advice (or if you want to remain anonymous or not have it posted at all i'll respect those wishes)

btw. she's reeeeeeeeeeally cute. :D

hopefully the days remaining will answer some of these questions...if not all. stay tuned. :D

shawty's like a melody...