But I've discovered I'm a "method writer". It's kind of like method acting. I try to imagine myself in the situation and how I would feel and what I would say. Like the last chapter, the main girl was really angry and I tried to imagine how I would feel in her situation. And I got angry. Like I was typing really hard and kinda slamming the keys and I had an angry look on my face. I know the angry look part because people were looking at me kind of weird.
And then today was a more emotional and sad chapter. Really, it was the chapter I had come up with a long time ago but fine tuned and altered to fit into what I've created this far. My hands were actually shaking as I started to type it out. I was so nervous! I'm such a dork.
Maybe if I keep this pace up I will finish by the time LA gets here! Or at least during her three week stay. * Fingers crossed *
Oh yeah, what do you all do in situations like these: Last week, a guy was sitting in my creative chair. That's okay cause I sat in the other chair next to it but my battery was already plummeting so when he got up to go order a drink, I snuck behind his chair and plugged in my charger. But I felt kinda bad intruding on his space so I told him when he got back. He said it was fine and we started talking about my computer's crappy battery and how he just got the new MacBook Pro. We seriously talked about Macs for about five minutes. We were dorks. And then we both worked a little bit more. He noticed when I started packing up my stuff and offered to unplug my charger for me. Aw. So then we talked a few minutes more about how he is still in school and has finals coming up and his major. He was a nice kid (I say kid only cause he is in school. He might be my age; he is definitely close to it. He is also in the army reserves so that gives him a couple of years).
So then today, I got up to go to the bathroom and walked past him at a table but his back was to me. When I got back to the front, he was in the other armchair (the previous occupant had left right before I got up. haha I just wrote "left right"). And I didn't know what to do. Say hey? I don't even know his name. I feel like in these situations I always make myself available for eye contact and if there is recognition, we can say hey and have a conversation. Well, eye contact was never established so I put my iPod on and got back to work. And then I left before him but I didn't say anything. It was awkward cause we've sat next to each other like three times now. But what was I gonna do? Ask him how his test went? I should have asked him how his test went. I'm terrible in situations like these. So if I've ever rebuffed you in a social setting when I didn't really know you, know that I probably had this exact same internal conflict at the time. But we've obviously moved past it, if you're reading this now. :)
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