Good thing I always sometimes listen to my mom

My mom told me I need to keep blogging the other day.  Up until that point, I'd kind of forgotten about blogging.  Probably a little bit because I actually kindasorta have a social life now (weird, I know...I'm still getting over the shock) but mostly just because I'm forgetful.

I'll be honest, I'm not really going to do a full post now.  I just told myself I needed to do at least 3 blog entries this week and now I can drop that number down to 2.

Boom, roasted.

I win.

As usual.

But no, seriously, I actually am social-ish now and sometimes don't get home until 2 in the a.m.  And I usually have something to do both Friday AND Saturday nights.  And that something isn't me sitting at home laughing my head off as I watch youtube videos by myself...not that I've ever done that.

Don't judge. 

Stuff I think about on Sunday evenings

I just spent about the last twenty minutes learning how to download new fonts and use them on your blog...well actually I already knew how to do that.  I was learning how to make it so everyone could actually see that font, even if they don't have it installed on their computer.  I figured I was about done, then I scrolled down...and down...and down...and about 3 weeks later found the bottom of the page.  Lets just say I'll be working on that later.

Alright, first things first.  I'm happy to report that I engaged in social activity not once, but TWICE this last week.  I know.  Activity #1 was hitting up the cheap theater with a friend, and activity #2 was a movie night.  And I successfully initiated conversations with 4 people I didn't know.  Ha, I seriously feel like THEE BIGGEST NERD right now.  But also seriously, I'm proud of myself for setting a goal and sticking to it.

And now I've forgotten everything else I had planned on mentioning because I just spent the last 8 minutes laughing at myself.  Hmmm, well guess I'll try again later.  Maybe I'll even have some new fonts to show off...maybe.   

I've got a new attitude

So lately I haven't been blogging as much.  Oh what, you noticed?  Was it really that obvious?

I also like pretending I have lots and lots of fans who get sad when I don't blog.

Try it sometime, its a good ego boost.

Lets get back to the point.  Three seperate but equally lame things happened recently:

1.  I realized I have absolutely nothing to blog about.

I've already said it, but its worth the repeat.  The mere fact that I was boring myself with the things I was writing was what tipped me off.  I do realize that I need to adjust my attitude a bit here and find the exciting things about every day life to discuss, but for the sake of this post we'll just forget about that for right now.

2.  I spent a Friday night in complete solitude and had driven myself totally crazy by about 8:00.

The craziness came from racking my brain trying to think of people I could go hang out with and then realizing most of my friends have either moved away or gotten married and started procreating.  Also the massive amount of junk food I consumed, but mostly the former.

3.  I had yet another person at church ask if I was new.

"Well hello, are you new to the ward?"

"Um, no.  I've been here for a while.  I've actually been here longer than you..."

[insert awkward silence]

"Oh, hi.  Um.  What's your name?  Cool, bye."
Awesome.
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a bit on the shy side at times.  I don't usually excel in the friend making arts, and have a tendency to be awkward.  I've discovered something recently though: you just have to be you, and people will decide whether or not they like it.  Earth shattering, I know.
I discovered this thanks to work, where I'm required to talk to every single person that walks through the door.  When I first started, it sucked.  Majorly.  But then I realized that all you have to do is tell a story or make a comment, and then feed off the person's reaction.  The worst that can happen is they give you a look and ignore you.  Usually, though, they laugh and we continue to converse while I help them.
I'm still not sure why its taken this long for me to realize that I can apply this same tactic in my personal life.  Seriously, it wasn't until just last night as I was talking to a friend that the light bulb clicked on for me.  Now that really was an earth-shattering moment.
So here's to me expanding my social horizons, and hopefully any readers I have will enjoy reading about my new adventures in friendship.
Now thats what I call a win/win.