#rob says

[ragingrob13]

New Years resolutions

I think I'm gonna have a few new year's resolutions 1. Draw more 2. Get a job 3. Have fun

[reivaylor]

Pantry times

Ryan: what's in the pantry, it has an open door and I want to see if they have pop tarts.

Rob: it has food

Ryan: then I'll eat something

Rob: pringles?

Ryan: yeah but original, the sour cream and onions are no good

Rob: they're all sour cream and chive, just wall to wall  pringles

[anexperimentallife]

I knew a girl who worked security at experimental art exhibits. She was an Avant Guard.

[anexperimentallife]

I asked my followers to submit selfies, but just now realized I DIDN'T HAVE SUBMISSIONS TURNED ON!

They are now on. Please submit your lovely faces so I can share them.

[anexperimentallife]

handsomedisease replied to your post: I never got the point of pickup lines....

I think they were initially meant to break the ice/make the person joke but then they got really old and no one cared to make more? o.e

Yeah, but I always figured that each person deserves their own words, you know? Just honesty. Start an honest and relevant conversation and see where it goes.

And sure, sometimes you really can't think of a good way to start a conversation, but why not just admit that to the person?

Like, "Hi, I think you're really attractive, but I'm too nervous to think of anything good to say to break the ice, but I was just admiring the way the sun glances off your hair, and I liked the way you laughed at your friends joke earlier, because she looked really sad, and you laughing and being supportive seemed to cheer her up before she left. Hope she's okay, by the way. And oh, did I break the ice yet? Really trying to break the ice here. Did I do it right?"

That's the kinds of things I've said when I was honestly so flustered I couldn't think of any better way to start a conversation, but just HAD to at least try. Of course, there are also time when you know from eye contact and other signals that it's mutual, and it's more a matter of confirming, like, "Is it just me, or do you have this irresistible urge to go someplace private, rip each other's clothes off, and fuck all night like wild animals?" Which is also the kind of thing I've said. But yeah.

That's, of course, after looking for social cues and body language that indicates the person is open to conversation, so that you're not disturbing them, and if you're not sure, you'd of course ASK if it's okay to talk to them, and if not, apologize politely for disturbing them and wish them a nice day. And obviously, I'm talking about meeting someone at a party or a bar or coffee shop or something. Different environments can make it easier to meet people in other ways.

As awkward as it may sometimes be to just let my own unplanned words come out, and although it's gotten me shot down, I've never resorted to pickup lines. I always figured that being me and using my own words, however awkward, gave someone a better idea of whether she'd want to take the time to talk to me, let alone do anything else with me. (And frankly, why would either of us want to fuck anyone we couldn't, or didn't want to, have a conversation with?)

If it's a no-go, well, not everybody, no matter how lovely or charming or nice they might be, is going to like me in a potentially romantic/sexual sense just because I want them to, and vice versa. Or even want to keep talking to me, for that matter. Best to find that out right away so we can either each go our own way, or establish that hey, we want to talk and hang out, but the romance/sexual thing ain't gonna happen, or at least it ain't gonna happen right now, so if that's all one or the other of us is after, best to give up on that idea now.

[anexperimentallife]

Someone needs to open a lingerie shop in Washington state and call it "Seattleite of Love."

[anexperimentallife]

So I'm sitting here like, yeah, Ree is playing this gritty Skyrim game and here I am playing this twee little game called "Fable: the Lost Chapt--"

WHAT THE FUCK HOLY SHIT I JUST WENT FROM FINDING LOST TEDDY BEARS AND BUYING CHOCOLATES FOR MY SISTER TO WATCHING BANDITS SLAUGHTER AND BURN MY ENTIRE VILLAGE AND KILL MY FATHER AND TORTURE AND KIDNAP MY MOTHER AND SISTER TRYING TO GET TO ME WHAT THE FUCK THIS GAME IS FUCKING DARK AS SHIT I AM TRAUMATIZED AND I NEED A HUG

[anexperimentallife]

In video gaming, the difference between a brilliant tactician and a cheating asshole is what side they're on.