Day Five - Basically I'm starting to like blogging

Event of the Day
Today, I delved into a few blogs, including one that I posted on, about my summer job working construction. I've always been somewhat critical of blogs and journals in general. Despite the fact that I love history, and have a dysfunctional memory, I always thought they seemed pointless. I hereby retract any disparaging comment or thought I've had about journal writing. Looking back at the events that transpired last summer, I felt the proverbial flood of nostalgia overtaking me. I've been down lately, and reading over the funny things that happened while we worked brightened my day a bit. I never thought a look back to 60 hour work weeks, monotonous work, and foul-mouthed fellow employees would give my spirits a lift. Congratulations Universe, you win. In turn, I am more excited about posting here than I was before. Even though I might have never have hundreds of readers - like I dreamed about when I started this blog - I know I will always have at least one reader. . . me.

The Index
Here is a fantabulous section where I will assign five different things a rating of 1-10. 10 is good, and 1 is bad. Comprende? Okay then, let's get it started.
Let's get it started - 9
I still love this song, but other rap songs have surfaced that I like even more, so this Black Eyed Peas popular single falls to 9.
Fun-size sour punch straws - 1
I spent ten minutes trying to open the package to one of these earlier today, and ended up with 10 times less energy then the minuscule packet of mono saccharides would have given me in the first place.
The Office - 8
What?!? The Office falls to 8? I know it seems harsh, but at a time when I needed a freaking good episode filled with hope of a Jim/Pam get together, I was instead given more delay. No worries, however, I trust the Office writers to set things straight.
Ugly couples - 5
I really am torn on this. On one hand, it is good to see people happily together, and it means that I don't have to worry about talking to either of them. On the other hand, they still kind of make you sick inside, and it simply reminds me how pathetic it is that I've never had a girlfriend.
The Jazz - 10
The Utah Jazz lose Carlos Boozer, then come up with three close wins against upper-tier teams? They must know that I'm a little down. Thanks guys, this really means a lot to me.

That Other Gender
I have to be the worst failure ever at closing the deal. I'm disgusted with myself, really. I will present to you three examples among the zounds of failures I've had. Most recently, I was walking out the door after work, and saw two really cute girls in a jeep. I made eye contact and smiled and walked on towards my car, thinking nothing of the event. As I sat in my car talking on the cell phone, another girl walked out of my workplace and started talking to the girls in the jeep. That same girl kept looking over at my car. Coincidence? I think not. Problem was, what do you really do in that situation. Get out of the car and get a-flirtin'? I decided to just start driving to my friends house. Then they started following me in their jeep. Did I try and do something like lose them, or go really fast, or fall back and open my window? Nope, I just kept driving until they lost interest and turned around.

Now here is an egregious one. I decided to attend my friends' institute class, and there was an exceptionally attractive girl across the room. I had read something about making eye contact on the Internet and I decided to try it out. Lo and behold, my magic was working and I caught her eye. It was a solid 2-3 seconds of looking and she smiled. I also caught her glancing over a few times later in the class period. After the class, we both lingered and I told her she was devastatingly beautiful and we started making out. Sorry, wanted to see if you were still reading. Actually, she left before me, but she kind of walked slow until we were pretty much walking next to each other. I still cringe when I think of what happened next, which was nothing. I didn't say anything. I kind of smiled a bit, and spend a minute or so wondering what to say, until she broke off a different way, and I just sat down on a chair and cursed myself.

There is a couple girls that I've caught glancing my way the last few times I've gone to my Biology class, and I don't know if anything will come of it. The glances are obvious, but obviously I don't know what to do afterwards. Maybe I'm overrating eye contact? I don't think so, but regardless I'm horrible at starting a conversation with girls. Many people have told me that it doesn't even really matter what you say, but my mind still overworks itself trying to think of something incredibly suave to say. Feel free to comment on how cowardly I am and stuff.