Life Across The Pond

Blocked

I've recently realized that I'm somewhat socially retarded. It seems that I'm now doing things that I think I should have done about ten years ago - moving away from home, making new friends, riding the bus by myself. So, in that spirit, I've lately been trying my hand at another first - talking to random girls at bars. Fortunately, this seemed to be slightly easier on a recent trip to Vegas to celebrate my friend's thirtieth birthday where other people apparently are there to do the same. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean I've had any amount of success at this.

So this past weekend at the Ghost Bar atop the Palms, I found myself in the beginnings of a conversation with a lady that I introduced myself to. Not two minutes later, a kid walks up and introduces himself to me. He then proceeds to introduce himself to the lady I had just met with the line "Since Peter had an opportunity to meet you, I thought I should have the same." Blocked! After that, I couldn't think of anything else to say to work my way back into that conversation so I excused myself to rejoin my friends.

On the bright side, I've now got one more experience to add to my list of firsts.

posted by Peter @ 11:15 PM