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> That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with!
> She's always "busy". :-(
>
It happens.
I've been trying to meet up with an old work colleague. First I'm busy, then
he's on vacation, then I'm busy again.
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> It happens.
>
> I've been trying to meet up with an old work colleague. First I'm busy, then
> he's on vacation, then I'm busy again.
Annoying, isn't it?
(Well, *I* am almost never busy - after all, I don't "do" anything. I
just spend my life sitting alone in front of a computer. But evidently
normal people lead significantly busier lives than that...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (Well, *I* am almost never busy - after all, I don't "do" anything. I
> just spend my life sitting alone in front of a computer. But evidently
> normal people lead significantly busier lives than that...)
Even though I have people I want to hang out with, we haven't actually
met up for around 2 or 3 months.
Life's busy. Most people either have to work, or go to school, or play
with POV-Ray, or clean their house, or do laundry, or spend their little
remaining time with their significant other. She might not have all
those things to deal with (you *did* say she's single now), but don't
worry if it takes a month or more to find a good time to hang out.
Also, people are more cautious the first few times. After you've been
friends a while, they're more likely to blow off their current plans to
spend time with you.
...Chambers
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> Life's busy. Most people either have to work, or go to school, or play
> with POV-Ray, or clean their house, or do laundry, or spend their little
> remaining time with their significant other. She might not have all
> those things to deal with (you *did* say she's single now), but don't
> worry if it takes a month or more to find a good time to hang out.
>
> Also, people are more cautious the first few times. After you've been
> friends a while, they're more likely to blow off their current plans to
> spend time with you.
Yeah, I'm not "worried", just dissapointed, that's all...
(She's promised to make time to call me tomorrow though. We'll see.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:28:34 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Nah. She's explicitly not looking for a BF.
>>
>> Girls *always* say that, and then end up dating the first guy with the
>> guts to ask them out.
>
> Erm... this girl has just come out of an abusive relationship with a guy
> who used to physically beat her. I'm pretty sure she's not kidding.
Ugh, that's some nasty stuff to deal with.
>> Don't let it put you off :)
>>
>> Of course, don't stalk her, either! It's important that she be
>> comfortable with you, so don't try to push something she isn't ready
>> for. Just hang out with her, and who knows? You might find out she's
>> a great friend, but *not* someone you want to date. Or, things could
>> go the other way, and we'd have to find a new mascot :)
>
> That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with!
> She's always "busy". :-(
She's getting over some pretty serious stuff. Give her space and time.
Jim
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:58:26 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
> news:4877ae3f$1@news.povray.org...
>
>> Of course, that only
>> works with *soft* spiffs - I wouldn't want to give away, say, an
>> external hard drive by throwing it into a crowd. :)
>>
>>
> Lol.
>
> Had something similar at a recent MS event. Presenter says that he has
> lots of stuff to give away over the course of the day. "I have stress
> balls," he says, and throws two of them into the crowd. "I have
> T-shirts," he says and tosses one into the crowd. "I have some nice
> hardcover books," he says, hoisting three into the air as if to throw.
> People in the front couple of rows duck. He grins and puts the books
> back down, "Maybe I shouldn't throw these"
LOL, that's always a fun one to do ... :-)
Jim
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Had something similar at a recent MS event. Presenter says that he has lots
> of stuff to give away over the course of the day.
> "I have stress balls," he says, and throws two of them into the crowd.
> "I have T-shirts," he says and tosses one into the crowd.
> "I have some nice hardcover books," he says, hoisting three into the air as
> if to throw. People in the front couple of rows duck. He grins and puts the
> books back down, "Maybe I shouldn't throw these"
The musicat Starlight Express has something similar. One of the
performers throws a brick into the audience - but it's actually chained
to his custume. Which is very obvious, but people still flinch... Quite
amusing really.
But then, if you ever get to see Tap Dogs (which I highly recommend),
the final scene involves them tap dancing in a tray of water and
pretending to soak the audience at every step - although somehow nobody
actually gets wet...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>>>> Nah. She's explicitly not looking for a BF.
>>> Girls *always* say that, and then end up dating the first guy with the
>>> guts to ask them out.
>> Erm... this girl has just come out of an abusive relationship with a guy
>> who used to physically beat her. I'm pretty sure she's not kidding.
>
> Ugh, that's some nasty stuff to deal with.
Indeed.
Although a few days ago, her profile on Facebook had the caption "Kate
is looking for somebody but isn't sure where to find them", and
yesterday it changed to "Kate is giving up on men, no offence to any but
not more head messings please!" I'm confused...
>> That's more or less my plan, but... she's so hard to hang out with!
>> She's always "busy". :-(
>
> She's getting over some pretty serious stuff. Give her space and time.
I don't think that's the problem - I made it clear I just wanna be
friends. I think she really *is* just very busy right now... Hopefully
it won't last forever. She seems to be making a lot of effort to bother
answering my texts and emails.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:4879aa56$1@news.povray.org...
> She seems to be making a lot of effort to bother
> answering my texts and emails.
>
Which is good. Do you ever phone her?
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On 13-Jul-08 9:10, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I think she really *is* just very busy right now... Hopefully
> it won't last forever. She seems to be making a lot of effort to bother
> answering my texts and emails.
So basically just like us?
Maybe she just needs a mascot.
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