Sunday, December 13, 2009

How to Become Sam Sheehan Circa 2004- A Socially Awkward Checklist

1. Tell a funny story. Stutter and ruin the punchline.
2. Wait for the right time to say some thing. Get interrupted.
3. Stumble while walking. Look back at invisible object.
4. Be polite and hold the door. They are slightly too far away.
5. A friend begins to walk away from you. Immediately follow.
6. Wash your hands after using the bathroom. Splash water on the front of your pants.
7. You laugh at a joke, but don't get it. Someone asks you to explain it.
8. Start a conversation with her. Immediately run out of things to talk about.
9. You move your bag so they can sit with you. They walk past you to sit with someone else.
10. Your waitress tells you to enjoy your meal. You say "You too."
11. Someone is walking towards you. You move to the side. They move to the same side.
12. You check your phone cause you have nothing to contribute to the conversation.
13. You say something funny only one person hears. They repeat it louder and get a great reaction from your joke.
14. Try to join in a conversation. No one hears you speak except one girl in the group who looks at you awkwardly while people continue to talk over you. You pretend you were only talking to her in the first place.
15. You didn't hear what they said so you laugh. It was a question, not a joke.
16. Show your friends a video you think is hilarious. You laugh the whole time you are watching it. They don't even smile.
17. Make a "your mom" joke. Girl next to you starts crying because her mom died of leukemia.
18. Wave back. She meant the person behind you. Touch head instead.
19. "Hey do you think we can meet this weekend? No, oh okay... Maybe next?"
20. Recognize friend of friend on other end of street. Signal and smile stupidly until proximity allows communication.
21. Start dancing. Feel weird and stop.
22. Shake hands. They grab too quickly and shake your fingers.
23. Close messenger window just as they post something.
24. Ask question in messenger window. Answer to your question appears a millisecond before you hit send, but you already hit send.
25. Pretend to be talking on cell phone so people won't talk to you. Cellphone rings in your ear.
26. How far along are you? Not pregnant.
27. Friend standing next to you gets invited to party. You don't.
28. Sing loudly to Ipod. Someone's just entered the room.
29. Lock eyes with cute girl. First to look away.
30. Can't be bothered finishing sentence. Uncomfortable silence.
31. Accidentally like girl's status on facebook. Girl's status "RIP Nana"
32. Film has scene with applause. Start clapping.
33. Break the silence, ask for time. You're wearing a watch.
34. Take your shirt off because it's too hot. Feel self conscious. Put shirt back on.
35. Walk into room with strangers. Walk back out.
36. Girl is online. You say "hey". Girl is offline
37. They went in for a pound. You went in for a high-five.
38. Say goodbye. Start walking same way.
39. Go in for handshake. They look away at the same time.
40. Notice stain on shirt at end of day.

If anyone has any questions to ask me. What's that? Oh I thought you said something...

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Kay, well I'll see you later.

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