So what did we learn last night, kids? Well, we learned that giving your phone number to strangers s a good<\/b> idea. I finally did confirm the identity of the person who approached me last week as the person who tried recruiting me for the Jehovah’s Witnesses and, in my endless brilliance, figured that clearly the best thing to do was go out to dinner.<\/p>\n
I mean.. Why not?<\/p>\n
My reasoning for going out to meet someone I don’t really know for a situation that will probably end badly was quite simple: I had nothing better to do on Sunday. The simple fact of my job is that I need to talk, and I should have something interesting to say. After 2.5 years, I’ve run out of good (socially appropriate) stories of m life and we’ve got no upcoming holidays.. So hey, might as well see where this can go!<\/p>\n
And actually? I had a great time. Stayed out late, was dragged to karaoke (Fun Jason Fact: I can’t sing, but I’ll give anything a shot even if I’ve never heard the song in my life. English or Japanese), and generally just made small talk. Not bad for an evening I’d written off.<\/p>\n
So obviously, the lesson we learned is: Talk to strangers.<\/p>\n
….hmm… Not really sure if I should be recommending that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So what did we learn last night, kids? Well, we learned that giving your phone number to strangers s a good idea. I finally did confirm the identity of the person who approached me last week as the person who tried recruiting me for the Jehovah’s Witnesses and, in my endless brilliance, figured that clearly the best thing to do was go out to dinner.<\/p>\n
I mean.. Why not?<\/p>\n
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