The Procedure of a Friendeologist's Observations

Calling my self a friend making expert sounds really selfish and lie-ish.  So let's just call me a Freindeologist.

Lab 101

The Procedure of a Friendeologist's Observations

Pronunciation: Friend-ee-olo-gist.

Definition: One who takes careful note in observing and studying the science and technology of friend making.

Objective:  Friend making doesn't come naturally.  I once tried to make a friend.  I made her out of my brothers sock and some blue yarn for hair and a dress made out of my mothers underwear.  We were never really that close.
Friend making is hard, even for extroverts.  I hope that by following this procedure, you will be inspired and use it as a helpful friend making/social tool.  This isn't just for people who have no friends, almost every one have at least one friend.  I hope I give you some points that you never thought of before, and are challenged to try.

Procedure:
If not the shake-their-hand-learn-their-name method, and just go for a question or a complement
The shake-their-hand-learn-their-name is a great way of introducing your self, but I figured you've already seen it.
You don't have to go in order of things, you can start by asking a question or complementing their Doctor Who shirt.  You have no idea how effective the "you're so good at drawing!" complement is.
What if your socially awkward and you don't want to meet anyone and no one wants to meet you? 
I have a friend Captain America who act's on stage like a pro in front of hundreds of people, but states that she's socially awkward.  That's what she says.
The first time I met her, we were both too shy to introduce our selves, so Squimp had to do the introducing.  It was the 'shake hands and learn their name' kind of moment.  We didn't do much talking.
We were at a Christmas party, and we sat at the same table.
Elmeis:  "Awww, they ran out of all the snow man cookies!"
Cap:  (Looking at the snow man cookie on her plate) "You can have mine."
Elemis:  (Being the awkward one) "Oh, uh, but didn't you want it?"
Cap: "Um, yeah, I did, but you can have it.  I already had like, ten."
She was kind.  Friendly.  Honest.  And she probably didn't even feel like meeting a new person.  Then we became Captain America and Bucky.
Be the ice breaker.
You know what a lonely person looks like.  Don't be the lonely person, be the person that makes the lonely person feel less lonely.  Friend making is helpful for others too.  Don't wait for some one friendly to come along.
What if I don't like the people?
HA!  I've learned this one the hard way I'm afraid.  I used to yell at people I didn't like, give them the evil stare, or just right out say I don't like them.  Horrible mistakes.
But I've found a trick that works well for me, you're welcome to try it.  Be polite and professional with them.  Annoying people often care too much about them selves, and want others to feel bad for them or worship them.  They want attention.  Don't give them the attention they want, but don't ignore them.  You don't have to pretend you adore them or laugh at their dumb jokes, but be formal and kind to them.  Trust me, they hate it, which makes them less annoying around you, and even better, you can't get in trouble for just being nice.
And if nothing else, for goodness sake's, JUST SMILE!!!
If you don't remember anything else about this post, remember this.
Smiling and being happy works like magic.  I know people with social skills worth zit, but they smile and that's all they need.  I know some people with great social skills that are always either frowning or looking like their going to cry any minute.  It's very awkward to talk to a person that looks like their going to start balling if you say the wrong thing.  It's also not fun to talk to people that look like they want to slug you because your not cool enough.  We all get moody, but bringing out our moodiness on other people, especially people we don't know, is selfish.  There's no nice way to say it.
Friendly works so well, you don't even have to speak the same language.
I did ballet in Germany as a seven year old.  I couldn't understand anyone, and no one understood me.  Some of the girls were mean about it, and I was mean back at them.  But one day a little girl with fluffy red hair came in.  She looked so happy that I was there, even though we didn't know each other, which made me happy she was there.
She asked, "Konnen wir freunde sein?"
And I said, "Yes!"
And we became friends and pretended we could understand each other.

Data and Results:

Lulling About in a Big Weird Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey World

God's boring.  He doesn't have a sense of humor.  He has no creativity.  He's not exciting.
Huh.  Really?
Look at this.

Yeah, you've all seen a whale.  Now imagine you were on a tinny  row boat, alone.  Then THAT explodes from the water.
This is a Wombat.

 I didn't even know they existed until a few months ago when I heard them mentioned on the Wiggles.  Marry Poppins and I looked it up, and we almost fell into a cuteness coma.  They're like big squishy hamster teddy bears!  I'm glad I didn't know they existed before hand, it gave me a bigger appreciation for them.  I mean, have you ever observed your cat or dog and thought, "Man, these creatures are weird!"

How can you tell me God has no sense of humor when he invents a thing like this:

God said his creation was good.  

Some times, creepy is good.  Or, in this case, awesome.

I wonder if these things even know they're creepy.
Space is weird.  I don't even know where to start.  As Doctor Who states, we really are suspended in a big ball of wibby-wobby timey-wimey stuff.

Tree's are weird too.  We wouldn't think so, because we're surrounded by them, but when you look at them from a distance, they're really weird.  Sort of like when you say one word too often it starts to sound weird.  Plants are weird.  Clouds are weird.  Your cat is weird.  We're all lulling about in this big weird world, but we're too focused on home work and that the coffee ran out to even take time to notice.   

 

The Character Game: Guest Post by Calvin, Captain America, Car Crash Coincidences, Cinder, (man that's a lot of C's), Book Title, and the Thing About Jellyfish, and Probably My Most Random Post #2

Random thing #1.

Here's a guest post from my little brother Calvin on the Character Game:

Character that looks most like you.

Spiderman kinda.  Why do I look like him?  Maybe because of his hair because I like him but I don't really like him.  When I got my hair cut, I just asked to have a Spiderman hair cut.

Character that acts most like you.

Maybe Micky, I think he acts most like me.  We both like the color orange, we laugh a lot, we spy on people because it's fun, and that's it.

Find a Character with a story similar to your's.

Grue.  Yup.  Grue is such a bossy.  I'm bossy too.  

Find a character that you can relate with most.

Urg!  I don't know!  Doctor Who?

Dr. Elemis:  You've never seen Doctor Who.

Calvin:  Yes I have!  Only the snow man one.

I think Loki.  We're kinda the same because I tried to make his staff once.

Find a character with a hobbit or interest that you also have.

Emit, because we both build Lego's and he's my favorite character in the Lego movie.

Random thing #2

Here's a movie review on Captain America, Civil War:

Awesome.  Heart wrenching.  

I thought it was going to be another Avengers, but Captain America really was the good guy and Iron Man really was the bad guy.  I'm not sure how people manage to 'pick sides'.  The conflict between Captain America and Iron Man, two characters we both love, was fantastic.

And the question we've all been waiting for:  How was the new Spiderman?

At first, I thought he was great.  He was funny and real.  Him with his suit...He was way over done and it drove me crazy.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I give Captain America a 9.

Random thing #3

I was in a wee little car accident.  Could it be coincidence that this song was playing at the same time?

Look up Trouble by Avicii.  

Random thing #4

Book review on Cinder:

Very well done.  A bit cliche.

It was basically the Cinderella story only futuristic and sci-fi.  The writing was very good in a way that a hero I normally wouldn't like was very likable.  Even though it was supposed to be based off a  

fairy tale, I didn't think the story was very original.  Minus that, the writer made it exciting, tear jerking, and page jerking.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give Cinder a 6 1/2.

PG13 WARNING:  Some inappropriate humor and some swearing.  If you decide read it, don't say I didn't warn you.

Random thing #5

I have a title for my new book......(Dramatic pause)

The Killer Whales of Rightness vs. The Tomato Force of the Gooder.

Random thing number #6

Book review on The Thing About Jellyfish:

I read it a while ago, and now I'm re-reading it.

Amazing.  The writing is fantastic, the characters are lovable, the story is original with a bitter sweet touch.  It's about a young girl who learns that her best friend drowned, right after they became enemies, and her strange ways of coping with it.  Only thing I didn't like was the gay brother, and some crude parts.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give The Thing About Jellyfish a 9.  

Why the Drama?

Be proud of me Sherlocka Doodle, I'm following in your foot steps!  (You know who you are).  I'm going to make my first official drama post.

For you who don't understand it, and for you who already get it:

See it this way: Acting is Christmas.  If your old and frail like me, then think back to when you used to get really excited about Christmas.  That wonderful jittery feeling and doing random Christmasy things that don't make much sense but you do any way because your just happy.

I still love Christmas, but I didn't think getting older would change how I felt about it.  It did, by the way. 

But when I act, it's Christmas all over again!  I can dress up, sing, dance, pretend, act like an idiot, laugh uncontrollably, I breathe very little before a performance.  My legs get all shaky.  It's not that I'm scared, I'm just way to excited.  I've leaned to be okay without my Christmas jitters, because I've got drama.  I'll just fine.  

It makes me feel like a little kid in a grown up sort of way.  Eh, never mind.  I just thought of way too many people that would throw a short joke at me.

It makes me feel like a younger kid in an older sort of way.  Yeah, I don't enjoy many 'pretending games' any more, which is sad when I try to play with Calvin and Hobbs.  But with acting, I get to pretend all I want in an organized fashion were the 'old people' don't judge.  And don't believe I'll ever grow out of it.

It's a wonderful method of making friends.  On stage, your forced to be friends or enemy's with each other, depending on your role.  So whether or not you like introducing your self to new people, your going to have to act with them any way.  Some how, this works.  I don't know how.  Maybe it's because we people like supporting each other by being crazy.  Maybe we're all crazy, so when people get crazy with each other they just sort of bond.  Like that Dr. Sues quote: We're all little weird, and life's a little weird, and when we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into a mutual weirdness and call it love.

(Ps, I'm the red dude in the picture.)

  

   

 

      

Take Me Away Tardis

I wrote this last year, but I thought it fit well with my blog theme.

Take Me Away Tardis 












I'm twirling through living,
And the best that I'm giving,
I all of the rest.
And it isn't the best.
I'm trying,
I'm trying,
Hope slowly dying.

Then I see the Tardis park in my room.
The Mellennium Falcon steals me from doom.
I wake up in Rivendell,
Finally at rest.
No more worry,
I won the last test.
Take me to Narnia,
I'll sail away,
I'll alway's travel with you,
And I'll always stay.
Drive me through time in your little box,
Save the world,
And have nice little talks.
Take me to places I've never been,
To say hi to the Baggins at Hobbiton.
Take me to where I've danced and twirled,
Sail on the Dawn Treader to the end of the world.

But I go in my wardrobe and I see no faun,
No witches or lions,
Narnia's gone.
I watch the Tardis vanish away.
The Mellenium Falcon's just a toy on display.
The nights getting lighter,
So I think I'll just wait.
The Doctors a Time Lord,
I hope he's not late.