Follow Ups

Last night was fun. It wasn’t a major party-fest, but more like a really chill time. My other friends tried dragging me to 80’s Night at Next Door, but I turtled up and was home by 10 pm. Sad huh?

I’m not exactly sure if my friend was consciously using me as social proof, but I guess it worked—even though I brought my own social proof. I’m still not convinced that a girl bringing another guy actually makes the target guy jealous. I don’t think guys’ minds work that way.

I was also getting frustrated at how the target guy was totally blah. I wanted to grab his hand and glue it to her arm. Kino man, kino.

On a sorted related note, one of her other guy friends also showed up. He sat down, told a story, and I began scratching my head with “can your DHV spikes be any MORE obvious?”** I’m sure I’m the only one who recognized them.

**DHV spikes, aka Demonstration of Higher Value Spikes, are short elements in a story showing that a guy is a person of value. One good DHV is having the Governor walk up to you, recognize you, say hi, and ask you something important. A DHV spike in a story is “so then after my meeting with the Governor . . .” (implies that the speaker is someone of importance because he had a meeting with the governor).

On a totally unrelated note, today, high school crush girl sent me back a facebook message. I thought she’d take a day, not two. Facebook is the devil. I’m not interested in her—just interested in expanding my social circle. Plus she’s good friends with my ex, who’s friends were REALLY REALLY mean to be when I saw them out a year ago. So I’m going to be a dick and steal her away. (that’s serious mad scientist speak right there).