The joys of being a CompSci.

Share a pint with her and see how the chemistry between you two fares with some social lubricant.

Share a pint with her and see how the chemistry between you two fares with some social lubricant.

Grav has the right idea! If I were you though Lenny, I wouldn't let it be an unresolved issue for a long time and worry myself sick over it. There's a lot of fish in the sea so if you can get some sort of answer out of it then that will be very nice for you. Although you seem to already be doing this, I just figured I'd reinforce the idea.

There are three rules when it comes talking to women. Number one, ask questions, don't say anything, because women, all they wanna do is talk about themselves so you're just gonna let them do that. Two, be cool and three, be kind of a dick. Look be like David Caruso in "Jade".

here's some advice.

Don't worry, I've learnt to talk to women - University is actually useful for something!

Welllll, nearly... I've got points one and two sorted, but I'm not a dick. If a comment can be taken a different way (and I'm flirting a bit) then I'll tease them about it with a smirk, but I'm too relaxed and cheerful to be a dick.

Getting her alone is proving very hard. I'm slowly building a mental index of times and places it's most likely to happen (what? I've got a very good memory. I catalogue details about everything... I'm one of those annoying bastards who always knows my timetable the day after getting it, can tell you what any one of my housemates are doing at any one time, and uses Google Calendar simply so other people have a way of seeing what my schedule is).

Who is David Caruso, and what was his performance in Jade like?

Who is David Caruso, and what was his performance in Jade like?

I'm sorry, can I ask the part where that's relevant?

You dare question me in my own thread?

Apparently being like David Caruso in Jade is how one should talk to girls.

Just pull her aside sometime and persuade her to meet up with you for coffee like you've said. Be spontaneous, don't worry about scheduling or anything, just do it.

Well that's that - finished my final CompSci deadline. After my benchtest tomorrow, I'm free from work (for a week or so, then I get to learn C and using OpenGL for an assignment due in the week I return).

I've not been able to get the girl alone and ask her - there's always people around. Bloody annoying, if you ask me. I still might get the chance to speak to her and invite her out for coffee tomorrow, but it might be pushing it a bit, seeing as we finish term on Friday, and I'm returning home on Sunday.

Looks like that part of life will have to be put on hold until after Easter. If I can get somewhere before exams, then the last three weeks of term can be spent in the sun. We'll see quite a bit of each other then, anyway - the band we're in is holding a Jazz and Swing night at the local student union, and we need to learn and practice enough songs to fill a three hour set.

Dude, sounds like everything will be okay!

♫ Don't worry... fuck ten other women... ♫

Back at Uni, term started yesterday, and I've already got myself a few free drinks! A friend of a housemate's girlfriend came over today, and happened to have her broken laptop with her. 45 minutes later, she walks away with a fixed laptop. She works behind the bar at college and has promised me a few free drinks in return.

Life is good. Apart from the sleep I'm going to miss over the next few days from deadlines...

Dang, Lenny, big-pimp'n! I wanna try this CompSci thing, now. How do you start?