Without the aid of Rohypnol

Here's a potential excerpt from Chapter 2:

Too shy, to ask?

One of the first steps to getting a date, is to get over your shyness. Shyness can make you miss excellent opportunities to date. Being shy is counter-productive to your ultimate goal of going out on dates. There are many ways to get over your shyness. You can go to the bookstore and purchase yet-another-self-help book that will have you taking baby-steps or some other calculated system designed to not only rob you of your hard earned cash, but what little dignity you might be holding on to.

I suggest a different exercise. I suggest that a "Trial By Fire" or "Jumping into the deep end of the pool" strategy works best. It not only forces you to confront your fears, which is mainly being rejected, but it can have additional opportunities present themselves effortlessly.

Exercise One (You will probably only need this one)

Go to a public location. Shopping malls are good for this, as they present a diverse group of potential daters. Find the central area of the shopping mall, usually there is a clock tower or some other centralized piece of art marking that it is indeed a special centralized location of the establishment. After you have located the center, locate yourself in an area of certain visibility.

Then, drop your pants to your ankles, but do not take them off. Wear clean underwear, as your mom may be there shopping. Stand there and shout at the top of your lungs. "Hi! My name is _________ and I have a problem being shy!". This will cause you to be the center of attention. It will also cause great concern to security of the shopping mall, so only linger for no more than 60 seconds. A great side effect will be the dozens of complete strangers will suddenly take notice of your efforts and will ruthlessly point and laugh at you (some of you reading this have experience with the reaction). The laughter will be loud and will reverberate through the cavernous expanse of the mall drawing even more attention. After your 60 seconds have lapsed, casually raise your trousers and continue on your way. Some folks will be shocked. Some will be dismayed. Some will be pleased, and may even offer you their digits for a future meet up.

It is very important that once you have raised your pants, that you exit the immediate area. Security will arrive, possibly upset, but also possibly hysterical with laughter. The latter is preferred, as you will be asked to leave the property. Better to have that occur than to have them escort you to an awaiting police car.

Though, this may be a bold and brazen technique, it is guaranteed to make you face your fear of humiliation in front of complete strangers, but you will insert a little levity into otherwise seriously stuckup onlookers. Consider it a good deed, that you have brought laughter into an otherwise dreary existence.

The Approach....



Edit: Forgot an "r".

Though, I find quantum singularities intriguing, I have no desire to be torn apart at the atomic level.

These days, I'm more interested in local stuff. Like Hale Crater or Iapetus.

I'll give him a warm welcome.

I just set my oven to 400 degrees.
Then I put out some bait.

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