tonight was my first attempt at the taipei expat social scene in a very long time, since even way before i went back to vancouver. the experience proved that i've outgrown it, and all i could think about was that i'd rather be playing dodgeball, or having bbt, or watching boys play poker.
i tried to talk to people, of course. but i got some pretty bad lines:
Man: (pointing at my friend's gin tonic) Is that a Cosmpolitan?
Me: No, MINE is a Cosmopolitan.
Man: Ha! You know what, I like people who drink Cosmpolitans.
Me: And why is that?
Man: (silence, thinking) Well...you know..it's a Cosmopolitan! Just listen to the name. Cosmpolitan! So grand! Don't you think it says something about the person who drinks it?
Me: I drink it because it's red.
Man: Oh, right. Well, where are you from?
Me: Vancouver.
Man: Oh, Canadian.
Me: And what about it?
Man: You know Canada is the 51st State.
Me: Certainly. And where are you from?
Man: One of the 50 States.
Me: I got that. And which one would that be?
Man: (with grand hand gesture) California!
Me: How nice. Whereabouts?
Man: Ooh, are you familiar with California??
Me: No, I'm just asking out of politeness.
ok, i admit. i've been well-trained enough in asia to be able to turn on the sarcastic bitch mode when i have to, although i don't like it. no one can blame me for the occasional apparent "attitude" i sport, when this type of conversations takes place. i was reminded why i was turned off by these events in the first place, and tonight was a re-affirmation that i'm now officially anti-social.
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damn californiaks and their blaming on canada. Im not your buddy guy!
Not nearly bitchy enough. He deserves worse.
they just seemed so sad to me, doh.
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