"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
KontrollerX
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Its a continuation of the world's greatest keyboard the IBM Model M now known as the Customizer 104/105 under its new production company Unicomp.
The thing is an engineering marvel though it is noisy to type on.
Its noisy because of its buckling spring technology which gives an excellent tactile response for each keystroke and helps to prevent people from making errors compared to today's modern rubberdome silent keyboards that are easy to type on but also just as easy to press a pile of extra keys causing you to mess up and take longer typing something out than you would of otherwise.
A few weeks ago I bought a Yamaha PSR-E213 keyboard for about $125 with it's "survival kit" which includes a power adapter, headphones, and a foot pedal. (The headphones suck.) It was the lowest-end keyboard and works great. For you, it is programmed with 102 songs to learn, 100 styles of music, and 375 instruments/sound effects (e.g. guitar, saxophone, synth lead, percussion, drum kits, etc).
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Of course, if you're just looking for something to mess around on, go for the cheaper Yamahas like Deep Dish suggested.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.