will I shake this off

Sunday I flew to Bremerton again and this time finally managed to meet up with Bridget. I feel pretty comfortable flying there now. I think if I continue flying more than once a month I will be able to keep my skills sharp. I still come in too high for all my landings, but you know I'm just not as stressed about it now that I don't have someone in the right seat harassing me about it.

Sunday night I had plans, but like almost every other night last week, the people bailed on me. Then I made more plans. Then those people bailed out. Then I tried to go salsa dancing at the See Sound Lounge, which I was excited about because it is nearby in Belltown, until I got there and saw the DJ and the empty dance floor through the glass. I had nowhere to go but was sick of hanging out in my apartment by myself (especially since my linux computer broke) so I just walked around. Then I got the bright idea to go to Game Works (Davenbusters with a different name). That, at least, is someplace I can go alone.

Some guys who were my age but still dressed like high school rap punks were arguing with the hot cashier girl about why they couldn't trade their game card for cash, so I bought the card off of them. I wanted to explain exactly why it is not legal for corporation like davenbusters (and their clones) to give you back real money in exchange for their fake currency, but the fake kids left. I added ten dollars on my new card, then walked away before the girl could actually add the balance to the card. Then I used up the tiny amount on the card playing ghost squad with an unstable controller and had to go back and buy another ten dollars worth of fake arcade money. This time I tried to strike up a conversation with the hot cashier girl whose nametag said "Natascha." I asked how to pronounce her name and that I'd never seen it spelled that way. She told me everybody says that and to have a nice day. I would have said something like "hi, you're hot" to her but that approach did not work well with Krystal.

I've been told once you shouldn't hit on waitresses/cashiers/bartenders. I might start following that advice; you can never tell if they are interested, or if being friendly is just part of their job, or if they just want good tips or what. Plus, being an attractive girl in an arcade...she probably gets hit on more than Krystal did. I sulked around the place, playing some racing games and one poorly designed fighter pilot game that made me want to yell at the people who made it. All the girls I saw were with their boyfriends.

I guess now I have two possibilities on my list of things to do when all my friends are busy:
1) salsa dancing and
2) going to a bar-arcade.

I'm hoping to find more.