Smile or No...

Lately a couple of my favorite blogs have been talking about women smiling and saying Hi. This sounds like a fairly easy concept. I tried to put this into practice or at least I thought that I did... One night on the phone with one of my home-girls we were talking about this very thing. And my response was "I am smiling...with my eyes." You might laugh but I really thought that I was giving the eye to some unsuspecting cutie lol. She then said, "You might be thinking that you are 'smiling with your eyes' but you might very well be giving them an ice grill." We had a good laugh about that and I still crack up at the fact that all that time I was giving guys the "don't mess with me" look rather than the "come mess with me" look. You might laugh at it and I can't blame it on you because it's hilarious.

In theory the Smile and Say Hi might work for some. I think that if I were to put it into practice I might get some favorable results. But there is one thing...I am very shy when it comes to "strangers" guys that is. Some might be puzzled, because I host a radio show and I tweet nonsense and sporadically blog. But yes, Miss Cocoa Luv is shy. I'm not exactly sure why, but I guess it can be that I fear rejection...not that I'm not used to it but hell I'm tired of it. It doesn't matter if I don't see this person ever again; it still has an effect on my ego. The funny thing is I have been in situations where I have gone up to guys and introduced myself. This is of course after I've had some liquid courage. This usually happens after I think a guy has been giving me looks or if our eyes locked at one point. For some that may be an opportunity to start a conversation, but not for my punk a$$. Instead of taking advantage of the eye lock, I look elsewhere or go the opposite way. After that liquid courage though, I can walk up to someone and say, "Hi, My name is ... what's yours?" Yes, it’s very lame but what else am I supposed to say? You would think that the LC would have given me courage to further engage this young fellow in conversation, nope, instead I say, “well um yea, so what brings you here” or something along those corny lines. After that awkward (for me) exchange, I have nothing else to say. LOL.

I’d like to blame technology for messing up my flirting skills. I feel like there was once a time when I flirted with men. It’s been so long that I am starting to think that I imagined that… I know for sure that any guy that I have dated or mated with, I either worked or went to school with them so there was no awkward song and dance when we interacted. I like to think that I am pretty old fashioned when it comes to courting. But it is 2009 and I should get over it right? If I see someone that I want I should be able to say something right? I mean there is nothing like letting this happen.

What do you all think?

Oh and check out the blogs from two of my favorite bloggers:

Naked With Socks On

AND

A Belle In Brooklyn

Irony

So it's been a little while since I've updated this blog. I guess the main reason would be writer's block and that I haven't had too many exciting things happen this Summer. Also haven't had much drama either, which can be a good or bad thing if you think about it. I have missed my random blogs, so I might just pull one out of the old berry soon enough. I have a few that I need to edit and when the time is right, I will post them.

Now to the ironic part...I have been a little busy blogging, just not here. I actually started ANOTHER blog. This new blog is different because it actually focuses on something other than my random quirks and personal life. It deals more with one of my favorite things to talk and tweet about...FOOD. I started it last week and so far it's okay lol. I am trying to update it far more frequently than this one which will be easier especially since I think about food most of the time.

When you get a moment, check it out. So far it's coming along smoothly. The title of the blog is Everything But Rice. The easy explanation is that even though I fancy myself to be a great cook, I can't seem to master rice. Plain white rice seems to be something that I just can't seem to get right (I'm sure it's just the rice though, not my ability). Either way, I chose that name because I thought that it was different and I can really go months without actually making rice.

Whenever you get a moment, check it out. I'm sure that you will like it. :)

I'm a FOODIE