Hi, It's been a while. Bad way to start a blog post? probably. Regardless if we are threw marveling at my bad start, may we continue? Don't answer, the question is rhetorical.
So I am going to become a member of a church soon, and as odd as this may sound I am slightly terrified. I have been out of the loop so long that I don't know what to say to church people anymore. I don't watch american TV so I can't fake up to date sports talk. There is no center of geeks talking about the newest up and coming video game that allows you to pretend to have a girlfriend. On top of all of that I am a single guy in his twenty's so naturally any man with a daughter in the room is going to make hissing sounds if I get any where near them.
I remember talking to new people at my old church and how much we had to awkwardly force a conversation. Usually you stand at a 90 degree angle with the person making minimal eye contact, but mostly staring down at the point of the would be triangle. You ask them where they live, what do they do, and then you run out of things to say. Unfortunately the church never developed ice breaker catechism, so the newcomer and the veteran are perpetually stuck in a state of "bad first date" conversation.
I went to the church 4th of July picnic today, and remained well outside of my normal comfort zone. Especially when the junior high girl squad wanted to tell me everything they ever did ever, forever and ever. I tried to stand by the grill and comment when a burger needed turning, but they followed me there too. I figured they might have thought I was in high school so I made several comments about me being in the military, thinking they may lose interest (note to self... that does not work). Eventually I slipped away to join the grown up table and had a lovely afternoon.
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