Good Intentions 002 "Hot Asians and Homeless Men"

Welcome back!

I hope you didn't miss us too much. 

Last week we challenged ourselves to speak to at least 5 people we would normally not have a conversation with and find an interesting fact or story about them. This episode we review our week and tell you some stories about our interactions with strangers. We unintentionally created a fascinating duality where I spoke to all of the WRONG people and Katie spoke to all of the nice, well adjusted people.

We also discuss this weeks new challenge: To do something that makes us uncomfortable and to do a new thing each day. Some examples include: Katie will be dressing to impress in a sexy skirt, Robbie will be winking at everyone and anyone he can, Robbie will be gelling his hair *shudder*, and Katie might just get obscenely drunk. Because, you know, YOLO.

Some other topics of this weeks episode include: Hot men (Asian and otherwise), Toothless Men, Drunk Buses, Saudi Arabians and their propensity for language diversity, Smiles, and Family Men.

Unfortunately, what you're missing out on in this episode is Katie's podcast interrupting phone call from her father in which she asks him for fashion advice. But feel free to ask me and I'll tell you all about it :).

Thanks so much for listening and we look forward to see you next week!

-Good Intentions

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Imma Comin'!

Hey Everybody!

Good Intentions Number 2 is recorded! I'm currently in the process of editing the episode and it will be up later tonight or early tomorrow!

Thanks for checking in and I hope you're looking forward to hearing about our encounters with on the run criminals and really beautiful men (bet you're beginning to regret the Lenten promise now aren't you Katie?)

In the meantime here is a picture of me trying (and failing miserably) to catch a Frisbee:

What is it that makes meeting people so difficult? What holds us back from being friendly with other people, from reaching out and making contact? 

Theories:

- Fear of rejection. The obvious one, no? We don't want to reach out and say something for fear that that person will look at us like we're idiots, right? 

-Lack of social strategy. We just don't know HOW to engage without being socially awkward human beings 

-Selfish/egotistical. I am ashamed to recount the number of times that I have given up opportunities to get to know other people because I have been lost in my own thoughts or worries when standing in the line to microwave my food at work.

-Sheer obliviousness.<--applies to Robbie.

-Mix of all of the above? *nods*

Granted, I am by no way advocating that we speak to every single person we meet; ladies, you may end up dead in a ditch if you do that one day (There are far too many creepy men out there nowadays, and I fully advocate arming yourselves).Sometimes the social atmosphere does not call for conversation, and it is important to read the people that you are around to see if they would be receptive to interaction. However, throughout this week, I've found that people are far more open than I had imagined they would be, and taking the leap and talking to people seems to bring more smiles than glaring looks. 

Two more days...Robbie, game on.

Can Anybody Find Me...

I'm finding this weeks challenge even more difficult than I expected.

"Talk to 5 people you normally wouldn't interact with." Ok. I can do that.

Turns out it's harder than I thought.

Try it. Just once. Maybe you're better at these kinds of things but as soon as I think of forcing some kind interaction I'm paralyzed by nerves, by thoughts like, "Oh god I'm going to look like a total creep" or "This person is going to think I'm crazy". What's strange about that is that those kinds of thoughts have rarely stopped me before. I've tried to twerk in a crowded room. I've butchered the Spanish language in Sevillan bars. I've even had a bro moment with my ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend about how awesome Blue Moon is. I don't shy away from social situations.

So what is it that causes this insurmountable terror?

I have no idea. If you know please tell me because I really want to win this contest.

That being said I have made contact with a crazy homeless man and a Chinese graduate student. I'm sot sure what this indicates about my social habits but I think it's time I ventured into confronting speaking with my peers. It's time I manned up and made a fool of myself, or at least shed the fear of embarrassing myself for the sake of social contact!

-Robbie

Lowering The Bar: Katie and Robbie Set Out

Hi there!

You, yes you!

Thanks for stopping by! We're glad to have you. Katie and Robbie have spent some time putting together this here podcast and we plan on making many more. Our podcast is about challenging ourselves to move outside of our comfort zones in an effort to improve as human beings. It's not necessarily likely we'll meet that goal be we will at least have fun trying. We also talk about chili and how to properly pronounce soda (I think we can all agree there is no "P" in soda) so if you aren't into all that self help and being a better person mumbo jumbo theres something here for you too!

In our first episode "Lowering The Bar" we talk about a lot of things like:

• Chili
• Our very first challenge! We decided to try to speak to at least 5 different random people that we might not normally interact with and get a random fact or interesting story from our conversation with them. The person with the best story wins!
• Robbie had an idea of doing a challenge about listening to other people but I think we all know that both Robbie and listening falls into the category of "Things that are stupid".
• How to pronounce soda
• What we gave up for Lent. In some ways we both gave up our sources of affection (hint: Robbie gave up the internet and Katie gave up accepting marriage proposals from random strangers).
• We discussed thoroughly Fleetwood Mac's well know treatise on "Tomorrow" and how soon it might be here.
• Lastly, we left you with a thought provoking smattering of mispronounced Spanish and butchered Arnold Schwepaosdifjiugwerfer (I didn't even try)  quotes.

Thanks again for stopping in and I hope you enjoyed the podcast!

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