The other day, (actually it was after Props and Bonds Saturday Mic Live) I was in Catalyst Hip-hop. I normally get shy and have some level of anxiety talking to people in these kind of settings. I know it seems counter intuitive that I can perform music in front of hundreds or thousands of people. But casual to intimate conversations make me massively uncomfortable except for all but a few people. My friend RJ was trying to take a break in the corner of the room (sleep or nap). I really should have been just talking to people, but I just stood around in his area. A girl I normally talk to, came up to me to spark a conversation. I sat down with her close to him in the corner where he had sat down to rest ( right beside him). I really shouldn’t have done this because it made him something of a 3rd wheel in the conversation (while he was trying to rest). The conversation didn’t go too well either. I’m a really awkward conversationalist in general. If the subject of the conversation isn’t Hip-hop or football I really struggle to carry the conversation. This usually leads Read More...