Ok Ive been out of the game for a while, but I know some of my sticking points.
1) My main trouble is when I do approach I cant seem to generate anything more exiting than the interview method. "What you studying", "why you like that", etc.
So how do I break out of this sterile boring conversation? Its really bugging me!
My life stories are pretty ordinary and when I do try to spice something up it comes across as lame and boring.
Because all I am doing is asking questions I run out of things to say.......awkward pause......wait a little longer, just in case.......eject
Example:
ME: "Hey how you know john?"
HB: "Uni"
ME: "Cool, what you studying I havnt seen you around"
HB: "Art"
ME: "Thats a pretty broad topic, what exactly in particular?"
HB: "History"
ME: "Really, what type local, roman, greek?
HB: "Just general stuff"
ME: "My friend Kat she got to go over to Sicily for the second year field trip last year"
HB: " Yeah, I do that next year"
ME: "....."
HB: "....."
ME: "bye"
HB: "cya"