> Hi there. I was just going to post to you on
> your thread on the Belly Dance board, but
> apparently fate or the Internet ether is
> determined that I shouldn't, so I've just
> decided to write to you directly. Twice now
> I've tried to post and it keeps getting eaten,
> so my writer's imagination is starting to think
> that someone out there is trying to tell me
> something. What, I don't know, but something. :
> P So while my belief in Murphy's Law says that
> this message will also get eaten, the stubborn
> part of me has made it my mission to say what I
> have to say. :P And lest you get the wrong
> impression, I'm not trying to hit on you. I'm
> married, which means that while I'd love to be
> able to hit on you, I can't. :P
>
> So here goes: Gregory, you're a drummer, a
> reenactor, a soldier, and a poet. How much
> better can you get? Drumming makes you
> appealing to dancers. A reenactor--hello, men
> with swords always make my little rennie heart
> go pitter pat, so I know that any woman with any
> sense (read, an interest in history and/or
> reenacting) would dig that. And a soldier and
> poet? Helloooo... :P
>
> So it sounds to me like your biggest problem is
> your lack of self-confidence/shyness. As
> someone whose brain shuts down when she gets
> nervous, I know all about this. I consider
> myself very shy (my friends laugh when I say
> this), but I've learned to fake it. :P Like I
> have to tell you that writing this letter to a
> perfect stranger makes my shy side cringe. :P
> But I'm also a very determined person, so that
> kinda balances it out. Quite honestly, if my
> post hadn't been eaten twice, I wouldn't be
> writing this now.
>
> But anyway, back to my point, I've learned to
> fool other people into thinking I'm not shy by
> girding my proverbial loins and forcing myself
> to do things I'm scared to death of if only
> because if I don't, I'll never know what
> could've been. So I fake it--not myself, just
> courage. And if you can handle an Iraqi warzone,
> you can handle the dating zone. Just keep
> reminding yourself that a woman shooting you
> down is nowhere near as potentially permanent as
> an Iraqi with a gun. :)
>
> Take care, stay away from bad guys with guns,
> and good luck in your search for your very own
> belly dancer. :)
>
> Julie
> <who feels like a complete idiot for not just
> trying again on the board, but who's just too
> damned stubborn to not put in her 2 cents :P>