Originally Posted by mercutio

Did anyone ever tell you that you were interesting?

One time there was this strange girl at my place. I'm not quite sure how she ended up there. With a friend of mine I think. Anyway, we were having a boring conversation and she put her hand on my leg and said that I was "interesting".

Anyway, the way I see it is that I think she was a prostitute or something. And so she was used to stroking guys egos.

Haha.

But like if it was actually interesting, then it would mean something.

I agree. I hate empty compliments.

I think the more you hear you're interesting, the less you see people as having their own significance. Like when I was young, it used to be kind of common for me to get into situations where people would hang off my words a bit. And I'd know the feeling, and I'd know it was there, but like it would kind of bug me a little like I prefered to argue. I liked the intensity high, I didn't want people to just fucking agree with me. So I'd kind of get "abusive" and get grabby and shit. And be like WAKE UP. .. What the fuck is wrong with you. Do you not have any self-identity.

What you're talking about, I don't relate to being interesting. When you draw that kind of attention to yourself, I think it's more about having a character that demands attention. It's cool when people are interested in your ideas and views but that's a different thing. Interesting just seems a little cold, like devoid of feeling, I just find it odd to be called interesting, I feel like it's only a half-compliment. But I don't care that much how people want to define me as long as they can meet me, as long as they intertest me.

Haha. Yeah! It really pisses me off too. People get caught up in you - it just get's boring if they can't get you caught up in them, it's like 'come on and fucking give me something'! It's a waste of time. I get pissed off and start pushing people to react. I'd rather have people pissed off with me, giving me some intensity then just standing around, boring and compliant.


But yeah, I find when intensity rose like that I could tell who was comfortable and who wasn't. Who could change, or who was like confused/unsure how to act etc. ..

And if people didn't respond then I'd just walk away. Then later sometimes people would be like "i thought we were havign a good conversation .. and then you went weird .. and got pissed off and just left .. "


blah ..

So I'd walk away again.

Haha

Anyway, who the fuck would want to be interesting. To captivate attention means shit all if you're not getting anything out of it.