Goldfish

A friend had her birthday party yesterday and I have met the most interesting man ever. He is half Egyptian, son of a pilot and a natural healer and interested in a large variety of things, especially in zodiac signs, natural healing, acupressure and -puncture, which is more fascinating than I thought. He seems to know every film there is. He even loves cooking and has a great sense of humor, cares and is interested in the differences between cultures, (well, he would be, with that background) and is incredibly open-minded. Apart from that, he always seems to be aware of what people are hiding and really feeling around him - at all times, remarkably attentive. The born doctor.
What does he study? Naval architecture and Marine Engineering. That really came as some surpise.  
Once more it was really a pain to be afraid of people. It's always the same - I can talk to anybody in the world as long as I don't care for them at all. As soon as people start being interesting, I stop doing anything, go into goldfish mode and am no longer recognizable as the person my friends know. Whenever I try not to do it, I find myself acting rather than behaving, and that's not really the thing, either. I don't even want to know what kind of impression he got.

Ah well. The evening was fun, and against expectiations there were not only students of law. Most people were really interesting and we had a great time.