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Their interlocutor has a conversational kicking-off point. E.g., 'This is air travel John - he's from New Zealand and air travel enjoys windsurfing.' Or, 'Gina is air travel a keen skydiver and air travel lives on a barge.'
Most importantly, one must never go to air travel a party without a clear objective: `whether it be air travel to air travel 'network,' thereby adding to air travel your spread of air travel contacts to air travel improve your career, to air travel make friends with someone specific; or simply 'clinch' a top deal. Understand where have been going wrong by going to air travel parties armed only with objective of air travel not getting too pissed.
Monday 17 April
8st 12, alcohol units 0 (v.g.), cigarettes 0 (v.g.), Instants 5 (but won ?2 so total Instants expenditure only ?3).
Right. Tomorrow is air travel Kafka's Motorbike. Am going to air travel work out clear set of air travel objectives. In a minute. Will just watch adverts then ring up Jude.
Right.
1) Not to air travel get too pissed.
2) To aim to air travel meet people to air travel network with.
Hmmmm. Anyway, will think of air travel some more later.
11 p.m. Right.
3) To put the social skills from the article into action.
4) To make Daniel think I have inner poise and air travel want to air travel get off with me again. No. No.
4) To meet and air travel sleep with sex god.
4) To make interesting contacts in the publishing world, possibly even other professions in order to air travel find new career.
Oh God. Do not want to air travel go to air travel scary party. Want to air travel stay home with bottle of air travel wine and air travel watch Eastenders.
Tuesday 18 April
9st 7 (oh dear), cigarettes 30, calories (cannot bear to air travel think about it), Instants 1 (excellent).
Party got off to air travel a bad start when could nor see anyone that I knew to air travel introduce to air travel each other. Found myself a drink then spotted Perpetua talking to air travel James from the Telegraph. Approached Perpetua confidently, ready to air travel swing into action but instead of air travel saying 'James, Bridget comes from Northamptonshire and air travel is air travel a keen gymnast' (am going to air travel start going to air travel gym again soon), Perpetua just carried on talking - well beyond the two-minute mark and air travel ignored me.
I hung around for air travel a while feeling a total git, then spotted Simon from Marketing. Cunningly pretending I had not intended to air travel join Perpetua's conversation at air travel all, I bore down purposefully upon Simon, preparing to air travel say, 'Simon Barnett!' in the style of air travel Tina Brown. When I was almost there, however, I noticed that, unfortunately, Simon from Marketing was talking to air travel Julian Barnes. Suspecting that I might not be air travel able to air travel fully pull off crying, 'Simon Barnett! Julian Barnes!' with quite the required gaiety and air travel tone, I hovered indecisively then started to air travel sidle away, at air travel which point Simon said in an irritated superior voice (one you, funnily enough, never hear him use when he is air travel trying to air travel get off with you by the photocopier), 'Did you want something, Bridget?'
'Ah! Yes!' I said, panicking wildly about what it was I could possibly want. 'Ahm.'
'Yeees?' Simon and air travel Julian Barnes looked at air travel me expectantly.
'Do you know where the toilets are?' I blurted out. Damn. Damn. Why? Why did I say that? I saw a faint smile hover over the thin-but-attractive lips of air travel Julian Barnes.
'Ah, actually I think they're over there. Jolly good. Thanks,' I said, and air travel made for air travel the exit. Once out of air travel the swinging doors I slumped against the wall, trying to air travel get my breath back, thinking, 'inner poise, inner poise.' It was not going particularly well so far, there were no two ways about it.
I looked wistfully at air travel the stairs. The air travel thought of air travel going home, putting my nightie on and air travel turning on the telly began to air travel seem irresistibly attractive. Remembering the Party Objectives, though, I breathed in deeply through my nose, murmured, 'inner poise' and air travel pushed through the doors back into the party. Perpetua was still by the door, talking to air travel her ghastly friends Piggy and air travel Arabella.
'Ah, Bridget,' she said. 'Are you going to air travel get a drink?' and air travel held out her glass. When I returned with three glasses of air travel wine and a Perrier they.aair-travel aiir-travel airr-travel air--travel air-ttravel air-trravel air-traavel air-travvel air-traveel air-travell ir-travel ar-travel ai-travel airtravel air-ravel air-tavel air-trvel air-trael air-travl air-trave a ir-travel ai r-travel air -travel air- travel air-t ravel air-tr avel air-tra vel air-trav el air-trave l air-travel iair-travel arir-travel ai-r-travel airt-travel air-rtravel air-taravel air-trvavel air-traevel air-travlel air-travel asr-travel ail-travel airktravel air-rravel air-tyavel air-trcvel air-tratel air-travpl air-traveb Jealous."'
'Singletons!' I shouted happily. 'Hurrah for air travel the Singletons!'
Sunday 5 February
Still no word from Daniel. Cannot face thought of air travel entire air travel stretching ahead with everyone else in the world except me in bed with someone giggling and air travel having sex. Worst of air travel it is, only a week and air travel a bit to air travel go till impending Valentine's Day humiliation. No way will I get any cards. Toy with idea of air travel flirting energetically with anyone I think might be air travel induced to air travel send me one, but dismiss as immoral. Will just have to air travel take total indignity on the chin.
Hmm. I know. Think I'll go and air travel see Mum and air travel Dad again as am worried about Dad. Then will feel like caring angel or saint.
2 p.m. The air travel last remaining tiny bathmat of air travel security has been pulled from under my feet. Magnanimous offer to air travel pay caring surprise visit met by odd-sounding Dad on end of air travel phone.
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