If anyone has any idea of a list of topics that girls (or boys, if the girls wanna game) talk about or are interested in, post here. I think it would do me a whole lot of good and others as well, if we knew what they like to generally talk about. I know this may be “canning the material”, but atleast if there is nothing else to talk about, people like me can have something to refer back to, so that we can respark the conversation.
POST DANG IT! 
A simple “hello” or “how are you doing” is all you need to know, the rest is up to you. I don’t see how a list of topics could work here since everyone has different tastes and using someone’s tip would sound too obviously fake and borrowed.
Conversation is just meant to happen on its own, and by your own unique words. I know it can be hard to think of what to talk about, but “reading” her by seeing what she’s wearing or finding out on your own what she’s into before going up to talk to her will serve as very great ideas as to what you could use to stir up conversation or talk about.
For example if I were to see a girl who looked like a rocker type of chick and I wanted to go up to her, I would use “hey, just curious but what bands are you into?” After using that “opener,” I would then just simply go from there. It’s a lot easier when a girl seems/looks like she would be into the same stuff as you. Obviously a lot harder if you’re a preppy type of guy interested in talking to a rocker type of chick, since interests will probably not be the same.
Miko is right I’m afraid… There is no cheat list to memorise with chatting to girls 
All girls have different interests so if you rock up and start chatting about for example the newest chick flick and the girl is into horror movies the conversation is going to die pretty quickly…
There’s also a VERY big difference between what girls like to talk about with friends (other females) and what they like to talk to guys about. What we might find interesting to talk about amongst ourselves would seem very weird coming from a bloke that you just met 
The same goes for guys of course…you talk about different stuff too and if you tried that on girls, 9 times out of 10 you wouldn’t get very far. There aren’t many girls who’d be impressed with a guy who talked cars or sports when trying to pick her up…unless she was one of the few girls who is nutz about a certain sport or liked cars of course 
Long story short…I’ll have to second Miko…Just say hi, introduce yourself and start talking…Be yourself…Pick-up lines wont usually get you very far, but a genuine compliment might
I’ll take Xiphoid as an example. Let’s say I wanted to go up to her and talk to her in person, since she’s in the medical field (something I know nothing about) I would hope to catch/see something that will tip me off that she works in the medical field like her wearing a white coat or something. Then I’d simply just go up to her politely, and ask her something like “so I see you work in the medical field. If you don’t mind me asking, what do you practice?” Then just go on from there, obviously not knowing anything regarding the medical field but I’ll just continue to ask questions and honestly be interested in the answers I will be receiving back since I’d be honestly interested in her since she caught my eye. So just use whatever has been said, and feed that conversation in return.
You having an honest interest in what she will be telling you after you go up to her is very important, because if she talks about something you’re not interested in then the conversation will die pretty quickly. So just be curious in the replies, and be interested in what is being said by her. Then just do the same in return.
Sorry LTD but got to go with miko and Xiph here. The best ‘game’ is your own game, you can learn so much from books and the forum but ultimately, you’ve got to go out there, be yourself and think on your feet. I think you discovered that last night anyway
Don’t panic, you’ll get there, we all started where you are, we all learnt the hard way
Most people tell you not to talk about politics and religion, but I’ve had amazing success discussing these things. If you know a lot about something, girls will pick up on your intellect and be fascinated by you if you can teach them something interesting, thought provoking, and useful.
This shows you’re smart.
Though ‘serious’ issues are my preference, though in a totally ‘non serious’ way, other things to talk about are current events, music, movies, tv shows, local issues, eating (if you know a lot about health, girls love to hear about how different foods affect you). Upcoming concerts are a great topic, or concerts you have seen before. Odds are if you are a concert-goer, you’ll have seen someone she adores.
This shows you’re up to date, that you’re not caught up in the past, and that you go out and experience life.
But the real cherry on top of any conversation, is dropping a few crazy party stories, either about yourself or even about friends, feel free to exaggerate a bit. Making them humorous and really acting things out makes a big impact on the reaction a girl will have.
This shows you’re fun and outgoing and have a good time.
SEX!!! Girls fucking LOVE talking about sex. It is a fine line though, because you can come off a little trigger happy in the pants, but asking them what they think about sexual acts/issues, or anything to do with the battle of the sexes. I’d save talking about sex/sexuality for girls you’ve known for a few weeks or so though.
This shows you know how to please her, try to keep it low-profile, so just to simply ‘suggest’ you know what you’re doing, and not brag about it.
I think having variety in conversation to SUBLIMINALLY demonstrate how ‘rounded’ you are is important.
People like COLORFUL talk, voice inflection is important. Monotone=bad. Be mildly enthusiastic at the least, to full out enthusiastic.
All that said, it’s important to remember that one thing leads to another, and you have to be perceptive of what’s going on in the conversation so one topic will lead to another.
Talk is cheap though, if you really wanna get a good reaction, get her off her ass and be interactive with what’s going on around you.
Edit:: But yeah I agree with Mikoto that that is the best way to START a conversation. It’s good to have your own list of topics, and you’ll figure out what works and what doesn’t with practice. Just go out and talk to people, make it your goal to talk to 10-50 people, progressively, over the summer, every day. Or make a weekly quota of 100-300 people you talked to, even just a simple 2 minute conversation, and keep track at the end of the day what gets good reactions.
Everyone’s the same, but different. You’ll figure it out in no time.
I honestly dont want to have serious relationship with girls whom I cant talk about for example politics and technology with because Im more into girls who actually have something inside their heads other than pretty faces. For me intelligent and confident girls are just so hot!
Well there’s the advice I needed. Yeah, diamond, xiphoid, and mikotorocks714, I know that I should just come up things naturally at the top of my head. But when I’m out there, its kinda hard getting adjusted to. I’m not asking for any canned material, but some topics like Brock suggested can get me started. If I just research some of the topics and work on my delivery, then I’m prepared to have a knowledge of the girl’s interested subject.
Well, just be prepared to study or learn and be a jack of all trades when it comes to every conversation there is to talk about because each girl is different in what they will like to talk about. Although as humans we always will be into talking about generic things like current events, movies, and music. However, just know some girls won’t be into most “normal” conversation topics.
Brock gave you some good tips, but not all girls will be as open or freely to talk with anyone that cool like until you break a certain “comfort level” with them first, as some girls will think to themselves “you don’t even know me well enough for us to talk this deep about things.” Now they probably won’t tell you this, but some girls who don’t open up easily will probably think this if you go up to them and right away start talking to them about current events for example, so simple small talk to break that comfort level is first of all very important. Like I mentioned a simple “hello, how are you doing today” or “hello” would suffice. And then just go on from there, with asking questions about them to get to know a little about them first (without being creepy about it of course.) Like if they are at a concert ask if she’s enjoying the music, or if she’s a fan of the band or whatnot. Little things like that, then gently and slowly start to drive the conversation into more deeper subjects until you feel you have made her feel comfortable enough to talk about deeper stuff with you and have gotten a general idea of what she’s into.
Well that’s what I plan on doing. Friday night I’m going to the mall again with this new information. Thank you though, I would I have to break or ease-into a comfort level to talk about deep things.