Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Dose:
11AM: 3 sprays at 5mcg/spray = 15mcg
One spread along inner arms and wrists
One spread around neck
One applied beneath nose on upper lip
5PM: 2 more sprays = 10mcg + remainder from earlier
One spray to arms
One spread around neck
Results:
I noticed not immediately obvious self-effects. My first thoughts are that I am perhaps a bit calmer. I have an appeal hearing for two parking tickets in about fifteen minutes, so I head that way. I arrived and sign in and have a seat. As of yet, no one else has arrived. After a few minutes of sitting by myself, the girl whose appeal is before mine comes in and sits next to me. I can’t tell how old she is, a petite brunette with light freckles and a face that, while not beautiful, is certainly not unattractive. I immediately sense anger. She is sitting in a defensive position, arms and legs crossed, obviously impatient at having to be here. I strike up a conversation, asking if she’s also here for an appeal (though I’m already aware that she is.) She replied that she is and we go from there. We just talk a bit about our respective reasons for being there and then move on to school. It turns out she’s a law student and is actually a few years older than me. By the end of the conversation, she has lost nearly all of her initial coldness and irritation. With a little guiding, she has told me a bit about herself, her hometown, and so one. I don’t notice any attraction hits, but she has definitely calmed down and opened up a little. Her body language is more relaxed as well. When she gets called in to her appeal, she leaves her bag with me and I wish her luck. When she gets out, she is in an even better mood, and says she thinks it went well, before finally saying bye and leaving.
My turn to appeal. I walk in and have a seat, as instructed. Asked to explain my case, I calmly point out that I feel I should have been notified after receiving multiple citations and would gladly have moved my vehicle from a restricted area had I remembered it was there (I parked there on a weekened, when that lot isn’t restricted, and forgot.) I do stammer a little, but feel fairly calm during the whole ordeal. At the end, they gladly fix the two tickets, since I originally received three and paid the first without hesitation (I did, after all, leave my car in a restricted area.) One woman apologized multiple times in a friendly tone, saying that it was their policy to call the owner after the second issuance and that she was very disappointed in her department that I had not received a call. She said she was sorry that they had taken up my time and theirs when a simple call from them would have cleared things up easily.
Around 5, I applie two more sprays. I noticed a small but substantial increase in energy immediately. In quiz bowl, I was very relaxed but also on top of my game. I probably did the best I’ve ever done in a practice. I was more confident and less afraid of being wrong (though I never was) and received several compliments on how I was “tearing it up today.”
After practice, I went to deposit some money in my checking account, as I overdrew by a few cents earlier in the day. I passed a girl from one of my math classes and we said hi, but walked past each other. I could tell we both weren’t quite sure whether to stop and talk or not, but I didn’t let it show. She did, however: her gait was interrupted, as if she kept deciding to stop but then continued when she saw that I wasn’t stopping. After depositing, I started walking back to my down and passed her coming back the opposite direction. This time, I stopped, which again seemed to throw her off, as this time she seemed to think I was going to keep walking (Keep 'em guessing, even in the little things.) We talked for a bit about class and a presentation she gave completely trashed after a Halloween party. Eventually, I said I would let her get to whatever she needed to be doing and we were about to say bye, when she suddenly asked if I would be in class tomorrow. I said I wasn’t sure and I should probably go since I had been skipping. She gave a ig smile and said she would see me tomorrow.
In general, I felt calm, confident, and collected. The girl from my math class seemed to enjoy my presence, and I have been noticing attraction hits from her recently.
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