Socially Awkward Experiment

While hanging out in Cafe Diem today (I seriously think I'm there all the time..) I broke the norms of eye contact while in a discussion. Let me tell you, it was awkward. Nothing is more weird than having a conversation with someone and they are looking all over the place; around the room, looking at people walking through the door, their watch, anything. I had the pleasure of being that socially awkward person. I was sitting on a couch with my buddy Keith and I knew that this was the time: we started talking about high school and old memories, and my eyes just started wandering. I was telling him a story about my senior year and I looked at his sweatshirt, his messy hair and all the chaos going on in Cafe Diem. It must of seemed like I wanted to be anywhere but there talking to him, poor kid. I felt horrible- by breaking eye contact and not looking at him I felt so rude and he probably got the impression that I was not interested in our stroll down memory lane. The conversation took an awkward turn. I could only imagine what was running through his mind. Probably something like, "Wow this girl is a jerk why doesn't she just leave already." Which I did not what to do! But thats how important eye contact is I guess. The conversation took an awkward turn. He was wondering why I was still here talking, I was wondering what he was thinking in the first place, and then words just stopped coming. We went to our seperate couches and got out homework. This is definitely not a smart move to making friends, or keeping them for that matter.