I recently had this conversation with someone (at a studio, not a gym).
"Trollope. Wow. I haven't seen anyone reading Trollope since graduate school. Are you enjoying it?"
"I just started, but so far."
"Are you reading it for school?"
"Just fun."
"Wow."
Now, I could have, I suppose, explained the project. Many of my awkward conversations would be less awkward, perhaps, if I did so. I rarely do.
I know that I've said before that I use this project a lot in small talk, and I do. However, I only bring it up in two circumstances: 1) when it's gotten so awkward that I feel I have no choice, usually after several conversations on my reading habits, and 2) when it's either talk about the project or talk about something else in my life.
Basically, my goal at all times is more or less to conceal information about myself. Why? Well, I could tell you, but that would sort of defeat the goal.
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