Watch out for the creepy guy on the pink inflatable bed

You would think that a tourist hot-spot is an awesome place to meet people. There are thousands of people of all ages here at present, the issue is that hardly any of them are staying - just soaking up the sun, drinking the local booze, and then heading back home until next year. What generally happens is a series of short conversations that include stuff like:

Where are you from? How long are you here for? What are you doing here?

The last one being towards me, and I've tried a few responses. If I'm not that keen on furthering the conversation in the direction of Steem, I'll just say that I 'work online'. That's still enough to confuse some people. 'Ahh it's a different world these days, we're too old for that'. A bit of a clue towards the ages of the people I speak to the most :)

When I do go for the 'I write blogs.... sometimes vlog like youtube, and use my IT background to produce analysis content', this sets up a fair few questions such as:

Who do you work for? Is there any money in that? You're a lucky ba5tard living here aren't ya?

And this is when it gets a bit tougher, at least for the first two questions. The last one I can just give a cheesy grin to and say 'yeah' :D

_{A photo from Cala Fornells - Mallorca}

I've found that it's pretty much pointless mentioning 'blockchain', 'cryptocurrency', and even 'blogging' doesn't seem to be much of a hit. Comparing dtube to Youtube has seemingly sparked the most interest. Explaining that content and not popularity or views is enough to get one started gives some traction to the conversation. I'll ask if they sing, play an instrument, like pranking their friends, play video games - I should probably ask for a number at some point too... soon :p Without this number or other contact details, I'm pretty certain they didn't make it to Steem. That's fine though, one day they'll hear about it, hopefully.

The workers are here all year of course, but that's what they are here for. To work the hours that cater to the tourists - 18 hours a day if their managers had their way. It's good to get to know them though, the occasional discounts on food and drink are a nice bonus, and in a few places I pay the 'local tariff'. But yeah, many work some crazy hours, and they are happy with that as it's 6 months off in Winter and a monthly paycheck from the Spanish government for working all summer.

So where does that leave a guy with no planned hours of work, who occasionally does feel that own age group company would be 'good' for him? Well I did meet a couple of gay guys in 'Bananas' the other weekend (I should probably make clear this is not a gay bar), so perhaps it's happening, just not how I'd planned it. I mean, they were cool and all, and respected my sexual preference, we bought beers, had a laugh, but yeah... something missing... for want of some better words...

Chatting to the going home next week, or the 'I go Argentina for the winter' - it's a bit, empty. This is the downside of being around thousands of new faces each week, and at the same time living in a beautiful part of the world. So many people you think you could share it with, but for the most part, it seems like just an illusion.

Still, there is a bright side. It's pretty beautiful around these parts, and if you like it hot, the Spanish summertime will sort you out. I cycled past a pharmacy with the electronic sign on the outside giving you the time and temperature - 1:30pm, 43c. That's some toasty business!

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I've been watching some of these 'social experiments' on Youtube recently too. Personally, I think that 'experiment' is used too lightly in most cases, but they are still fun to watch. See the 'whatever', 'almostepic', 'angrypicnic' channels for ideas :)

Most of the action on these videos is in major cities, or on University campus, but I've been wondering if a holiday resort is a good place to try something out. So much so, that I took my li-lo (inflatable bed) to the sea today with my go-pro, with the best intentions to float around and ask people 'how they were doing?', or 'do you float here often', or 'hey can I have your number?', or maybe 'float that way I've just seen a poop!'.

Well, I did the floating around so that's my tan topped up, but I chickened out of approaching anyone with the video rolling. Awkward, creepy? Probably. What do you think?

And should I go for the pink or blue li-lo?

Later!

Asher