I was going through a period of self depreciating sense of a lack of self worth in my ability to 'swag' (read: attract women, a important thing for any hetereosexual mid twenties male) until I chatted up this hot* chick while waiting on the ferry sitting at a table (she was sitting across), the conversation came out of nowhere, really after a few glances at each other. We talked for a few and then her ferry came and she hopped on it.
It helped that she initiated the conversation by asking about the book I had; The 48 Laws of Power. Nothing came of it nor did I expect it to, but it feels good to sharpen up once in a while.
*And by hot I don't mean Megan Fox hot, like a plastic hot, I mean like a liberal intelligent studious yet fashionable college educated hot.