Picking up strangers is impossible.

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LOL I did that once! Except I went from a really gorgeous, sexy goddess to an ugly fat girl. Not that I hold such things against people, but my friends berated me.

perhaps it's all the presssure you put yourself trough.. it seems to be going fine, so if you mess it up Now you have no excuse, then all you think about is 'i really wanna impress this girl' (that's at least what you Should be thinking) and then, your mind goes blank.. it's perfectly understandable, tough inconvenient.

OR.. you react to the pressure by doing an unlikely stupid thing, and doing a stupid thing on purpose (subconsciously perhaps) is better than acctually doing your best and failing. So you rather just....fail. misserably.

Or does it happen at the same time in the conversation? when you run out of the 'where do you live/what do you do's...

If it's the first reason i'd recomend having some teniques for calming you down, if it's the second you should get some balls, if it's the third... just tell me i'll figure something out.

(ah, i love playing psychoanalyzing)

hm, i'm not t he best girl to ask advice off about this. But here goes.
Don't underestimate your own interests and knowledge. Perhaps you think they're not intrested but if you never talk about them you'll never find someone who does find them interesting.

i assume most of the time you mind isn't blank, you always must think about Something or have an opinion of something; share it! if the other person is mildly sociable you should be able to get a conversation starting.

the person you are facing is probably not The Most Interesting person in the world, and they are not expecting you to be.

it all depends of course, if you are trying to fit into a crowd with the oposite interests of yourself it might not go so good. But you can always try, people like new things (if they don't have AS:))

And consider this! the person is talking to you. thus far you are thinking it is going pretty well. That in itself is a sign that the person will willingly listen to your opinions/interests without being jugemental..

cal, i can relate to quite some of the things you were typing.
signs... i hate them. are they there for real? were they meant the way i took them? or did i make it all up from wishful thinking? i never could be sure about those things... if in doubt, ill rather refrain to having probably misinterpreted all and everything.

an even worse problem with me and strangers is that i grow less and less interested in them by the day. for someone to catch my fancy, someone must impress me with intelligence and the impression that in this persons head could indeed happen as much as does in mine - that this someone could make a real counterpart to me, not someone whose programming i grasp within the first three sentences and find boring from there on. yet, to get these vital impressions from someone, i need to have at least minimal contact - which ill usually not have because i wont believe first hand that someone could actually exhibit these traits. i know its circular, but thats how i feel all day.
to like someone, i need to know them first. to get to know them, i need to like them first (to have enough interest for the whole process).

you know what i hate these conversations too, because i have few things to say up front. if you're a thinker instead of a doer (lol)then it's hard to find something to say. Make it about opinions instead.. discuss something.. Try to pick something from your surroundings or the news or her/yours background, whatever!

Speak about the music or the reason you are there, ie. some common ground to build upon. Then you compliment or notice her to let her know that you are interested. Be confident and relaxed. Don't speak too much, keep her wondering. Anticipate her desires and you have it made! Good luck