Friday, December 16, 2005
Back in the game:
I finally got out there and started sarging again. I worked out and then went to Alumni Club in Schaumburg. Part of me wanted to stay home because I was hesitant to get back in the game, but the more dominant part of me forced me to go out there. I want to get to the PUA level and the whole way to do that is to get more field experience. I know that I'm going to have to deal with a ton of rejection, but rejection is a great learning experience.
Peacocking with my Hawaiian shirt and getting opened:
I can see how this peacocking worked. I was wearing a Hawaiian shirt at the club today which I know makes me stand out. The theory is that as long as your are the fun party guy that your peacocking gear suggets, then you can pull it off. I was taking a break playing "Golden Tee." The machines are set on free play at Alumni Club at night so I've been playing a few games to relax my mind. I feel that it's better to play Golden Tee than to stand like a wallflower next to the dance floor. Anyway, while I was playing, I suddenly found this HB8 standing next to me. She asked me, "Why are you wearing a Hawaiian shirt in the middle of winter.?" I replied, "Because I have the island spirit in me." She replied, "Well, it's like 0 degrees outside." I said, "Well, it's warm somewhere." Then the following things seemed to happen simultaneously: she walked away, and I turned to the game.
I think it was great that I actually got opened by a girl. Again, peacocking causes that to happen. I should have ran some better game on it when it happened though. I think I was so in shock that some girl opened me that I didn't really have a game plan. I never would have imagined that would have happened at this stage. Before this, the Russian shot girl had tried to sell me shots as usual, but I was ready for that. I see her there almost every time I'm at the club, so I'm trying to be friendly and flirty with her. I figure I can game her at a later time, and being friendly with her gives me social proof.
I keep thinking that I should have violated one of TD's 25 Points. He says that you should never mention that you've just come back from someplace cool because it comes across as "trying to hard." I think I could have said something like, "Even though the weather is crappy, the island spirit still hasn't worn off." Another thing that I definately should have said was, "Let me ask you this. Why are you wearing a halter top in the middle of winter?"
I had a plan to open the girl again, but I coudln't find her after I was done with Golden Tee. I probably should have waited like 1 minute and then went to find her. I had a good line planned. I would have went up to her and said, "Hi. Over there you were telling me how much you like my t-shirt. Let me ask you this, why are you wearing a sleeveless shirt in winter?" Then I could have gone into a routine. I think I wasted my first time being opened.
Habla Espanol?
I was chatting with this Vietnamese guy named Jason the I befriended early in the night. I saw these three Hispanic girls sitting by the bar. In a few minute period I saw multiple guys approach them and get blown out. One 45+ year old guy got waved away by then. I figured it was a good opportunity to work my game. MAsf people say that you can build off the blowups of AFC's. I went up and said, "Wow, you guys must love being the center of attention."
This HB7.5 answered me by speaking Spanish. She said stuff and then looked at her friend and laughed. I knew she was just trying to shit test me so I busted her on it and said, "Come on, I know you speak English. What's up with this?"
Her: Habla espanol?
Me: S`i. Estudi`e Espa~nol por cuatro anos.
Her. Donde?
Me: En la Escuela.
I believe she asked me another question and then she broke out into English and introduced herself. I then used the tent opener. She actually surprised me by not saying, "No" to the tent question as every girl I've opened has said that. HB7.5 actually said it depends and said she would if X conditions were met. I think I did pretty well with this set. I briefly engaged the other three girls, but this girl seemed to be the Alpha. I also had her giggling and I could see the AFC's looking at me with amazement. Then, I ended up ejected because Jason said something to me. I then talked to him briefly and then to his brother. By the time I was done with that, some guys had started talking to the girls. I saw them get blown out after that. I should have reengaged the set, but I decided to look for another set instead. By the time I came back, some more guys were chatting with them and I think they even isolated them. Duh! In the future, I will acknowledge friends or guys I'm cool with at the bar briefly, but then I'll either pull them into the set or I'll just continue to talk to the girls. I think you need to acknowledge your friends so you don't show too much interest in the girl, but then you have to pull back and keep the set engaged.
Lessons:
-I need to open more sets. I'll give myself some slack here since I knew tonight was going to be tough. I did open some sets. I even opened the Latina set that I had already seen blow out guys and I had the HB giggling. I feel more confident now so I'm sure I'll open more sets toonight.
-I got opened. LOL. AFC's would say the girl was making fun of my shirt, but I know that girls don't just randomly open guys. The girls had some interest in me and that's why she came up to me. I didn't game her well because I was shocked that I got opened. In the future, I'll know to bust out C&F and then go into a routine. I'll also won't be as shocked since it won't be my first time.
-I'm still great with befriending random guys at the bar. I believe I've befriended someone everytime I've gone out to the bar. I want to pick up girls, sure, but I should still be happy about this since I was a sociophobe back in the day. I know I have social skills so I can take cheap airfares anywhere and be able to meet new people and sarge. Whenever I get shy or self-conscious, I remember that I was opening people like crazy in Maui so I shouldn't be afraid to be social in my own area. Also, if I keep befriending more and more people at Alumni Club, I'm soon going to know a ton of people everytime I go to the bar. That's social proof, and that will help my game tremendously.
-Time flew today for some reason. I can't believe the Latina set is the only set I really opened. It seems like I got there, talked to some people, and then it was closing time.
I finally got out there and started sarging again. I worked out and then went to Alumni Club in Schaumburg. Part of me wanted to stay home because I was hesitant to get back in the game, but the more dominant part of me forced me to go out there. I want to get to the PUA level and the whole way to do that is to get more field experience. I know that I'm going to have to deal with a ton of rejection, but rejection is a great learning experience.
Peacocking with my Hawaiian shirt and getting opened:
I can see how this peacocking worked. I was wearing a Hawaiian shirt at the club today which I know makes me stand out. The theory is that as long as your are the fun party guy that your peacocking gear suggets, then you can pull it off. I was taking a break playing "Golden Tee." The machines are set on free play at Alumni Club at night so I've been playing a few games to relax my mind. I feel that it's better to play Golden Tee than to stand like a wallflower next to the dance floor. Anyway, while I was playing, I suddenly found this HB8 standing next to me. She asked me, "Why are you wearing a Hawaiian shirt in the middle of winter.?" I replied, "Because I have the island spirit in me." She replied, "Well, it's like 0 degrees outside." I said, "Well, it's warm somewhere." Then the following things seemed to happen simultaneously: she walked away, and I turned to the game.
I think it was great that I actually got opened by a girl. Again, peacocking causes that to happen. I should have ran some better game on it when it happened though. I think I was so in shock that some girl opened me that I didn't really have a game plan. I never would have imagined that would have happened at this stage. Before this, the Russian shot girl had tried to sell me shots as usual, but I was ready for that. I see her there almost every time I'm at the club, so I'm trying to be friendly and flirty with her. I figure I can game her at a later time, and being friendly with her gives me social proof.
I keep thinking that I should have violated one of TD's 25 Points. He says that you should never mention that you've just come back from someplace cool because it comes across as "trying to hard." I think I could have said something like, "Even though the weather is crappy, the island spirit still hasn't worn off." Another thing that I definately should have said was, "Let me ask you this. Why are you wearing a halter top in the middle of winter?"
I had a plan to open the girl again, but I coudln't find her after I was done with Golden Tee. I probably should have waited like 1 minute and then went to find her. I had a good line planned. I would have went up to her and said, "Hi. Over there you were telling me how much you like my t-shirt. Let me ask you this, why are you wearing a sleeveless shirt in winter?" Then I could have gone into a routine. I think I wasted my first time being opened.
Habla Espanol?
I was chatting with this Vietnamese guy named Jason the I befriended early in the night. I saw these three Hispanic girls sitting by the bar. In a few minute period I saw multiple guys approach them and get blown out. One 45+ year old guy got waved away by then. I figured it was a good opportunity to work my game. MAsf people say that you can build off the blowups of AFC's. I went up and said, "Wow, you guys must love being the center of attention."
This HB7.5 answered me by speaking Spanish. She said stuff and then looked at her friend and laughed. I knew she was just trying to shit test me so I busted her on it and said, "Come on, I know you speak English. What's up with this?"
Her: Habla espanol?
Me: S`i. Estudi`e Espa~nol por cuatro anos.
Her. Donde?
Me: En la Escuela.
I believe she asked me another question and then she broke out into English and introduced herself. I then used the tent opener. She actually surprised me by not saying, "No" to the tent question as every girl I've opened has said that. HB7.5 actually said it depends and said she would if X conditions were met. I think I did pretty well with this set. I briefly engaged the other three girls, but this girl seemed to be the Alpha. I also had her giggling and I could see the AFC's looking at me with amazement. Then, I ended up ejected because Jason said something to me. I then talked to him briefly and then to his brother. By the time I was done with that, some guys had started talking to the girls. I saw them get blown out after that. I should have reengaged the set, but I decided to look for another set instead. By the time I came back, some more guys were chatting with them and I think they even isolated them. Duh! In the future, I will acknowledge friends or guys I'm cool with at the bar briefly, but then I'll either pull them into the set or I'll just continue to talk to the girls. I think you need to acknowledge your friends so you don't show too much interest in the girl, but then you have to pull back and keep the set engaged.
Lessons:
-I need to open more sets. I'll give myself some slack here since I knew tonight was going to be tough. I did open some sets. I even opened the Latina set that I had already seen blow out guys and I had the HB giggling. I feel more confident now so I'm sure I'll open more sets toonight.
-I got opened. LOL. AFC's would say the girl was making fun of my shirt, but I know that girls don't just randomly open guys. The girls had some interest in me and that's why she came up to me. I didn't game her well because I was shocked that I got opened. In the future, I'll know to bust out C&F and then go into a routine. I'll also won't be as shocked since it won't be my first time.
-I'm still great with befriending random guys at the bar. I believe I've befriended someone everytime I've gone out to the bar. I want to pick up girls, sure, but I should still be happy about this since I was a sociophobe back in the day. I know I have social skills so I can take cheap airfares anywhere and be able to meet new people and sarge. Whenever I get shy or self-conscious, I remember that I was opening people like crazy in Maui so I shouldn't be afraid to be social in my own area. Also, if I keep befriending more and more people at Alumni Club, I'm soon going to know a ton of people everytime I go to the bar. That's social proof, and that will help my game tremendously.
-Time flew today for some reason. I can't believe the Latina set is the only set I really opened. It seems like I got there, talked to some people, and then it was closing time.
