FR: Last Weekend

Yes I know I'm a little bit behind, but I wanted to write about my adventures with Shaggy and Gizmo last weekend. On Thursday, I had Gizmo get a haircut to change his appearance a little bit so he can have more self confidence. Let me tell you, what a difference a haircut makes, he looked like a new man. So Gizmo and I headed out to meet up with Shaggy at a networking event. This was not your typical social networking event and this was not someplace you can use canned material. however, because this was a place where people came to meet others, everyone was receptive, so it was easy to open without an opener. We talked to a few people and I was excited that Gizmo was actually able to have quite a few conversations on his own despite his timidity. For me it was good to practice my social skills, but this was more business than social unlike the previous networking event Shaggy and I went to. At any rate we chit chatted for a while and then went to an excellent Cuban restaurant we passed by. Shaggy, Gizmo, and I talked theory for a while. We were basically trying to get Gizmo up to speed on some techniques to use in the field in order to prepare for him the next night.

On Friday, Gizmo and I went to a singles event about an hour south of us. Shaggy had a prior obligation he had to attend. In order to prepare I took Gizmo to shop for some new clothes and shoes. By the time we were done, he looked like a new man, from the guy I saw 2 nights prior. So we headed down and met up with another PUA Shaggy and I had been talking to for a while who we wanted to learn from. We entered the venue and begun mingling immediately. I must say, there were some very attractive women in there. This again was another event that I didn't need canned material at because it was made for engaging members of the opposite sex. I opened quite a few sets that night including a few latin girls (my weakness) in the 8-10 range. I must say I did very well there. However, for some reason, I'm still intimidated even when I build attraction with them. I feel as though maybe I don't deserve this girl, its kinda weird because I'm normally very confident once I'm in a conversation. (anyone have a solution for this?) Anyway, I'm talking to the local PUA guy who I met up with that night when I look at Gizmo talking with some girl. I was happy to see he was finally coming out of his shell a little bit. I went to find one of the girls I had opened earlier and start our conversation back up. We talked for a bit, then danced a little, then I isolated her. I didn't feel I could've kiss closed there, so I went with a number close instead. While this was happening, I saw Gizmo dancing with his target, sweet! I was happy to see that he was having a good time. At this point it was pretty late and we had a long drive home, so we called it a night.

Saturday, Shaggy and I went out sarging. It was weird being without my wing even for one night, i had nobody to break down my interactions with. At any rate, we began the night at a nightclub we just started going to the week prior, it was a great place to open some sets. I was a little off my game because I didn't need to use any openers or routines the previous two nights so I was out of practice. We walked in and opened our first set, who happened to work at the bar and were just getting off work. They weren't very responsive. Oh well, next set! Then I opened a two-set by the dance floor and talked with them for a bit, nothing special. Then my wing and I went to our usual location, a local dance club we have been successful at. We walked in there and, oddly enough there was 3 bachelorette parties going on in the same night, we approached all of them. We had some success with the first one, but didn't really seem to get where we needed to be. Then we went upstairs, which was a little quieter to see if we can get some interactions going. Shaggy opened a set, and they decided to go play pool rather than talk to us, no big deal. Then, we went back downstairs and I opened a set and they happened to be sisters. The interaction was going great, until all of the sudden they got dragged away by some girl who didn't appear to be with them. Rather than wait around, we figured we would come back to them later, but of course they had already left.

It was a great weekend of practice to say the least. I feel I have made major improvements even from last weekend. I will be posting about our adventures this weekend shortly.

Nightwolf