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My goals for the night were:
(1) Practice 3 second rule / Approach immediately
(2) Approach 12 sets
(3) Slow my talking down to be more relaxed
I went out from 11:00AM to 12:30PM. I was feeling pretty good about myself since I took a nap beforehand, then chugged some coffee after waking. I started out by going to Bar A, which is a dive bar. There were so few people there it didn't seem worth the effort. I left after a few minutes, passed by Club B, which is an actual dance club that I go to a little too regularly on Thursdays, and even Saturdays, so I decided to mix things up and passed by it without entering even though it was apparent there was some action going on within, made evident by the line forming outside. Often when I see this action outside I get this aching feeling in my gut that I will be missing out if I go elsewhere instead of there. But part of my goals for 2020 is mixing up the clubs I'm going to, since I believe I've become too venue-dependent; so I continued on despite the brief flaring emotions of potential regret.
I drove to Bar C. Here there was a good number of people, including a fight outside lmao. Walking in, I went to the bathroom first to check myself out, make sure my hair was in order, etc. Then leaving the bathroom, I went around to find my first set. All the sets appeared occupied. However, I did see a 2-set strutting to the dance floor. I decided to wait (mistake!!!) until they were closer nearby or until I could think of something to actually say. After about 30 minutes of me looking around for a set I was actually interested in, dancing on the dance floor a bit, going to the bar, back and forth and so on - after this time passed the 2-set popped up magically beside me. Within that brief moment I had the opportunity to approach! However, I hesitated again. This time it was due to me getting a closer look and not being 100% certain how I felt about the two girls. I wanted to give myself more time to think about whether they were worth approaching at all. Inevitably, this caused me to not approach whatsoever! Another guy ended up leaping in, which eventually chased them off to another corner in the bar. I didn't feel very motivated to make an approach, despite them being available again. Now I could see the bar was beginning to clear out. Lacking motivation to continue, given that it is a Thursday night and I rarely ever have motivation on a Thursday night due to work in the morning and an ever-looming feeling of self-doubt over my shoulder that only exists on this specific night of the week for some reason - given all this, I called it quits and went home.
I should have approached the two set with "Hey, what is that thing on your arm?" Since she had an interesting looking tattoo (I think it was a tattoo) on her arm, followed by "Ah, ok. Yeah I wasn't sure if it was a bruise to be honest. Hopefully that doesn't throw off your whole night. You guys seem pretty cool and all so I wouldn't want that. Ruining someone's night isn't cool. So what brings you guys out here tonight? Is it like girls night out or something?" and then ad libbed from there.
So no approaches for tonight. Goddammit. I will be going on a date (movie at my place) with a virgin tomorrow, a virgin whose been a huge pain in my ass to lay for all of December. Hopefully We'll see an LR! Saturday I will continue with the same goals as tonight, but I would like to practice some routines/material, which I still need to figure out. To be honest, lately I've been having some self doubt as to what I need to practice when I sarge due to an internal conflict between (a) wanting to get results pronto and (b) wanting to improve my skill; but this is all for another time.
- Chrance
(1) Practice 3 second rule / Approach immediately
(2) Approach 12 sets
(3) Slow my talking down to be more relaxed
I went out from 11:00AM to 12:30PM. I was feeling pretty good about myself since I took a nap beforehand, then chugged some coffee after waking. I started out by going to Bar A, which is a dive bar. There were so few people there it didn't seem worth the effort. I left after a few minutes, passed by Club B, which is an actual dance club that I go to a little too regularly on Thursdays, and even Saturdays, so I decided to mix things up and passed by it without entering even though it was apparent there was some action going on within, made evident by the line forming outside. Often when I see this action outside I get this aching feeling in my gut that I will be missing out if I go elsewhere instead of there. But part of my goals for 2020 is mixing up the clubs I'm going to, since I believe I've become too venue-dependent; so I continued on despite the brief flaring emotions of potential regret.
I drove to Bar C. Here there was a good number of people, including a fight outside lmao. Walking in, I went to the bathroom first to check myself out, make sure my hair was in order, etc. Then leaving the bathroom, I went around to find my first set. All the sets appeared occupied. However, I did see a 2-set strutting to the dance floor. I decided to wait (mistake!!!) until they were closer nearby or until I could think of something to actually say. After about 30 minutes of me looking around for a set I was actually interested in, dancing on the dance floor a bit, going to the bar, back and forth and so on - after this time passed the 2-set popped up magically beside me. Within that brief moment I had the opportunity to approach! However, I hesitated again. This time it was due to me getting a closer look and not being 100% certain how I felt about the two girls. I wanted to give myself more time to think about whether they were worth approaching at all. Inevitably, this caused me to not approach whatsoever! Another guy ended up leaping in, which eventually chased them off to another corner in the bar. I didn't feel very motivated to make an approach, despite them being available again. Now I could see the bar was beginning to clear out. Lacking motivation to continue, given that it is a Thursday night and I rarely ever have motivation on a Thursday night due to work in the morning and an ever-looming feeling of self-doubt over my shoulder that only exists on this specific night of the week for some reason - given all this, I called it quits and went home.
I should have approached the two set with "Hey, what is that thing on your arm?" Since she had an interesting looking tattoo (I think it was a tattoo) on her arm, followed by "Ah, ok. Yeah I wasn't sure if it was a bruise to be honest. Hopefully that doesn't throw off your whole night. You guys seem pretty cool and all so I wouldn't want that. Ruining someone's night isn't cool. So what brings you guys out here tonight? Is it like girls night out or something?" and then ad libbed from there.
So no approaches for tonight. Goddammit. I will be going on a date (movie at my place) with a virgin tomorrow, a virgin whose been a huge pain in my ass to lay for all of December. Hopefully We'll see an LR! Saturday I will continue with the same goals as tonight, but I would like to practice some routines/material, which I still need to figure out. To be honest, lately I've been having some self doubt as to what I need to practice when I sarge due to an internal conflict between (a) wanting to get results pronto and (b) wanting to improve my skill; but this is all for another time.
- Chrance