Hey guys, I'm Azrael31, or Az for short. I'm 19 and am currently living in Spain. Best thing about this is I could probably use any notorious opener and not get called on it, the Seduction Community doesn't seem to have a large following here. In fact, I've been trying to introduce some of my mates to it and I'm getting a lot of resistance, but that's unimportant, right now.

I've been interested in pick-up and improving my image and stuff like that ever since I was 15 and realised that, WTF, why don't I have a girlfriend? I'm not unattractive, I'm funny, I'm smart, I'm nice, what's the deal? The deal? The 'I'm nice' bit, pretty much. So a while ago I followed a link on an askmen article to David DeAngelo's site and it opened my eyes. I was doing so much wrong! I started reading his articles and the whole C&F thing really appealed to me. So when Uni started I decided to take advantage and implement some of his stuff.

As a whole, it's been a success. I'm more comfortable around women and I talk to them with no problems, and I've been getting a lot of IOIs, some of them extremely direct. But I haven't really internalized much. I haven't gotten anywhere, and it's been a year. Now I'm just exasperated because I've got a working shell, but my inner game isn't there, I have no peners, no strategy, and I have only made one approach in this whole year, pathetic.

So for the past few weeks I've been devoting some time to learning more stuff. I've been brushing up on Mystery's stuff, mostly. I'm intent on doing the Newbie Mission soon, although it's harder than I thought (I'm way too prone to listening to my own trumped-up excuses), and build on that. I've got bits and pieces of every part of the Game, but I need to put it all together, and most importantly, get out and do stuff.

I'm pretty sure that last part will be the hardest to overcome, I just hope it won't be the death of me. Up to this point, I feel like it has been. My goal is to get the confidence, and ability, to not only walk up to any set, but also close. So far I've done neither, and it's about time that I do.