Hello. I am a young professional currently living in San Fransisco for 2 years, but originally from the Caribbean. Which means that I have a strong Caribbean (think Jamaican) accent. 23 Years old, but still quite introverted. This needs to change. I recently came upon this website while searching on new ways to approach women and so haven't been 'practicing' yet. Actually, honestly I've been practicing my entire life and would like to develop some kind of skill to be comfortable around all types of women. So I'm not sure about pickup methods and am not necessarily interested in rigid routines but in developing the natural charisma that makes women gravitate towards you. I am also interested in knowledge about how to turn charisma-driven attraction into sexual energy discreetly and in a smooth transitional manner, adjusting levels of 'discreetness' to the situation. I need to learn how to be quite versatile without having to change who I am inherently. Which is a more observant, cool type. Currently, I think I am still not quite fully accustomed to American culture and even though I'm inherently a funny guy, when I'm most natural is when my accent comes out the most. Also, my humor tends to be crude Caribbean/UK style humor that maybe most American girls are not used to? They do love the accent though. I think I can somehow use that to my advantage once I get rid of my fear of confrontations. Anyway, I just know that most international girls get my humor more than American girls. This needs to change. One of my goals is to figure out how to be a funny cool guy WITH sexual energy when necessary. I am NOT a conversationalist and this needs to change. The skills of the PUA is interdisciplinary and I would like to master the art, not just for it's obvious reasons but the social networking benefits also. When I'm not speaking, my self-confidence and 'alphaness' seems pretty high, as I appear quite boastful even from the way I walk, but from the moment I begin talking it becomes obvious that my self-confidence is generally not that high. This mostly happens when talking to girls. Anyways, I hope to fix all of these issues with the help of the social masters of this site. In terms of my hobbies, I have a wide range. I'm a visual effects artist by profession. In addition to art, and films, I'm also into video games, physics, aviation (helicopters), programming, psychology, phylosophy, a whole bunch of things really. I can write alot but not speak alot. I am NOT a great storyteller. This is Me.

Things I need to work on:

1.I do not maintain eye contact with ANYONE when speaking to them
2.I have problems explaining myself verbally.
3.I do not talk much
4.I am self conscious about my smile (I don't think I have the best one but then again it may just be another of those 'illusions')
5.I have a bad habit of trying to escape from social situations
6.Rejection still affects me. (Strange. Even in improve classes we are taught to embrace failure. I used to take improv classes but I 'ran away' from that after a while too.)