09.03.2013

Last night was fun but with the stinging realisation that I had lost sight of my goals it was clear that more focus and effort was needed. Wake up, get out and get busy!

Day game in Birmingham was fun; opening girls, lunch with an old flame, numbers and generally chilling out with Diego and Dolphin. Nothing significant to report apart from my growing appreciation of day game. Straight out from a busy day into a busy night.

All the regulars out in town and lots of opportunities to game!

The evening began as usual with a few warm up sets and the momentum built through the evening with occasional number closes. I have decided not to number close unless I find the girl really attractive. Jackal ensures me that number closing every set is necessary to maintain one’s ‘muscle memory’ so that when I want that special girls number it will happen but I don’t consider that a weakness in my game and y’know – texting girls takes up my precious time!

My mission for the night is presented by Jackal, the ass grab! Shiiiiiiiiiiiit, I haven’t had a kiss close in a few weeks and now I’m being given the ass grab!!!

Jackal is ferocious in set, articulate, funny and very very dominant. At this point I’m not sure I can do the ass grab, or even if I want to incorporate this fast and extremely sexually direct element into my game. I enjoy stringing out an interaction, playing with the chemistry and besides which I’m not prepared to just fuck any girl; she has to have value, high value. At this point I’m not an overtly direct PUA, I’m not sure that aligns with my natural state, beliefs and morals. I like being subtle and saying things that are implied rather than laid out bare, I find that more exciting. Not that there’s anything wrong with any style that any PUA decides to employ; Jackals style certainly resonates through him and any set with which he is engaged but that doesn't quite feel like me. Although ‘me’ is a very fluid concept right now!

I’ve come so far in the past 18 months, unrecognisable from my former self but there are still hills to climb, roads to travel and girls to bed. I will always be prepared to try something new, always move toward that which you fear or don’t understand. The ass grab challenge is accepted and I move fervently into the night to carry out my mission.

Sets were opened, fun interactions were had and nothing out of the usual is to be reported other than two significant events...

The first is a number close that I achieved on a hot blonde girl in front of her ‘approving’ mother. I wasn’t in set long, maybe ten minutes or so and treated it very much like a two set of equally beautiful women, I believe that this disarmed the mother and allowed me to close with ease. I’m proud that I did this as the thought of asking for a girls number in front of her mother would have previously seemed somehow inappropriate.

The second was the all challenging ass grab!!! The night was getting late and the last club of the eve was pounding. The tall leggy blonde was opened with a simple comment: ‘Fuck me you’re tall’. Immediately she hooked, I assume this was due to my comment coming from genuine surprise rather than a pre-conceived opener since the comment itself was a bit lame.
Moving immediately round the set I lock in against an adjacent pillar, relax and begin kino. I feel pretty confident, I know this girl is into me despite my shite opener, being well over six foot and towering above me!

The kino escalates quickly, arm around the waist, pulling her toward me. The ass grab was relatively easy, at least from a technical point of view since her ass was level with my chest! I simply lowered my arm, hand on the top of her ass and squeezed gently. BOOM, mission accomplished.

She remains engaged, almost ignoring what I just did but I know it’s registered in her consciousness. We begin small talk / comfort building; she gets bored quickly and moves away. On reflection I should have just escalated straight to the kiss close or maybe combined the ass grab with the kiss close rather than comfort building. I guess I felt like I had achieved my goal and and therefore relinquished my escalation. I’d won my challenge and was done; a mistake since I could have gone a lot further had I maintained the pressure.

Ass grab accomplished, lesson learnt, roll on next week’s sessions.

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'It Comes Down To A Simple Choice: Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying'

14.03.2013

It’s a school night and a quiet one at that. Jackal, Dolphin and I head to the usual haunts and practice the usual games. Not a whole lot to report, it’s quiet and energy levels aren’t the usual flavour.

Some good interactions but no real closes, I did go for the number close in a couple of sets but was rejected. I’m not sure that this has something to do with incongruence; that I’m asking for the number but not overly bothered if I get it. They both had boyfriends, which could be true or could be a method of placation. Either way I’m not going to try to convince someone of why they should talk to me so I just said that’s cool and carried on chatting for a while.

My outcome dependency is slowly edging to the point of eradication, the comforting presence of apathy swelling with each failed interaction.

Moving on, I locked into a three set quickly, although the girl I was chatting to seemed disinterested whilst another girl repeatedly re-opened. I chose to plough with the difficult subject for the most part and once again the number close was knocked back with a boyfriend rejection. Maybe I should have engaged the ‘interested girl’ but then nothing ventured nothing gained. I need to attract more girls, difficult girls......girls worthy of my attention.

Next task is to develop attraction skills and mindsets which have not been given much attention of late in lieu of challenging opening methods.

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'It Comes Down To A Simple Choice: Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying'

15.03.2013

Maintaining positivity is vital for game, rejections must been seen as learning opportunities, failures must be turned into successes. No proper kiss closes for a few weeks now, but challenges have been overcome, resolve is strengthening and it’s only a matter of time before my skills and persona grow to the point of consistency. I KNOW it, I FEEL it.

The roller-coaster of game is dynamic, fluid and unpredictable. One moment you can be basking in the glory of a successful close the next feeling like shit cos you’ve just been shot down by a low quality chud! I’m tending to focus on the former and completely ignoring the latter. I’m growing; slowly but surely moving away from caring, being outcome dependant or giving a fuck what anyone thinks! I KNOW it, I FEEL it.

My focus at this time is on this revelation!

I stand in the shadow of Jackal, observing his supreme alpha methods: his dominance, his sexual language and his supreme self belief. Time to put my fears aside, time to loosen my resolve on ‘being me’ and time to try something new. That new thing would be being the asshole!

It is described to me in such a way that it’s difficult to argue against it. I don’t want to treat any one like shit, but as Dolphin puts it ‘girls respond to negging, if they didn’t then we wouldn’t do it’!

I’m playful, I disqualify, I take the piss, but I rarely neg (at least I’m not pre-consciously aware that I do). It feels alien and unnecessary to me. But as usual I’ll try anything to grow and open a few sets with some light negging but they don’t hook.

The most significant events of the evening...

Chance comes over and say Hi, he’s just ejected a three set cos they were being rude. I say let’s get back in there and give em some shit. I say ‘I hear your being rude to people’ to the dominant female. ‘No, no she replies, it was her’ *pointing to her friend like a petulant child*. I sit beside the friendliest one and give and take light banter between all three until the SPAM tenses and I just sit there, waiting for them to become uncomfortable in the silence (a skill which I’m increasingly utilizing). It’s noticeable that they start to feel the discomfort so I eject, since I feel enough was done to jar their reality without being too rude and upsetting them.

The nights just started so on with the game...

I spot a group of hot girls walking into an adjacent bar, it doesn’t take much convincing from Dolphin and Jackal to go and open. I stride in and open with a day game style ‘I noticed you from the other bar and had to come say hi, I should be over there drinking with my friends and that’s soooo your fault’. She hooks and after a bit of playful banter, a photograph from Dolphin (who has joined to wing) I try for the number close and get rejected with the boyfriend placation AGAIN!!! Fuck, this is one that I would have wanted!

Ah well, move on to later in the evening...

I open a two set and sit immediately opposite whilst we are introducing ourselves. Dolphin wings me in style. I complain that she’s quiet and can’t hear her and so move around the table to her side. Dolphin orders the other girl to come and sit at his side, obediently she complies. Fuck! Why didn’t I think to do that?

Never mind, things are progressing nicely, we’re locked in and it’s time to start negging!!! ‘You look similar to Stacy Soloman’ (there was a slight resemblance)... ‘Doesn’t she have a horse face’ came the reply! ‘Well you said that not me’; which was met with a nervous and apprehensive giggle. ‘Oh my god, you even laugh like her’ I stated to which she replied that’s really offensive. ‘You struck me as a confident strong woman who wouldn’t be so easily offended’, she looked at me and then left for the bar.

I was done and I knew it, although I didn’t feel that my negging was that severe. She returned with an AFC who was obviously complimenting her, it wasn’t long before she’d pulled away the girl that Dolphin was successfully ploughing! Sorry Dude, but didn’t want to get involved with the obvious and amusing game she was playing. I just sat and observed with a wry smile on my face before she departed!

It’s clear from the night’s events and this considered recollection that I’m not good at negging, at least not when I try to do consciously. I’m going to put this ‘tactic’ on the back burner for now as I still think that it’s an unnecessary part of my game. My focus for next week will be on staying in a set which I want to be in and building attraction. Till then...

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'It Comes Down To A Simple Choice: Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying'

I met Tyler/Jackal at a comedy club. We got talking and the topic lead straight to the game. I did tell him that I had no experience in the game and that I've been watching some videos on YouTube. I could tell that Tyler was a real alpha and he used speech patterns like they do in NLP. Being around him I noticed that some of his confidence and motivation brushed off onto me and I felt very motivated to start giving all this game a go. After we left the club Tyler and I went into Paradise forum where Tyler approached around 5 girls within 5 minutes. One of them didn't even know him but she didn't want to let him go. I realised at that moment I was very fortunate to meet Tyler in life. I was very impressed.

A week later I phoned Tyler and he told me to meet him a bar. This was a Friday night and I was really nervous. He wouldn't give me the directions but told me to ask random people. Later I realised he was getting me to socially warm up. I met him at the place and he told me I had to approach 10 sets by myself. This was to be my initiation. I was hesitating and very scared. Tyler then gave me a few words of encouragement that lifted my confidence and that got me to go ahead and start approaching girls on their own and girls in sets. I'm a very socially awkward person and to just have opened a set was very terrifying to me. After 20 minutes I had approached around 20 girls in the place and I felt a lot better.

I saw Tyler in a 3 set and I knew it was too soon for me to be a wing so I just left for home (I work Saturday mornings).

Tyler/Jackal is a very dominant and highly advanced PUA. I haven't seen anything like him on youtube or anywhere else. I reckon he would amog most of these other PUAs out there. If you're looking for a serious wing go with the Jackal. He's one motivated fired up PUA.

Top Gun - analysis of persona and cultivation of solo warrior identity. This is intended as a resource. Adopt it for career purposes to be a better man.

Hero persona:

-All exude inner confidence
-Relaxed, accepting of themselves
-Even under stress, they are in control and confident. Strength.
-Tom Cruise is short, but his charisma prevents this being noticed
-Viper speaks so relaxed. It makes him seem massively confident. Jackal always said talk slow.
-Under one-on-one pressure, Cruise's gaze is distance and calm. Accepting. He dismisses them with confidence.
-Calm, slow burning, dismissive confidence is used to effectively AMOG others, but always done with a smile and charm. He does this well in the locker room scene with Iceman when he tells Cruise he's dangerous.
-Cruise is a master of push/pull
-Cruise handles sexual tension like a fucking boss.
-Even during emotionally charged scenes, Cruise is still aggressive. For instance, scene at end w/ male reconciliation. He does not lower himself, he simply stands strong.
-Cruise embodies the Alpha Male.

Lines of note:
-'Your ego is writing cheques your body can't cash'
-'You are direct, aren't you?'
-'They were abused children' (dismissal)
-'I came here to save you'

You guys are just too damn good at this! xD, i watched the videos and observed, it sure improved my game thanks....maybe come to Spain sometime and we could own here lol

Friday 29/03/13

Memorable points:

So I met Jackal for the first time at a weatherspoons, we had a brief chat but then went quickly outside where he prompted me to open a 3 male set. I opened with a smile and they were accepting pretty much straight away, exchanged names and carried on chatting, I then jokingly challenged one of them on if they could remember my name (something Jackal mentioned to do) which they did, had a good chat for 5/10 minutes and exchanged numbers.

We then moved on to a new bar where I was prompted to open 2 blondes by the bar with "I hate you guys!!, Why should even like you" I thought a little different as I wouldn't usually open on a negative front, however I was shocked when the 2 looked at each other, could sense they were a little awkward but then started to explain why I should like them, spoke a little more, I then grabbed both their hands and spun them around so now I had my back to the bar instead of them. Things were going well, Jackal then joined later and winged. After we left he asked if I'd got her number, I hadn't, he insisted I go back and re-engage, I did, had a brief chat again but she wouldn't give me her number... I came back and he then insisted I go back again, straight faced, and ask her if she's gay, and racist... I kinda fluffed it a little and said it wrong but it was the fact of re-engaging again and again which was good.

He then prompted me to open a 10-12 set sat around a booth (all girls) could tell it was gonna be tough but went ahead, the birthday girl was stern, didn't beat around the bush, I stayed in a while but then got told to F off, I did. Jackal then told me I should only leave on my terms and that I should go back and explain hate them all, why should I like them etc, I did, things turned a little jokey with the group (except for the birthday girl who was killing the vibe), things were going down hill then Magik winged in... Then we left on our terms.

I saw a mother/daughter outside (Which i'd happened to number close earlier that day just walking the street), Jackal prompted me to go over and tell them to come with us, I did, and they didn't come, he then said to go back grab the girls hand and tell her to give me something to remember me by, which I did, and again she didn't - but again, reinforcing the fact of always re-engaging.

We're at a new bar, he said I should try get the barmaids number, I went over - she said the usual "what do you want/can I help" I said something along the lines of "I don't want a drink, just your number" a bit of tiddle tat later she gave me a drink and her number. (What was to expect next other than re-engaging ) He said I should ask for something to remember her by and go for a kiss over the bar, she pulled back - hey ho.. Finally, later on I went back and told her we should have a 2 minute conversation date (to leave on a good note).

Last set of the night, 2 girls in the corner with cocktails, I opened them, pulled up a chair and sat down, Magik came and winged, things were going well she was touching me, whispering in my ear etc... Then I said something sarcastic/jokey - she said i couldn't say that and that she's the only one that can joke like that and I shouldn't talk to her - I obliged to her shock and said cya later and went to the bar. Magik joined 5 mins later and said the girl sent an apology, I went back and got her number.

It was a productive night, key things I learnt was to always re-engage and stand by your words and to leave on you're own terms, because you want to.

Dave

Saturday 30/03/13

We met in the same place as the night before where I started speaking to 2 Spanish girls who were sat down, they were drinking cocktails so I opened making a statement about their "flashy cocktails". After a minute or two Jackal came by and we pulled up another table and pushed the 2 together and sat down. We spoke about Spain, joked about some notable famous Spanish people, after 15 minutes or so they had to leave to get food so we exchanged numbers for later on in the night (turns out they flaked anyway).

We moved onto the next bar where Jackal said that whenever waiting for the bar you should always use it as an opportunity to open anyone, I started speaking to two girls in front of me and got them to get me a drink to save me waiting - albeit, it was only a soda water, but a sneaky bit of compliance. I kept returning to these 2 girls during the night after I had spoken to different people, kind of used them as comfort for when I wasn't talking to other people as they were a good laugh.

When i went outside there were 2 middle aged women who I sat down and started speaking to, they were out the way on some comfy chairs so I opened by comparing them to stereotypical people who put towels on sun lounges to claim them when on holiday... They were pretty quiet/reserved so Jackal told me to call them out on it and tell them that they were creepy. We spoke for a little while longer but they weren't really that chatty.

Then we moved to the last bar, we were outside in the smoking area when a girl walked by and Jackal said I should stop her, so I ran over to her to stop her, gave her a little compliment, chatted briefly before I got her number, I tried to get her to come to our bar for a drink before she met her mates, she was already late so figured whats another 10 minutes - she declined though. When I got back to the bar I started speaking to a French girl who'd been living in England for a while, she was now a teacher, she was a good laugh and pretty cheeky, throughout the night Jackal told me to keep re-engaging conversation with her, I tried to go home with her several times, she was teasing a little but was serious at the same time, looking back I should have been more push pull but i know for next time. I had to compromise by getting a number.

Was another good night, looking forward to the next.

;Not everything but the most memorable sets from last saturday

I met Jackal in the same place as before but got there early so started talking to 2 girls sat down, they were making funny shapes with there tongues so I laughed at them pointing and went over to ask what they were doing... They tried teaching me what they were doing - which failed, i blame the teacher not the student . Anyway, Jackal turned up, got a drink and sat down with us, we spoke for a bit, he went outside but i stayed for a while. I tried for one girls number but got fluffed off so I joined Jackal outside. He told me I should go back and ask them to give me 3 reasons why I should remember them before i went to the next bar, they gave a little fluff then I left.

At the next bar I got talking to a girl by the bar - purely to get her to get me a drink so's i didn't have to queue , we spoke for a bit after when her friends joined and i tried to do a lot of push pull on her, teasing about her lion mane of a hair style before going outside.

There was a table of around 10 with mixed male/female, Jackal told me to go up to a girl whisper something childish in her ear and try to get her to sit away from the group with me... I went over, whispered to her that i thought she was cute - she of course blushed and the rest of the group started cheering/jeering me and her, I said i wanted to take their friend and sit at the next table to talk to her, they said I had to tell a joke or entertain them first - which i declined, me and the girl sat on a table away from them anyway, we were chatting a bit but the group were constantly firing jokes/banter at us like kids - I've got to admit, I'd of done the same if i were in their shoes... Jackal joined later to try take away some of the "pressure". She wouldn't give me her number because she was only up for the evening and lived in the south, i probably should of compromised with Facebook but I will remember for next time.

We went to the bar where the barmaid worked which i'd gotten her number to previously - i stupidly sent a really direct text to her that week though which went sour.. Jackal told me i should still go up to her and tell her i wanted to take her for a drink - i did, to which she said it was too late and left.. .You can't win them all.

I stopped 2 girls walking back to some seats by the bar telling them they looked suspiciously Swedish - purely because they were blonde. They stopped and chatted quite easily, I said I was going outside and they should join - they did. Jackal came out later and spoke to one whilst i spoke to the other... I took the girls watch and put it in my pocket whilst i went to the toilet so she wouldn't leave (she gave it me, i didn't mug her ). I gave it her back later on... They went to the toilet so we said we'd be sat somewhere else, they came back and i got a number before they had to leave.

Just before we went home we had a cuppa at weatherspoons, Jackal said i should sit down with these 2 girls and just say "I'm getting a cup of tea because i'm rock n roll" I did to which they laughed.. Jackal came with the brews, then mid sentence told them i was thinking of quitting modeling and what they thought i should do (I'm not a model), they believed it and i joked about what i modeled but they were intrigued. This was the best set of the night as we pushed back most of their compliments and quizzed them on stuff we told them to see if they remembered what we said - and we did... Left with a number and then went home.

Field Report: 19/04/13

Not only the first time with the crew but first time with sarging in general. I had touched upon a bit of day game and studied alot for too long a period of time, finally decided i need to get out and start training properly. I train so hard on my physical well being, why not my mentality?

I arrived early to Paradise Forum to meet Jackal after opening a few random sets in the day, all casual, nothing direct. Just approaching and speaking. After a little while Jackal arrived, his intensity being demonstrated from the second we met. He gave me his Top Gun-esque sunglasses and asked me to compliment two girls in the corner and ask there names. I approached and gave a genuine compliment to two girls, whom i had never met. Something i haven't achieved in the past 22 years of my life. "Excuse me, i just wanted to add to your evening and say i thought you both looked stunning", they reciprocated well and smiled, i shook there hands and asked there names and left saying something along the lines of have a good evening. Jackal asked me straight away what there names were...

Shit. His point hit home immediately, i was so focused on delivery and getting the words out, i didn't actually care what they were saying to me. He said re-open and pull up a chair. I re-opened but this time they looked uncomfortable, the chair i tried to pull was spoken for and looking like a buffoon i ejected. Heading outside we talked briefly to a three set and i was asked again to re-open the original pair. This went badly, they were mid meal and said to me agitatedly to leave. From this i approached a group enquiring on the best places to hit in town as i was new in the area. The conversation went well, we joked, chatted briefly and i thanked for the help. Again i was asked the guys name, dammit! I didn't even ask. From this point on, i remembered every name, his point had stuck. Jackal got me to open another two set, not hb's at all but still a pleasurable conversation that got me feeling sociable. We spoke for a few minutes and we headed outside.

From here i was asked to start opening passing sets, i complimented one girl who walked past similar to before, i was then ordered to chase a girl down the street to open. I lost the one he asked of so i adapted and opened the nearest hot girl i could see! After this set i approached a seated girl on her lonesome. Hb7/8, "I just noticed you and had to say you looked stunning", her name was Martha, Italian and waiting for a friend. We conversed for ten minutes, i introduced some light kino and the set went well. Eventually i ejected bidding her a good night and as soon as i took five steps i began to ask myself why didn't i go for the close! In hindsight i should have just turned around and gone back.

A confident man re-engages.

Catching up to Jackal we headed towards the Canal, forgetting the name of the bar, but a classy venue by my standards. Heading out back we open a two set, Jackal briefly introduces me to some wing logic. I follow his info and head over to the second girl, drawing her away from the conversation of Jackal and his girl. Eventually these must go so we hug and bid them farewell.

The next set was sheer hilarity, he asked me to whisper into a cute red heads ear "You're beautiful, i had to meet you." She was seated in what must have been around a 10 set. Never have i seen a girl look so scared, i addressed her friends and asked what they were celebrating, we all chatted briefly, the friends especially found this entertaining. When i ejected Jackal told me to return and ask for a number. I did, she returned with "sorry, im in between numbers". Jackal then stated to me "What does that even mean? Tell her you're a retard and it needs explaining." At this point i'm just laughing at myself because i know where this is going, i re-engage, again, and her friends are in hysterics, i expressed my intrigue and she responded with "Sorry, it was just a really bad excuse". At no point in the interaction did she smile, her friends saw the funny side though

Rejoining Jackal and T-Bear arrives, we share greetings and i rejoin the red heads group as she heads in for a drink and start talking to her friends, they ask for my number on the off chance she's just being shy around me haha. I head inside and open a few random sets, simply asking if they had seen Jackal via describing his attire. I found him through this and headed down stairs. Opening a two set next to the canal we chat for a while, 2 girls from Scotland, not pretty, very shy, but an enjoyable interaction none the-less. P is for practice.

Heading upstairs T-bear gets me to open a 3-set, HB 6,8,8. 30 year olds, they were having a very miserable conversation about work so i intended to liven it up by changing the topics and speak about other things. They reciprocated well, we chatted for a while. After rejoining T-bear at the bar, i re-open them again, this time isolating one girl and talking to her on her own for a while. At this point i was getting ready to leave and on the way out was asked to re-engage and go for the close. This fluffed, but they were still friendly and very polite. I thanked the guys for a great night and headed back for the train.

A bit disappointed in myself, i knew i could do better, i kept my eyes open on the way to the station. 5 minutes and not a single HB. Im thinking what the shit Birmingham? Just outside the station a cute red head is walking my way. Bonza. She gets closer, hb 8, glasses, cute smile. I open with "Excuse me do you know where the nearest cash point is", she halts and looks about and as she begins to respond i cut her off. "I'm just shitting you, thought you were cute, i had to say hey." She startes to blush and i shake her hand asking for her name and introducing myself. We talk for a very short while and i end with, "i have to run and get my train, but we're gonna meet for coffee next week and hand her my phone". She smiles and starts putting in her number and i end with "I'm lying about the coffee, its horrid, so really its gonna be hot chocolate" We parted ways after saying it was a pleasure to meet you and a kiss on the cheek. I was confident, spoke slowly, and it was sincere. Her name was Kal.

In 22 years i have never done anything like this. So thank you Jackal, and thanks T-Bear, you re-ignited the belief in myself. I look forward to future ventures.

Hi guys I must be the new recruit to Jackal's crew. The challenge has been set toi last a month. In the words of Barney challenge accepted.

I flaked my first meeting with the man himself. I got bombed taking drugs the night before and ended up doing nothing. Well lesson learned there I have been nothing for a while since reducing my cycling training and no longer racing. Time to get as good at pick up as I did at cycling.

For new guys don't put off your first metting Jackal's methods are good and you will apporach. It's a goood thing and you have a laugh. I wish I never put it off. The biggest lesson that Jackal taught was smile just keep smiling. You may have AA but keep an open mind. With Jackal backing you, you have no need to worry. He also teaches you and you have to repeat what he said so you have internalised it. No faking again.

First I did some warm up sets to ask for directions. I parked my car had a fag and set about my business. I kept asking for the rwrong place no wonder I was getting funny looks lol.

We met in the bar and he had opened a 3 set before we met. We then attempted a fag but he then opened a 2 set. I then had to wing him and cgive each girl a complement. I failed I was nervous. No excuse really.

Set 2 headphones girl. Jackal persuaded me to approach a girl after we had a fag. I just had to call her beautiful. I did it wasn't hard she was. Obvioulsy I had to approach with her headphones on. I was a bit buzzing now.

Set 3 mixed 3 set 2 female one guy. I opened with I'm shy and I'm here to make new friends. I talked fluff and it was okay. Sometimes I put pressure on myself to speak more if I feel I'm not. This means my mind goes blank I need to stop doing that. Well I was well and truly warming up. They were nice people even though we didn't go in that venue. It looked good too.

Set 4 mixed 3 set. Same ratios. I had to open and say that a guy looked like Rhyss Ifans. Again the interaction went well really feeling warm.

Set 4 3 set. I had to open with you're so tall and beautiful. I then had to re engage the set I did so twice. They looked back everytime. When I asked for her number she said she was getting married. Running after girls is quite funny.

I can't be bothered to type sets 5-8 these as they were okay I got rejected big time for a handshake. Opened Tbear and he said he was here to meet him over there *points to Jackal. I said so am I. We both had text as well. All these sets were in approx 2 hours or less. Really enjoying myself by this point. I also get called Lee Evans a lot. Something I'm used to.

Set 9 4 turned 5 set. Had a great time opened with I'm shy and here to make new friends. One interesting topic came up. Would you rather be a Spice Girl or be in Girls Aloud. Re engaged went to go for a phone number after having a fag and failing first time. Then they got opened by some other guys. Lesson learned here play the game like a girl.

Set 10 and insta date. She bit hard and apparently was really into me. She also bought the first drinks. Bonus! Spoke for a few hours with her. Bought some condoms on the stregth of it. Which also I had for free as they came out and so did my money. I thought it truly had to happen but it didn't damn. Better work on those escalation skills.

Great night all in all. Met some new people, had a laugh, learned a lot, had drinks bought for me and got in at 2. Can't wait for the next one. Hoping to involve an industrial accident this week. Still that glue on my head is becoming a dhv.

Last weekend - Jackal set me a mission for tonight - to pick up and carry a girl.

We met in the usual place and started off by warming up. There was a middle aged lady wearing a funky hat outside the bar so I was going to go over to tell her i liked her hat... She went over and started talking to a man, presumably her husband but I went anyway. First thing he said was don't bother, you'll loose... I thought what are you onabout, he said I'm a 3rd dan in karate and a cripple, you'll loose the court battle. I told him he needs to relax, I'm not after his money, I just wanted to tell him his wifes hat was pretty cool, he was like yeah yeahhh, I stayed in for a minute or two to convince him just so i didn't exit too early which i can be prone to do.

Next open was pretty weak, a girl walked past and Jackal suggested I say hello, ran up to her - scared her half to death and just told her what I thought of her, there was a guy a few meters in front who claimed to be her BF, i just said fair play, you're batting well above your league, she's hot. Then left. Pretty weak effort in all fairness.

I went back to the smoking area where Jackal was chatting to 2 girls, I stayed for a minute or two talking when he pointed out 3 girls walking by, I tried to get out the smoking area but the gate was locked so had to jump over it. I ran down the street to get infront and gave them all a genuine compliament and made a few assumptions about them to get a bit of info about them to get the conversation going. After 5 minutes of saying you should join us in the bar and them refusing I said "Right, i'm kidnapping your friend", picked her up and walked to the bar with her. Her friends joined and bought themselves some drinks and joined me, Jackal and Jackals 2 girls he was with earlier. Got a number before they left. Something Jackal noticed which i didn't until he pointed it out was that one of the girls was trying to keep the conversation going by bringing up random stuff every now and then if she thought the conversation was dying - so she was into it.

We left the bar after that and moved on, 3 Polish girls walked past us on the street, Jackal had told me to push him that night so I told him he should go stop them. He did, they hooked. After a couple of minutes Jackal called me over to meet them, whilst he spoke to his girl occupied/joked with the other 2, we were joking about each others cultures, of course I said she was a vodka drinking party animal - I left with a number before we carried on our route. Worth noting that tonight we were trying to get girls to come wherever we were going so we told them to come with us but they didin't - but good to get used to asking them to come.

We got to the next bar, was milling around around doing idle chit chat for 30 mins or so to different people, nothing worth mentioning. I found Jackal downstairs talking to 2 girls sat down, I pulled up a chair and joined them. One girl left to get some drinks and the other stayed which was a good sign, Jackal left to talk to some other people and i stayed then he came back. I wasn't chatting much this time, sort of zoning out for some reason so Jackal told me to go chat to the guys he'd just been talking to to gee me up, they were 3 pretty cool Dr's - reminded me of Harold and Kumar.. and a 3rd guy.

Before leaving there were 2 girls sat by the stairs, we joined them and spoke to one each for a while, mine left to get some drinks so Jackal said i should talk to some girls opposite rather than sit there like a wet blanket... There were 6 or so girls drinking out of a shared hat shaped pitcher, I told them to squeeze up and make room for me (so i wasn't learing over them). We chatted/joked for a bit and i stayed even when the other girl got back, then it was time to leave and Jackal suggested I should ask for the original girl (~from the other set) phone number, i did, she gave it me.

Last memorable group really, there were 3 girls sat down so i joined them - Jackal joined shortly after, they weren't anything special but then 2/3 other girls joined 5 minutes later and they were pretty nice. I'd clearly stolen one of their chairs but refused to give it back, pulled a chair up and sat next to me, we were chatting mainly as a group but i tried just talking to the girl next to me. She wouldn't come outside with me but i went anyway. Jackal then said i should go back and try for a kiss. I went over and put my hand out, pulled her up out her chair and put her arm round me head, went for the kiss but she wasn't having it, i stayed cool - she said i'm not that easy you know - i said i know, anyway, join us outside... She didn't, but as Jackal said I have nothing to loose.

Thursday
Met up with Jackal for the first time. His energy and knowledge was something I noticed instantly. Also he constantly pushed me to get me out of my comfort zone and showed me that it doesn’t really matter what you so long as you have a strong frame.

First set- 3 set (one guy, two girl). Approached ‘Congratulations on having two hot girls all to our self’. Left promptly and went back to the bar. Reapproached with ‘So which one is your girlfriend?’ I felt like a nervous wreck doing this but I did it anyway. I then approached a third time to be blown out by the guy, something about wanting to have a quiet night. It felt good afterwards to be out of my comfort zone and being pushed just to see that whatever happens, it doesn’t matter!

Seated 3 set: Introduced myself to one and then completely forgot to introduce myself to the others. Not a mistake I plan to repeat. Jackal came in to help me from floundering. Afterwards Jackal asked me what their names were, which I’d forgotten. Damn it.

Next a few one sets which I ran down. These went pretty well, number closed one. She was German and I started by accusing her of listening to Daivd Hasselhoff (she had headphones on). In hindsight and with Jackal’s incite I should have gone for the kiss close/instant date, things to work on.

We moved on to Brindley Place where Jackal instructed me to approach a seated 4 set and whisper to one ‘You look like a chipmunk’. The girl was very offended and I ended up weakly apologising rather than maintaining my frame. I then did some role play with Jackal to practise dealing with shit tests and confrontation which helped. So next time, no needy apology!

2 set: One of the girls was very hot. I teased them about their occupations and the set went really well until I ran out of things to say and so just exited. Jackal told me to approach again and get the hot ones number, whilst he came in to occupy the friend. Didn’t get the number (not through lack of trying). The set gave me confidence that you can be persistent and then at least you know that you've done everything you can.

Did another 2 set which ended in a number close in the same bar. The hotter one kept trying to get my attention when I made fun of her to her friend. Went back for the kiss close. She was sat in a corner so I tried to get her to stand up but didn’t succeed. Lesson learned: always try to escalate rather than just settling for the number.

Other notable sets include a 5 set (one guy, four girls) in which I congratulated the guy as per my first set of the night. I should have transitioned to talking to the girls but bottled it and left. I also witnessed Jackal grab a girl and immediately lead her in the opposite direction to where she was going (to the bar we were heading to). It was impressive to see how confidently he does kino and how he always assumes compliance.

Overall a fun night with lots of things to improve. Jackal’s coaching was awesome and his confidence is infectious and it allowed me to push myself and do things I would never have had the balls to do before.

Friday
Met Jackal in the usual place, practised Amog tactics again for a bit. Opened a two set stood waiting for the rain to stop. They were both called Sarah weirdly enough. I teased them about have a boring job and having a secret society of girls all called Sarah which made them laugh. I should have then escalated and bounced them to the bar but the interaction fizzled out as I ran out of thinks to say.

Change of venue: opened a two set in the smoking area. Jackal came in to wing. It was a good interaction, one of the girls was giving a load of shit to Jackal which he just shrugged off and then kept throwing back comments at her. The other one was trying to test me in a less aggressive manner (not believing my name etc.). It was good practise maintaining my frame and deflecting shit tests.

Went to a nearby club where I found it hard to adjust to the more intense environment. Did a two set from Wales and for once I managed to stop being such a chode and do some kino. I left and Jackal pushed me to go back from the k-close. I started a conversation again, something about her hair (it was all I could think of) and then backed down when she mentioned something about a husband.

Three set drinking champagne, mistakenly got chatting to the one who was celebrating her engagement, friend zone quickly ensued. Eject.

Two set outside; Jackal showing how to build compliance and using kino early in the interaction. It was a good lesson in how it should be done. I definitely need to work on this element of game.

Mixed three set (1 guy 2 girls); Dolphin came in to wing. Complimented the guy on his shirt or some shit and then chatted to the one of the girls. They turned out to doctors and I managed to have a fairly long interaction but again failed to do any kino or escalate.

Inside the bar I did a one set who turned out to be a teacher out with her friends. Again, I failed to do any kino, should have got the number too and didn’t. I was a bit disappointed with this as I know I can do better. Overall I am feeling much more comfortable in set now which I’m pleased about. Now I need to make sure I work on escalating and my physical game.

Saturday

First set of the night, a one set on the street, PHD student. I told her she must be part of the Big Bang Theory. She didn’t like it although I found it hilarious. Needless to say that set didn’t go anywhere.

Another one set on the street. She was carrying a bottle shaped like a rocket which I commented on. This set went really well, I finally did some kino, got the number and went for the k-close. I got the cheek but it felt good to actually go for it and do the things I’d failed to do before. Jackal mentioned the instant date, which was a good point. Next time.

Stopped a two set of Bulgarian students. They both walked passed me and I managed to get them to come back which I’ve never done before. ‘I am a nice man, come here and talk to me.’ I must have said it with a strong frame.

Went to a bar and opened a three set just outside. One of them screamed and I asked them who it was. Managed to get them all scream to see who was the best. Jackal came in to wing. I didn’t escalate and bailed after ten minutes. Now I’ve finally started escalating with one sets I need to build confidence doing it with two/three sets etc.

Joined Jackal who had opened a two set of Eastern European girls. I kind of stuttered through this set and didn’t build any real attraction. Afterwards Jackal gave me some valuable advice. I should have isolated the one girl to another area of the bar, this would have helped rather than sitting there sort of waiting or something to happen. I need to be more pro active.

The next bar: a five/six set hen party. They were all HBs and this gave me severe AA. Jackal went in and showed me how it should be done. I came in afterwards at spoke to four of them for about 15mins. I didn’t escalate and ended up asking them way too many questions. I need to bring the conversation, million dollar mouthpiece and all that. Again I also should have isolated one of them.

Five set; Touched one on the shoulder, and then commented on her accent (she was from Newcastle). Successfully isolated her straight away! The conversation was interesting (we had the same profession) although I should have been doing kino throughout to help build attraction. Got the k-close by just going for it. There was no point in getting the number as she was off back to Newcastle tomorrow.

Met Jackal who had opened a two set. I sat down by the other one. The set went well, she asked me to guess her occupation so I inspected her hands and told her must be a builder. Got the k-close at the end and the number. I perhaps should have tried to bounce the set but didn’t think to do that. A good night all in all. Lots more to work on but I feel that I’m at least making some progress.