Hmm, haven't updated in a while - so I guess this post will be the one to break the silence. :-) I'm still out there, have been sorta low key for a while as I focus on my life instead.
Have been pretty busy working on the following things: 1) New job in LA, 2) Working out, 3) Starting up my own business. I still go out too, but because of the heavy workload already in my life - I haven't gone out THAT much.
However, it is fun to be around LA - I'm right in the heart of everything - the clubs, the nice shops and restaurants; I love it here. There's not a single day that goes by where I'm bored. There's always something to do at night.
The chicks here are gorgeous. I have to say the girls on average are like HB8; I rarely see fat chicks, and if anything the girl to guy ratio here is way better than when I lived in IE. In fact, I went down to IE to visit my folks recently - and I was so shocked at how much of a huge difference there was -- all that time I had lived there, I had never noticed it, but MOST people there are fat/obese. I was shocked walking around malls - the average girl was like a 6, and it wasn't uncommon to see dudes walking around with big girls.
I'm so glad I got out of IE for that reason. I'm so glad I'm out here where I actually get to meet people who are not only beautiful, but intelligent and motivated. I guess that's what I appreciate about my job too - it gives me a chance to work with some of the brightest people in the internet marketing industry. In the last several months - I can say I've learned A LOT; far more than what I could have learned in a whole year if I were to have continued at my previous job.
At the moment, I'm single and kinda feeling the burn. Though I can go out and approach girls, it's a lot harder to close here. I think LA girls are used to being 'picked up' - unlike in IE where it was less common, so I have a hard time coming up with things to say while gaming. I feel like girls here DEMAND creativity on the guy's part - or you gotta be 'someone' before they give you the time of day. Sometimes I can use my work 'stuff' to create interest, but even then - even if I were to get a number - it's still hard to get the girl to come out she has so many other options because of the amazing competition out here (I feel like I definitely need to up my social proof and get good wingmen because of). So I have my work cut out for me -- this is kind of the area I'm struggling in. Hope to get better at it.
I guess my strategy for going onwards is to get better at some of the 'mechanics' with gaming - like using more push/pull in my conversation, spidering threads and trying to DHV. I feel like because I've been so starved for a girl -- I'm coming off needy. So I have to control that and just keep up with being imaginative while fun.
I ran into Tyler a couple times out here too. It seems he works out at the same gym I do which is awesome. I probably shouldn't say that out loud since he might stop going there if I were to cause a lot more PUAs to use my gym because of this post. Haha. It's inspiring though to see him, and occasionally he'll give pointers for game and working out. I too have gone to a few RSD seminars including Hot Seat, and I gotta say I'm glad I took it - with Tyler there, he's definitely still one of the best guys out there to talk about the game and I'm amazed he still goes out and practices cold approach almost daily. It's very inspiring. I too, have to go out at least 4x a week - trying to keep up with that. Anyway, more updates to come later - I know I haven't written a lot, but I actually have - in my own Google Docs journal. I kept stuff private for a while since I was struggling with certain issues I faced at home and personal to me, but now I think I'm in a position where I can start writing again here.
Hope to post more about my pickup field reports on here - I think that's the most important for this blog, more than any other stuff like theory. Theory is okay, but FRs are more fun to write about and discuss.
- Cloud
