THE FORUMS

Last night all my wings were being lame and didn't want to go out. At first I was like wtf...guess I'm not going out either. Then all of sudden I heard Julien's voice, "if you had a gun to your head what would you do?" hahaha. I was like that motherfucker so I decided to sack up and go out. Going out solo is actually pretty new for me because my wings are usually down or I just go out with normal friends. Even when I roll out w/ normal friends I never get that feeling of being 'in the bar alone' and always have a 'home base' to fall back on. I recently realized how fucking pathetic this is and decided to strip away one of the crutches in my game. Solo game is also awesome because you're not relying on anybody and you're forced to draw state from within. Awesome. 

This is a short FR because one of my wings did decide to meet up with me after I was out for a couple hours....and he wanted to drink so I got pretty shitfaced and that pretty much ruined the rest of my night. The true progress came early on. This biggest thing ever when rolling out solo is to approach as soon as you get in the bar or even on the way and talk to EVERYBODY. I said fuck taking the metro and decided to walk to the bar so I could open on my way. I high five some fattie on my walk. Then I see a pretty cute girl outside George Mason walking towards me...tell her she is cute and then just start walking with her for a couple blocks. Then I see 2 girls ahead of me so I run up and chat them for the rest of the walk to the bar. 

I get to the bar and chat up the bouncer for a bit and then head up to the rooftop. It honestly wasn't that good up there, but I'm not here to make fucking excuses. Open a cute 2 set and chat with them for 5 minutes. It's like 7pm on a Thursday so most the crowd is just a bunch of chodes out for happy hour with their clique. Roll off these chicks and open another set. These 2 chicks are just down in DC for the summer for some internship. God I love how everybody talks about their bullshit job in this city, but whatever. Keep chatting with them and then roll to the bar and grab a drink. Then I see the 2 hottest chicks in the bar...fuck me let's do it. Roll over and chat them up. The one chick goes to the bathroom so its 1 on 1 with the other girl. I'm still not getting physical, not sure why other than the rationalization that I'm out by myself which makes absolutely zero sense. The one chick comes back from the bathroom and we bullshit for like another 5 minutes. Pretty much burned down most of the set at Ballroom so I decide to roll to Whitlows. 

One of my wings texts me and says he wants to go out now. I'm walking to Whitlows and I see this fucking stunner with 2 of other friend. Fuck you brain, we are doing this...she is walking towards the back of her friends...I point over the two friends, "YOU, you are fucking cute and I had to meet you!" She was like who is the badass motherfucker (or that's what I imagine she was thinking). Her friends were giggling like you have just been choosen by the coolest dude of the night and we aren't even in the bar yet (or thats what I imagined they were saying). I walk with her for like a block and I'm like fuck fuck fuck this girl is hot as shit and tell her nice meeting you and run off haha. 

I meet up with my wing and we just walk straight to the front of the huge ass line at Whitlows. OUR HOUSE. I'm not going type up the reminder of the night because I got pretty drunk and not going to count any of those sets. I like to have a few drinks when I go out, which is cool with me, but drank entirely too much towards the end of the night last night. I also want this FR to be focused on goign out solo so I'll end it here. 

I do have to say though that solo game is the shit. I felt so fucking free in the venue and I could come and go from any set whenever the hell I wanted. You also don't have to worry about your wing coming into your set and not getting along with the friend, ultimately ruining your chances with your girl. You have nobody to push you into set which isn't really a big deal for me, but it's still a valid point. You can't clown around with your friends to pump your state. You can't fall back to 'home base'. It's just you motherfucker...JUST YOU. You in the club executing the program and not making rationalizations. It's you not making any excuses. It's you drawing state from within. I felt better doing shitty approaches by myself than rocking 2 sets with my wings because I had an awesome sense of accomplishment. I used to think it was weird to go to the bar alone when I was a chode and even now I'm not going to lie it's a little intimidating, but all that shit is in your head. I'm actually more uneasy sitting at home thinking of going to the bar alone than when I'm actually out!!! However, I think this is the next step in my game and something that has to be done. It's also a fuck load of fun having your own adventures. Always be pushing that comfort zone. 

Best text message: "Imagine me hitting it from behind (doggy style)............with clap on lights!"

 @Shai - Really dude? HOw could you miss DC when based on your sig it looks like you're in ATX haha. I guess DC is a cool place to visit but after living here for 3 years I'm trying to bounce :)

@Dave - Hahah yeah dude that commute home and adventure looking for food in the process was brutal. Like when I saw the restaurant was closed I literally lol'd. Solo action is pretty sweet...can definitely see the upside of being able to kill it solo. 

So last night was fucking brutal. I haven't had a night that bad in God knows how long. None of my shit was hooking, this one set wouldn't even talk to me, and some chodes were trying to tool me. Looking back now it's pretty fucking hilarious, but when you're out it's super frustrating. Meh...nobody is cut from a different cloth and sometimes you just gotta pay your dues. 

Head to Ballroom rooftop and it's fucking beat. Head to a wings spot for a brief moment then we roll out. I open a cute ass chick on the way to Whitlows. She's walking in the opposite direction so I walk like a block with her and just bullshit. Then she asks if I'm just going to ditch my friend and then tells me she has a BF. She sees her friend who she's meeting and runs off. Cool..whatever. 

Get to the rooftop and joke around with this chick getting water from the cooler. Telling her it's holy water or some shit and she's going to catch on fire. She's from MIA and here with her family so she just wanders off. I open a 2 set and chat them up for a bit. Neither of them are hot but it's nbd. Head to the bar and see a cute girl with a fat friend. I decide to open the fatty and talk to her for like 5 secs. Then the cute chick is like do you know him...she says no as I make up some shit about how we went to elementary school and the bitch used to put sand in my koolaid. Fatty laughs and cute friend is like ok you can go now. I lol and plow on calling her racist and shit, but it's not opening back up. 

I open a seated 2 set and chat up my girl while my wing talks to her friend. It's going pretty well for awhile. The friend puts down her phone and it has a Penguins case on it so we bullshit about the Pens for a bit. Then 3 of her friends roll up and my girl says her name. I yell her name like I haven't seen her since high school. She thinks that she knows me then realizes I'm fucking with her. My wing rolls out. I stick in set for a bit then it starts raining and they run downstairs. Fuck you again mother nature. 

Roll to SK and open girls as they are walking by, but nothing worth writing about. Then I open this seated 8 set of stunners...by far hottest girls in the bar. The one girls moves over so I can't sit down as if to say fuck you. So I talk to her friend for a bit and then just sit down because I really don't give a fuck. The one chick won't even talk to me hahaha. Keep plowing for a bit but it's not hooking. WTF. OH well, I can only control the actions I take so I pat myself on the back for opening this set. 

I open a 5 set...3 girls, 2 dudes and I'm chatting to the one girl. She's a little closed off and then the dudes start trying to tool me and shit. Full ignore. They keep saying shit and in my mind I'm like wow these dudes are fucking dicks, but on the outside I'm icy as fuck. Chat with the girl for a bit more, but eventually she just goes with her friends. These dudes continue to stay stupid shit when I walk by. I started getting super outcome dependent like if I could just pull one of these stunners right in front of these chodes how awesome I would look yayyyy. Terrible fucking headspace. 

Open another 2 set and some dude comes in and wings. This was actually the best set of the night and by best set of the night I mean an average set on a good night. I see a blonde chick walking by...got her number before, but we never day 2'ed. She's fucking hot. I stop her and talk to her for a bit and she is with her friend. She says they are leaving and I'm like fine just throw me away. She's like wow creepy. WTF lol. 

I get a text from best blowjob girl and she says she's at Mad Rose. I don't get it for a bit, but decide to head over and try to salvage this night b/c I want to fuck this chick. There's a huge line and I kinda half step my line cutting. I definitely did not have full belief doing it like I normally do on my on nights. The 2 dudes start calling me out and shit...it's cool bro its just me. Kid keeps going...dude I just moved here I'm out by myself it's cool. Kid keeps going then he tells the bouncer. God what a little bitch. I get to the bouncer and he's like you have to go to the back. Nah dude it's cool it's just me, it's just me. Yeah but you have to wait like everyone else. Nah dude, I just moved here...it's just me. He looks at me, stamps my hand and just lets me in. I see the kid inside and go over and I'm like yeah dude that was really cool what you did outside. He says some stupid shit and I'm like cool dude, very mature. As if the mature thing to do is to cut lines, but fuck off it's my house you bitch. 

Anyways, my girl has already left. Fuck me. Could this night get any worse? Of course it can as I rationalize why I deserve to eat late night pizza. I'm actually most pissed off about this hahaha. I head home like a little bitch. Then I wake up and see this new video from Tyler:

This video really fucking hit home. I was being a litlte bitch. Oh well, it's a good night to learn from. I'm not sure if there was something in the air last night....everybody seemed in their clique and couldn't be bothered. Meh it is what is. Take the good with the bad. 

This game never ceases to amaze me. I find it so fucking crazy how you can get dominated one night and then just turn around and kill it the very next. It's funny because I was sitting at home and I was like fuck I got destroyed last night...I kinda don't even feel like going out tonight. I get text from my main chick telling me to come with her to the National Mall to watch the fireworks. I'm like hmm that sounds kinda fun as I've never spent the 4th of July in DC. Then I was like wait wtf am I doing. Am I just looking for a way to get out of going out tonight or do I really want to go? I realize I'm being a little bitch....hmm reoccuring theme from the last FR. Anyways, I get a text from Lateralus saying he's jumpin in the shower and he'll be over shortly. Fuck it let's do this, plus I haven't gamed with Lateralus in a long ass time. 

Lateralus rolls over and we try and decide on UJs or heading back to Clarendon. We make the right decision and bounce to Whitlows rooftop. There's no line and in my head I'm like fuck it's going to be dead. Bouncer says just go since he remembers me. It's actually kinda good out. We head to the bar and there is really cute short haired blonde chick sitting by herself on her phone. I open her with Lateralus's "omg are you sitting here playing angry birds?" Just straight vibing with this chick and eye contact is on point. She's from Philly and just moved to DC a couple weeks ago. She says she hates Pittsburgh...I tell her I hate her and other nonsense. We talk for like 10 minutes and then here comes one of her friends, "let's go to the bathroom." My chick is like nah I'm good. Her friend is like no LET'S GO TO THE BATHROOM and grabs her arm. My girl just looks at her and is like no really I'm good, we are having a really good conversation. Her friend just looks at me and I introduce myself, but she's not interested and storms off haha. Throw my arm around my girls shoulder and pull her in. I'm like so your friend seems really nice. She laughs. We talk for a bit more and then she has to go piss. I think this bitch really did have to piss, but didn't want to lose me so she stuck it out. She rolls off and tells me to wait right here. Sorry I'm not some little puppy you throw commands at, darling. 

We head to the otherside of the bar and Lateralus is sitting down with his back to the wall looking out towards the bar and I'm facing him. Then for lol'z he tells me when hot chicks are coming and I'm just turning around when girls are almost to us and just pulling bitches in. This little princess in red walks by and I just turn and open....it's funny b/c these chicks are startled and then quickly it turns into who is this awesome dude. Anyways, claw mode on this chick and we are talking about whatever. Go for the makeout...no go. Laugh it off...go for the makeout again, no go. She's like I'm not going to makeout with you right now even though you're really cute. Makeout? what? I hardly even know you girl. We talk for a bit more and I grab her number. She gives me some shit about how she never gives random guys her number at the bar. I tell her that we are going to play mini golf this Sunday. She says she's goign to Dewey beach this weekend. I said no we are playing mini golf this Sunday night and then I'm like oh you know what...nevermind then fuck off. She looks at me and is like no no I can DO sunday night!! lol. I send her on her way. 

I spot my first set of the night...Philly girl on the otherside of the bar talking with some dude. She was in line for the bathroom earlier and then these dudes rolled up on her and her friend and started chatting them up. I tell Lateralus this might be fun so we roll over. Rock straight up to her and I'm like you, are you fucking cheating on me and grab her arm and pull her away from king chode. She's laughing and I pull her in and she's like no no that's just my friend. Bullshit, but whatever. Claw her and I'm just kinda talking into her face. She's like here take my number. We talk for a bit more and then she heads back to her friends. 

Eh just rmbr'd 2 asian chicks earlier in the night, but that's not worth typing about. They were super into me, but they weren't that hot. Anywho, I see a cute girl decked out in 4th of July of gear sitting at a table with 2 other chicks and 3 dudes. No no no no, don't make me do this. I don't want to do this. Fuck you brain we are doing this. Rock up and open her with the hand of God....YOU! The entire table stops talking and all eyes are on me. She grabs my hand and stands up. I pull her in and talk about whatever. She's actually a pretty cool chick. I think I said 2 minutes 2 minutes during my opener so I do a little future role projections and make her my GF for 2 mins. Use the old and true what're we doing on our first date question. She's trying to think I'm just like we have 110 seconds left hurry the fuck up. She's like I can't think with you shouting the countdown at me...she was getting all flustered hahah but it was in this cute little way. I was like wow I gave you a chance to lead this date and I have no clue why because you suck and then I tell her what we are goign to do. She's down. Her friends are getting up to leave. This was prob like a 10 minute solid interaction. I'm still talking to her but I can see her friends are ready to roll and start walking towards the door. I still have my girl in my arms and her friends start to pull her away. I'm walking backwards and she's getting pulled and then I'm like nah fuck this...makeout. All the friends stop lol. She's like wow our relationship is moving very fast and smiles and then her friends finally pull her away. I loved this set for some reason. I got her number before she left and she put herself in my phone as " *name* call ASAP" hahaha.  

Lateralus and I go and open this 2 set as they are walking by. Then we just start shouting old school lines at them for lolz....wow are you guys best friends because you make the exact same facial expressions........you're cute but all of a sudden you'll make these bad girl mannerisms. We are both dying laughing while doing this. Self amusement FTW. 

I'm standing talking to Lateralus and then some dude comes over and starts talking to me. He's like do you know this dude and points to some big ass Irish chode who is super fucked up hahah. I'm like nah man and just bullshit with them for a bit. I come up with this awesome idea to recruit this drunkest dude in the bar as my wing. I'm like dude LET'S GO TALK TO SOME GIRLS!! I open this 2 set and then he just comes in and towers over this girl. I'm like oh fuck what did I do!! Then the normal dude who opened me comes in and wings me instead of the ogre. My girl is really cute and I ask her about some jewelry she is wearing...she's like my BF bought it for me. Oh cool so he's not here tonight. Nope. We keep talking for a bit and I see ogre just stumbling around hahah. I head to the bar and I look across the bar and spot Atty out of nowhere. What tha. Roll over and chat with him and his roommates. Me, Lateralus, and the other dude who opened me decide to roll to SK. 

It's not that good at SK and I spot the 2 hottest chicks in the bar....Lateralus agrees. Two dudes are chatting them up, I tell Lateralus lets go over there. Guess I'm just looking for the right window to jump through when it presents itself and need to be in position haha. The one dude gets up and says goodbye. The 3 of them get up to leave and I'm like fuck it's now or never. YOU!!...straight into hand of god. The dude she's with is dumbfounded. Then the girl in front is like don't I know you. I'm like no I don't think so (in my mind I'm like no bitch shut up) and I turn back to my girl. Chode is just standing there. Keep chatting and then the first girl is like no no no I know you, you talked to me last week. Nope not me. She throws out 2 names and gets my name right on the 2nd one. No girl not me. I make up some name. She's like no I rmbr you and my girl kinda looks at me. I try to plow but this bitch just blew it up and chode sees his window to get the fuck out hahah. Damn she was so cute. I love how these girls rmbr when I talk to them and I have no clue who they are since I'm always out opening. I mean obviously if its a solid set I'll rmbr but for the quick sets it doesn't even register. I guess in there mind its like cool motherfucker is talking to me...how could I forget. It would be similar if I was a chode and never went out and then some stunner rocked up and started chatting to me. Of course I wouldn't forget her. Eh that's my take on it lol. 

Head back over to the otherside of the bar where the random dude is chatting up a girl and then he rolls off when he sees us. So Lateralus and this dude are sitting at a table and I'm standing up talking to them. Then I look over and see like 4 or 5 marines. Then one of them turns around is like you're just going to bump to me? Mind you I haven't moved from this spot in the last 60 seconds so this dude is obviously just trying to start shit with us since they're all hammered. I'm like nah dude wasn't me. He looks bewildered and starts talking to Lateralus. Then he moves and starts talking to the other random we are with. It's like he's going down the line until he ultimately gets to me. Just as he's about to get to me I see a chick walking by so I turn and open and start walking backwards with her. I lol b/c the universe wanted me to tool this chode. I talk to this chick for a bit and head back to the table. She was with her friend and some other guy, but they were legit leaving (I do run into this chick later..read on). Then I see some black dude and his friend walking by and the Marines start saying shit to him, but the black dude is starting to get reactive. Obviously these dudes are just trying to start shit. 

Lateralus and I decide to head out and see if there's anything on the street as we start walking back to my place. I see this cute chick on the otherside of the street by herself. I'm like fuck food is right here and she's all the way over there. I tell Lateralus fuck this place, let's go to iHop. So now we are walking in the same direction as this chick and shes quite a bit in front of us. I'm like dude come on and we cross the street and I run after her. She gets in her car. Fuck. I'm like dude fuck it....roll up and tap on the glass. She smiles....this is the same chick that universe provided me with to tool the marine chode before he could meet me and or escalate shit with me. Thank you universe. So I'm just chatting with this chick and she's like yeah sorry about earlier but as you can see I really was leaving. I tell her it's cool and then stick my head in the car and go for the makeout. No go, but she's laughing. Nobody will ever know...this is just a dream this never happened. No go, but she's like hey you should take my number because you're really cute. She punches in her number and heads off in the moonlight. Not a typical approach with a high success rate but I have unlimited chips so why not. I'm like motherfucking Steve Wynn. 

Lateralus and I head to iHop and grab some breakfast. Like I said earlier, it's just so random how you can have such a shitty night and then a good night. The bad nights are really awesome though when you think about it.....not when you're actually out though, they fucking suck when you're out haha. Reflecting back though maybe something was just a little off in my game that night. Maybe I had too high of expectations for the night. Maybe I was just a little too outcome dependent. Or maybe the universe was just shit testing me all night to see how I'll react. Who knows.....all I know is that these nights happen to everyone and no one is cut from a different cloth. Pay your fucking dues and push forward. Could possibly be hitting up Atlantic City tmrw and Saturday so we'll see.

El fin