G'day,

Last weekend I had a blast! I got to head not to just a large city, but one that is out of my home state. I went to Victoria, Australia, to the fine city of Melbourne. This place has had a way of pimping me out style and soul, the people are approachable, the situations write themselves, the SPAM is stylish and it was easy to get comfortable. I'm sure it's long but read for as long as your interested, it was a hell of a night!

I was there for the 30th Birthday of my mate who's introduced me to all of this PUA stuff and while has a gf would try to wing me as much as he could, who's birthday was this anyway So he took me to stylish shops. He was a sufficently bad influence for me to spend money on new threads including a sweet jacket at a price I would never normally pay for any peice of clothing. I realised when packing for this trip I had a heap of crappy painting jumpers, a polo with my name on it, some hoodies and 2 dinner jackets, I have/had no style.

When I showed him that other stuff I bought before heading to Melbourne he approved, it had colour, sophistication but he didn't like how it went with my "Porn star beard" (A thick door knocker style, google it) I did need to shave it for my application for the fireman position I have applied for but I still thought I could hold onto it for a bit longer, I thought wrong. My other mate from school showed up who I hadn't seen in years and he has been doing well for himself but when he saw my suit before leaving he was in agreeance about the beard, so much so he waved $50 saying that it was mine if I got rid of it then and there. It still took a good 30 seconds but I agreed in the waft of drinking money and it was gone within 2 more mins.

So we're ready to head out. I remember watching Style's annihilation series and one thing he said was how when he started he was happy just crawl before he walked, to open, ask a couple of more questions then get away clean, then next time hold the conversation for longer and improve parts of his game. I think it goes without saying that you need to keep pushing yourself though, don't rest on ones laurels, so when you read this next bit remember that I do not intend to stay at this level for one moment longer.

So the goal was to hit up random sets, start conversations with as many people as I can see an opening with. I was armed with my style, my wings, my out of town attitude, a charged digital camera, the "Who lies more?" opener and I was going to test the opinons of women. I'd already been opening randoms, old people, parents, shop assistants and it was easy, but I wanted to break the club defenses of the ladies in Melbourne. My birthday mate, his girlfriend, our mate, and my brother started with rounds at happy hour, with noone in the bar, it was us and the bar staff. We got 2 rounds in and a party of ladies showed up and sat on the table next to us, I wasn't real interested but it was a start. B'day mate asked for a photo of the occasion and I had the camera so I was taking the photo, I thought, "Bugger this, I'm not in the photo! no way" so I turned around and said, "G'day ladies, can you just take a photo of us?" of course they complied and I'm like, "I'm sure I can trust you until at least the end of happy hour". I asked, "What's the occasion" and the photographer is like, "oh just a girls night out" she went back to her group not really interested but neither was I, happy with that I moved on.

Time to move bars, this one is called the Lucky Dick..... nice one, very arcade game themed, love it, there was even an old school game table. 2 guys were sitting there and I couldn't help but ask about the games, if they had played a few of them, will they? then I went with my group to get drinks. Hey it's all social proof right?? I don't need to only talk to people I'd be trying to seduce. We head upstairs.... Street fighter 1!! as an arcade game, I thought I'd kick ass, it was a humbling experience. Oh well, with that I went back to my group and a girl with stripped hot pants was turning on lamps, trying to fix one in particular, she gave up and headed my way, "G'day, surely you must work here! if anyone else walked around in those pants they wouldn't get in here" she stopped smiled, looked for something to say, chuckled and went back to her rounds, next time I start like that I'll have a follow up! It's dinner time and we have reservations

We head to our vietnamese restaurant and we need to wait for a previous party to pay their bill and get off our table. I'm bored waiting so as they all start to leave I'm like, "thankyou, thanks for comming, hope you had a good time, thankyou, thanks" out of 20+ people only 1 stopped and said, "You're just standing here aren't you?" I smuggly announce, "Yep", a shocked face a confused snicker and she left, next time I will have a follow up for this situation. A party/set of 4 entered and I'm on the wrong side of the maitre d desk (customer side) and I'm, "Hi, how are you, do you have a reservation?" The lead lady says, "uhh no, I'm just wondering how long of a wait would it be for a table?" I confess proudly, "I'm not sure we're also waiting" she feels duped but smoothly I help her get the attention of the maitre d and after he says probably 4 hours they leave. Next time I'll be ready to include them in our party...maybe, I mean it wasn't my party.

So at dinner I kept my eye out, all of my mate's guests were taken but one.....hmm I wonder who it is? I meet all his guests and nice little asian girl, cute in her dress, start a conversation then she hugs her b/f awww, I'm not here to break up my mate's friends. A tall brunette she's an alpha woman but it's obvious her b/f is next to her and pretty cool so no problem, turned out she's my mate's g/fs sister. She has another sister, oooo! a few tattoos peaking out, bright red lipstick to match her tight short dress, cat eye makeup and this white furry vest that resembles a tun tun from star wars. At one stage I neg her, somewhat accidently that it does look like a tun tun ........ but I'm sure she smells much nicer. Didn't talk to her at dinner, caught her eye but talked to blokes, another girl who was injured but there with her moon-boot, and commented on dinner.

After dinner we were back to where we had happy hour but now the place was packed!! so packed!! It was hot, the music was not a cd it was a DJ, the trip to the bar was exceedingly longer but had so many opportunities to stop and chat on the way while also having a false time constraint. I looked around and actually started to get nervous. I realised 2 things at this point 1)Anxiety is bought on by myself, my own brain creating crap that hasn't and may never happen. Fear is fake, danger is real don't get them mixed up. and 2) so many women looked bored and there were so many men just trying to bop (yes BOP!) next to them saying nothing. It was time to go, first thing to do, head to bathroom, stop on the way. I approach my first set, a couple of them had their back to me so I walked past, pretend to notice for the first time step back into the set and said, "Hey guys, I need to get back to my mates but I need to go back with a female opinion on something ok?" wait, they look "Ok" one says. I continue, "We've been talking and I want to know, who lies more men or women?"
"Women, yeah women for sure" is the consensus
"Really!! because I think men have to be because women can see right through us?" I let them mill on that, the music was loud and it's hard to keep my body on my back foot like i'm going to leave at any moment. A girl leans in and says something but I'm so amazed they've dropped their defense I miss what she says. I do the 2 part kiss question routine and thank them. I opened, now time to asses. I head to the bathroom and think about what just transpired, I'm going to hit another set on the way back I say to myself.

I head back but realise, I can't open another set in front of the ones I just hit up can I?? I head the other direction around the bar. Again I walk past the first group of ladies I see, notice and walk back a couple of steps talking over my shoulder, "Hi ladies, I'm heading back to my mates but before I do I need a female opinion on something ok?"
"Sure" 2 say surprised
"Who lies more men or women?"
Again the consensus is women. I'm not proud of the next bit because I stumble and loose my body language but I get the 2 part kiss question out and at first the women are like, "He can do better" but when I mention that she kisses only women and friends they're ALL like "oh that's hot" I need to practice this routine and be ready for the various answers. I thank them and move on, they laughed a bit probably because I lost my body language and stumbled through the questions but again, rehearsal will refine this!

It's a big night but it's not over, my wings suggest hitting up some women at the bar.... I'll post more later and if you've made it this far you must like my writing style and/or the story. Please let me know that you want more or have questions, seeing all the veiws on threads is one thing but feedback means you'll get better threads to read later. Suggestions are welcome but keep it constructive or I'll just ignore it. Before I write the rest it was a massive eye opener and I'm so pumped to do more sarging.

More to come.

Ok so onto the rest of the night.

My wings have told me that the bar is full of potential so I'm off, I head to what is an open space of the bar next to a 2 set of girls and there's a sign "No service at this bar" I thought that it was like a "no parking" sign and if you were on the bar side you'd get served, that was a chance to start a conversation "Hey ladies, I can get served here right?? I mean you're waiting for drinks as well right?" we talked but before I could get anything decent out the barman came over an made it clear none of us would get served there. In hindsight I might of followed them but that might be a bit needy as well. I probably did the right thing but I should've tried to "run into them" later.

Off to the other side of the bar and a single set just standing waiting for a drink was another chance, I happened to notice that the barman was making some coffee cocktails and after saying Hi and she replied I asked if they were all hers? she said she didn't know what they were and I pointed out that it looks like he's making coffee cocktails and would pour them into martini glasses shortly, it pays to pay attention. Again not much game after the open so she leaves back to her friends and I order my drinks. Note to self, I need to think of something non-needy or find something that would allow me to find the set she's heading to, maybe introducing myself so if I find them she will be a little familiar already.

I head back to my friends and our lady in red is dancing, just bopping around but moving her hips and shoulders, I just said what was on my mind which was an accidental neg, "Ha! dancing against that corner like that makes it look like your trying to scratch your back, sexy but like a bear" and after that left my mouth her jaw dropped but she wasn't offended, she's obviously confident plus I kind of dance that way also lol. I also surprised myself with that, it was brilliant. I didn't worry about blowing it but my b'day mate says "ooohhh don't neg her bro" to the group i'm just like, "oh relax I didn't mean anything by it man" but we all had a chuckle. (I was kind of the opposite of what a wing should do though, no biggie it's all for the best)

So it's time to move clubs, we head down chappel street to a bar my mate insists is called "Electric Lady" but I swear I read "Electric Lady Land" so we're walking and our lady in red somehow ends up walking next to me, no kino, I find out a reason why later. Instead we talk about the types of bars she vists, how she's always wanted to head to this next one thanks to it's grand staircase up to the bar. We talk dribble about various staircases we know, how all the best places have great stairs/entrances like the Crown casino and how it didn't really work for the titanic, we laugh, I ease up and we get along great.

We head to the bar and while the rest of the group hang around deciding what to do I see an open space and just leave to look after myself. I do that sometimes, I probably should of said something like, "C'mon, there's a spot over there" but I think this was just as good. B'day boy thought he was getting too old for this *Facepalm I've got nearly a year on him* and he's like, "let's head back to the apartment" so we finish our drinks and head downstairs. The 2 girls (moon boot and red dress) are talking about heading to the city, it's about 1:20am, because they want to chase the guy that showed interest in moon boot. The guy is at the bar that Red Dress' boyfriend works at.....oh SNAP!! there it is, she has a bf. Oh well so I turn to moon boot and say, "Well you just go there with Red Dress and be all, "oh wow, I didn't know you were going to be here"" and red dress announces to the group as she points to me, "Oh I like this one, he's my favourite"

Finally we get a maxi taxi and just because i'm flying on a high I start tour guiding us on the way home, kind of the blind leading the blind. We head back to the apartment and finish the night quietly, my b'day mate, his gf, my brother and our school mate. I didn't number close because we all knew each other and I'll get another chance, or the girls at the bars because I didn't want that pressure. Now though I've had a taste and starting is not the sticking point so it's back to research and practice and move onto building DHV, negging (if needed) target selection, and getting locked in the set. I also plan to have at least one number close in case it gets that far. I'll sit down and post in various areas about ideas I have for the opportunities I had.

Well I hope you enjoyed this read, most probably figured it was too long but that's fine this will be a good recap for me when I need it. It also goes to show that while normally I'd get plastard on a night like this I must of been sober enough to remember everything! I feel like a changed man, like this is totally dooable! like there's a light at the end of the tunnel and worth working for. I enjoy reading all your field reports and I hope you'll enjoy mine

Brisk