FR#89
Date: 7/5/08
Location: Fuse Night Club
I've been really excited to go to this new venue here in Nashville called "Fuse" it's a Vegas style club that is suppose to be the best. It's located in the luxurious Opry Land Hotel. The hotel spent 10 million making the place for all the convention go-ers at the hotel. The cover for the place is $20 and the drinks are pretty expensive. They have some general admission tables you can sit for free. There are couches at the dance floor that cost $100 a person minimum. VIP area behind the stage that's about $75 a person. Then 3 VIP Cabana's that are $1,500 a piece. You can check out their website to get an idea of the place at
www.FuseNashville.com. Here is a crude layout drawing I made so you guys can get the idea. I apologize, these photos were taken with my phone and not the best quality.
Fuse Sign
Entrance
Couches - General Admission
Dance Floor
Enough of the layout and the pictures. You guys get the idea. So I leave my place and Valet my car around 10:30 and the guys taking care of my car are calling me "Mr. Smooth" which has a nice ring to it. The club has a strict dress code, so I'm dressed in long black pants, burgandy shirt, shark tooth necklace, 3 rings, sleeves rolled up about 1/3. I greet the bouncers and go in. There is a reception desk where you have to get your Valet ticket validated and you pay your entry fee to the club. The girls are very nice and I take a bit talking to Zoe who tells me the layout of the venue.
There aren't very many people here. Most of the girls are in small sets with guys. I guess there is about 30 people in here plus the workers. I stroll up to the main bar, order a drink and start chatting up the bartender, D.C. He tells me how it will start getting very busy around 11:30. We shoot the stuff for a while and I see a familiar face just down the bar. I walk over and say hello to Jo. She's a bartender part-time at Graham as well, and best friends with Ansley who works there. We talk for a little bit about the place, and then about Ansley. I start bantering with here some, and I turn away to talk to D.C. some more. About this time a guy comes over to the bar. He's tall, skinny, and reminds me of JDog a little bit and his name is Jason. He's the drummer guy for the place. We talk for quit a bit about the venue, I'm getting information from him. He tells me to expect the Nashville star people later. I befriend him pretty easily and he goes back to the stage to do some work after about 10 minutes of chatting.
There isn't much going on yet. My phone rings and it's Nuked returning my phone call. I talk to him for a little while and I spot a 2 set at the corner of the main bar seated. My target gets up to go to the bathroom, and I tell Nuked to give me a minute until she comes back. I check to make sure their drinks are pretty full, because I don't want an external interrupt from the bartender. She does in a few minutes. I get off the phone with him and go over to this HB7 and HB8. I take a seat next to them and simply ask them, "When does this place liven up?" They say, "We've never been here before... My target the blonde HB7 says, "She's never been here before in Nashville, she's from St. Louis." I start chatting with my obstacle about St. Louis and find out they are best friends. Their ex-boyfriends use to be friends. The obstacle is a registered nurse and my target it a dental assistant. I am next to my target talking over her to the obstacle. That way she's included and can hear the conversation but I'm mostly ignoring her. They ask my name and I tell them. The obstacles name is Monica, and she's a beautiful black woman about 28 and my target is Sarah, who is about 25 I'm guessing. They immediately ask me what all I do, "I tell them I have my day job at Dell and my side business." Sarah says, "Doing what exactly?" I tell them, "I'm a dating coach." Monica says, "So you are like the guy in that movie Hitch." I say, "Yeah but he I think Will is smoother." We laugh. I'm keeping kino going with my target. They are both now turned to me. I ask them why they like doing what they do. They both tell me they enjoy working with people. So I see an opening here to build some rapport and say, "I'm the same way, I love people, and it's tough sometimes right? (nods from them) And, it's just so fascinating." Sarah says to me, "You're interesting, and cute." I say, "Woah, buy me a drink before you talk to me like that." Monica almost spits out her drinks she's laughing so hard. Sarah smiles at me. I touch her on the shoulder and say, "I'm sorry I don't mean to be an ass, but I'm not boyfriend material." She says, "I was married for five years." I say, "Are you happy? I was married 4 years and I'm better off and happy. You?" She says, "yes" I give her a hi-five and ask Monica if she's been married she tells me No. I tell her she's a smart lady. I ask her if she's ever been close and start ignoring Sarah some more.
I purposely let the conversation die and like clockwork Sarah says, "So why are you here alone?" I say, "I need to know if I can bring my clients here, and it's the freakin' weekend it's time to have some fun right?" Monica agrees with me, and I cheers her drink, and also Sarah's. Over my right shoulder is a 3 set ordering some cotton candy drink that has cotton candy in it. I lean back and over my shoulder say, "I have to know....what the heck....is that drink?" She says, "It's a cotton candy drink." I ask if it's any good. She says, "It's good but expensive." She offers me a taste and I take a sip, not bad! I thank her, and turn back to my 2 set.. They ask me what I'm drinking. I tell them, Ameretto and Cranberry. Monica says, "Really is it any good?" I offer her a sip. She takes a sip and likes it, and we get Sarah to try it. Both of them are impressed and like it. They decide to order one each. They ask if I want one and I accept the drink. I'm feeling really good at this point. A guy comes out of nowhere and comes into the group. I say, "Don't be rude introduce me to your friend, it's the polite thing to do." She looks at me weird. I extend my hand to the guy, "You can dress them up but can't take them anywhere....(he's laughing) my name is J." I get his name, and tell him "I was telling the girls I like the venue here but it could be better, what do you think?" I get him involved in the set. He's kind of drunk already from what I can tell and not much of a threat but I befriend him anyways just in case. I point to Monica and say, "This is the good one of the group, and this is the bad one." He laughs and says, "Dude you are so right on." Sarah hisses, "I'm not bad." I say, "Monica back me up here." She does. I say, "You are a very sexual person aren't you Sarah?" She says, "yes, men are only good for one thing....sex." I say, "I rest my case..." "Is she always this way?" Monica and the guy agree. He disappears soon. Then Jason the band guy is near. I wave him over introduce him to them, and talk to him for a minute. He leaves. Monica is picking up her drink like she's about to walk away. I turn back to the set and say to Monica, "Your friend and I kind of like each other are you cool with that?" I say to Sarah, "Okay look I have to make a urgent call to a friend soon, but I want to continue this conversation. I'm not sure what I've conveyed in this short time together but I'd like to get to know you better because I'm not completely convinced on you, but my instincts tell me something about you." I hand her my phone. Get her number. I see the triangle gaze, get the kiss and head outside for a smoke. I call Nuked and tell him things are going well.
I go back inside the venue after smoking. It's only about midnight. I go walk around the venue a bit to get familiar with the settings. I see country singer Lyle Lovette in the VIP area behind the stage with a few girls talking to him. Then I bump into Monica and Sarah again. I talk to them for just a moment at the back bar. I go back up to the main bar with my drink. I'm talking to D.C. the bartender and Jennifer the other bartender who is very attractive and we're bantering a little bit. She's busy though so I can't do a lot. There is a 4 set of black guys to my left that are dressed up. I say to them, "What do you think of this place?" I chat them up for a while and ask them what they do here in Nashville. They tell me their jobs and one big muscle built guy says, "I play for the Titans." I say, "That's cool man, good luck this year." I don't ask his name because I don't want to DLV myself and stuff. They head back to their VIP Cabana area. I look to my left and there is a nice 3 set of Latina girls. My target in the group HB7.5 that's about 5'5 is ordering a shot. The other girls are kind of standing there talking to each other. I say to my target, "Where's the cool spots to hang out in here?" She starts to tell me it's the 2nd time she's been here. I ask her what she was drinking and she tells me Don Julio shots. D.C. is looking at me from behind the bar and gives me a smile. This is the second set he's seen me in. I am chatting with my target and she asks my name almost immediately and I get her name, Ashleigh. I say, "So what do you like to do here....dance....guy shop....what?" She says, "Drink and dance with my friends." I say, "That's cool and so far how much dancing have you done?" To which she replies, "None." She's giving me solid eye contact. Her friend turns around and is looking at us. I say to my target, "Don't be rude introduce me to your friend it's the polite thing to do." She introduces me to her friend. She asks me right away what I do. I tell her I work for Dell at my day job and I have my side business. I'm ignoring Ashleigh. The other in set is talking to a guy. We fluff talk for some time. Ashleigh says, "Life is so short I love to socialize." I say, "Interesting concept...do you realize how short life is?" She says, "No." I say, "How long do you feel the average life is in days?" She says, "I don't know." I say, "Guess." She says, "50,000" I say, "Okay, now having said that do you think it's longer or shorter?" Predicatably she says, "Longer." I say, "Are you ready for a sobering thought....the average person lives 28,251 days according to the census bereau." She says, "No way." I say, "Take 77 and time it by 365 and it's right about that.....77 point something." She takes out her phone and figures it. I turn to talk to her friend. I ask how they know each other. They tell me they are best of friends for many years. I say, "Really are you best friends? Have you taken the best friends test?" I get a few head shakes. I say, "Okay here is the test....are you ready...what shampoo do you all use?" They look at each other. I say, "Test over...did you see what you just did?" replies, "No" I say, "You looked at each other and girl coded each other." They laugh. I say, "The other day this girl was hitting on me and she was drunk and annoying. I look at my good friend like help me out bro. He says WTF man? Cause I'm staring him down. It doesn't work for guys." The obstacle asks "Do you have myspace?" I say, "Yes" She says, "What is it, you're cool." I say, "You won't remember it, do you have a pen?" She says, "No" I turn to the bartender DC and get a pen to write it down for her. My target says, "Can I get you a drink you're running low?" I say, "I shouldnt accept stuff from strangers but you seem cool why not." Then I go into, "Why am I drawn to you....you have to rationalize this for me." She says, "I don't know because I'm a nice person." I say, "I think it's your positive vibe and energy....I wasn't given a handbook on how to be human....I just trust my instincts." She smiles really big and is giving me the doggy dinner bowl look. I give her a hug. The guy with the other obstacle is talking to us now. I say again, "Don't be rude introduce me..." She hesitates. I extend my hand. "I'm J and you are? These girls you can't take them anywhere." He says his name is Mario. I say, "I got this figured out here, check this out." I point to the obstacles and say, "Good, Okay" and then to my target, "She's the naughty or bad one." He laughs his butt off and give me five. He says, "Dude you're a good judge of character, that one is a tease." I say, "I see...." I turn to my target and say, "Is this true do you tease men?" She says, "Maybe...." I say, "Well I'm not going to fall for a tease..." She kino's me. I pull her in and kiss her for a few seconds. I turn to the group. "I kind of like your friend mind if I borrow her for a second?" They give me their approval. I put her on my arm and go to the general admission couches. We sit and comfort build for a few minutes talking about where she grew up, work, etc. I go to holding hands and more kissing. I say to her, "I don't know what little bits I've conveyed in our short time together, but I find you interesting....I'd like to continue this later on...Don't get a big head on me I'm not convinced on you just yet, but one day I'll contact you and we'll hang out some more...deal?" I get a pinky promise and her number. I say, "When are you free next?" She tells me a day and I setup a day 2 and a location to meet. She conveniently works close to where I do. I return her to her group, and they are all smiles. Mario says, "Did she hit you?" I say, "No, but she bites man." Laughs all over. She goes off to dance with her friends and I am spotting another set.
There is a very nice 2 set at the bar HB8 and HB9 both blondes and dressed nicely. I watch them for a moment to see if they are really alone. Best I can tell they are. I go over and over the shoulder, "Let me get your opinion on something real quick...I can only stay a few moments...I have to get back to my friends. Would you ever date someone you met on myspace? The reason I ask is my good friend Megan met a guy on there and he wants to date her. She wants to but I think it's creepy, what's your take?" They start in about how Internet dating is weird to them and not cool. I agree with them and start the hi fives. I lock in with my back to the bar, and have them turned to face me. They are moving their bodies to the music. I say, "Do you like dancing?" They both says yes. I say to the obstacle let me see your hand. I get it and give her a twirl and then a dip.
The target says, "Do me now?" So much I can say but I bite my lip. I say, "I'm not your dancing monkey..." We laugh it off. They ask my name. I get their names. Melissa and Misty. I ask, "How do you two know each other?" They say, "We work together." I find out where. Misty is the HB9 so I turn to Melissa and start chatting with her more. Mostly fluff talk. Misty says, "What do you do anyways?" I say, "Is she always like this?...(obstacle shakes her head yes)..I work for Dell as my day job, and I have my side business, but it's the weekend and I'm just enjoying myself." I've had some good fortune fall upon me lately and I'm just celebrating. "Why are you alone?" she says. I say, "I'm never alone in a place like this, I have friends and acquantances all over." I point to a few of the sets I worked earlier, and say their names and stuff. About this time Jason comes back over and sees me with these girls. I introduce him to these girls this time. He hangs around a bit. He asks me my name again. I hand him a biz card. He whispers in my ear before he goes, "You're the real deal huh?" I nod with a smile, and say, "Watch this..." I turn to my target and say, "Do you want to kiss me?" She says, "maybe" being a hard cookie. I say, "Let's find out" I pull her in for the kiss. I see him smile, he says, "I'll see you later man" before he walks back to the stage area with his coke. We go one talking and I can see Melissa really wants to dance, and I've been leaving her out some. I say, "Melissa before you go I want to ask you something." She says, "Sure" I say, "Misty and I kind of like each other, are you cool with that? She may say something to screw it up in a minute but..." She says, "Yeah you're a good guy." I'm thinking perfect. So I again number close and kiss close. They go away. I head to the bathroom and get a chance to check my watch and it's 1:15am and the place closes at 2am.
I make the mental decision to leave. I've had a good night with 3 sets, 3 numbers, 3 kisses, and 1 day 2. I've befriended some hired guns in the venue and made some new friends. I'm not in set and only have 45 minutes to get to comfort phase again and repeat what I've been doing. I decide to end it on a good note. I make my way to the Valet guys. They say, "We'll get your car right away Mr. Smooth." I really like hearing that shit. I tip the Valet and head to the apartment.
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