| Field Report #0:
Date: 2009-09-15
Title: Asian Encounter - PU is...real?
(Format adapted from Merlin's Blog)
Place--Streets of Queens
Time--00:05
1 Approached
0 Hooked
0 Closed
0 Day2ed
0 Laid
I am half-way through The Game. I am excited, but not really sure what to think.
I take to the streets this day for lunch. As I search for a Chinese restaurant, I am halted by a Stop signal. Beside me, a cute Asian girl also waits to cross. The light turns walking Caucasian and I stride forward quickly. I want to open her - say something, anything - but alas I had forgotten my cojones on my dresser this morning.
After a few minutes, I notice she is still behind me. I feel the familiar nudge of God's elbow: Look, Sorce, I've thrown an opportunity right at your feet! Take it, baby, take it! (Yes, the good Lord - also known as Allah, Yahweh, and sometimes Greenback - the good Lord and I have a very close, though casual, relationship.)
I decide to turn and look for a restaurant down another street. Truthfully, I only want to put some distance between myself, that girl, and the suffocating approach anxiety growing in my chest. Another minute passes. My gait slows as my mind wanders a forest of self-pity. Suddenly, I see silky black hair beside me and I snap back to reality. My mouth is already moving:
Sorce: Still stalking me, are you?
Asian: [Laugh.] Right, sure.
[From the corner of my eye, I expect to see that sour face I get in clubs whenever I ask a girl "if she'd like to dance." To my amazement, upon her face is a playful smirk. Just ahead is an intersection.]
Sorce: Well, then - you go this way, I go that way.
Asian: [Laugh.] Yup, that's the way I'm going. [She crosses the street, then turns around.] Hey! Nice talking with you! I'll see you later! [Wave.]
Sorce: [Stunned. Waves good-bye.] God, I owe you one.
I have never in my life gotten such an enthusiastic and positive reaction from a stranger in such a short time, let alone from a cute girl.
I know this is a pretty lame story, I know I should have asked for her number, and granted that compliance test was totally weak, but it was the turning point. This PUA stuff has something to it. _________________ Sorce
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