I Got Em!

I hit Ballys on Sunday and took em for $200.00 ... which brings my grand total to $1,150.00!

Peace!

"Dude, why are you talking to them?"

Sebastian is not allowed to pick his sets ... ever again! We're hanging out down at the Beach Bar and things are going okay. Ive opened a few sets and it looks like its going to be a decent night. While Im at the bar ordering a drink I see Seb talking to three 50 year old women. Thats odd ... why the hell is he doing that? I walk over, drink in hand, and find out he told them I was getting engaged and that we needed pictures of me and the really really old women together doing something crazy. It was only one picture and Im not gonna get into details ... Im just gonna say that I feel violated. Really, really violated ...

I think Im scarred for life ...

Peace!

No More Drunk Myspace!

I got wasted Tueday night ... bad idea.

I sent out two myspace messages when I got home ... bad idea

The fun part is I completely dont remember sending them ... that too is a bad idea. If you are going to send out drunken messages, at least remember doing it.

Forget drunk dialing, now Ive got to watch out for drunk myspacing ...

Oh and by the way, apparently I type really well when Im drunk. I was pleasantly surprised.

Peace!

Heading Home From Chicago

I just got back from my Day Game seminar in Chicago ... well not quite back, Im sitting in O'Hare airport. I had to rush like hell right out of the seminar to catch a cab and make it here on time, or so I thought. We got here in like 35 minutes, which was like an hour earlier than I was told I would get here during rush hour traffic. So I get inside and head over to the little kiosk (Because no one wants to deal with a real person anymore ... oh and by the way, if it only takes me 5 minutes to print out a ticket and I have no formal training at all, why the hell did it used to take people who did this every day 20 minutes to get my flight ready before kiosks!?) and wouldnt you know it, theres an earlier flight. So why not take that? Yeah, so its delayed. Im still going to get home 10 minutes earlier, but what the hell? Why did I bother for 10 minutes? Okay well my plane just pulled up, so hopefully we get off the ground soon. They havent even started boarding yet. The seminar was awesome. Lots of great information. I cant wait to get out there tomorrow and put some of this stuff to the test. Okay, they are finally starting to board.

Peace Out!

In Chicago!

Right now Im in Chicago getting ready to head over to the Day Game seminar with Sinn. Im really looking forward to this one. Ive wanted to take it since I got into "game" and always put it off. Of course then it goes and disappears for like 6 months. Luckily they brought it back this weekend, and I think they are going to do one more in September. Since I spend a lot of my time at work, and most of that time is spent at UPenn, Princeton or any one of numerous hospitals, Im constantly surrounded by good looking women. This seminar is a great way to get a few of the skills needed to pick up these girls during the day (at least I hope it is)

So far, its been a decent trip. The flight in was nice. Flying first class definately helped. Getting to the hotel was a bit of a challenge, but it gave me a chance to see more of Chicago. As far as I can tell it seems like a really cool city. The downtown area is really nice, its not too crowded and really clean. When I finally got to my hotel at like 8:30, I go up to my room to find out its a suite. Apparently all of the rooms are suites in this hotel, which made my night even better. Im staying at the Omni of Chicago which is right off of Michigan Ave, basically the main drag from what I can tell. I had a great breakfast this morning and now Im off to go check out the city for a few hours before the seminar begins.

Peace!

PS Im definately coming back, Chicago is awesome!

Project Bumblebee

Okay, so Ive gone ahead and started a new blog to update the progress on my 1976 Camaro a.k.a. "Project Bumblebee." You can check it out at ...

http://projectbumblebee.blogspot.com/

Peace!

No ... Seriously ... Where Can I Park Bumblebee?

Its official! I won the 76 Camaro that I was bidding on this morning! Now all I need to do is drive my ass all the way up to NH to pick up the car and figure out what the hell Im going to do with this thing. Paint and body work are going to be first. I want to get the outside of the car looking as much like Bumblebee as soon as possible. Then I will focus on cleaning up the mechanical end of the car. From what the auction said the car runs great, so hopefully I wont have to do much there. The interior is going to be the hardest and most expensive part, but I can get away with letting that go for a while. The interior of the car looks old and beat up enough to fly for the look we are going for. Man I cant wait to get started on this project.

Peace!

"A Bunch Of Morons Who Volunteered To Jump Out Of A Perfectly Good Airplane"

Its been a while since I've seen Brian ... probably a month or so. We decided we were gonna get together in July to jump out of an airplane. Im not really sure what gave him the idea, but he had it, and then he asked me to go along. What was I going to do? Say "No, Brian, I can't jump out of an airplane with you ... Im too scared" I dont think so ... Ive done this before and I damn well can do it again. So yeah, I jumped out of a plane because Im a bit too competitive. Phillys pride was on the line here ... it was NYC vs Philly and I was the only representative. You damn well better believe Im gonna be there. So Brian has this whole thing all planned out for July 21st. Which is good, because I live in South Jersey and I have no idea where to go skydiving in NY. The place is like 37 hours away from where I live. Its in the middle of no where ... and I mean no where. The only things around were mountains and Neko Sushi ... which looked really good actually.

So we get to this place called "The Ranch" and I meet up with Brian and all of his friends. We check in, do our thing, I set Brian up with the harness girl by demonstrating that he is a leader of men, then we go outside to our plane. Now my instructor (who by the way is named "Batman") is running a bit late, so Im one of the last ones to get on the plane, which also means that Im gonna be one of the first ones to get off the plane ... woohoo ...

At this point in time, Im not really that nervous ... not yet. When the plane takes off ... Im nervous. Not super crazy nervous, but nervous. You could definately tell that everyone was thinking about what we were about to do because the plane got really quiet, really quick. Justin and I shoot to see who gets the honor of jumping first ... I lose. Oh Im soooooo upset lol. There are a few other skydivers in the plane that arent with our group. They actually jump first, but they are all singles and apparently have done this before. Justin goes and I get to see him plummet to the ground. Okay, this is real now. Im standing in the door. I give my camera man a quick thumbs up and try to focus on keeping my head up and my hips arched. I was focusing so much on what I needed to do to get out of the plane that I almost forgot to be nervous ... almost.

So Im out of the plane. That was easy enough ... hell I can actually say I wasnt that scared. It was the same the first time I jumped too ... now all I have to do is fall about 7,000 feet in about 60 seconds, pull my chute and land safely on the ground. Piece of cake ... so I'll take you through my thought process a bit.

"Okay, Im out of the plane ... theres the ground ... Im falling really fast ... what the hell was I supposed to do again ... dammit Rory ... you said I was gonna forget everything and you were right ... hey theres my camera man ... WoooooHoooooo .... theres the ground again ... this is fun ... WooooooooHoooooo ... WooooooHoooooo ... why is this guy tapping on my hand ... oh crap I need to pull my chute ... thats why hes tapping on my hand ... hey the chute opened ... man Ive got a killer wedgie ... WooooooooHoooooooo!

Yeah that about sums it up. The landing was fun, its amazing how quiet it gets when you pull your chute. Its so chaotic when you jump and then all of a sudden everything gets quiet. Its really cool. All I can say is that once its over, you act like you are high on something. All you do when you hit the ground is go "Man ... that was awesome ... man ... WoooooHooooo ... Dude ... that was awesome ... dude I just jumped out of a plane ... man ... WooooooHooooo!" You completely discard sentences from your gramatical structure. Thats okay though, cause you just jumped out of a friggin plane.

So long story short, we all have a couple of beers, Brian hits on the harness girl some more, and totally does a good job and then we drive back to NYC and Im off to South Jersey yet again. It was a great day and Im really glad I did it. Cant wait for the next crazy adventure.

Peace!

Where Can I Park Bumblebee?

Okay, so Ive decided Im going to build my own Bumblebee ... the movie car just sold on Ebay for $40,000.00. I figure that I can make one for about $10,000.00 ... probably cheaper. Im actually bidding on a 76 Camaro right now. I will know in the morning if I won the car or not. This is going to be a fun project and I cant wait to get started. Ive managed to find a lot of the parts they used in the movie car, and we're trying to get in touch with the guy who actually supervised the production of the cars for the movie. Im really looking forward to getting started ... now all I have to figure out is where the hell Im gonna park Bumblebee?

They Got Me ...

So I went to Ballys on Friday and they got me for $300.00 ... that brings my grand total to +$950.00. We shall see how I do next weekend.

Oh and Transformers rocked the second time around too!

Transformers

This movie was awesome. Thats all I can really say. It was awesome. People have been bitching left and right about all of the changes that Michael Bay made. I say to hell with all of that. This is a Transformers movie, but it doesnt have to be a direct port of the original cartoon. The films works, and thats what matters. Bumblebee is awesome as a camaro, Prime rocks with the flame paint scheme and megatron is still cool as a giant alien jet. It was 144 minutes of pure fun. While not heavy on plot, it was loaded with action and giant robots duking it out in the city and blowing the crap out of everything. The whole "mustang vs camaro" chase scene was a nice touch too, gotta love that. Im completely thinking about buying a new camaro now, so the product placement totally did its job. The only condition that I have is that it has Bumblebees paint scheme. Ive already got a way to make him talk, since he talks through the radio, it shouldnt be hard to burn some kind of audio cd that has a few saying from the movie that I can play at random ... now the whole getting him to drive by himself and transform into a giant robot, that might be tricky. Think that would kill my chances with the ladies? Haha ... the movie rocks, and I want a camaro that looks like Bumblebee ... lets see BMW M3 or Camaro with yellow and black paint scheme to resemble my favorite autobot? Tough choice ...

Peace!

Casino Winnings

Okay so last weekend I went over to the Hilton. I lost $250.00 which put me down to a grand total of +$1,000.00. I can live with that. Im up $1,000.00 on the house, always a good thing.

Today I went over to the Trop and started with $300.00. I left with $500.00, so $200.00 in winnings. Not bad. The table was really rough too, so Im pretty damn happy with that. That brings my grand total back up to +$1,200.00. We shall see how I do tomorrow. Its the 4th though, so it might be a real pain in the ass to get a table.

FR: My Trip to NYC

Okay, so its been a while, heres the breakdown from my trip to NYC which happened a few weekends ago.

So the idea was to meet up with a few of the guys that took a bootcamp with me. It ended up only being three of us, but hey, thats not too bad. So I stroll into NYC at around 9ish, catch a shower and meet up with Brian at the Ganesvoort Hotel. Its a pretty cool place that has a bar up on the top floor. Its got a great outdoor area and a ton of places to move girls, sit down, you name it. So we start out just catching up, its been a while since we've seen each other, but after that we decide its time to get to work. Brian sees a set and heads over to it, I work my way to a group of seven that turns out to be a bridal party (I cant get away from them), the set goes okay. I open with "Herman," general conversation ensues and I keep things going for about 5 minutes then politely leave on a positive note. First one down, that makes life easier. I find Brian in set with two 40 year olds (yeah care to explain that one man?) so I grab my beer and get the hell outta dodge. I walk over to the railing to check out the fantastic view and on my way I notice a 2 set sitting down. I actually had walked past before it clicked that it was a perfect set to open, so I check out the view, then turn around and open with "Herman" (yeah that was my stock opener for the night) The set hooks, I sit down and were off. My target is this cute little Italian chick though her blonde friend isnt bad either. Everything is going well, Brian jumps in and starts winging. Looks like this is going to be a decent set. Brian is doing really well with the blonde, but I seemed to have lost mine somewhere in comfort. I totally need to work on my comfort game, its not up to par. He number closes, the set leaves, I get nothing. Oh well, it went pretty well and I totally did all the hard work anyway. One of the other guys from the bootcamp, Jarret, links up with us and more catching up ensues. We hit a few more sets that go pretty well until ...

So I open this 4 set, things dont go so well, but thats okay because some random girl (probably a 6) comes over and opens me. Shes hanging out with some Mystery look-a-like so I pull her over to the bar to get a drink. I tried to get her to buy me a drink, didnt work, so oh well, she wasnt that hot anyway. While Im holding my money out to get a drink the girl next to me offers to flag the bartender down for me. Sweet, I get my drink and shes kinda cute ... maybe an 8. I start engaging the group, it turned out to be a 3 set, and things go pretty well. Brian hops in to wing and starts talking to the really drunk friend ... correction, the really really really drunk friend. I move the set over to a quiet (haha or so I thought) table and proceed to run some standard stuff. I used the question game, and a bunch of general banter and my target (HB8 with glasses so just HBGlasses) seems to be eating it up. Brian almost gets us into a fight over a bottle of Vodka, the girls get up to go to the bathroom so I head over to Jarret and Brian. After about ten or so minutes I saw the girls walking around looking for me, so I walk over, act like I just noticed them and then say Im going to the bar, you guys have to join me. The group follows and Im getting really good signals from HBGlasses. The drunk friend takes a million pictures, the other girl pulls her away and tells my target that she'll meet her downstairs. I run "almost kiss" which works great and then bounce downstairs. The whole group hits up McDonalds, drunk friend gets pissy and well the night went south from there, but I was this close to my first LR and ONS since bootcamp. Oh well ... better luck next time eh?

Ummmmm Yeah ...

Okay, so last Wednesday we went down to my shore house to meet some girls Seb knows. They ended up being decent and we are actually going on a Day-2 today. Lets just leave it at that ...

The Next Night

Okay, so its not exactly "tomorrow night" but here are a few random updates.

We hit the casino bars about a week and a half ago. There didnt seem to be much going on over at the Trop so we set out for Ceasars. Along the way we just happen to notice the Beach Bar over at Trump and well, yeah Im sure you can guess what happened from there. The Beach Bar is a great place to open sets. Its not too loud, its big enough that you can move groups around, and oh yeah, there are a ton of good looking women floating around. So we get there, scope the place out and I notice a 2-set off to my right. The blonde looks to be about an 8ish while her friend is a bit heavy, probably a 5. I tell Seb to open the set, he doesnt, so I get pissed and I open the set. That blonde that was an 8ish, yeah she was more like a 5 too. So Im not planning on staying that long ... two hours later and Im still in set. Seb is winging me and we bounce the girls to the casino. I keep telling myself that Im not sleeping with them. They are waaaay below my standards, but its pretty obvious the opportunity is there. We bounce around for a while, I get more and more annoyed by the blonde and the fact that Im still talking to these chicks, but hey, maybe Seb wants to get laid. Finally I cant take it anymore, we walk past Valet, I tell em this is my stop, we give em a ride to their car and I basically kick em outta my back seat so we can get on our way.

The lesson to be learned from this?

If you're fat, Im not sleeping with you ... oh and dont stay in a set if you dont wanna be there. Get the hell out right away. Lesson learned. Won't happen again!

Casino Winnings Part II & Game

Okay, so its Saturday night and I just got back from the casino. It was a rough day today, but I managed to walk out with $200.00 in winnings. Not bad for the day. Im up to $1,250.00. I can't really complain about that. Im off to get a shower and then Im heading over to the Trop to run a few sets. Actually I think we're gonna go to The Pier at Ceasars. I want to see if I can open 10 sets tonight and still have Sebastian open some too. I think Im gonna try to get blown out on my first few sets, just to see if I can get him to be less nervous about it. Maybe I will try using "the shocker" or "secretary" opener. I'll post tomorrow with a critique of the night. Peace

Casino Winnings

I won $750.00 last weekend, $250 on Saturday and then another $500 on Sunday. That brings my winnings up to a total of $$1,050.00. Thats not too shabby for playing BlackJack for a few hours. Im off again to see how I do tomorrow with another $250.00. I think thats going to be my basic starting amount for a while. Peace

Random Notes

1.) Okay, so Ive decided that I hate Walmart. I mean, first off, its always crowded. Suuuuuure they have low prices, I mean thats the whole thing, but dont people know that they pay horrible wages and completely take advantage of their employees ... Walmart sucks, and people shouldnt shop there.

2.) I just watched a movie with Queen Latifa. I don't know what it was called, but the basic theme is to live like you were dying. I need to adapt more of that to my lifestyle. I can say that Im open to try new things, and that I will pretty much do anything once, but I dont think its enough. Theres so much to do and try. One of the things that everyone talks about in Pick Up is that you need to live a life that will attract women. Which I think I do to a point, but I need to ramp it up a bit.

3.) I really like Italian girls lately. Definately need to get moving on that. Im going to screen for that a lot more. Theres just something about them, the way that they look. So thats one of my goals. Meet a cool Italian chick.

4.) Im heading to the casinos tomorrow. I won $300.00 two weeks ago. And Im up a good bit from prior winnings. I need to keep track of my current bankroll. Tomorrow I will play with $250.00. We will see how I do.

5.) Next time I post Im going to go over what Im looking for in a woman. I want to see how my qualifiers change over the course of my PU career.

Peace out!

My First Post

The purpose of this blog is to keep tabs on my progress with pickup, weight loss, financial gain and other life goals. This is the first post so that I can keep track of everything.

Its been two weeks since my bootcamp in New York City. The first weekend that I went out after I got back was a disappointment. Friday night in Atlantic City was dead. We went to The Quarter first and there was no one there. After that we headed on over to The Pier and hit up Game On. There were definately sets available. I chickened out on a few, and even had some serious approach invitations on the way out of the club but walked right by. Not a good way to start out after bootcamp. Saturday night was worse. We went to Cascamorta in Philly and it was dead. Not much I could do there.

This weekend I went to Finnigans Wake in Philly on Friday. I opened 6 sets. I was a bit nervous starting out but after a few got into a rythmn. I need to work on negging right away when I open. I definately didnt neg once. It hurt my sets ... I also need to work on male interupts. I had three of those on Friday and I lost all three sets. It seemed like I couldnt really get into Attraction. Im gonna have to work on opening again, which is definately a step back from my bootcamp. At least I know where I stand at the moment. Saturday we went to Harrahs for Eds Bachelor party. Yeah, interesting stuff there. I didnt really open anything, and I dont think details should be posted on the internet ... private or not. So as it stands I know I need to work on opening and attraction. Moving sets seemed to be a problem too ... along with mixed sets. I read on Sinns blog that I should do 50 sets per week, I have to figure a way to do that, because thats a lot of sets in not a lot of time. Maybe I will start hitting happy hours.

As far as weight loss is concerned Im down 22lbs since I started last week. Im currently 186lbs down from 208 lbs. Thats not bad. I want to get down to 170 lbs. So 16 lbs to go. Im thinking Im going to have a cheat day tomorrow however. Im due. Ive definately earned it. Once I do that I can switch back over to the normal plan also. Man will that be nice. I miss real food. But so far the results are worth it. I also need to sign up for the gym, but thats not going to happen until I get some spare cash.

Okay thats it for this post. I'll update after I head out again, which should be Wednesday.

Peace!