HBAUSTRIA

So for tonight I thought I’d post a story from the weekend. What? You didn’t think this blog was gonna be all self improvement articles, did ya? Here is my field report from last weekend over at Wrigleyville.

A field report is a report of a pua’s experience in the field, a recounting of the details from a night (or day) of sarging, or a specific pickup experience.

(PUA LINGO)

****DISCLAIMER****

As you all know, I am very fond of giving nicknames. When it comes to these field reports, I can really care less about my privacy. I do however respect other people’s privacy. You will never see anyone’s real name here unless I have their permission. You know who you are anyway.

So it was me, Lake Effect, HBK, HammerM3 and KnownSubset. We get into the WrigleyVille BarleyCorn around 10:30, the place was packed with IOWA fans.

Now the most important thing early on in the night is just warmed up. Meaning that I’ll give the people around me some high fives or strike up a conversation so my verbal skills get loosened up. This one guy next to us offered us some “party treats.” No joke I thought he meant  noisemakers, whistles and hats ! Nope…. haha so I start talking to a two set a few feet away. Pretty good conversation. After about 5 minutes, KnownSubset joins us and go on for a few minutes. We eject go upstairs.

Stay upstairs for a bit. None of the sets was really hooking so we decide to bounce to Red Ivy.

Red Ivy IS ALWAYS SUPER PACKED! Geesh…. if you’ve been in there, you know what I mean.

Get to the back of the bar and chill for a bit while we wait up for Bayer.  A few minutes later we see him with two friends. KnownSubset and I go check out the back bar, which I’ve never seen before at Red Ivy. Not too much action there so we decide to hear back to our group.

I spot a friendly looking three set by a table. Do my standard opening routine. Ive been working really hard on remembering names so I was able to recite their names back to them pretty easily. Girls really like that. Bounce em back to our group.

Funny thing is, when I started introduce them, I kept messing up on the names! I must have done that a million times. Thank God the girls were really friendly and thought it was funny! Talked to them for a few minutes, and I decide to go look for HBK and Lake Effect. Go outside and get a text they’re at BarleyCorn.

I go back to Barleycorn and go upstairs. I also have what I like “Being Alone Anxiety” which is whenever I find myself alone at a club, I get really anxious. I definitely gotta do something about this at a later point in time and maybe just go out a few times by myself during the week (i can actually feel my stomach hurting a bit thinking about that).

I see Lake Effect and we talk a bit. Im walking by this two set and this one girl smiles at me.

Of course, I am gonna go in!

I say “hey whats up!”

I notice she’s there hanging on to a guy and her other friend. I acknowledge the guy and go “hey whats up man!” I look at her friend, who is not looking very happy. I start talking to her friend and go “hey you having fun?”

Her friend just gave me that “WTF” look and I just smile. I start teasing her a bit and finally she cracks and smiles too. I notice she has really a thick accent and communication was a bit tough. So my standard set of conversation was not really gonna work here. Dance with her a bit and decide to go outside for some fresh air.

A few minutes later, who do I see a few feet away from us. HBAUSTRIA with her friend and her boyfriend. Walk up to them, “hey your stalking me!”

“I like your accent, where are you from?”

“Austria!”

“Oh ok, lets put another shrimp on the bobbie!!!!”

I don’t think they really got the joke….

It’s ok HBAustria is still really grabby. The three of them go back upstairs and I am talking a bit with Lake Effect and HBK.

I see KnownSubset and we go back upstairs. I see Austria with her two friends and say “hey!” to her again. We start dancing for a bit and I see my chance to isolate.

Now I’ve been working at isolating at clubs cause I still feel very anxious when it comes to this point. I hesitate for a bit (meaning like 3 minutes worth) and finally go to her two friends “Hey I am gonna go borrow your friend for a second!”

“Ok!”  I grab her hand and we go.

Now in my head, Im thinking “FUCK! YEA! but where are we gonna go….shiiieeet” When your gaming, you gotta think fast so I just thought “there’s gonna be an empty booth somewhere up here.” We walk from one side of BarleyCorn, close to the DJ Booth and head to the other side.

We get there, I see no empty booths. Finally I see one to the back left and we head over there. One of the bouncer then goes “This is for bottle reserved.”

NOT GOOD!

haha, shiiieeet. “Now what?”

“Hey you wanna go downstairs?”

“Oh haha, nah I gotta stay up here with my friends….”

“Oh ok.” And we go back to her friends.

Now here is where I really kind of fumble. I asked them what they are doing later, and she said nothing. “Let’s go get something to eat!”

And she said “Oh ok yea!”

But I am still reeling from the adrenaline from the attempted isolation that when I was talking to Lake Effect, I completely lost track of HBAustria. I go to the bathroom, and walk to the bar and do not see HBAustria for the rest of the night.

Lessons Learned

(1) If the interaction doesn’t get off on the right foot, keep walking anyway.

(2) Keep pushing the interaction as far as it can go.

(3) Be consistent in talking to obstacles first before the target. I’ve been focusing on this lately and it’s made such a big difference

(4) ALWAYS GO FOR THE ISOLATION. no matter what.

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