Life Update

So it has been a while since my last post. Rather than trying to catch up, I think that I will just post a brief update, and resume the regularly scheduled programming tomorrow night.

So I have had two full closes in the last week and a half. This is a big development for me. Since getting into this, I hadn't closed a girl (come to think of it, I may not have even kissed a girl, with the exception of some online dates that came to nothing). One of them was from a number close that I reported about before. Another one was from social circle game. I was heavily socially proofed, but I did manage to get a SNL, which was huge for me. I think that this is testament to my rapidly improving inner game.

I think that I got one new number last week (I was out of town last weekend visiting family), which turned into a reasonably successful D2. I got a k-close, and should hopefully be following up with a D3 in the next few days. I have noticed that I spend the whole D2 kino escalating in preparation for the k-close. This frames for a full close on D3. You definitely have plenty of comfort built up with a 3-hour D2 and a 3-hour D3, which makes the close fairly easy (not much LMR).

I sort of wonder whether I could compress the time window by escalating more aggressively during D2, going for the k-close within the first hour, and then taking the next two hours to build to the close. I'm sure that some of the more experienced guys could give me some pointers here.

I'm still running good sets that aren't number closing (there were at least two last week). I need to ask for the number whenever I run a good set. It should be like a reflex. Getting there, but not quite there yet.

I've also noticed that I'm closing 6s, where I want to be closing 8s and 9s. I think that getting to the point where I can regularly close 6s is important if I want to be able to move up. Baby steps.

Last night, I went out with one of the best guys in Boston. I was truly humbled. The venue was ridiculously difficult - lots of attractive women and ridiculously loud music. I kept trying to open, but had very little success. He told me that you open, kino, number close, and that's about it. I think that I could eventually get the hang, but I'm not there yet. I need to work on my game to the point where I project alpha to even the most attractive women. That's going to come from opening until I am completely non-reactive. I definitely took some time to bask in chodiness.