So a bunch of PUAs walk into the Roosevelt Hotel...

This weekend was interesting. A buddy of mine was kind enough to give me a ticket to this PUA Summit that was happening at the Roosevelt Hotel. I didn't have anything better to do this weekend so I decided to attend, if anything to catch up with some friends I hadn't seen in a while.

The Summit itself was kind of cool. To be honest it felt like a giant sales pitch of all these different workshops but since I'm an instructor with PU101 I don't have a strong need for extra coaching (I can look within PU101 for that, if need be). That's not to say I didn't learn a thing or two while there. I learned some tips from the speaker representing Vin DiCarlo about their ideas on kinoescalation which I'll be sure to be implementing in my own style.

Daniel flew down to represent PU101 (along with his lovely cohort, A.) so I got to catch up with him for a few minutes during some of the breaks, and Jeff was there to lend Daniel some support with the products on display. Dan's gotten really good with public speaking and I'm excited to see how he does with bigger crowds in the future.

While hanging around the Roosevelt during the breaks several opportunities to talk to cute girls arose but I didn't pursue. :-( I'm not sure if it was good 'ol fashioned AA or approaching in front of a bunch of PUAs or what but I'm still kicking myself right now for not taking action. They were actually "my type" as well, which makes me doubly critical of my inaction. Hopefully these serve as fuel to propel me towards the next cute girl I see that flips my switches.

There was one saving grace from the weekend, though, in terms of socializing. Sunday night, while taking a smoke break at Geisha House I randomly started chatting up this couple in Geisha House's smoking patio. We actually had a really cool conversation where I got to refine my Rapport skills on a mixed set as well as refine my knowledge of astrology. At first the girl was very cold but I cracked her when I pegged her star sign on the first shot (Sagittarius) and got the guy's sign as well (Aquarius). I'm not really compatible with either of those signs (I'm a Virgo, but definitely not a virgin) but that doesn't stop me from getting to know them as people and sharing stuff about myself as well. Anytime I can end an evening with an enlightening conversation with cool people that's a win in my book (every night doesn't have to end in the bedroom with some random chick ;-) ).

...oh, and if you were curious, here's some bullet points on those star signs which are dead giveaways:

Aquarius: loves to travel A LOT; very spiritual (but not necessarily religious); tends to be more social than most; may have artistic tendencies

Sagittarius: Blunt, logical speech patterns; many creative tendencies (art, music, writing); talkative; slightly domineering (like in convos and whatnot)

Virgo: well, that's for YOU to research. I'm not gonna tell you EVERYTHING! ;-)