The Edison, this time with 20% more Asian!

Went to the Edison, met up with Ulysses, setarcos, 4fiVe6, JV and a bunch of Ulysses' friends. Fun, social night overall, but will post my musings on some of the interactions:

Got opened by a cute blonde chick in the smoking patio. She came up to me and asked if I was an actor (if you've seen me, I'm the FARTHEST THING from it). I said no, but thanked her for the compliment and got into a convo with her. This was basically the girl's way of picking up on me, which is cute; it's the equivalent of a girl complimenting your shoes or whatever, they want to get to know you but lack the PU skills to do it right. B-)

What's wrong with Asian girls? Seriously? EVERY SINGLE ONE I spoke with tonight had zero social acumen, even when I came in super-friendly. I'm getting more play from the white chicks and I don't even say much with them, I'm just being fun and flirty and things just fall into place. My buddy K. puts it succinctly, I think: "Asian girls act that way because they're not in touch with their pussies." Somehow that sentiment rings true to me. :-\

The Edison's got some cute hostesses. Rawr! It's always a good idea to get the names of the bouncers, doormen, hostesses and waitresses. People like it when you remember their names and address them by it with a warm handshake and solid EC. I actually keep a notepad with me and have the names of several key people that work at The Edison and every time I go there I make it a point to greet them and make some small talk. It goes a long way. :-)

Missed ONS(?) Numero Dos

Hindsight's a funny thing: the clarity it provides, the lessons learned, hopefully lessons that can be applied again in the near future. :-)

Was at The Edison this past Friday night with S. when I ran into my buddy Ulysses. Apparently he was there to hang out with two other guys I know (JV and E. who turned out to flake that evening), so we hung out together. The crowd was okay-- it was unofficial Asian Night again, which I both love and hate at the same time.

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What is it with groups of Asian girls? Honestly? It's like they've NEVER been social or flirted in public their ENTIRE LIVES, but most especially when they're cloistered together. Pretty much EVERY GROUP of Asian girls I've talked to since getting into the social scene has been shut-off to my approaches (which vary from blatantly social to blatantly sexual) and I can't get ANY of them to crack.

It's frustrating and I wonder why I even bother trying to talk to them when they're a group. I've had pretty good results when I can isolate one of them but that's rare; I've pretty much gotta catch them when they're either going to/from the bar or the bathroom, and I've gotta cut to the chase with a Direct opener and just move as quickly into Deep Rapport and a day2 set up as time and the environment permits.
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Fast-forward to the end of the evening. I had ended up opening this 2-set of cougars that were chilling out in the smoking lounge about some bullshit that I don't even remember (I think I commented on them singing), and I was telling the cute one that I was leaving. At this point it got kind of confusing: the dancers were on-stage below, and she was commenting about them and at the same time talking about closing out her bar tab, and when I went down to follow her she got lost in the crowd. At the same time S. had left early (for WHATEVER reason) and was texting me to hurry up and join him for some tacos, so I had to make an executive decision: bro vs. cougar?

Hindsight tells me that I should've rain-checked S. on the tacos and waited for the cougar to come back to see if I could get a different kind of taco that evening. As it turns out the confusion made me decide to say "F- it" and go for the carne asada-filled variety rather than the pink. *sigh*

Lesson learned.