Discovered I've got a huge sticking point I need to address instantly as I work on my game.

Opened a HB9+ at a tourist attraction (in the middle of a neighborhood 3 blocks from my home). I was on my bike loitering for exactly this kind of reason when suddenly HB9 appears in front of me intently looking up the stairs. Wait wait wait for her to turn and glance at me so I can open...nope! Up the stairs she goes, drat! Then after only a minute or so and part way up (she fiddles with a very nice camera), she turns and comes back down. Super tight black yoga pants, a jaunty off-kilter wrap over her hips looking like some kind of mini-skirt, medium length hair but some pulled into a straight up bush thing on top of her head that looks like a Dr. Suess animal. And a bit of that is pink. Appears to be in her late 20's or so. She comes down, gets to the bottom...waiting, waiting...FINALLY a little glance up and to the side at me. "Hey, you are looking really nice today!". And I didn't wait more than a second as she starting to respond to stack. "With that hair you kind of remind me of a flamingo!". Yes, I said that. That got her, she responded with something like "oh wow, a flamingo". A comment back and forth about how cool the stairs are with the sunlight on them, but she's slowly retreating down the street, turned sideways to me. Keep talking! I throw out how awesome they look in the moonlight. BAM!! Full turn and she comes back to me to talk, yes!!!

Now here's where I hit my problem. We spend five minutes plus chatting. On a business trip for a few days, no she can't go clubbing tonight because she's got a training to deliver in the morning. Oh perfect, she's a single woman on business in SF and looking for things to do. But do I jump on it with an offer to take her right now to dinner, or meet her just a little later for an after dinner drink? NO!!! I DON'T!!! WTF?

I assess it later, and just simply conclude I was not mentally prepared for instant escalation. With proper escalation, not impossible to be fucking this HB9 later that night in her hotel, not impossible at all. But I have to CLOSE, with an instant date ideally (she appeared to be on foot), or a strong # close. Did I have my trusty viagra (hey I"m 60, to be a rock for an hour I need a tiny hit!) and condoms in my pocket? No. Was I prepared to advance and escalate a perfect open? No, apparently I was not.

The moral is...BE READY all the time. All the time. To advance, to escalate, to fuck "now".

Onward and upward in our gaming friends.