Went amazingly. Honestly I think that it’s probably the best date I’ve ever had - not in terms of how much I loved/cared for the person, rather for how enjoyable the dynamic was. A lot of my dates have been failures because I didn't push sexual frame, wasn't flirtatious, failed at eye contact, remained in my comfort zone, or any combination thereof.

Anyway. This girl is short and spunky. She’s got a bit of an attitude, but it’s all in fun. Playful as fuck. Didn’t know if it’d be my type (can I handle all that pressure?) but it was awesome. How we met is honestly a really long story, but suffice it to say there was plenty of serendipidity involved... We started actually talking and text flirting about a week ago, and I straight up asked her for a date a few days after we started talking (didn't want to get friendzoned).

I’ll try and run through the date quickly. Started off by putting on one of my crazy hippie shirts, the tiniest dab of cologne, and pumped myself up with some dance music (pumping state at will).

Pick her up from her dorm, the ride there is chill with a lot of joking back and forth. What I like is that I get really jokingly confrontational, and give her all kinds of shit, and she dishes it right back.

We get to the restaurant and shit immediately picks up. Initially it’s kind of awkward because we have to stand around and wait about 15-20 mins for a table, but we get to teasing and have some fun. At some point, I make fun of her for being short and she says she’s gonna give me the silent treatment and stops talking to me. I pull in this random guy that works there and say “Hey man, what would you do if you were out on a date and the girl you’re with starts giving you the silent treatment FOR NO REASON?” and we all argue jokingly. The guy is cool as fuck and gets us a prime time high-rise table in the corner. The guy comes by our table a few times an we share a few laughs - he hooks us up with free dessert when we finish our pizza.

Dinner is really fun also. More teasing. The pizza is perfect. You know how some couples, when out on a date, will lean forward into each other and hold really intense eye contact for long periods of time? I’ve never been able to do that, but tonight it just felt so natural. The teasing definitely had a strong flirtatious/semisexual vibe, which is good. Definitely the vibe I’m going for. The conversation steered into the mundane (talking about school and business), but I spotted and pursued opportunities to take the conversation back into the flirt. Again, everything felt so natural.

At the end of the night she kinda bumped into me a bunch like she wanted to walk arm in arm but it would’ve been awkward to walk like that or hold hands when it’s so cold out. Didn’t end with a kiss (dunno if she would’ve even let me), but she just got over being sick so it’s all good.

A bit of awkward text conversation tonight (reasons I don’t want to get into, but it had to do with her thinking I wanted something serious when I really don’t… she’s not looking for anything serious either apparently), but things should go alright from here. I dunno where the next step is, but I’ll find it and I intend to go all the way with this one… I get a feeling that she’d like it just as much as I would.

BTW, that was copied directly (with minor editions) from a tumblr post I posted last night, so apologize for any weird cross-references or holes in the information. Hopefully you can piece it all out, and if not I'll clarify.

Big points: - Pumped state at will and maintained state throughout the night - Maintained dominance, blew through all types of shit tests - Established social proof thru the cool free dessert guy - Confidently held intense, sensual eye contact the entire dinner - Did all of the above while in flow... As Tyler Durden would say, I didn't "Make it happen," rather "it happened through me."