Last night my attempts to get my friends to come out with me all fell through. I was in a pretty good mood and really felt I needed to be out and about so I just pulled the fuck it cord and went by myself.

I got to the area where all the bars are and just picked the most crowded looking one. Maybe it was the two beers I had before I went out, but I wasn't nervous at all.

I made sure to chat up the people in line, just light fluff, then I made my way to the bar, opened a 3 set where one girl was on crutches. Crutches was giving me serious go away signals, but her friend jumped in and started talking to me. I made some funny comments and crutches re-engaged. I got my drink and told them I had to go talk to my friends. I always like to eject on a high note if I can.

Went outside and opened a mixed set by bumming a smoke off of one of the guys. Introductions were made and I misheard one of the names. The guy got a little upset because he was so drunk, I kept saying I didn't want to fight and still kept calling him the wrong name. I basically just tooled him a bit and his friends were eating it up. I've found out before in bars and clubs that you can say really aggressive shit to drunks as long as your posture is non-threatening. Must be something about the brain processing body language first rather than words. I'll have to remember this and apply it to girls. Someone eventually dragged him off and the girl in the group opened me. I chatted with her a bit, but wasn't really interested as she was a 5 so I ejected and went back inside.

3 cute girls were standing just inside and one was a birthday girl wearing a tiara and a big cardboard placard around her neck so I opened her set as soon as I laid eyes on them. She seemed too drunk to respond so her friend started explaining all the birthday rules written on the card. About 2 minutes into this, two guys roll up to the set and are clearly part of the party. I started talking to them about the crazy birthday girl and they seemed to relax a little. It's funny, but I can now see when guys get protective of "their" girls. It's not always obvious shit either, just minor body positioning, or a hand on the arm. I'm becoming more calibrated.

I did run into a friend's girlfriend in there and she was all over me from the get go. Crazy kino, body rubbing, etc. She's hot, easily an 8 and her BF is a chump, but I knew he was coming to pick her up. She was with another cute girl that some random guy was working on, so I just impromptu winged for him by keeping HB8 occupied. BF shows up outside and they leave.

I had more opens than I described, but it was all pretty much the same. Open, talk for a minute or two, then eject. I need to work on staying in set longer. It was a great night for me though because I rarely go out alone. In a way it was liberating to not have a safety net of friends in the club. They just get in the way and I end up stuck with them.

I consider this a victory and I will be repeating it.