I made it out for the second Saturday in a row. I was really excited to be heading out, I made plans with my boys to paint the town red and we were getting ready to "FUNCtion". However, I immediately started running into logistical problems.

I waited almost two hours for a friend to show up at my house before I called him and told him I was heading downtown and I would just meet him there. He told me to call up a mutual friend as he was already downtown. By the time I got down to the club to start running sets with the mutual friend, it was 11:00pm, much later than my original desired 8:30pm start time. I was so frustrated with the situation that I couldn't get in state to open sets. After a 10 minute wait for a drink, I hung around with some friends and just eyeballed women for some time, kicking myself inside for not approaching anyone. The clubs around here seem to have a problem where women don't often wander off by themselves, so that typically is a big hurdle to overcome.

Then an HB8.5 walked in with her friend, friend went to the bar and I said fuck it, I'm not gonna just sit here with my dick in my hand. I left my friends, walked up to her and lightly squeezed her arm to get her attention and smiled.

Hi, I just wanted to say you look gorgeous tonight. You like incredibly put together and it just pops.

"Thanks! I try."

I'm strongerfaster1.

"I'm HB8.5"

HB8.5? That's a really pretty name. Where is it from?

"It's actually Romanian, it's short for HB8.5-Long-Name. My parents were originally from there before they moved to California."

Oh you're from California?

"Ya, I'm just here for the weekend actually. My friend just moved here not to long ago and I'm out here visiting her."

Oh nice! How do you like it?

"It's great! It really seems like everyone is coming to (Anytown, USA) and it's really the place to be."

Ya I always tell everyone that we have pretty much everything here in (Anystate, USA) except for a beach. I guess you have that in California though, don't you?

"We do, but we kind of take it for granted."

I understand, that's how it is here with the (defining geographic charaterstic). We sometimes just figure that it's there and we can go anytime we want, but we never do.

(At this point her girlfriend is making it back to her from the bar with drinks)

"Well it was nice to meet you! Have a great night."

You too.

For some reason I have the rotten luck of running into Californians passing through for the weekend. I think it throws me off, thinking I probably shouldn't even ask for a number, let alone anything else. I would have like to continue talking to her, but she kind of cut me short. I kept eye contact and tried to be mindful of my body language, but I'm not so sure of "You're gorgeous" as an opener, though it seems to be quickly becoming my go-to opener. I need a way to keep the conversation going despite distractions and friends.

Most of the rest of the night was a bust. My first buddy finally showed up with a friend but didn't want to pay a cover (if he had gotten there earlier, it was free to get in), so we proceeded to wander aimlessly downtown looking for a club with no cover (there wasn't one). We ended up at some dive when finally I decided that me and the mutual friend would go back to his area of town to finish the night.

We got over to a bar in his neighborhood (at 1:15 am), just in time for last call. Slim pickings but I was able to have a pretty long conversation with an HB6 about her arm tattoos (she let me hold her arm for about 3-4 minutes after I grabbed it and asked her what they were). An HB7 outside the bar talked to my buddy and I for quite a while until her friend came and told her that she needed to go.

I talked to the mutual friend and we both voiced frustration over the first friend's inconsistency. We both wanted to go out and get better with women and had really fallen on our faces. We discussed how we could probably go out together because we had similar goals and help to challenge each other, rather than wait on others who were holding us back.

Ultimately, I think the biggest things I can do to help myself is not be tied to unreliable and cheap friends, set goals for myself to reach on a given night, and learn how to keep conversation captivating and flowing. I haven't tried dance game on a girl quite yet, I'd imagine I'm a little better at that than trying to stumble over my words, but that is my next step as well. Any suggestions welcome.