This one is brief.

I'm staying at a small university campus; generally see the same people over and over again. Anyways, I went for a run; was a short run of 3.1 miles. When I got back, I was really sweaty and kind of looked crappy as it's really cold out and was bundled up in cheap clothing and looked crappy lol.

As I'm walking back to my room to take a shower, a pretty cute girl that I've been talking with on and off was walking down the hall; although, she was talking with some other guy. I think she's cute, I don't know this guy, so did the natural thing of just walking up and talking with her.

The guy disappeared, but we kept talking. Was a funny bit of conversation: Her: you look like shit haha Me: Yeah, I train to look like this, get up everyday and think of how I can make myself look terrible. You know keep things fresh. Her: haha, what's up? You going to the gym? Me: Nah, just ran 3 miles. Her: ...Seriously? That's crazy! We kept talking back and forth; probably for around 5-10 minutes. Ended with her going to the gym and me getting her number. I know I should have had her number from before but the situations weren't appropriate to get them in those situations; just built up for today, was good.

Things I'm working on: Being more assertive with men. I don't need help with approach for women, I need help being dominant and having presence; kind of an aura that says to other guys "this is my area now, unless I say otherwise, you can leave". I mean, I still want to have fun and meet people but its to say that I'm the leader not them. How did I work on that in this situation? I just didn't care about the other guy; I walked up and chatted with my target as though he wasn't really there. I'm starting to feel that looks are important but overall are rather insignificant, it's how you hold yourself and take control of situations that is the most important.