Bootcamp Tokyo 06/17 - 06/19

[zorba]

If I tried to talk about all the sets opened over the 4 module course, this mail would take a day. I will start with my conclusion to save some of you from reading about my life-revealing weekend with those cruel, bossy, annoying bastards, (redpole and allusion). I conclude that it was the most demanding, mentally and physically and maybe even spiritually challenging weekends of my life, but for what I learned about women, creating atraction, socialising and myself is worth many times what I paid.

 

Friday night, I learned opening lines really do not matter, "it is not what is said but how you say it". For proof I was ordered to open once with "I like salad" (if you get a vegetarian, you should start booking the hotel room). As soon as I opened I would start hearing "KINO", being shouted in my ear, some times I would have orders shouted from both sides, "MORE KINO", "LOCK IN", "PHASE SHIFT", "PLOUGH". After any opening that I stayed a few mins and left I felt pretty good about myself, as I didn't approach random sets before. While patting myself on the back, Redpole attacks me "WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE SET?", I would give some excuse like she was starting to get bored, she can't speak English, she has a boyfriend, or whatever. I soon found out that there is no excuse and this really is a bootcamp. When redpole would start shouting at me "GO BACK IN THERE", I would make excuses and look at allusion for support, but he would be phase shifting the fuck out of me. While I often objected, I always ended up giving in to them. "MORE KINO", redpole shouts in my ear. I touch her arm but let my hand drop off after a few seconds.... redpole looks at me like I am his semi retarded son who can't catch the football, he takes her hand, spins her, while ordering me how to do it properly, kino's her in 1 min much more than I had after 15 mins, then walks away, leaving me to explain to target who he was, "some crazy gay guy", I said before I got her number. I got more numbers that night than a year and a half in Japan, (about 5 I'd say).

 

Saturday day: The idea of day game sort of scared me. Little did I know it is easier. I really had a fun time here opening sets all over Shibuya, but my Kino sucked. However there was always someone there to tell me how shitty it was. My highlight of this was our first set in starbucks. The guy on the course with me, silk (who is as smooth as his name), opened, I winged. The girl I was talking to had no english, I have very little Japanese, so it was not long before there was nothing left to say, but I tried. Redpole gave me that "UNACCEPTABLE. GO BACK IN THERE" look, that I saw far too often. Eventually there was absolutely not one word left for me to say, I had used my entire J vocabularly, and had kept her attention for 15 mins. I didn't give a fuck what redpole said I was not gonna go back this time. Allusion says "put your hand to your lips and tell her to shhh" then just stare at her, and so I did. I fell in love with her for a few second and I knew, she felt the same. I had never experienced anything like that with a stranger before, and would not have believed it if it did not happen to me. Allusion is really mysterious.

 

Saturday night started well in Alife but there was a club in the basement, rammed with loud music and dancing people. It was hell. There was no limit to the amount of rejections, my energy dropped, and I started mumbling to the back of girls heads, even my "I'm a jedi" opener did not work. I hated it down there, but redpole seemed to get some nazi-like enjoyment out of it. Eventually, after Hitler had enough fun at making me depressed we went upstairs again, but I was low and not in the mood for opening .... which made fuck all difference...because I ended up having to do it anyway "GO. GO.", "but I don't even like her." "I DON'T CARE. NOW GO!" "but I don't know what to say..." "TACOYAKI" She looked at me like I was shit on her shoe, and I felt like it. "I FUCKIN TOLD YOU I SHOULDN'T HAVE OPENED HER", I shouted in frustration. This agressive attitude did not phase repole or allusion at all. The second time I was bullied into opening this japanese only speaking girl, who I didn't like and who made me feel like shit, I politely asked her to get her breasts out of Allusion's head, as he was uncomfortable being so close to a woman. She didn't understand but at least Allusion smiled. Despite the fact that I made the heartless soul staring magician smile i was sent back in for round 3, but amazingly this time it hooked. I opened her hot friend, my main man, Silk, locked in, taking the other one's breasts out of Allusion's head, much to his relief.

 

Sunday afternoon: This time we were in Shinjuku Starbucks, there was a lot of opening done. Now I had both of them concentrating on me. I was screwed. There was one girl sitting on her own who had watched me through the glass open 2 diferent 2-sets, Allusion sent me in; "I can't possibly, she just saw me sleaze on at least 4 diferent girls". I ended up speaking for 20 mins, tried to bounce, failed, kino + plough, tried again, but failed (waiting for bf). "WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE SET?", "eh cos I could not bounce her." "DID YOU NUMBER CLOSE HER?", "no", "WHY", "because she would have gven it to me and I already have enough fuckin numbers."

 

And that was that.

 

Zorba