I'm home for the holidays and I'm going out of my mind with anciness (I'm sure that's not a word). I've tried to get together with El Topo every time the last few times I've been home, but to no avail. I call him up and he says come on up to Dallas and we'll have some food and catch up. I'm about 2 hours sout of Dallas, so I get in the car and head north. About an hour into the drive I get a text from ET saying that he's going to be runnig about 1 1/2 hours late, but assures me he'll make it.
I continue... a bit worried that I'm making the trip for nothing, but I stay the course. Luckily, I have a lot of friends from college and otherwise that have settled in Dallas, so I send out a mass text and I get ahold of one of my great friends from LA who has recently relocated to Dallas. He's actually going out with his family, but I head to his place and hang out for a little bit... It was great to see him.
El Topo texts again and says he'll be even later, so I'm left wandering around Dallas on my own. I visit my favorite restaurant and get some kick ass Tex-Mex. I so miss Tex-Mex. I hit a Barnes & Noble and look at some nudey Photography books. It closes early, so I hit a Borders to waste the rest of my time. About the time I think "Fuck you guys I'm going home!," Ole' El Topo calls up and says he's on his way and we meet up a few minutes later at some little Dive Bar in east Dallas. We're hanging out outside waiting on ET's friend's band to hit the stage when the phone ET's phone rings... he answers with "we'll be right there." Captain Jack was in Arlington (an hour east) at one of the duo's favorite bars. I had never met Captain Jack, so I was excited and when El Topo extended the invitation, I jumped at it, but held my cool.
We get to a big Texas bar where there's a terrible rockabilly type hodge-podge cover band and ample parking (something that I've come to long for in LA). El Topo leads the way... I had forgotten what a little ball of energy the guy is. He finds CJ and they catch up. I could tell they hadn't seen each other for a while. I hung back and let them re-aquaint. Soon ET opened a couple of girls by the bar. CJ and I went and got a drink and ET came up soon and started ragging on CJ for not joining him in set. It was actually great to hang out with the two because they seemed to be real friends. I've been around a few instructor-types here and there, and there always seems to be a competitive relationship between them. ET and CJ had nothing to prove to each other.
One thing I was surprised by was how low-key Captain Jack was. I had to really pay attention to him to hear him in the club. He didn't speak loudly. I couldn't always hear what he was saying, but I found myself making an effort listen more intently rather than asking to him to repeat himself. I also noticed El Topo leaning into him in order to hear him as well. I'm sure the reputation that preceded the man affected my willingness to lean in and listen more intently to the information pouring from him, but I remember several times asking El Topo to to repeat himself throughout the night, and I have tons of respect for him. Could it be that CJ just has something about him where he can break the rule of speaking loudly... I don't know. I really didn't see him in set that night, which was fine because I wanted to be clear that I wasn't there to game.
He did have a couple of targets picked out that he was gonna hit during the magic hour. He was waiting till after 12:45 before he started doing anything. I can see why people think he's so great at what he does... he doesn't seem to put forth as much effort to get the same results as many others claim to get. He doesn't open sets until it gets late enough to actually take advantage of situations that will lead to closing the girl. He doesn't seem to get caught up in working the club or yelling over others, or playing attraction game. He just waits around, and when he finds something he likes, he goes and gets it (apparently with efficiency).
El Topo had been trying to get us to leave all night so that he could show CJ some stripper game that he had been working on. Plus, he didn't want to stay around the bar for very long since he was trying to hook up with a waitress there. Finally its announced that we are leaving the bar and going to a strip club. So, we load into CJ's car about 12:30 and drive another 45 minutes to a strip club on the west side of Ft. Worth. It was my first time in a strip club, and I gotta say... the girls were way hotter than I thought they would be, there were tons of female patrons (girls' night out, girlfriends, wives, etc). El Topo talked about his methods and CJ asked questions and we all had a grand ole time. El Topo number closed the tallest stripper I've ever seen, and the place closed and we headed home.
On the ride home we listened to CJ shower wisdom upon us. Making statements such as: A girl doesn't have to like you as a person to have sex with you and that everyone in social situations, especially clubs/bars, are scared to death of looking foolish, so much that they are socially paralyzed when it comes to stepping outside of their comfort zone to reach out to others, and that if you present yourself as ultimately non-judgemental and accepting of others, you'll be met with visible relaxation and smiles, smiles, smiles. I asked questions and he preached it sister.
Meanwhile, ET was really trying to pull this waitress that he was hitting on at the previous bar, and he was asking for CJ's help on text game. ET and CJ have ultimately different ways of gaming especially via the phone. ET usually goes for the reaction... he feels that good or bad he can use it toward a successful end. CJ doesn't go for a reaction; he made the statement that any halfway decent looking girl has so many guys who are trying to fuck them that you shouldn't provide uneeded challenges. So CJ takes the reigns on ET's blackberry and starts the texting fun. It's well after 3am at that time, and even though I didn't want to, I had a 3 hour drive in front of me and a Xmas morning with the family the next, so I left.
I get home a couple of hours before I have to put on a smile for my 20 member extended family. Soon the pops up a text message from ET... He pulled the waitress back to CJ's house and closed her.
Take what you will from my Odyssey... I had a great time and I look forward to the next time.
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