No DJ Night! Bah.

I tested my new earplugs tonight. They worked great, though they were uncomfortable at first. I had to insert them, take them out, clean them, and repeat several times before they were comfortable enough for me to forget about them. At first my projection was absolute shit, but I got used to them and learned to project despite hearing very little. It actually became more comfortable to project than normal, because there was no punishment to my ears for being in a loud environment.

It’s interesting that I first got the idea to protect my ears from studybass.com, and I’m applying what I learned to picking up girls. Once again my identity enhances pickup.

I went to a hotel bar, thinking I would see a promoter and her gang for their weekly DJ night. Unfortunately they weren’t there. I texted her and she replies with, “Who’s this?” Fucker.

When I first arrived , it was completely closed. I later went back and it was open but it was so lame. I talked to two tourists from Miami, but they were rather old and they excused themselves because they had just arrived and were tired.

I went to another bar. It had a performance by some rappers who I didn’t recognize. I didn’t approach anyone and approach anxiety was building up. I left because I didn’t feel I could approach anyone in a concert-like venue due to the noise.

I went to another bar. I was still completely sober and despite trying to have fun, I had AA. I realized that I was becoming dependent on alcohol to relax and be social. Or maybe I was just in a bad state due to all the walking. I rationalized that it’s better to drink a little to raise my state, then cut it off and ride the alcohol-induced state wave as usual. I had two rum & cokes.

I approached a bunch of sets. Nothing went anywhere, but I started getting into state and having more fun. I didn’t feel like approaching any of the girls, though, so instead I went to another bar.

I opened two girls with horse girl. They wanted to hear my story but were distracted by some guy giving them shots. As soon as I was done with horse girl they lost interest.

I actually wanted to open two other girls, but I used the first two as a warm up set. In fact, of the two I wanted to open, one looked like a stripper, but she was on the phone. I opened her friend with Psychologist. She responded with, “You don’t seem shy, you came to talk to us.” I told her it was because I had to to get over my shyness. She tries to get me to buy a drink but I say that that would only get rid of my money, not my shyness. They lost interest after that so I back-turned them. In retrospect I should have called her out for trying to squeeze money out of me the moment we met. But I guess that’s what strippers are trained to do.

Overall a good night. I have to work on overcoming AA without alcohol, or maybe warming up earlier would have worked as well. I think I’ve gotten used to the earplugs by now so they shouldn’t be affect my state anymore. And now I can go to clubs and not worry about hearing impairment!