Any general will tell you that knowing the terrain and position of troops is paramount to success. It’s the same in Daygame and dating: the most technical section is the street set and it becomes less technical from there. I thought about what the next most complicated part of the process is and settled on … Continue reading The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part One (Disclaimers, Assumptions, Closing, Texting and Selecting Venues)
#59: The Patron Saint of Sacred Cafe (Analysis)
Techniques presented in the same order as the lay report ***** Girls Are Phototrophic: it behooves you to hit the streets when they’re warmer because there will be a noticeable, although perhaps small, uptick in sets. Your mind will probably go straight to the spring and summer, but don’t miss out on the unseasonably warm … Continue reading #59: The Patron Saint of Sacred Cafe (Analysis)
#59: The Patron Saint of Sacred Cafe
Remember any (T) marks where I’ve used a technique of some sort that I want to draw attention to. The analysis post will be released one week from today. ***** It was an oddly warm February day (T) when I met Lisa, just up from Trafalgar Square on that street which, upon turning right again, … Continue reading #59: The Patron Saint of Sacred Cafe
10/03/19
Spring has rolled into summer and my brain is awash with thoughts just as the streets are right now. London fluctuates between floods of rain - hailstones today actually - and clear piercing skies. Add to that the wind and you’ve got a perfect storm brewing. The weather seems to have brought out more of … Continue reading 10/03/19
Recommended Reading Updated
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while: update the recommended reading list which lives at the top of this page. For a long time it’s stood unedited and un-added to. It’s also been more of a list of books I’ve read since I started Daygame, rather than an actual list of recommendations. Now, … Continue reading Recommended Reading Updated
#58: Low Hanging Fruit
I was out with Victor and his Turkish girlfriend brought along a friend, Beatrice, also Turkish, who I ended up fucking. I could actually end the lay report there but I’ll give some more details for the sake of data entry. She was… fine. Middle of the road kind of medium-rare girl but without any … Continue reading #58: Low Hanging Fruit
What Motivates Us? (Part Two) – The Issue of the Return to Nomalcy
This topic circled my head again today and leads on from part one (found here). I asked myself what motivated me, and I think I went very close to the crux of the matter: the coping mechanisms we develop as children carry out into adult life for better or for worse. Sometimes these coping mechanisms … Continue reading What Motivates Us? (Part Two) – The Issue of the Return to Nomalcy
10/02/19
A cup of Costa’s finest is on its way. Scratch that, it’s here. “Small white Americano!” “Yep that’s me!” “For the ginger.” The thirty-something barista definitely fancies me but of course I don’t act on it. With my coffee in front of me now I can set about recalling a recent delayed i-date. Let me … Continue reading 10/02/19
#57: The Show Must Go On (Analysis)
This is the first of the Analysis posts which will be released a week after each lay report. I’ve described them in the order they appeared in the lay report so you may benefit from reading them side by side. I won’t be crediting as I go along so remember the Thomas Crown maxim: if … Continue reading #57: The Show Must Go On (Analysis)
#57: The Show Must Go On
This year the lay reports will be following a different format. Rather than posting memoir style lay reports and then collating them for a book, tarting them up a little before releasing them, I’ve decided to post executive summaries to this blog and then release the 12 best lay reports of the year as a … Continue reading #57: The Show Must Go On
