“The Game”

Alright, as the title states, I’m finally through the book. Maybe the word “finally” is quite inappropriate, seeing as I liked the book. I really liked the ending! I guess I’m just a sucker for when things go wrong, to other people. A little sadistic. I googled around for a picture on Neil Strauss himself, so that I could put a real face on the character in the book. And I must say, he’s looks ain’t what I had in mind at all.. In fact, I’ll dig up the picture right now.

THAT is an attractive man. I sort of hoped for a real wreckage, but now that I see how he looks well.. No wonder he can pick up chicks easily! Hah, hell, he could’ve done it without all the openers and “negs”. Of course, this is not how he looked before he got into the pickup scene, but if you just spend a little time on your looks, like he did, and end up aswell as he did well.. Yeah. It’s a no brainer.

So now I’m caught with the thought “What the hell can I do to my appearance to make it better?”, cause I could really use a complete make-over. And I have no where to turn to. Sucks.

Ah well, back to the book.. In the end the book didn’t get that much material on how to pick up women, so to those who thinks that this is THE handbook, well, your wrong. I’d say that this book is more of a look into the whole pickup scene. And of course, it’s intended as such aswell. I have no idea how some reviewers think that this is some sort of handbook, cause it’s all very basic. Ah well..

As a side note: I’ve begun watching the serie “The Pickup Artist” that was broadcasted on VH1. Never heard of it before, but apparently it’s a show where Mystery (character in the book) tries to help a few lonely guys and eventually turning them into real pickup artists (like a workshop). I found the show to be extremly entertaining, especially when you see them in the field! So if you liked this book, I suggest you take a look at it.

Till next time, ta ta.

Well yes, as the title reads, I’ve blown through 226 pages in a matter of two days. Now I know that’s not an impressive feat to most but.. To me it is. With this rate I’ll finnish it tomorrow or such.. What should I do then? Read it again? Go through the material referenced in the book? Naah, we’ll see.

And while I did value this book highly in the beginning, I must say that those values has changed slightly now.. I guess my main concern is the main chapter “Demonstrate Value”, in which Style actively seeks out new forms seduction methods. While I understand the reason for this, aswell as how important it might be for a pickup artist, I just can’t be botherd to care seperating different “methods”.  Though  I guess it’s necessary since  the book is based on what he did, and he did seek out different methods, urrh.. so.. Anyhow, in the end I guess I just want a list that says “Do this” and “Don’t do this”, but then again, how much can a list fortell? If it was a simple as making a list and following it, then why would people have problems with seduction? Uhr.. Moving on.

Another thing that I noticed is that Style apparently have no failures in his “sargeing” (hunting, seducing women, etc)! Only success. Where I am in the book, he should’ve been with over a 100 girls by now, all named and all, but in between them, there’s not a single mention of failure. Then again, I guess that depends on where you draw the line between failure and success.. Going home with a woman every night might be a success, even though you’ve failed with several during that same night. I guess I’d just like to atleast see a mention of these failures for the whole story to become much more … believable.

Even though I’ve had these minor complaints about it, I still find it to be a good book. It’s entertaining. And definatly not a how-to-guide.

So I’ve managed to get through the first chapters of the book, and the first thing that striked me was my resemblance with the main character. The way he describes himself and his situation fits in so well with my current view of myself and the situation that I find myself in. While the main characted in the book is skinny and has thin hair, I on the other hand is a little (just a little I swear!) on the bigger side, and my hair is very thick. But we both seem to share the idea that our mind is where it’s at. Where we have something to offer.

Though I must admit, I’m probably not the only one with that thought, infact, I belive that almost everyone likes to glorify their “mind” and personality a bit. But anyhow, there were a few other resemblances that I found. For example, I spend way too much time thinking about women lately. Which is quite possibly the reason I have this book for starters! And I also have one major regret, just like Style (yeah I’m tired of calling him main character)… That have nothing to do with me being nice to my mother, or studying hard enough. I didn’t really fool around with enough women. I think the words in the book describes it quite well, I’m socially retarded.

Style doesn’t really have a bad self confidence or anything though, it’s just that he hasn’t put himself into situations where he has to confront his lack of social experience. And I’d say the same goes for me aswell. Infact I have a quite well developed self confidence, which makes this whole ordeal a lot worse then it should be, seeing as I find it unfair that I can’t get along with women. I like to think that I deserve better, and people constantly remind me of that aswell.

So uh.. yeah.. Back to the book. I really love this book so far! While I did have high expectations for it already, it seems to have gone above my expectations.. well.. atleast so far that is. Maybe it is the striking resemblance (I constantly find myself saying to myself “Oh I know how that feels..”) or maybe it’s the writing itself.. or perhaps even the pictures infront of every new main chapter (I love them!). Either way, so far, this book is golden. Infact, I’ll probably return to it now

Oh and as a sidenote, something that I noticed the very same day I started reading. In the newspaper there was this zodiac reading (atleast I think that’s what it’s called) saying the following: “You make progress in a matter which feels important to you. You work hard, and others notice it”. Well hell yeah, they should notice it. I’m busting my ass off here! Perhaps not physically but.. yeah..

Here it is! The book. Finally got it through the mail, and I can’t wait to read through it! Heck, by the time I’ve got to the last chapter, I bet I will be completely surrounded by women 24/7. I can’t wait!

If we skip the sarcasm for a while and turn to a little more serious note.. I really do hope that this book can pose a positive change in my life, not necessairly being “surrounded by women 24/7″ but, still. Something that can get me out of my regular monotonic life (is monotonic even a word? Reminds me of tonic though so, all good). I’ll come back with a few more words of wisdom later on, as I’m still just trying this blog out.

Wikipedia says the following about this book:

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists is a book of non-fiction written by investigative reporter Neil Strauss as a chronicle of his journey from “average frustrated chump” to “master pickup artist” using techniques devised by a network of men frustrated by their incompetence in sexual seduction.

In the book, he adopts the pseudonym Style and details encounters with women as he studies with experts at seducing women. The book’s publication began an explosion of pick-up artist jargon and reveals inside events in the rapidly-growing Mystery Method company of 2004.

The book was featured on the New York Times Bestseller List for two months after its release in September 2005, reaching prominence again in 2007 during the broadcast of the hit series, VH1’s The Pick-Up Artist. In its original published hardcover format, the book was covered in black leather and bookmarked with red satin, similar to some printings of the Christian Bible. Following its release, The Game was portrayed as a how-to book, although it is intended to be more autobiographical.

So for the upcoming weeks, this will be my Bible. Not that I am a perticular faithfull person but, I do believe that there are a couple words of wisdom in this book. And hopefully I won’t be dissapointed by the results.

First off, this site is about ME, aswell as FOR me. While it may seem odd to have a site completely dedicated for one self, allow me to explain..

There has been quite a lot of fuss about a certain book lately, “The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists” by Neil Strauss. The book has been out for a while now, though it is untill recently that I heard about it. If you google for it, you’ll soon find out that it has gotten quite good reviews.

After reading a bit about it, I decided to order the book myself. I have to admit, I’ve never really been a good pickup artist.. Actually, I’ve never really been a pickup artist at all. The whole thing didn’t really appeal to me. It is only untill recently that I’ve grown tired of the “hollywood love affair” thing and that it doesn’t work like that AT ALL in real life.

For one thing, I’ve noticed that showing emotions is quite possibly the first step to ruining a future relationship. This is especially frustrating for me as I’ve always felt a need to show off my feelings to those whom I care for. I’m not saying that I see myself as weak cause of it. Quite the contrary actually. I belive that a real man has to be true to his feelings. The only real problem I had was that I showed it a bit too much.

So yeah, I’m tired of living my single life as I used to do. I want something new. And even if it doesn’t really suit me, well.. I could always try, no? I don’t expect anything revolutionary. To me, it’s more a “fun-thing-to-try-out” sort of thing. That COULD work out well in the future. I usually say that variation is the key to everything, well then why should my single life be any different?

So I ordered this book.. And even though it is NOT a guidebook or anything, I’ll read it in the hopes that I’ll learn more about realitys way of love rather then the one that hollywood has been feeding us with.

Heck, I’m not even sure that I’ll even finnish the book! But I see it as a fun project for now.

So, this is the first post. I’ve spent the last few hours trying to pick a suitable theme for my blogg and now I’m simply testing out how it works!

Had a few problems with the theme at first, but I seem to have sorted them out.. Please do report any errors that you may encounter on this site! Just write a comment or something..

I’ll soon update this site with reasons as to why I’ve created this blog, as soon as I know everythings up and running correctly.