Fourth of July in Vegas with Ken and Barbie

word. So i took the las vegas bootcamp on the fourth of july and at first, i thought I was losing out and perhaps the bootcamp was not going to be worth it. Things change as the weekend passes. I'm sitting at the airport right now as I wave goodbye to a girl who just loved me. She was reinitiating conversations, asking me questions like "What is the most fun place you've been to?" I chuckled and gamed on. Unfortunately, logistics got the best of me.

background:
I am a 5'6" vietnamese-american with very average looks. Johnny described me as "corky." I didn't understand what he meant by corky so I looked it up on urbandictionary.com and well, i guess i'm slightly retarded. LOL. Maybe i'll change my name to ShortBus. I have had girlfriends in the past, but I never took the initiative. Girls had to be very direct for me to get the message when I was younger. Later on, especially entering into college, I discovered that my lack of focus (due to ADHD), well i just sucked with women. When I do pick up on IOIs, i don't know how to proceed. Not having so many women in my life never really bothered me so much for awhile, I'm an avid motorcycle rider, cook, and guitarist. I enjoy and love my life, but i do feel empty every now and then.

instructors
It was inspiring meeting Johnny Wolf for the first time because he is very much like a celebrity in the pick up community. I found him to be a cool down-to-earth guy that I can seriously relate to. There were no arrogant, demeaning overtones or anything. Very inspiring, It was very much like finding out Jon Stewart was actually only 5'6" (i used to have a limiting belief around height.) Sonic was also there, who was Johnny's intern. Great guy. Very understanding.

ToyMachine was there on the last night when we were out in tryst in wynn. His bootcamp testimonial was the very first one that I read when I stumbled onto APB's website. For the longest time, I was quite insecure about my height, and when I read his bootcamp testimony, I was awestruck and completely inspired after a little bit of skepticism and doubt. Meeting him and learning from him was like a 12-year-old girl's dream to meet her favorite pop idol (without the squealy screaming, although if he paid me $50, i'd consider it). And luckily, Toymachine was there to knock some sense into my head.

the lectures
I liked the lectures a lot. It was very informative and I especially loved the exercises. You might think that you can do it in your head but when you actually do it, it's a lot harder. I remember Johnny talking about opening with kino. I thought in my head... can't be that hard, but in reality it isn't easy, it requires lots of practice to get it right and not stumble (which I did a lot of.)

in the field
Johnny had it tough this weekend. It was myself and 3 other students. I can understand how difficult it is to keep track of all of them and give them good feedback. I hooked many sets and didn't hook a lot more. Johnny gave me feedback which enabled me to most importantly identify my sticking points. I can then relate it to the ABC model and tweak my game accordingly.

concluding thoughts
If you're a lurker, sign up for a bootcamp now. Don't expect a magic pill, but expect to find a model that works very well. I came in knowing that it won't be a magic pill, but in the back of my head and in my heart, I had honestly hope that it was. And in return, I was frustrated endlessly. And by frustration, I mean not approaching sets because I know they will blow or meaningless. UNDERSTAND THIS, it's very important, so that hopefully you'll get a lot more out of the bootcamp than I did. Oh and put your ego aside.

Thank you Johnny. Sonic. Toymachine. With the knowledge i've attained over the weekend, I feel like I can seriously get better. I can pinpoint my sticking points based on what stage of the ABCs i'm in. I can tweak my game easily based on this model. I won't be aimlessly rambling with women from now on. I will have a purpose and goal whenever I go out and socialize.

Sarging to me will be like riding my bike. I get out there and i'm smilin' ear to ear with no inhibitions. It will be hard, it's not easy to pull a bill 30 when you're getting on for the first time, there will be hard times and good times. I will be back for the alumni meetings, better than ever. Count on it.

Peace out.

P.S. Hit me up if you're in Kentucky. hollaa!

P.P.S. Johnny, Jet, Justin, and Wayor, if you could send me those pictures, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

P.P.P.S Where can I buy some kickass ties and fedora hats?

hey bro thanks for the shout out! Hope you had fun in vegas!

yeah, Toymachine is Great! He was a drill sargeant on my first night. He told me to approach everybody! I felt like "richard Greer" in officer and a gentleman and he was Lou Gossip Junior..telling me to approach...He made cry like a little girl..ha ha just joking. I told him I had "no where else to go" so I stuck in there...ha ha

Hey, welcome to the boards, gsrx. PM Showtime on where to get fedora hats and ties. That dude has like 50 of those hats with different styles.