FR: day-game #closes

I was out in Union Square, doing day-game. Two sets stands out in memory. These are very different sets: onne I felt really good about, the other I thought was really pathetic.

First, H&M. I went looking for dress socks, and at the men's section a hired-gun (HB7.5) was hanging stuff on the racks. I was in a very social mood, so I opened immediately.

Me: Ah, there they are. I've been looking for these socks, you guys used to have them at the front.
HB: Yeah, we're moving stuff around... blah blah blah
Me: You know, I was told recently that I should be wearing black socks. Apparently wearing white socks is a fashion faux pas.
HB: (giggles) I wear white socks sometimes...
Me: Well... I suppose you can get away with it. You're a cute blonde. People look at your eyes and your boobs, but not at your feet. (looking at her eyes, boobs, then feet, huge smile)
HB: (stares at me for 1/2 second, then breaks out laughing).

Then we banter a bit more, she mumbled some story about her wearing white socks... Then I did a disqualification.

Me: You know, I was attracted to you until you said that, but now... (huge smile)
HB: (laughs)

Then I stopped talking and just looked at her. She got a bit awkward and was like "umm...", I immediately asked her to coffee. She blurted out "yes" immediately... almost a bit too fast. Done and done. This is my first hired-gun close. I just got the vibe from the start that she's into me, I can't even explain it. I had no intention of closing her when I opened (I didn't even see her face at first). The set was run on pure attraction. There was no connection... I didn't have time to get to know her. I SOI'd and pushed sexually from the start (I need to remember this and keep consistent when I D2 her). The funny thing is that some of my best sets happen when I go in with no intention of gaming. I guess that's when I'm most relaxed.

Second, in Union Square. I was tired and told my instructors (Derek and Dan) that I was done for the day. As we were crossing the square, a girl (HBbrunette) caught my eye. Dan saw immediately, and told me to go after her. I jogged to catch up. I opened with the stock: I saw you and I thought you looked interesting, I just wanted to meet you and say hi. I saw that surprised look that I usually see, but there was something else I couldn't quite place. Memory is a bit hazy at this point, but I believe she asked me for my name first.

I asked her for her story, and was told "I'm still working on it". I told her a quick (not at all well polished) version of my story, of being an entrepreneur. At this point I was a bit nervous because I noticed that she is very pretty. All the while, we were walking toward Borders and I just stopped and sat down on a concrete block. She stopped too. At this point she was telling me she's going to study for a midterm for her photo journalism class, wanted to be a journalist and go to the Congo or something like that.

At this point I thought that the set was going horribly. She wasn't smiling, wasn't laughing, body language was all wrong and obviously in a hurry to get somewhere. I felt that I built very little connection. I SOI'd with "sexy" on not much of anything. If this was any other time, I would've looked for a quick way out. But I pushed, and asked her to coffee. To my surprise, she said she doesn't do coffee but she'll do tea. I mumbled something about I don't drink coffee either, and when I say coffee I really mean tea (uh... that was horrible). Then more talking and she starts to mumble something about the place that she usually drinks tea at. If this makes no sense, it's because it didn't... I had no idea what's going on. I #closed her... then reached out my hand. She took it to shake it, but then I held on to her fingertips a bit longer than usual as she backed away.

Derek and Dan saw all of it and I was shocked when Dan told me he thought that I ran a great set. He pointed out something that I didn't think of at the moment. She was in a very heavy mood when I opened her, and probably had a lot of dark stuff on her mind. Dan said I turned her around quite nicely. I was disappointed because I did a lot of things wrong, I mumbled at times, my connection really wasn't there. I was nervous. But looking back at it today, I think she was really nervous too. I couldn't read her very well because there was just too much going on with her at the time.

Anyways, I'm curious how these two very different sets will play out.