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		<title>Day-2s and Setting the Frame</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prophet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.venusianarts.com/?p=5193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-date-rain.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet-date-rain" title="prophet-date-rain" /></p><p>I love doing stuff all over the city. Whether it’s looking at really tall ships, participating in a massive pillow fight, exploring a wine tasting festival, or smoking a J at a hippie drum circle, I’m pretty much excited to do anything that involves a new experience. So if it’s something I’ve never done or seen before, or if it’s just something I know very little about, I’ll grab some friends (mostly girls) and go check it out. This is a very powerful way to live your life as it always means that you have new stories to tell, new pictures to show off, and makes for an enticing lifestyle to a woman.</p>
<p>What blows me away is that so few PUAs take advantage of the unique and interesting events that are happening all over their city at any given time, but especially during the summer or tourist months! If you check out any local news website or newspaper in your city you will find stuff going on all around you throughout the year that will make for very interesting activities for you and the women you meet in the field do to check out together. I keep my calendar in my phone loaded with every event or activity that I think would be a blast to go and experience (thank you Stylelife). This way, when I meet a girl and start seeding a day-2, I can just remember what’s coming up on my calendar and very quickly decide which event she would be most likely to join me for. And by having a whole bunch of different things to choose from, I can tailor the details of the activity a little depending on her personality.</p>
<p>Is she the well-behaved, “good clean fun” type? Get ice cream and go walk around at that fair that’s coming up. Is she the trouble-making type? Tell her to bring some rum for your slushies from a 7-eleven and go drunkenly check out the new monkey exhibit at the zoo (personally though, I love the llamas, they’re adorable). She’s never had her palm read? Well take her to that psychic expo that’s happening at the convention centre. There are so many opportunities in your city for adventure, you just need to search for them! Even if the event doesn’t sound like a fun place for a date, all it takes is a little creativity and calibration and you can make it the most interesting date she’s ever had!</p>
<p>These kinds of events make for an awesome day-2 because they are fun and require very little investment (she doesn’t have to get dressed up, she can bring her friends if she wants, it’s in a safe public place, etc). They’re more fun than the typical coffee or movie date, and best of all? They’re usually cheap or even free!</p>
<p>And hell, even if you couldn’t bring anyone with you, go there and meet some new people. These kinds of events are AWESOME opportunities to practice your Day Game and are even better than malls since most people aren’t busily trying to get all their errands done.</p>
<p>The important thing about these kinds of light-hearted Day-2s is the the vibe you have while out adventuring. This is especially important if it just happens to be you and your target. I love the word adventure because I find it feels like that should be the way she describes it to her friends the next day. In fact, I’ll even say “Let’s go have an adventure” somewhere along the line while getting the day started. A lot of women, particularly younger women who are influenced by what their peers think, and especially women who are part of any type of social “scene” can sometimes reject an idea for an adventure because they are afraid of what their peer group will think of the fact that they participating in such an activity. But with the frame of “let’s just go experience something new and be adventurous” that whole problem pretty much just goes away. It’s not about the activity itself, it’s about the private little adventure that the two of you have together, even if that just means laughing at how silly or bizarre the event you’re at really is.</p>
<p>I really saw the importance of this first-hand the first time I brought a girl to the Much Music Video Awards (which is like a big concert thing they do right in the streets) here in Toronto. The lovely young lady friend of mine who also happened to love the goth scene and it was obvious right from the start that she wasn’t sure if this was a “cool” event to be at. The major performers were Mily Cyrus, Justin Beiber, and Katy Perry, so we were joking heavily about avoiding being trampled by rioting 14-year-olds trying to get to the stage. But it was something that happens every year in the city and neither of us had seen it so I had suggested we go check it out just to enjoy the sheer ridiculousness of it all.</p>
<p>What I found most interesting is that any time she became self-conscious at how silly the whole event really was she would immediately look to me to gauge my current emotional state. See, one of the reasons that women eye-code each other is to balance their emotional state. One will look to the other to see what she’s currently feeling, and then her emotional state will shift accordingly. So every now and then out of the corner of my eye, I’d notice this girl (no doubt unsure of whether or not she should be enjoying herself) turn to me with a straight face wondering whether I was having fun. Then when she saw that I was laughing and smiling she would light right up and suddenly be having just as much fun as I was. The difference was so obvious that I had a lot of difficulty pretending I didn’t notice it at first.</p>
<p>This was a kind of switch for me because the women I bring out on my adventures are usually more excited about what we’re getting up to than I am. And whenever something new happens, I have to explore it a little. So if she looked at me and I wasn’t smiling, she wouldn’t smile either. And then once I started smiling again, so would she. It was the <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/tag/the-flame/" target="_blank">Flame</a> (as described in Revelations) at work: she was feeling the positive emotions that were caused by radiating warmth and fun and excitement through my vibe.</p>
<p>The moral of the story here, I think, is that a) if you don’t have a calendar full of events and new experiences to have, you need to get one, and b) even if an event sounds silly, the right attitude and an imaginative reframe can make it into a fun adventure. Always remember that enthusiasm is contagious. Smile and laugh and enjoy everything you see and your girls should do the same.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,</p>
<p>Prophet</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-date-rain.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet-date-rain" title="prophet-date-rain" /></p><p>I love doing stuff all over the city. Whether it’s looking at really tall ships, participating in a massive pillow fight, exploring a wine tasting festival, or smoking a J at a hippie drum circle, I’m pretty much excited to do anything that involves a new experience. So if it’s something I’ve never done or seen before, or if it’s just something I know very little about, I’ll grab some friends (mostly girls) and go check it out. This is a very powerful way to live your life as it always means that you have new stories to tell, new pictures to show off, and makes for an enticing lifestyle to a woman.</p>
<p>What blows me away is that so few PUAs take advantage of the unique and interesting events that are happening all over their city at any given time, but especially during the summer or tourist months! If you check out any local news website or newspaper in your city you will find stuff going on all around you throughout the year that will make for very interesting activities for you and the women you meet in the field do to check out together. I keep my calendar in my phone loaded with every event or activity that I think would be a blast to go and experience (thank you Stylelife). This way, when I meet a girl and start seeding a day-2, I can just remember what’s coming up on my calendar and very quickly decide which event she would be most likely to join me for. And by having a whole bunch of different things to choose from, I can tailor the details of the activity a little depending on her personality.</p>
<p>Is she the well-behaved, “good clean fun” type? Get ice cream and go walk around at that fair that’s coming up. Is she the trouble-making type? Tell her to bring some rum for your slushies from a 7-eleven and go drunkenly check out the new monkey exhibit at the zoo (personally though, I love the llamas, they’re adorable). She’s never had her palm read? Well take her to that psychic expo that’s happening at the convention centre. There are so many opportunities in your city for adventure, you just need to search for them! Even if the event doesn’t sound like a fun place for a date, all it takes is a little creativity and calibration and you can make it the most interesting date she’s ever had!</p>
<p>These kinds of events make for an awesome day-2 because they are fun and require very little investment (she doesn’t have to get dressed up, she can bring her friends if she wants, it’s in a safe public place, etc). They’re more fun than the typical coffee or movie date, and best of all? They’re usually cheap or even free!</p>
<p>And hell, even if you couldn’t bring anyone with you, go there and meet some new people. These kinds of events are AWESOME opportunities to practice your Day Game and are even better than malls since most people aren’t busily trying to get all their errands done.</p>
<p>The important thing about these kinds of light-hearted Day-2s is the the vibe you have while out adventuring. This is especially important if it just happens to be you and your target. I love the word adventure because I find it feels like that should be the way she describes it to her friends the next day. In fact, I’ll even say “Let’s go have an adventure” somewhere along the line while getting the day started. A lot of women, particularly younger women who are influenced by what their peers think, and especially women who are part of any type of social “scene” can sometimes reject an idea for an adventure because they are afraid of what their peer group will think of the fact that they participating in such an activity. But with the frame of “let’s just go experience something new and be adventurous” that whole problem pretty much just goes away. It’s not about the activity itself, it’s about the private little adventure that the two of you have together, even if that just means laughing at how silly or bizarre the event you’re at really is.</p>
<p>I really saw the importance of this first-hand the first time I brought a girl to the Much Music Video Awards (which is like a big concert thing they do right in the streets) here in Toronto. The lovely young lady friend of mine who also happened to love the goth scene and it was obvious right from the start that she wasn’t sure if this was a “cool” event to be at. The major performers were Mily Cyrus, Justin Beiber, and Katy Perry, so we were joking heavily about avoiding being trampled by rioting 14-year-olds trying to get to the stage. But it was something that happens every year in the city and neither of us had seen it so I had suggested we go check it out just to enjoy the sheer ridiculousness of it all.</p>
<p>What I found most interesting is that any time she became self-conscious at how silly the whole event really was she would immediately look to me to gauge my current emotional state. See, one of the reasons that women eye-code each other is to balance their emotional state. One will look to the other to see what she’s currently feeling, and then her emotional state will shift accordingly. So every now and then out of the corner of my eye, I’d notice this girl (no doubt unsure of whether or not she should be enjoying herself) turn to me with a straight face wondering whether I was having fun. Then when she saw that I was laughing and smiling she would light right up and suddenly be having just as much fun as I was. The difference was so obvious that I had a lot of difficulty pretending I didn’t notice it at first.</p>
<p>This was a kind of switch for me because the women I bring out on my adventures are usually more excited about what we’re getting up to than I am. And whenever something new happens, I have to explore it a little. So if she looked at me and I wasn’t smiling, she wouldn’t smile either. And then once I started smiling again, so would she. It was the <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/tag/the-flame/" target="_blank">Flame</a> (as described in Revelations) at work: she was feeling the positive emotions that were caused by radiating warmth and fun and excitement through my vibe.</p>
<p>The moral of the story here, I think, is that a) if you don’t have a calendar full of events and new experiences to have, you need to get one, and b) even if an event sounds silly, the right attitude and an imaginative reframe can make it into a fun adventure. Always remember that enthusiasm is contagious. Smile and laugh and enjoy everything you see and your girls should do the same.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,</p>
<p>Prophet</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Merry Christmas &#8211; 9 Senses Kiss Close Gambit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prophet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-christmas-9-senses-kiss.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="kiss close" title="kiss close" /></p><p>Happy Holidays everyone!  
</p><p>
In the spirit of giving I thought I'd share with you an easy little kino gambit that you can quickly use to escalate to a kiss-close.  It builds sexual tension and uses triangular gazing to get her thinking about the kiss.  It also gives you a number of different directions to stack or multi-thread if you don't get the compliance you need right away.  
</p><p>
Triangular Gazing, if you've never heard of it, is when a woman will look from one eye to the next, then at your lips, then back to an eye, and so on and so on.  When a woman is thinking about kissing you, her gaze moves in a triangle in this way.  But when we have a woman emotionally engaged, we can get her to start doing triangular gazing by doing it ourselves.  So as we look from eye to eye to lips and repeat, she will begin to do the same.  And as a result, she will start to think about kissing you!
</p><p>
I've mostly been using this routine when I'm isolated, which means Ive seen some IOIs and have qualified her a bit.  By this time I have usually tested compliance with some hand-holding, hugging etc.  You can lead into this routine through any routine or gambit that involves talking about any of senses.  Food, music, human experience, and art are all great topics to launch into this routine from:
</p><p>
<b>The 9 Senses Kiss Gambit</b>
</p><p>
Prophet: "Most people think humans have only 5 senses.  The reality is that we have 9.  We have hearing [point to your ears]… sight [look into her eyes]…  taste… [point to your lips, this can queue triangular gazing]… touch [hold her hands]… and smell [if you can do it without being creepy, smell her hair - if not, just joke that you won't try to smell her]. But we can also have parts of our body that sense balance and acceleration, temperature and pressure, pain, and what is called the Kinesthetic sense… which is being AWARE of the parts of your body… and where they physically are." 
</p><p>
Start the first bit of the next line a little dramatically, to build some tension (as she'll think you're going to try to something "smooth") then the last bit playfully to release:
</p><p>
Prophet: "For instance… if you close your eyes… [playfully] can you touch... your finger to your nose?"
</p><p>
Get her to do it, if she can't do it, neg her for being drunk and tell her she would totally end up in the drunk tank with all the other weirdos.
</p><p>
<b>Do you have enough compliance?</b>
</p><p>
If you haven't sensed any resistance with the hand-holding and smell, or if you've noticed her doing triangular gazing, you can go for the kiss (below). If not, you need to build more kino compliance, so you can stack into something a little lighter, like the Body Back Writing Game:
</p><p>
Prophet: "It's that sense... that allows you to find the right spot on your body with your finger... It's also why it's impossible to tickle yourself.  A tickle comes from an unexpected touch in sensitive places.  If you already know... that you are going to touch yourself... there is no tickle.  Did you every play the back-writing game back in grade school?  Where you draw letters on your friend's back and they guess what word you wrote?"
</p><p>
then play body back writing and calibrate from there.
</p><p>
<b>Escalate to the kiss</b>
</p><p>
If you haven't sensed any resistence in the handholding, and she doing the triangular gasing, continue doing the same leaning in very slowly as you talk.  If you notice that she pulls back while you do this (and IOD) then she may not be ready to kiss pull back as well and finish the routine and then either stack into something that either builds value, like a DHV routine, or compliance, like the Body Back Writing bit above.  
</p><p>
Prophet: "It's that sense that allows you to find the right spot on your body with your finger.  It's also what ALLOWS.... US... TO KISS…[look at her lips as you say this]  you actually cant see your lips... and as you get... closer to a person [lean in a bit if she's also doing triangular gazing]... you cant even see their lips… so you have to rely on your other senses…[if she hasn't pulled away, or is leaning in closer as you lean in, kiss her either on the cheek or the lips, depending on how much compliance you get] …just to show the most fundamental form of affection.  Isn't that fascinating?" 
</p><p>
<b>Invisible threads</b>
</p><p>
You'll note that there's a lot of sexual undertones throughout the whole gambit, particularly suggestive phrases that sound like I'm talking about her touching herself.  Every now and then someone will call attention to this, sometimes positively, and sometimes as a shit test.  If they bite on those innuendoes and it seems like a shit test, or if they just seem them getting a look on their face that you can misinterpret as such, you can bust on them with something like:
</p><p>
Prophet: "Oh my god get your mind out of the gutter.  I'm totally not in that headspace right now."
</p><p>
Or, if they bite on it in a positive way, such as by talking about touching themselves, you can multi-thread into something a little more sexual, like the Masturbate in the Shower gambit or something like:
</p><p>
Prophet: "Ok Cosmo survey time… have any of you guys ever faked an orgasm?  Why?"
</p><p>
You can always come back to this thread (and ultimately the kiss) after you have built more sexual tension.
</p><p>
Merry Christmas Sarging!
</p><p>
Prophet</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-christmas-9-senses-kiss.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="kiss close" title="kiss close" /></p><p>Happy Holidays everyone!  
</p><p>
In the spirit of giving I thought I'd share with you an easy little kino gambit that you can quickly use to escalate to a kiss-close.  It builds sexual tension and uses triangular gazing to get her thinking about the kiss.  It also gives you a number of different directions to stack or multi-thread if you don't get the compliance you need right away.  
</p><p>
Triangular Gazing, if you've never heard of it, is when a woman will look from one eye to the next, then at your lips, then back to an eye, and so on and so on.  When a woman is thinking about kissing you, her gaze moves in a triangle in this way.  But when we have a woman emotionally engaged, we can get her to start doing triangular gazing by doing it ourselves.  So as we look from eye to eye to lips and repeat, she will begin to do the same.  And as a result, she will start to think about kissing you!
</p><p>
I've mostly been using this routine when I'm isolated, which means Ive seen some IOIs and have qualified her a bit.  By this time I have usually tested compliance with some hand-holding, hugging etc.  You can lead into this routine through any routine or gambit that involves talking about any of senses.  Food, music, human experience, and art are all great topics to launch into this routine from:
</p><p>
<b>The 9 Senses Kiss Gambit</b>
</p><p>
Prophet: "Most people think humans have only 5 senses.  The reality is that we have 9.  We have hearing [point to your ears]… sight [look into her eyes]…  taste… [point to your lips, this can queue triangular gazing]… touch [hold her hands]… and smell [if you can do it without being creepy, smell her hair - if not, just joke that you won't try to smell her]. But we can also have parts of our body that sense balance and acceleration, temperature and pressure, pain, and what is called the Kinesthetic sense… which is being AWARE of the parts of your body… and where they physically are." 
</p><p>
Start the first bit of the next line a little dramatically, to build some tension (as she'll think you're going to try to something "smooth") then the last bit playfully to release:
</p><p>
Prophet: "For instance… if you close your eyes… [playfully] can you touch... your finger to your nose?"
</p><p>
Get her to do it, if she can't do it, neg her for being drunk and tell her she would totally end up in the drunk tank with all the other weirdos.
</p><p>
<b>Do you have enough compliance?</b>
</p><p>
If you haven't sensed any resistance with the hand-holding and smell, or if you've noticed her doing triangular gazing, you can go for the kiss (below). If not, you need to build more kino compliance, so you can stack into something a little lighter, like the Body Back Writing Game:
</p><p>
Prophet: "It's that sense... that allows you to find the right spot on your body with your finger... It's also why it's impossible to tickle yourself.  A tickle comes from an unexpected touch in sensitive places.  If you already know... that you are going to touch yourself... there is no tickle.  Did you every play the back-writing game back in grade school?  Where you draw letters on your friend's back and they guess what word you wrote?"
</p><p>
then play body back writing and calibrate from there.
</p><p>
<b>Escalate to the kiss</b>
</p><p>
If you haven't sensed any resistence in the handholding, and she doing the triangular gasing, continue doing the same leaning in very slowly as you talk.  If you notice that she pulls back while you do this (and IOD) then she may not be ready to kiss pull back as well and finish the routine and then either stack into something that either builds value, like a DHV routine, or compliance, like the Body Back Writing bit above.  
</p><p>
Prophet: "It's that sense that allows you to find the right spot on your body with your finger.  It's also what ALLOWS.... US... TO KISS…[look at her lips as you say this]  you actually cant see your lips... and as you get... closer to a person [lean in a bit if she's also doing triangular gazing]... you cant even see their lips… so you have to rely on your other senses…[if she hasn't pulled away, or is leaning in closer as you lean in, kiss her either on the cheek or the lips, depending on how much compliance you get] …just to show the most fundamental form of affection.  Isn't that fascinating?" 
</p><p>
<b>Invisible threads</b>
</p><p>
You'll note that there's a lot of sexual undertones throughout the whole gambit, particularly suggestive phrases that sound like I'm talking about her touching herself.  Every now and then someone will call attention to this, sometimes positively, and sometimes as a shit test.  If they bite on those innuendoes and it seems like a shit test, or if they just seem them getting a look on their face that you can misinterpret as such, you can bust on them with something like:
</p><p>
Prophet: "Oh my god get your mind out of the gutter.  I'm totally not in that headspace right now."
</p><p>
Or, if they bite on it in a positive way, such as by talking about touching themselves, you can multi-thread into something a little more sexual, like the Masturbate in the Shower gambit or something like:
</p><p>
Prophet: "Ok Cosmo survey time… have any of you guys ever faked an orgasm?  Why?"
</p><p>
You can always come back to this thread (and ultimately the kiss) after you have built more sexual tension.
</p><p>
Merry Christmas Sarging!
</p><p>
Prophet</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Comfort &#8211; Building Commonalities and Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-comfort-compliance.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet-comfort-compliance" title="prophet-comfort-compliance" /></p><p>I was chilling with a beautiful young woman at a party and after a series of strange situations (including her mooning our friends from a van cab) we ended up back at her place for a “smoke”. As she ran to her bedroom to grab her rolling products she “casually” pointed to some artwork of hers that she had left on the table and told me that I could look through them if I wanted. I took the hint that she wanted me to look at her art – and like it – and so I started looking through some of her paintings for things to cold read her on.</p>
<p>For anyone who hasn’t already realized this, making deep cold reads based on any form of artistic expression (paintings, drawings, poems, songs, short stories, etc) you target creates is an incredible way to build connection. If you “get” someone’s art, it’s pretty much assumed that you “get” the artist as well. And if you’ve ever heard a woman say something like “he just doesn’t understand me!” then you know how important this kind of connection can be.</p>
<p>So I ran my cold reads (which were actually “hot reads”) while we shared a joint and then things escalated very quickly from there. The rest of that story is pretty much the same standard stuff you’ve heard before, so I’ll save you the repetition. But the next day I got to thinking about how the night had played itself out, and it occurred to me that the tipping point – the moment in the set that started the rest of the night’s activities in motion – was when she mentioned a sketch she had drawn.</p>
<p>Seeing a perfect opportunity to build some commonalities, we talked about her sketch and then shifted over to how I used to really enjoy painting and sketching back before I really got into writing, and about how I love the works of Dali and Bosch. I was considering going into a little about Da Vinci’s technical genius as an artist and an inventor, but it quickly became apparent that she knew little about art appreciation and so I cut the thread and we talked about art as a means of self-expression instead.</p>
<p>It was during this little discussion that comfort and kino and compliance were built at lightning speed. Why? Because I had found a commonality that was extremely important to her and I had the calibration necessary know how to build upon that.</p>
<p>This is something that is incredibly important when building comfort and creating a connection. You need to be able to build commonalities based on things that are important to your target. You need to share at least some interests, desires, fears, and passions. You don’t have to have EVERYTHING in common (in fact, it will be too much to believe if you do), but you need to discover several items that are important to both of you.</p>
<p>The trick here is to develop the calibration necessary to recognize the hot-button interests in her life. Rather than just arbitrarily liking a few things that SEEM like they might be important to her, you should learn to appreciate the big things genuinely.</p>
<p>How do you find those things out?</p>
<p>That’s what deeper qualifying questions are for. That’s what COMFORT IS FOR. When you are having a actual conversation with a girl in C1-C3 (although sometimes comfort routines like the Cube will give you some good information) they will stress or call attention to the things in her life that are important to her. If you don’t know how to have a conversation in C1-C3 you should also check out my article on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-talk-to-girls/" target="_blank">How To Talk To Girls</a>. Sometimes your target will call attention to these things intentionally, as she will want to talk about them naturally, or sometimes she will just put more emphasis on a specific subject unconsciously. She will talk faster or more excitedly about things she is passionate about. She will show them off a bit or go out of her way to make sure you see or understand it. She will return to a topic of importance to her if she wants to make sure you know about it. When she does any of these with a topic, it is probably a good subject to build commonalities on. Sometimes women will also do the polar opposite and be nervous or dismissive about things they are REALLY passionate about (sometimes due to self-consciousness or fear of criticism). If you show a bit of genuine interest in these subjects, they should open right up about them.</p>
<p>The easiest way to start building on these commonalities is to demonstrate that you know something about whatever topic/hobby/passionate/recreational activity she is passionate about. You don’t have to lecture her or show off just how much you know, just have a conversation that demonstrates your knowledge. Then, after you’ve quickly shown that you know at least a little about what you’re talking about, you can appreciate her for being into that topic. If she knows you understand her world, your appreciation of it will mean that much more to her (more on this in a bit).</p>
<p>One thing to note: While it can be sometimes good to “fake it ’till you make it” in the game, pretending to know about or be involved in something that you know next to nothing about will shoot you in the foot when building a connection. If this is something she’s passionate about and she suspects that you are lying or exaggerating about something that she cares about, it will become obvious to her very quickly that you are just trying to impress her. This has a two-fold negative effect: 1) it hints that you are insecure and “trying too hard”, which lowers your value, and 2) it comes across as fake and dishonest, which lowers her trust in you. And why would she want to sleep with a man – let alone start a relationship with one – who sounds like he’s just trying to say whatever he can to get into her pants? On the other hand, if it’s something that you have always been curious about, but have never really gotten into or know very little about, then just be honest about this. As long as you are coming from a genuine place of interest, this is a great thread to ask questions about appreciate her for doing something you’ve wanted to do or learn about, and to create a sense of mutual passion for the subject.</p>
<p>You can also build commonalities by relating something that she is passionate about to something that you are passionate about. For instance, a while ago I was closing a beautiful red-head at a bar and she had told me early on that she was finishing her Masters in something journalism-related. When she brought it up again in comfort I knew that this was something she was TRYING to talk about with me, so I switched the thread and we talked about her passion for writing and conveying information. From here, it was easy to explain how, as an app developer, I have to come up with new and more innovative ways to convey information. While it was here job to craft the information so that it can be read and understood and enjoyed, it was my job to build clever new ways for getting that information to her readers, and presenting it to them easily and efficiently. When I told her we were both in the business of sharing information with the world her whole energy changed and it was obvious that the close was happening. As long as you are imaginative about it, you can reframe almost any two hobbies/jobs/interests to be similar or related somehow.</p>
<p>As I mentioned before, once you build some commonalities and demonstrate either your knowledge or desire for knowledge on a subject of importance to her, you can APPRECIATE her for being into that particular subject. Remember how I said that if you “get” someone’s art, it’s pretty much assumed that you “get” the artist as well? The same is true for almost everything person does. If you understand WHY it’s import to them, then you understand them a little better. To demonstrate this understanding, you have to look for the qualities in the subject/hobby/etc that draws her to it, and then “hot read” and appreciate her for having those qualities herself.</p>
<p>So if she’s a creative person and she wants you to think of her as a creative person, then you appreciate her for being creative. If her art or writing or music or whatever is more about self-expression than the creation of art, then you tell her how love how she is able to express herself through whatever it is she does. If she’s really into helping the less fortunate, then you tell her how amazing it is that she puts herself before others and helps those who others won’t. If she’s an astrophysicist then you can be impressed by her knowledge and passion for trying to understand the vast universe. It’s actually easy to do this, because as you make statements, ask questions, and get to know each other in comfort, she will give you (or at least hint at) all the information you need. All you have to do is keep an ear out and remember to appreciate her on it when the time comes.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,</p>
<p>Prophet</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-comfort-compliance.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet-comfort-compliance" title="prophet-comfort-compliance" /></p><p>I was chilling with a beautiful young woman at a party and after a series of strange situations (including her mooning our friends from a van cab) we ended up back at her place for a “smoke”. As she ran to her bedroom to grab her rolling products she “casually” pointed to some artwork of hers that she had left on the table and told me that I could look through them if I wanted. I took the hint that she wanted me to look at her art – and like it – and so I started looking through some of her paintings for things to cold read her on.</p>
<p>For anyone who hasn’t already realized this, making deep cold reads based on any form of artistic expression (paintings, drawings, poems, songs, short stories, etc) you target creates is an incredible way to build connection. If you “get” someone’s art, it’s pretty much assumed that you “get” the artist as well. And if you’ve ever heard a woman say something like “he just doesn’t understand me!” then you know how important this kind of connection can be.</p>
<p>So I ran my cold reads (which were actually “hot reads”) while we shared a joint and then things escalated very quickly from there. The rest of that story is pretty much the same standard stuff you’ve heard before, so I’ll save you the repetition. But the next day I got to thinking about how the night had played itself out, and it occurred to me that the tipping point – the moment in the set that started the rest of the night’s activities in motion – was when she mentioned a sketch she had drawn.</p>
<p>Seeing a perfect opportunity to build some commonalities, we talked about her sketch and then shifted over to how I used to really enjoy painting and sketching back before I really got into writing, and about how I love the works of Dali and Bosch. I was considering going into a little about Da Vinci’s technical genius as an artist and an inventor, but it quickly became apparent that she knew little about art appreciation and so I cut the thread and we talked about art as a means of self-expression instead.</p>
<p>It was during this little discussion that comfort and kino and compliance were built at lightning speed. Why? Because I had found a commonality that was extremely important to her and I had the calibration necessary know how to build upon that.</p>
<p>This is something that is incredibly important when building comfort and creating a connection. You need to be able to build commonalities based on things that are important to your target. You need to share at least some interests, desires, fears, and passions. You don’t have to have EVERYTHING in common (in fact, it will be too much to believe if you do), but you need to discover several items that are important to both of you.</p>
<p>The trick here is to develop the calibration necessary to recognize the hot-button interests in her life. Rather than just arbitrarily liking a few things that SEEM like they might be important to her, you should learn to appreciate the big things genuinely.</p>
<p>How do you find those things out?</p>
<p>That’s what deeper qualifying questions are for. That’s what COMFORT IS FOR. When you are having a actual conversation with a girl in C1-C3 (although sometimes comfort routines like the Cube will give you some good information) they will stress or call attention to the things in her life that are important to her. If you don’t know how to have a conversation in C1-C3 you should also check out my article on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-talk-to-girls/" target="_blank">How To Talk To Girls</a>. Sometimes your target will call attention to these things intentionally, as she will want to talk about them naturally, or sometimes she will just put more emphasis on a specific subject unconsciously. She will talk faster or more excitedly about things she is passionate about. She will show them off a bit or go out of her way to make sure you see or understand it. She will return to a topic of importance to her if she wants to make sure you know about it. When she does any of these with a topic, it is probably a good subject to build commonalities on. Sometimes women will also do the polar opposite and be nervous or dismissive about things they are REALLY passionate about (sometimes due to self-consciousness or fear of criticism). If you show a bit of genuine interest in these subjects, they should open right up about them.</p>
<p>The easiest way to start building on these commonalities is to demonstrate that you know something about whatever topic/hobby/passionate/recreational activity she is passionate about. You don’t have to lecture her or show off just how much you know, just have a conversation that demonstrates your knowledge. Then, after you’ve quickly shown that you know at least a little about what you’re talking about, you can appreciate her for being into that topic. If she knows you understand her world, your appreciation of it will mean that much more to her (more on this in a bit).</p>
<p>One thing to note: While it can be sometimes good to “fake it ’till you make it” in the game, pretending to know about or be involved in something that you know next to nothing about will shoot you in the foot when building a connection. If this is something she’s passionate about and she suspects that you are lying or exaggerating about something that she cares about, it will become obvious to her very quickly that you are just trying to impress her. This has a two-fold negative effect: 1) it hints that you are insecure and “trying too hard”, which lowers your value, and 2) it comes across as fake and dishonest, which lowers her trust in you. And why would she want to sleep with a man – let alone start a relationship with one – who sounds like he’s just trying to say whatever he can to get into her pants? On the other hand, if it’s something that you have always been curious about, but have never really gotten into or know very little about, then just be honest about this. As long as you are coming from a genuine place of interest, this is a great thread to ask questions about appreciate her for doing something you’ve wanted to do or learn about, and to create a sense of mutual passion for the subject.</p>
<p>You can also build commonalities by relating something that she is passionate about to something that you are passionate about. For instance, a while ago I was closing a beautiful red-head at a bar and she had told me early on that she was finishing her Masters in something journalism-related. When she brought it up again in comfort I knew that this was something she was TRYING to talk about with me, so I switched the thread and we talked about her passion for writing and conveying information. From here, it was easy to explain how, as an app developer, I have to come up with new and more innovative ways to convey information. While it was here job to craft the information so that it can be read and understood and enjoyed, it was my job to build clever new ways for getting that information to her readers, and presenting it to them easily and efficiently. When I told her we were both in the business of sharing information with the world her whole energy changed and it was obvious that the close was happening. As long as you are imaginative about it, you can reframe almost any two hobbies/jobs/interests to be similar or related somehow.</p>
<p>As I mentioned before, once you build some commonalities and demonstrate either your knowledge or desire for knowledge on a subject of importance to her, you can APPRECIATE her for being into that particular subject. Remember how I said that if you “get” someone’s art, it’s pretty much assumed that you “get” the artist as well? The same is true for almost everything person does. If you understand WHY it’s import to them, then you understand them a little better. To demonstrate this understanding, you have to look for the qualities in the subject/hobby/etc that draws her to it, and then “hot read” and appreciate her for having those qualities herself.</p>
<p>So if she’s a creative person and she wants you to think of her as a creative person, then you appreciate her for being creative. If her art or writing or music or whatever is more about self-expression than the creation of art, then you tell her how love how she is able to express herself through whatever it is she does. If she’s really into helping the less fortunate, then you tell her how amazing it is that she puts herself before others and helps those who others won’t. If she’s an astrophysicist then you can be impressed by her knowledge and passion for trying to understand the vast universe. It’s actually easy to do this, because as you make statements, ask questions, and get to know each other in comfort, she will give you (or at least hint at) all the information you need. All you have to do is keep an ear out and remember to appreciate her on it when the time comes.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,</p>
<p>Prophet</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to Make Pick-up Lines &#8211; Hilarious Youtube Vid</title>
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<p>I think my favourite is &#8220;Rock paper take off all your clothes&#8221;. Either that or &#8220;What&#8217;s your sign? Is it please let me touch your ass?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>How To DHV Your Wing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-dhv-your-wing.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="How to DHV Your Wing" title="How to DHV Your Wing" /></p>In an article I did a while back on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-work-with-your-wingmen/" target="_blank">Being A Wingman</a>, I talked about how your and your wing watch each others back, keep each other from getting "shot down", and support each other in the field. Going it solo is brave, to be sure, but the game just gets so much easier if you have someone to push you into a set, save you from an AMOG, occupy the obstacles/takeaway girl, or even DHV you to your target. In fact, having someone to DHV you is an incredibly powerful tool that is OFTEN overlooked PUAs. If you don't have a wing to go out with to practice your game or DHV you in the field, you should consider it a major priority for your self improvement to find one.

If you don't have a wingman or you're looking for someone new to hit the field with, check out the <a href="http://venusianarts.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=17" target="_blank">Lairs, Meetups, and Wings section</a> of the forum and find one!

<strong>Intro Before Your Wing Enters the Set</strong>

If you follow the basic wing rules laid out by Mystery you'll want to talk about your wingman a little bit before he enters the scene. This is what is called an Accomplishment Intro. Sometimes, just the sudden appearance of another guy can drive away a set that isn't really invested yet. Introducing and giving value to your wing before he even arrives avoids this for two reasons: firstly, it will ensure that your wing will already have value when he arrives to DHV you to your target or occupy the obstacles. Secondly, it helps to DHV you by showing that you have cool/interesting/successful friends, setting the frame that your friends are cool even before they meet anyone.

You can do this by mentioning them in a story you are telling and then multi-threading into a DHV in the sections below, or you can just start into one of the stories with something like:

"I'm here with friends. In fact, I'm going to introduce you to [name], he's the one who [DHV]."
"I can only stay for another minute. I'm going to have to find ___, he's [DHV]"
"At some point you're going to meet my friend ____, he's a [DHV]. Don't embarrass me."

If your wing happens to enter into the set before you can DHV him, cut your story and introduce him to your set:

"This is my good friend ____, he's [DHV]

<strong>DHVing to the Obstacles or Target for Your Wing</strong>

When you’ve joined a set that your wing is opened, he has hopefully already DHV’d your, or at least will do so when you enter and he introduces you. So you should already have enough value to strike up a conversation with either his target or her friends. Typically, it is better to use an evolutionary DHV (i.e., one that displays Preselection, protector of loved ones, social status, etc) when talking to your wings target or her friends. However, depending on the energy level or possibility of flight, you may need to use one of the fun DHVs (next section) to spike their buying temperature before launching into a proper evolutionary DHV story (further below).

Your job is to make sure they see your wing as a high value male that his target should be chasing. If you have DHV'd him to his target, your wingman should find it a lot easier to isolate her to qualify and build comfort. Or if you've DHV'd him to her friends while he was talking to his target, they should be far more willing to let the two of them go somewhere alone. And hey, since your wing has already Accomplishment Intro'd you before you even showed up, maybe there's a secondary target who is showing some interest that you can game.

<strong>Fun DHVs and Intros</strong>

"He's the guy who sucked off six hundred men in one hour. I was one of 'em."
"He's my brother from a different mother."
“This is the Superman to my Batman… yeah that’s right forget that Robin bullshit…”
"He's the Jay to my Silent Bob" (this one is especially good if your wing is skinny and you are larger, but it gets a laugh regardless)
"This is my heterosexual life-mate. [point to your target] HETERO-sexual – don’t even start!"
"You know those 'Most Interesting Man In the World' commercials? They were based on him. He's like the Chuck Norris of real people."

In fact, looking at my list, I've realized that a lot of the AIs I use stem from the "facts" from those commercials:

"Sharks have a week dedicated to him."
"His charisma can be seen from space."
"If he were to pat you on the back, you would list it on your resume."
"He is the only person to ever ace a Rorschach Test."

Replace "beard" with whatever unique feature (hair, nose, earrings, tattoo, motorcycle, whatever) your wing has:
"His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body."
"His organ donor card also includes his beard"
“Don’t be fooled by his beard… it’s the source of his power.”

For particularly muscular or large wingmen:
"Bear hugs are what he gives to bears"
"This man bowls... overhand"

<strong>Evolutionary Accomplishment Intros</strong>

"He's a local musician here in town, the band is REALLY good. They've played at..."
"He's one of the smartest guys I know."
"He's a great friend of mine."
"He is, by far, the most interesting person I have ever met."
"Ladies LOVE this man. He dated Miss November."

"He's a great man. He just recently [climbed a mountain, published a book, received an award, visited ___, saved money on his car insurance, etc, etc]"

"You know that thing that happens when two alpha males kind of butt heads for dominance? We don't do that at all. It's like... we both like to lead... 'cause he's a [whatever conveys leadership] and I'm a [whatever conveys leadership]... but we don't mind letting each other take charge when it makes more sense. We just….RESPECT each other… and that’s pretty rare with guys like us."

"He actually pulled me out of a jam last week. I feel very lucky to have friends like him to count on when shit hits the fan, you know? [stack into DHV story]"

"I rarely get to see him because he's always on tour and I travel for my work... but every time we meet up, it's like we never skip a beat."

"He's one of those guys that everybody LOVES. If we're hanging out and he's not around... and someone mentions him... I guarantee one of the girls will be like "Awww I love [wing's name]." ...and then all the other girls - in unison - will be like "OMG I LOVE [wing]!" Every single time! (this is actually true of a number of good friends of mine)

<strong>Writing Wingman DHVs</strong>

Now that you've seen some generic intros, the next thing you're going to need is an actual DHV story for your wingman. Typically, it's best to actually ask your wing what they would like you to use as their accomplishment intro. This way, you can ensure that the qualities and personality that you are conveying for your wing will be in sync with his avatar. Imagine, for instance, you had just made up a DHV story about you and your wing being a musician, and then when asked about it your wing replies "I've never played an instrument in my entire life." Women are very perceptive of these kind of incongruences, and even if they don’t consciously realize that something was amiss, it will register unconsciously and reduce her trust in what you say.

You should always try to use real DHVs from your wingman's actual life, as they will be more congruent with his personality (again, women are quick to notice when this is not the case). This also ensures your wing has plenty of background information in case he is asked any follow-up questions, and you'll never have to worry about not being on the same page with your wing. Be sure to tell them what you want your accomplishment intro should be as well.

Writing a DHV routine for your wing is basically the same as writing one for yourself, with the exceptions noted below. If you don't know how to write a solid DHV story, be sure to check out my article on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-write-dhv-stories/" target="_blank">how to do exactly that</a>.

The major difference between writing a DHV story for yourself and for your wing is the most obvious: the DHV spikes need to MOSTLY be about your wing. And unlike talking about yourself, it's totally ok to brag about your wings. You can and should still have a few DHV about yourself sprinkled into your stories as well, but it should never seem like you are trying to compare yourself to him. It's perfectly fine for him to be better at something than you, to take charge in a situation, or to have preselection even if you don't have any specifically mentioned in the story. It's a very common pitfall for many PUAs to try to DHV their wings by telling a story in which the PUA (and not the wing) is the one with the most value, who saves the day, gets the girl, etc.

"We were trying to figure out what to do so I asked him what he thought and he was like 'I don’t think so, I think this is the only way we can make it work'. And even though I was in charge, he's a [related DHV]... so that's what we did."

Why is this a bad way to DHV your wing? Because even though you are trying to DHV him, it will appear to your target like you are trying to show that you are still more alpha than he is. This conveys insecurity about your own value and is a hidden DLV. Essentially, you just demonstrated that you have a friend with value who threatens your perception of your own social value.

As long as you aren't actively DLVing yourself in the process, the more value your wing has, the more value you have by association. One trick I learned from Discovery (and which he now teaches at the brand new <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/routines-and-gambits-workshop/" target="_blank">Routines and Gambits workshops</a>) is the art of hiding your DHVs as vulnerabilities. Normally there is a very specific time to do this for yourself, but by applying this same tactic to a story about your wing, you make him look even better (thus increasing your value as well) while demonstrating that you're not so worried about impressing her that you're trying to save your own value by comparison.

Example:

"...he's one of the best dancers I've ever seen. And until the other week we never knew! Now I've never been a good dancer myself, so I started taking Salsa lessons with a girlfriend of mine a little while back. And then the other week... we go out to a Salsa club... and he comes along with a couple of girlfriends of his... and I'd never seen him dance before.... and they fucking... TEAR... UP... the dance floor! You know know in the movies.... when the crowd.... PARTS mid-song so the couple in the middle can do their insane dance? Like, you know you're hot... when the SALSA CLUB... stops to cheer you on! And what gets me is that he has never bragged about his dancing skills! Shit had I known he was THAT good, [girl's name] and I would have just got lessons from him!"

Now notice in this story that the major DHVs are towards my wing: he can dance really well (possibly with several girls at once), he's humble and down-to-earth about it, he has a “couple” of girlfriends, and I would have liked to learn from him. There's still some preselection in there for me hidden behind a vulnerability (namely, I wasn't a good dancer until recently), but the main value is that I hang out with people so awesome that crowds form around them to cheer them on.

Be a little amazed by whatever quality/qualities you are DHVing him for. He’s your wingman. He’s awesome. He’s a cool guy who you trust and respect. So brag about him a little and make both your lives a little easier in the field.

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-dhv-your-wing.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="How to DHV Your Wing" title="How to DHV Your Wing" /></p>In an article I did a while back on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-work-with-your-wingmen/" target="_blank">Being A Wingman</a>, I talked about how your and your wing watch each others back, keep each other from getting "shot down", and support each other in the field. Going it solo is brave, to be sure, but the game just gets so much easier if you have someone to push you into a set, save you from an AMOG, occupy the obstacles/takeaway girl, or even DHV you to your target. In fact, having someone to DHV you is an incredibly powerful tool that is OFTEN overlooked PUAs. If you don't have a wing to go out with to practice your game or DHV you in the field, you should consider it a major priority for your self improvement to find one.

If you don't have a wingman or you're looking for someone new to hit the field with, check out the <a href="http://venusianarts.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=17" target="_blank">Lairs, Meetups, and Wings section</a> of the forum and find one!

<strong>Intro Before Your Wing Enters the Set</strong>

If you follow the basic wing rules laid out by Mystery you'll want to talk about your wingman a little bit before he enters the scene. This is what is called an Accomplishment Intro. Sometimes, just the sudden appearance of another guy can drive away a set that isn't really invested yet. Introducing and giving value to your wing before he even arrives avoids this for two reasons: firstly, it will ensure that your wing will already have value when he arrives to DHV you to your target or occupy the obstacles. Secondly, it helps to DHV you by showing that you have cool/interesting/successful friends, setting the frame that your friends are cool even before they meet anyone.

You can do this by mentioning them in a story you are telling and then multi-threading into a DHV in the sections below, or you can just start into one of the stories with something like:

"I'm here with friends. In fact, I'm going to introduce you to [name], he's the one who [DHV]."
"I can only stay for another minute. I'm going to have to find ___, he's [DHV]"
"At some point you're going to meet my friend ____, he's a [DHV]. Don't embarrass me."

If your wing happens to enter into the set before you can DHV him, cut your story and introduce him to your set:

"This is my good friend ____, he's [DHV]

<strong>DHVing to the Obstacles or Target for Your Wing</strong>

When you’ve joined a set that your wing is opened, he has hopefully already DHV’d your, or at least will do so when you enter and he introduces you. So you should already have enough value to strike up a conversation with either his target or her friends. Typically, it is better to use an evolutionary DHV (i.e., one that displays Preselection, protector of loved ones, social status, etc) when talking to your wings target or her friends. However, depending on the energy level or possibility of flight, you may need to use one of the fun DHVs (next section) to spike their buying temperature before launching into a proper evolutionary DHV story (further below).

Your job is to make sure they see your wing as a high value male that his target should be chasing. If you have DHV'd him to his target, your wingman should find it a lot easier to isolate her to qualify and build comfort. Or if you've DHV'd him to her friends while he was talking to his target, they should be far more willing to let the two of them go somewhere alone. And hey, since your wing has already Accomplishment Intro'd you before you even showed up, maybe there's a secondary target who is showing some interest that you can game.

<strong>Fun DHVs and Intros</strong>

"He's the guy who sucked off six hundred men in one hour. I was one of 'em."
"He's my brother from a different mother."
“This is the Superman to my Batman… yeah that’s right forget that Robin bullshit…”
"He's the Jay to my Silent Bob" (this one is especially good if your wing is skinny and you are larger, but it gets a laugh regardless)
"This is my heterosexual life-mate. [point to your target] HETERO-sexual – don’t even start!"
"You know those 'Most Interesting Man In the World' commercials? They were based on him. He's like the Chuck Norris of real people."

In fact, looking at my list, I've realized that a lot of the AIs I use stem from the "facts" from those commercials:

"Sharks have a week dedicated to him."
"His charisma can be seen from space."
"If he were to pat you on the back, you would list it on your resume."
"He is the only person to ever ace a Rorschach Test."

Replace "beard" with whatever unique feature (hair, nose, earrings, tattoo, motorcycle, whatever) your wing has:
"His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body."
"His organ donor card also includes his beard"
“Don’t be fooled by his beard… it’s the source of his power.”

For particularly muscular or large wingmen:
"Bear hugs are what he gives to bears"
"This man bowls... overhand"

<strong>Evolutionary Accomplishment Intros</strong>

"He's a local musician here in town, the band is REALLY good. They've played at..."
"He's one of the smartest guys I know."
"He's a great friend of mine."
"He is, by far, the most interesting person I have ever met."
"Ladies LOVE this man. He dated Miss November."

"He's a great man. He just recently [climbed a mountain, published a book, received an award, visited ___, saved money on his car insurance, etc, etc]"

"You know that thing that happens when two alpha males kind of butt heads for dominance? We don't do that at all. It's like... we both like to lead... 'cause he's a [whatever conveys leadership] and I'm a [whatever conveys leadership]... but we don't mind letting each other take charge when it makes more sense. We just….RESPECT each other… and that’s pretty rare with guys like us."

"He actually pulled me out of a jam last week. I feel very lucky to have friends like him to count on when shit hits the fan, you know? [stack into DHV story]"

"I rarely get to see him because he's always on tour and I travel for my work... but every time we meet up, it's like we never skip a beat."

"He's one of those guys that everybody LOVES. If we're hanging out and he's not around... and someone mentions him... I guarantee one of the girls will be like "Awww I love [wing's name]." ...and then all the other girls - in unison - will be like "OMG I LOVE [wing]!" Every single time! (this is actually true of a number of good friends of mine)

<strong>Writing Wingman DHVs</strong>

Now that you've seen some generic intros, the next thing you're going to need is an actual DHV story for your wingman. Typically, it's best to actually ask your wing what they would like you to use as their accomplishment intro. This way, you can ensure that the qualities and personality that you are conveying for your wing will be in sync with his avatar. Imagine, for instance, you had just made up a DHV story about you and your wing being a musician, and then when asked about it your wing replies "I've never played an instrument in my entire life." Women are very perceptive of these kind of incongruences, and even if they don’t consciously realize that something was amiss, it will register unconsciously and reduce her trust in what you say.

You should always try to use real DHVs from your wingman's actual life, as they will be more congruent with his personality (again, women are quick to notice when this is not the case). This also ensures your wing has plenty of background information in case he is asked any follow-up questions, and you'll never have to worry about not being on the same page with your wing. Be sure to tell them what you want your accomplishment intro should be as well.

Writing a DHV routine for your wing is basically the same as writing one for yourself, with the exceptions noted below. If you don't know how to write a solid DHV story, be sure to check out my article on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-write-dhv-stories/" target="_blank">how to do exactly that</a>.

The major difference between writing a DHV story for yourself and for your wing is the most obvious: the DHV spikes need to MOSTLY be about your wing. And unlike talking about yourself, it's totally ok to brag about your wings. You can and should still have a few DHV about yourself sprinkled into your stories as well, but it should never seem like you are trying to compare yourself to him. It's perfectly fine for him to be better at something than you, to take charge in a situation, or to have preselection even if you don't have any specifically mentioned in the story. It's a very common pitfall for many PUAs to try to DHV their wings by telling a story in which the PUA (and not the wing) is the one with the most value, who saves the day, gets the girl, etc.

"We were trying to figure out what to do so I asked him what he thought and he was like 'I don’t think so, I think this is the only way we can make it work'. And even though I was in charge, he's a [related DHV]... so that's what we did."

Why is this a bad way to DHV your wing? Because even though you are trying to DHV him, it will appear to your target like you are trying to show that you are still more alpha than he is. This conveys insecurity about your own value and is a hidden DLV. Essentially, you just demonstrated that you have a friend with value who threatens your perception of your own social value.

As long as you aren't actively DLVing yourself in the process, the more value your wing has, the more value you have by association. One trick I learned from Discovery (and which he now teaches at the brand new <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/routines-and-gambits-workshop/" target="_blank">Routines and Gambits workshops</a>) is the art of hiding your DHVs as vulnerabilities. Normally there is a very specific time to do this for yourself, but by applying this same tactic to a story about your wing, you make him look even better (thus increasing your value as well) while demonstrating that you're not so worried about impressing her that you're trying to save your own value by comparison.

Example:

"...he's one of the best dancers I've ever seen. And until the other week we never knew! Now I've never been a good dancer myself, so I started taking Salsa lessons with a girlfriend of mine a little while back. And then the other week... we go out to a Salsa club... and he comes along with a couple of girlfriends of his... and I'd never seen him dance before.... and they fucking... TEAR... UP... the dance floor! You know know in the movies.... when the crowd.... PARTS mid-song so the couple in the middle can do their insane dance? Like, you know you're hot... when the SALSA CLUB... stops to cheer you on! And what gets me is that he has never bragged about his dancing skills! Shit had I known he was THAT good, [girl's name] and I would have just got lessons from him!"

Now notice in this story that the major DHVs are towards my wing: he can dance really well (possibly with several girls at once), he's humble and down-to-earth about it, he has a “couple” of girlfriends, and I would have liked to learn from him. There's still some preselection in there for me hidden behind a vulnerability (namely, I wasn't a good dancer until recently), but the main value is that I hang out with people so awesome that crowds form around them to cheer them on.

Be a little amazed by whatever quality/qualities you are DHVing him for. He’s your wingman. He’s awesome. He’s a cool guy who you trust and respect. So brag about him a little and make both your lives a little easier in the field.

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Just Be Friends &#8211; The Music Video?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Are You Brave?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="p1">The other night a bartender said to me "Being brave is so important. It's hard to find that in a man these days." That's a word you don't really hear that often, isn't it? But it is a very evocative word. I thought that was a very interesting way to describe an attractive quality in a man.</p>
<p class="p1">So it got me thinking.</p>
<p class="p1">Imagine someone described another man as being "brave", what kind of image do you see in your mind? Personally, the word "brave" conjures up some image of an He-man/Conan the Barbarian type fighting off a horde of bad guys. When I asked other women this question , I got surprising variety of responses, including "a soldier leading his guys in a war", "jumping out of an airplane", "someone who would do more than just protest", and "the kind of kid who would protect his brother or sister from a bully".  Basically, the general qualities of a "brave" man in the eyes of a woman is a leader of men who takes risks, protects the people he loves, and who isn't afraid to stand up for what's important to him.</p>
<p class="p1">Given that, can you see why most women find bravery attractive, both on a social and an evolutionary level?  And yet, when was the last time you heard someone refer to someone as being brave?  I don't mean any of that "hitting on the girl with the cold sore?  Dave's a BRAVE man. Yuk yuk yuk" kinda sarcasm here.  When was the last time you heard one real person describe another real person as being brave?  Words like this - evocative but rarely used in normal conversation - really hit hard in a woman's mind when delivered with sincerity.</p>
<p class="p1">As a PUA, I know it would be a powerful DHV if my set thought of me as being a man who is considered brave.  So here's the question: do people consider you "brave"?  If asked, would your friends, wings, and female friends describe you as a "brave man"?  If not, here' a short list of things you can add to you game <strong>and your  life</strong> to fix that:</p>

<ul class="ul1">
	<li class="li1">Ask your wings to Accomplishment Into you using the word "brave".  I mean, this one is the most obvious really, but a lot of us forget just how powerful have someone else describe you a word like that.  Having your wing (or even better, your wing-girl) start a story with "He's a BRAVE man.  Did he tell you about when we were..." will relate any DHVs in that story to that word.</li>
	<li class="li1">Develop confident body language.  A man who isn't afraid to take on the world doesn't walk around with his head down and his eye on the floor.  Check out <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/body-language-101/">Renaissan's great article</a> about body language for an extremely detailed set of things to watch out for.</li>
	<li class="li1">Embed "Successful risk-taker", "protector of loved ones", and "leader of men" <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-write-dhv-stories/">DHV spikes into your stories</a>.  Getting away with a practical joke, or doing something zany when you were drunk can be DHVs by definition, but are they GOOD DHVs?  Develop stories about how you built or created something cool (preferably by getting your friends to help), tried something new, helped someone in need, overcame an intimidating challenge, etc, etc.</li>
	<li class="li1">Most importantly, LIVE the kind of DHVs that describe a brave man.  Develop a legitimate reputation in your social circle as being the kind of man who protects the people he loves, takes calculated risks (both in business and in life), and takes the lead in a challenging situation.  Now, that doesn't mean you need to be a sky-diving businessman who fights off bullies while saving kittens from fires.  And I'm certainly not saying that you need to pick fights or risk your safety.  You can, however, chase after your interests, explore challenging hobbies, and organize events.  These are the kinds of things that make powerful DHV stories anyway - and they sound even better when they come from your friends/wings.  Be sure to check out Discovery's video on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/discoverys-diaries-pickup-vs-living/">Pickup vs Living</a> if you aren't living enough DHVs.</li>
</ul>
<p class="p1">Happy sarging,</p>
<p class="p1">Prophet</p>

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<p class="p1">The other night a bartender said to me "Being brave is so important. It's hard to find that in a man these days." That's a word you don't really hear that often, isn't it? But it is a very evocative word. I thought that was a very interesting way to describe an attractive quality in a man.</p>
<p class="p1">So it got me thinking.</p>
<p class="p1">Imagine someone described another man as being "brave", what kind of image do you see in your mind? Personally, the word "brave" conjures up some image of an He-man/Conan the Barbarian type fighting off a horde of bad guys. When I asked other women this question , I got surprising variety of responses, including "a soldier leading his guys in a war", "jumping out of an airplane", "someone who would do more than just protest", and "the kind of kid who would protect his brother or sister from a bully".  Basically, the general qualities of a "brave" man in the eyes of a woman is a leader of men who takes risks, protects the people he loves, and who isn't afraid to stand up for what's important to him.</p>
<p class="p1">Given that, can you see why most women find bravery attractive, both on a social and an evolutionary level?  And yet, when was the last time you heard someone refer to someone as being brave?  I don't mean any of that "hitting on the girl with the cold sore?  Dave's a BRAVE man. Yuk yuk yuk" kinda sarcasm here.  When was the last time you heard one real person describe another real person as being brave?  Words like this - evocative but rarely used in normal conversation - really hit hard in a woman's mind when delivered with sincerity.</p>
<p class="p1">As a PUA, I know it would be a powerful DHV if my set thought of me as being a man who is considered brave.  So here's the question: do people consider you "brave"?  If asked, would your friends, wings, and female friends describe you as a "brave man"?  If not, here' a short list of things you can add to you game <strong>and your  life</strong> to fix that:</p>

<ul class="ul1">
	<li class="li1">Ask your wings to Accomplishment Into you using the word "brave".  I mean, this one is the most obvious really, but a lot of us forget just how powerful have someone else describe you a word like that.  Having your wing (or even better, your wing-girl) start a story with "He's a BRAVE man.  Did he tell you about when we were..." will relate any DHVs in that story to that word.</li>
	<li class="li1">Develop confident body language.  A man who isn't afraid to take on the world doesn't walk around with his head down and his eye on the floor.  Check out <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/body-language-101/">Renaissan's great article</a> about body language for an extremely detailed set of things to watch out for.</li>
	<li class="li1">Embed "Successful risk-taker", "protector of loved ones", and "leader of men" <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/how-to-write-dhv-stories/">DHV spikes into your stories</a>.  Getting away with a practical joke, or doing something zany when you were drunk can be DHVs by definition, but are they GOOD DHVs?  Develop stories about how you built or created something cool (preferably by getting your friends to help), tried something new, helped someone in need, overcame an intimidating challenge, etc, etc.</li>
	<li class="li1">Most importantly, LIVE the kind of DHVs that describe a brave man.  Develop a legitimate reputation in your social circle as being the kind of man who protects the people he loves, takes calculated risks (both in business and in life), and takes the lead in a challenging situation.  Now, that doesn't mean you need to be a sky-diving businessman who fights off bullies while saving kittens from fires.  And I'm certainly not saying that you need to pick fights or risk your safety.  You can, however, chase after your interests, explore challenging hobbies, and organize events.  These are the kinds of things that make powerful DHV stories anyway - and they sound even better when they come from your friends/wings.  Be sure to check out Discovery's video on <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/discoverys-diaries-pickup-vs-living/">Pickup vs Living</a> if you aren't living enough DHVs.</li>
</ul>
<p class="p1">Happy sarging,</p>
<p class="p1">Prophet</p>

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		<title>The Bucket List (A Gambit for A2-A3-C1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet bucket list" title="prophet-bucket-list" /></p>[caption id="attachment_4360" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="We're in a ball-pit... on my balcony"]<a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg"><img src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg" alt="bucket list" title="bucket-list" width="180" height="180" class="size-full wp-image-4360" /></a>[/caption]This originally started out as a gambit that I would use in the field back when I first got an iPhone and was looking for clever ways to show it off in the field. The Bucket List is basically all the things you do before you “kick the bucket”, as they say. I got the idea from that movie with Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman. It’s a simple and extremely effective way to demonstrate your high value personality in the field, build comfort, and even set up fun and exciting dates with your target!

First, you need to create a bucket list for yourself. This is your opportunity to create unique and interesting goals to achieve in your life, so take your time and really think about it. Think of all the cool places you would like to visit and the wonderful things you’ve always dreamed of doing and all the crazy/weird/beautiful things you would like to see, and write them all down. Think about things that display value and show a sense of humor and adventure. Write down really grand ideas as well as small local things you’ve always wanted to do. And here’s the key, the really sneaky part: since you’re just starting it now you can add things that you have already done and check them off. If you’ve visited somewhere cool, add it. If you’ve done something that coveys value, add it. Almost anything that you have a funny or value-laden story for can be added if you word it correctly. And you can pepper them into your bucket list as tiny possible conversational threads.

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, an excerpt of my bucket list is below. This is actually only a portion of it, as my bucket list has grown MASSIVE in size. (Side note: the woman I closed the night before I wrote this joked that we needed to hang out again just so she can read the rest of my list – how awesome is that?) There are a lot of bucket list apps out there, but I like storing mine in a note. It feels less gimmicky that way. So to “check off” items I put an asterisk at the beginning.

Ride a horse in a city
Walk on water (add cornstarch)
Rent the party streetcar
Do my own TedTalk
Survive the 5K Zombie obstacle course
Jump off A Bridge
Get hair cut at Sweeny Todds
* See the Rosetta Stone
Harass a Palace Guard in London
* Ride a double-decker bus
Search for ghosts in the Crystal Ballroom
Pick up a woman wearing the ugliest sweater in the world.
Win a chess-boxing match
Get shot while wearing a bullet-proof shirt.
Photograph the planet earth
Cross Abbey Road
* Dance at a London Goth club
Bats Day in Disneyland
Make a scrapbook for my gnome
* Walk through a drive-through
Stand in a desert
* Put bubbles in a public fountain
Stripper Karaoke on Vegas
Walk over hot coals
Ski in the nude
Dirty russian roulette
* Throw a man off a cliff
Do Shambala in BC
Try Chocolate-covered Bacon
* Participate In A Flash Mob
* Smoke Weed on top of a mountain
Sneak into a place wearing Groucho glasses
Hire two private detectives to follow each other
Achieve 15 minutes of internet fame
Ride An Elephant
Eat a Grapple
Witness a healing at a Revival
Sleep with a woman on every continent on earth (3/7)
Swim in the Devils Pool (Zimbabwe)
Have sex in a photo booth
Do Burning Man
* Visit a nudist colony.
* Learn to dance
See Evil Dead the musical.
Make a black market deal in Russia.
* Get away with an ocean's 11-style caper.
Ruin the life of an asshole.
* Have a sword fight in a public place.

Now there are a number of ways you can introduce this. Mentioning your bucket list during a DHV story is a good way to bait the thread. "...so, you know, checked that off the bucket list!" You can also have your wing introduce the topic if he can do it in a casual manner. "Oh hey, Steph told me you checked off X from your Bucket List. How'd that go?" Women will typically bite on this thread, and when they ask about it, say:

“The Bucket List is what I live my life by. You ever seen the movie? With Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman? It's a list of things that you want to do before you...you know, kick the bucket. Get it?“

Then take out your phone and show it to your set as you explain:

“I truly believe in living life to the fullest… I've created a list of all the outlandish and zany things I want to do before I die. It's a long list, but I'm getting there. The ones with the marks are the ones I've checked off.”

You have now literally handed your set a list of your DHVs. It’s like saying “Here, these are all the reasons why I’m awesome” totally below the radar. And ready for the best part? Eventually, someone in the set is going to ask about something on the list. You can now launch into whatever DHV story, future adventure projection, snappy one-liner, or even just a cool tidbit of information goes with any item on your list.

So if someone asks me about “Throw a man off a cliff” I have a DHV story in which a thug gets himself pushed off a small cliff in a city park for harassing my girls.

If someone asks me about “Photograph the planet earth” I can tell them about how (with the help of a brilliant blonde bartender I know) I’m building a high-altitude balloon to photograph the earth from the stratosphere and I’m using iPhones to track it’s location (I’m really doing this, we launched our first balloon last week).

If someone asks me about “Sleep with a woman on every continent on earth” I can just smile and joke “Yup. Antarctica is going to be really hard though. I’ve looked into it and apparently it takes weeks of psychological testing before they’ll allow you to go there. They’d clearly never let you go though <img title="Wink" src="http://venusianarts.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" border="0" alt="" />”

If you’re really daring, you can even use your phone as a lock-in prop and tell your DHV to the obstacles. Meanwhile your target has to stand there and look at more of the DHV spikes listed on your phone. Just be careful if you try this… you always want to make sure you’re going to get your phone back before you hand it over to someone else!

If someone asks me about something that I have not checked off, I can use it as an opportunity to create a future adventure projection involving you and the set completing the item. If it's something that could be an easy Day-2, I can remember this for seeding and closing on later.

And if it’s something that I can use in comfort, I can tell her “Let’s come back to that one” and then bring it up when I isolate her.

If you want, you can even qualify your target by asking her what the top three things on her bucket list should be. Just be careful not to get stuck talking about your bucket list all night. Although it can be easy to just sit there and launch into thread after thread while the girls crowd around you, you are essentially ONLY talking about your bucket list. Ask her what she has/would have on her list. She will come up with a few. If not, lightly tell her she’s boring (IOD). Dislike one of them a little, but really like the rest.

Many times, your target will give you one that could make for an awesome Day-2. They will give you day-2 ideas! Tell her that you are adding it to your list and then plan it briefly with her if it’s complicated. But don’t set it up as a date yet - just seed it for now. Then later on, you can close her with:

“Listen, next [whatever day makes the most sense], you and I MUST check off X from our bucket lists. Here, name and number please. [number close]”

The thing is, I really do live my life by my bucket list. It has led to so many adventures, experiences, awesome dates, and amazing stories! It’s a fantastic way to live and creates a fascinating and fun lifestyle that women are attracted to.

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="prophet bucket list" title="prophet-bucket-list" /></p>[caption id="attachment_4360" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="We're in a ball-pit... on my balcony"]<a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg"><img src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/prophet-bucket-list.jpg" alt="bucket list" title="bucket-list" width="180" height="180" class="size-full wp-image-4360" /></a>[/caption]This originally started out as a gambit that I would use in the field back when I first got an iPhone and was looking for clever ways to show it off in the field. The Bucket List is basically all the things you do before you “kick the bucket”, as they say. I got the idea from that movie with Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman. It’s a simple and extremely effective way to demonstrate your high value personality in the field, build comfort, and even set up fun and exciting dates with your target!

First, you need to create a bucket list for yourself. This is your opportunity to create unique and interesting goals to achieve in your life, so take your time and really think about it. Think of all the cool places you would like to visit and the wonderful things you’ve always dreamed of doing and all the crazy/weird/beautiful things you would like to see, and write them all down. Think about things that display value and show a sense of humor and adventure. Write down really grand ideas as well as small local things you’ve always wanted to do. And here’s the key, the really sneaky part: since you’re just starting it now you can add things that you have already done and check them off. If you’ve visited somewhere cool, add it. If you’ve done something that coveys value, add it. Almost anything that you have a funny or value-laden story for can be added if you word it correctly. And you can pepper them into your bucket list as tiny possible conversational threads.

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, an excerpt of my bucket list is below. This is actually only a portion of it, as my bucket list has grown MASSIVE in size. (Side note: the woman I closed the night before I wrote this joked that we needed to hang out again just so she can read the rest of my list – how awesome is that?) There are a lot of bucket list apps out there, but I like storing mine in a note. It feels less gimmicky that way. So to “check off” items I put an asterisk at the beginning.

Ride a horse in a city
Walk on water (add cornstarch)
Rent the party streetcar
Do my own TedTalk
Survive the 5K Zombie obstacle course
Jump off A Bridge
Get hair cut at Sweeny Todds
* See the Rosetta Stone
Harass a Palace Guard in London
* Ride a double-decker bus
Search for ghosts in the Crystal Ballroom
Pick up a woman wearing the ugliest sweater in the world.
Win a chess-boxing match
Get shot while wearing a bullet-proof shirt.
Photograph the planet earth
Cross Abbey Road
* Dance at a London Goth club
Bats Day in Disneyland
Make a scrapbook for my gnome
* Walk through a drive-through
Stand in a desert
* Put bubbles in a public fountain
Stripper Karaoke on Vegas
Walk over hot coals
Ski in the nude
Dirty russian roulette
* Throw a man off a cliff
Do Shambala in BC
Try Chocolate-covered Bacon
* Participate In A Flash Mob
* Smoke Weed on top of a mountain
Sneak into a place wearing Groucho glasses
Hire two private detectives to follow each other
Achieve 15 minutes of internet fame
Ride An Elephant
Eat a Grapple
Witness a healing at a Revival
Sleep with a woman on every continent on earth (3/7)
Swim in the Devils Pool (Zimbabwe)
Have sex in a photo booth
Do Burning Man
* Visit a nudist colony.
* Learn to dance
See Evil Dead the musical.
Make a black market deal in Russia.
* Get away with an ocean's 11-style caper.
Ruin the life of an asshole.
* Have a sword fight in a public place.

Now there are a number of ways you can introduce this. Mentioning your bucket list during a DHV story is a good way to bait the thread. "...so, you know, checked that off the bucket list!" You can also have your wing introduce the topic if he can do it in a casual manner. "Oh hey, Steph told me you checked off X from your Bucket List. How'd that go?" Women will typically bite on this thread, and when they ask about it, say:

“The Bucket List is what I live my life by. You ever seen the movie? With Jack Nickolson and Morgan Freeman? It's a list of things that you want to do before you...you know, kick the bucket. Get it?“

Then take out your phone and show it to your set as you explain:

“I truly believe in living life to the fullest… I've created a list of all the outlandish and zany things I want to do before I die. It's a long list, but I'm getting there. The ones with the marks are the ones I've checked off.”

You have now literally handed your set a list of your DHVs. It’s like saying “Here, these are all the reasons why I’m awesome” totally below the radar. And ready for the best part? Eventually, someone in the set is going to ask about something on the list. You can now launch into whatever DHV story, future adventure projection, snappy one-liner, or even just a cool tidbit of information goes with any item on your list.

So if someone asks me about “Throw a man off a cliff” I have a DHV story in which a thug gets himself pushed off a small cliff in a city park for harassing my girls.

If someone asks me about “Photograph the planet earth” I can tell them about how (with the help of a brilliant blonde bartender I know) I’m building a high-altitude balloon to photograph the earth from the stratosphere and I’m using iPhones to track it’s location (I’m really doing this, we launched our first balloon last week).

If someone asks me about “Sleep with a woman on every continent on earth” I can just smile and joke “Yup. Antarctica is going to be really hard though. I’ve looked into it and apparently it takes weeks of psychological testing before they’ll allow you to go there. They’d clearly never let you go though <img title="Wink" src="http://venusianarts.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" border="0" alt="" />”

If you’re really daring, you can even use your phone as a lock-in prop and tell your DHV to the obstacles. Meanwhile your target has to stand there and look at more of the DHV spikes listed on your phone. Just be careful if you try this… you always want to make sure you’re going to get your phone back before you hand it over to someone else!

If someone asks me about something that I have not checked off, I can use it as an opportunity to create a future adventure projection involving you and the set completing the item. If it's something that could be an easy Day-2, I can remember this for seeding and closing on later.

And if it’s something that I can use in comfort, I can tell her “Let’s come back to that one” and then bring it up when I isolate her.

If you want, you can even qualify your target by asking her what the top three things on her bucket list should be. Just be careful not to get stuck talking about your bucket list all night. Although it can be easy to just sit there and launch into thread after thread while the girls crowd around you, you are essentially ONLY talking about your bucket list. Ask her what she has/would have on her list. She will come up with a few. If not, lightly tell her she’s boring (IOD). Dislike one of them a little, but really like the rest.

Many times, your target will give you one that could make for an awesome Day-2. They will give you day-2 ideas! Tell her that you are adding it to your list and then plan it briefly with her if it’s complicated. But don’t set it up as a date yet - just seed it for now. Then later on, you can close her with:

“Listen, next [whatever day makes the most sense], you and I MUST check off X from our bucket lists. Here, name and number please. [number close]”

The thing is, I really do live my life by my bucket list. It has led to so many adventures, experiences, awesome dates, and amazing stories! It’s a fantastic way to live and creates a fascinating and fun lifestyle that women are attracted to.

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Non-verbal Tic-Tac-Toe Opener</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prophet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating Advice and Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.venusianarts.com/?p=4055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/20110526-1002471.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="20110526-100247" title="20110526-100247" /></p>This is how I open women during my ride to the office in the morning using my iPhone.  It's perfect for when you happen to be sitting beside a beautiful women who is wearing headphones. Women who are used to being hit on will wear headphones as a social barrier to protect them from creepy guys.  But with a simple drawing app on your smartphone, you can easily open her without having to say a word with a quirky game that requires almost no social commitment on her part.  I have yet to have a woman not take off her headphones and have a conversation with me after playing a game of tic-tac-toe.  And even if she did, it's so subtle and unspoken that no one else would even see it - so you don't have to worry about being blown out in front of a subway full of people!  The idea came from another PUA (I think it was David Wygant?) who I heard would open women in supermarkets by playing tic-tac-toe on the glass freezer doors.

<strong>The Setup</strong>

The app I use is Brushes for iPhone, but any simple drawing app will do.  I already have a template pre-drawn, but if the woman can see my screen I'll obviously just drawn one up really quick. I try not to make it look perfect, as I want it to legitimately look like a spur-of-the-moment thing.

Part of the reason I think this works so well is because I'm usually dressed well, groomed, and smiling when I'm in transit like this.  Even if I was out way too late last night and am up way too early for comfort, I'm always listening to some energetic music and projecting a good vibe.  Most women of quality aren't going to want to talk to the scruffy guy who looks way too tired.  But the guy wearing a tie that wants to play tic-tac-toe?  That's interesting.    I typically wear headphones because they have the effect of a false disqualifier (you can easily just turn away and go back to your music at any time).  Also, having your headphones attached to your phone also keeps her from running off with it. ;)

<strong>The Open</strong>

If she's not looking give her a slight nudge to get her attention.  Look her in the eyes and give her a friendly smile, then show her the phone.  Look back at her and then back at the phone to playfully communicate that you're waiting on her to take her turn. Because there's no verbal component to the open your body language and facial expressions are important here.  Relaxed and playful is the vibe you want to portray.  I always have music playing on my headphones so I can enjoy myself while she plays her turn.  Don't fidget or tap your feet and only turn your head to face her unless she turns her body towards you (women will do this if they really get into the game).  If she doesn't play at first, plow a little and write "chicken." (the period makes it more meaningful - seriously!) below the board and show it to her playfully.

<strong>Stacking Forward</strong>

After you play a game you can easily launch into any non sequitur topic you want.  If you're wearing headphones take out one earbud, giving you the opportunity to neg her later by putting the earbud back in, and strike up a conversation.  If you win, say something like "Still... the... WORLD CHAMPION.  Good game!  Did you know... that fish... cough?"  Or "Good game!  You know... I did a good deed yesterday... that was my good deed for the month though... so from now until [whatever month]... I get to be a... COMPLETE.... ASSHOLE."  Or launch into a cold read like "Good game!  Out of curiosity... why do you wear your rings on those fingers?"

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/20110526-1002471.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="20110526-100247" title="20110526-100247" /></p>This is how I open women during my ride to the office in the morning using my iPhone.  It's perfect for when you happen to be sitting beside a beautiful women who is wearing headphones. Women who are used to being hit on will wear headphones as a social barrier to protect them from creepy guys.  But with a simple drawing app on your smartphone, you can easily open her without having to say a word with a quirky game that requires almost no social commitment on her part.  I have yet to have a woman not take off her headphones and have a conversation with me after playing a game of tic-tac-toe.  And even if she did, it's so subtle and unspoken that no one else would even see it - so you don't have to worry about being blown out in front of a subway full of people!  The idea came from another PUA (I think it was David Wygant?) who I heard would open women in supermarkets by playing tic-tac-toe on the glass freezer doors.

<strong>The Setup</strong>

The app I use is Brushes for iPhone, but any simple drawing app will do.  I already have a template pre-drawn, but if the woman can see my screen I'll obviously just drawn one up really quick. I try not to make it look perfect, as I want it to legitimately look like a spur-of-the-moment thing.

Part of the reason I think this works so well is because I'm usually dressed well, groomed, and smiling when I'm in transit like this.  Even if I was out way too late last night and am up way too early for comfort, I'm always listening to some energetic music and projecting a good vibe.  Most women of quality aren't going to want to talk to the scruffy guy who looks way too tired.  But the guy wearing a tie that wants to play tic-tac-toe?  That's interesting.    I typically wear headphones because they have the effect of a false disqualifier (you can easily just turn away and go back to your music at any time).  Also, having your headphones attached to your phone also keeps her from running off with it. ;)

<strong>The Open</strong>

If she's not looking give her a slight nudge to get her attention.  Look her in the eyes and give her a friendly smile, then show her the phone.  Look back at her and then back at the phone to playfully communicate that you're waiting on her to take her turn. Because there's no verbal component to the open your body language and facial expressions are important here.  Relaxed and playful is the vibe you want to portray.  I always have music playing on my headphones so I can enjoy myself while she plays her turn.  Don't fidget or tap your feet and only turn your head to face her unless she turns her body towards you (women will do this if they really get into the game).  If she doesn't play at first, plow a little and write "chicken." (the period makes it more meaningful - seriously!) below the board and show it to her playfully.

<strong>Stacking Forward</strong>

After you play a game you can easily launch into any non sequitur topic you want.  If you're wearing headphones take out one earbud, giving you the opportunity to neg her later by putting the earbud back in, and strike up a conversation.  If you win, say something like "Still... the... WORLD CHAMPION.  Good game!  Did you know... that fish... cough?"  Or "Good game!  You know... I did a good deed yesterday... that was my good deed for the month though... so from now until [whatever month]... I get to be a... COMPLETE.... ASSHOLE."  Or launch into a cold read like "Good game!  Out of curiosity... why do you wear your rings on those fingers?"

Happy sarging,

Prophet]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How To Write DHV Stories &#8211; With Examples!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prophet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.venusianarts.com/?p=3893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-write-dhvs.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="how-to-write-dhvs" title="how-to-write-dhvs" /></p><p>To follow up on Discovery&#39;s <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/personalized-stack-creation/">recent article</a> on creating a routine stack, I thought I&#39;d cover one of the most commonly asked questions in the game &quot;How do you write a DHV story?&quot;</p>
<p>And let&rsquo;s face it, for most guys it&rsquo;s hard enough getting up the courage to walk up to a girl and say Hi, let alone coming up with cool, funny, or interesting things to tell her. And like most aspiring PUAs, when I first started learning the ropes in bars and clubs, I found that one of my biggest problems was running out of things to say. I would be talking to a fun group of girls, they would be laughing and touching me and showing me interest, and then my mind would just go blank. I would be standing there with this awesome group of girls who were totally into me and I would have no idea what to say or do next. And rather than risk doing something wrong or embarrassing myself, I would simply tell them to have a good night and politely eject out of the set.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And this went on and on for MONTHS until I realized the problem: I felt like I didn&rsquo;t have enough to talk to talk about. This is an extremely common and debilitating problem for many aspiring PUAs out there, which is why we use canned material.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Canned material basically as any story, routine, or gambit that is previously prepared and memorized for use in the field. Have you ever told the same joke more than once? You&rsquo;re using canned material. You know it&rsquo;s a story that people enjoy so you tell it whenever there is a new opportunity with a new group of people to get a laugh.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And now we&rsquo;re going to take your stories and amp them up. Read on and you will learn how to make your stories ATTRACTIVE instead of just enjoyable.</p>
<p>Your stories typically contain embedded DHVs (Demonstrations of Higher Value), which convey the qualities of the kind of man that women are evolutionarily programed to be attracted to. The kinds of DHVs you want to embed into your stories are things that flip the following attraction switches:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Preselected By Women</li>
	<li>Protector of Loved Ones</li>
	<li>Humor</li>
	<li>Leader of Men</li>
	<li>Successful Risk-taker</li>
	<li>World Traveler</li>
	<li>Willingness to Emote</li>
	<li>Social Alignments</li>
</ul>
<p>You can find plenty of examples of canned material right here on our website, both on our blog and on our forum, in our books Revelation and The Pick-up Artist, our DVD sets, and in our upcoming routines manual. This material will give you tried-and-true examples of well-designed routines, giving you something to practice and get a feel for in the field.&nbsp;</p>
<p>One you get an idea of how a DHV routine should be delivered, you can start to write your own canned material in order to start conveying real stories from your life and fully convey your personality. Now you may not feel like you have a lot of DHVs in your life, or that you have nothing interesting going on to talk about, but if you follow the steps below, you will be surprised by just how much you find you have to say and how awesome and interesting you will sound when you talk about your life.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 1: Find Your Stories</strong></p>
<p>You have stories and experiences that can be transformed into DHV stories, you just need to sit down and write them out. Think about some of the stories you tell or have told to your friends, family, and co-workers. Go through your photos or Facebook or even Twitter to remind yourself of some of the adventures and interesting situations you have been in. Your DHV stories can come from any part of your life. They can be any time you:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Did something fun with a girl</li>
	<li>Did something you weren&rsquo;t supposed to and got away with it</li>
	<li>Had something funny/scary/exciting happen on a trip</li>
	<li>Took charge of a situation</li>
	<li>Stood up to someone for someone else</li>
	<li>Organized something exciting</li>
	<li>Had someone&rsquo;s back</li>
	<li>Got out of an awkward situation</li>
	<li>Did something nice for someone</li>
	<li>Did something spontaneous</li>
	<li>Accomplished something you are proud of</li>
	<li>Saw something funny/scary/exciting</li>
</ul>
<p>Anything with humor, excitement, or tension is perfect here. Light social embarrassment is great for humor because it creates tension before releasing it</p>
<p>Of course, if you REALLY cant find anything to work with from your own life, you can always check out Cosmo Confessions for some good stories to make your own until you start living a little more of a high-value lifestyle.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Write Your Stories Out In Point Form</strong></p>
<p>Once you have gotten all your stories together, write out the basic story points for each. You don&rsquo;t have to write it all out word-for-word. Just get the basic sequential set of events down on paper for yourself.&nbsp;</p>
<p>For example, I have a story about how my little brother crashed his truck. It&rsquo;s a long story, and there is a great deal that I&rsquo;m going to take out of the final piece. For now though, the story points would look like this:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Was on a date with Samantha, took her home</li>
	<li>Little brother called at 4am, usually wouldn&rsquo;t answer but it was weird that he called so late</li>
	<li>He tells me he hit a deer and that he crashed his truck, I get directions and get up to leave</li>
	<li>Samantha gets mad, I tell her that my brother was in an accident. She wants to come but I tell her to stay</li>
	<li>I drive around forever, and the roads have gotten really icy so I&rsquo;m sliding everywhere&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Find my brother, the truck is totalled. It&rsquo;s been rolled so many times that the frame is twisted. There isn&rsquo;t a smooth bit of metal on the truck. It&rsquo;s missing two of its wheels</li>
	<li>I run to the truck screaming his name and find him covered in blood, trying to rock it back onto it&rsquo;s tires</li>
	<li>He tells me he wants to roll it back over so he can drive it home&nbsp;</li>
	<li>I take him to the hospital, he was very lucky to only have a concussion and a few bruised ribs and a few stiches here and there.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>He was only in the hospital for a couple of hours. Thank god for small town emergency rooms!</li>
	<li>On the way home, he asked me to pull over and buy him some smokes, he hands me a $20 from his pocket</li>
	<li>I&rsquo;m kind of in shock myself so I don&rsquo;t look at the bill until I get to the counter and have to pay</li>
	<li>I had the clerk the bill and it&rsquo;s god blood all over it. The clerk looks at me like I&rsquo;m a maniac</li>
	<li>I smile at him and say &ldquo;yeah, its been one of those nights.&rdquo; He must have though I killed some guy!</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Step 3: Find/Add Your DHV Spikes</strong></p>
<p>Your DHV spikes should be items in the story that flip the attraction switches above. Using my example above, you can see that my DHV spikes are:</p>
<ul>
	<li>I was on a date (Preselection)</li>
	<li>I helped my brother when he was in need (Protector of Loved Ones)</li>
	<li>He thought he could still drive the truck home, and I scared the cashier with the bloody $20 (humor).&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p>Your DHV spikes do not necessarily need to be over-the-top rock star lifestyle kind of DHVs people like to write. Not every story has to be about how to saved an exotic dancer and her box of puppies by getting your buddies who are martial arts experts/bouncers to help you lift a burning bus you saw crash while you were driving around in your brand new car. Your DHV spikes should never be the point of the story, and it should never feel like you are bragging about yourself (although you CAN brag about your friends). They should feel like incidental details that just get mentioned off-hand while you are telling your story.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that you don&rsquo;t need to hit every single switch in one single story. Usually just a couple is more than enough to make the story compelling. But if you find that your story is lacking certain DHVs, don&rsquo;t be afraid to exaggerate a little and spruce them up. Maybe that girl you were with on that fun adventure was your ex-girlfriend instead of that girl you had a crush on? Maybe you had dealt with a similar situation before so you were only a little worried (even though in reality you were about to piss your pants)? Or maybe that guy you protected your girlfriend from backed right down and apologized instead of trying to intimidate you? It&rsquo;s ok to stretch the facts a LITTLE when you&rsquo;re writing these routines. Women do this ALL the time. It&rsquo;s just a part of how flirting works.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Watch for and remove DLVs</strong></p>
<p>Demonstrations of Lower Value, or DLVs, are the opposite of DHVs. They tell your target that you are not a high value male and cause her to feel less attracted to you. Most men don&rsquo;t even realize just how much they DLV themselves in the field when they talk about how they only have a few friends, or how they haven&rsquo;t been in a relationship in a while, or when they brag about that time they saw something embarrassing happen to their friend, etc etc etc.</p>
<p>The kinds of things you want to exclude from your stories are anything that causes her to feel uncomfortable or that demonstrate that you lack the DHVs listed above or that display bad social intuition. Things like:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Anything involving bugs, feces, vomit, blood, snot, other bodily fluids, etc.</li>
	<li>Any time you were rude to or angry at a woman, old person, child, or person in the service industry (i.e. yelling at your girlfriend)</li>
	<li>Any time you laughed or took pleasure in something mean, cruel, or hurtful (i.e. that time your sister&rsquo;s prom dress was ruined)</li>
	<li>Any time you did something that could be considered creepy or a social violation (i.e. texting a woman more than two or three times)</li>
	<li>Complaining about or putting down your friends or ex&rsquo;s (i.e. how you&rsquo;re always there for your friends, but whenever you need their help they always let you down).</li>
	<li>Any time you followed someone else&rsquo;s orders or demands</li>
	<li>Anything that associates you with other low-value people</li>
</ul>
<p>So in my story, I&rsquo;m going to scrap the entire bit about the blood , as it&rsquo;s obviously too gross and weird to be talking about in the field. Also the about Samantha getting mad that I had to leave should go too.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: Trim The Fat</strong></p>
<p>As you develop your routine, it is good to remember that you will most likely be telling these stories in loud, busy bars and nightclubs. These sorts of venues are not good places for long, drawn-out routines because how suddenly you can be interrupted or how quickly your set will lose interest if your story drones on too long. Your DHV routines should be short and sweet.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Below is a basic, general structure of a DHV routine:</p>
<ul>
	<li>A few sentences to bait the group to hear your story by introducing it with a question or a statement that creates mystery and intrigue, such as &ldquo;I had&hellip; the&hellip; SCARIEST night of my life last week.&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A few sentences to hook your and keep them interested. Within first three to four sentences you should have said something captivating, interesting, or DHV-laden. This way, even if you get cut off within the first few sentences, or for some reason you have to snip the thread and stack (more on that below), you should have at least uploaded value. And if you have created mystery or intrigue, your set may find themselves wanting to know the rest of the story anyway.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A few sentences to describe what happened and build tension as you reel her further and further into the story. Using pauses, inflection, and by describing what you were feeling, you draw her further and further into the story, causing her to feel the emotions of the event for herself. Build tension by leading up to something humorous or exciting.</li>
	<li>Release the tension with your punchline, what you&rsquo;ve learned, or the exciting results of the whole thing.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A secondary punchline or release, to compound the positive emotions she is feeling. This bit is optional, but it never hurts to have a second funny or exciting thing to say to add to your set&rsquo;s laughter. This helps you become a &ldquo;really funny guy&rdquo; as opposed to &ldquo;the guy that told that funny story&rdquo;.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p>So from my example, I&rsquo;m going to trim getting directions from my brother, as well as the bit about Samantha wanting to come along, since they are basically irrelevant details. I&rsquo;ll also try to word it as succinctly as possible, as the less I say about something, the more questions my set can ask me.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 6: Add Pauses</strong></p>
<p>Adding pausing to your stories enhances the tension and excitement, while also helping you slow down your delivery. This will make your story more captivating. In fact, if you get your delivery down, you can tell stories about absolutely NOTHING and people will sit and listen to you intently. Try not to go crazy with pausing, or it will lose it&rsquo;s effect and you will end up sounding like William Shatner.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Use pausing to build tension before releasing it. Reel them in by pausing, then release then tension with something humorous or exciting.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Good pausing:</p>
<p>and I come around the side and I seem him... and this WAVE of relief washes over me&hellip;and he&#39;s trying to rock&hellip; the TRUCK&hellip; back onto it&#39;s wheels... because he thinks he can drive it home!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bad pausing:</p>
<p>&hellip;and I&hellip; come around&hellip; the side&hellip; and I seem&hellip;him&hellip; and this&hellip; wave&hellip; of relief&hellip; just washes&hellip; all over me&hellip; and he&rsquo;s trying to rock the truck back onto it&rsquo;s wheels, because he thinks... he... can drive it home!</p>
<p>In the end, my finished routine will look like this:</p>
<p>PUA: I had&hellip; the&hellip; SCARIEST night of my life last week!&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was like 4am and I get this call from my little brother. Now I had been out with some friends all night and was in bed&hellip; so normally I wouldn&rsquo;t even answer it. But it just felt weird&hellip; you know? Like if he was calling at this time of night&hellip;something&hellip; must&hellip; be wrong. So I answer and he sounds really out of it&hellip; he&rsquo;s like &ldquo;hey kev I dodged a&hellip; deer and I had an accident... Can you come pick me up?&rdquo; And obviously, it&#39;s my little brother&hellip; so I just hop right out of bed and I&#39;m like &quot;babe, Samantha, my brother&rsquo;s in trouble so I gotta roll but I&#39;ll be back.&quot;</p>
<p>So I&#39;m way out on some backroad&hellip; and I come around a corner... and I see all this&hellip; wreckage strewn across the road... and then I see his truck&hellip; and it&#39;s laying on its side&hellip; and it&#39;s been rolled so many times&hellip; that the frame is actually twisted.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And my heart&hellip; STOPS&hellip; because I don&#39;t see my brother anywhere&hellip; I&rsquo;m fearing the worst&hellip; I jump out of my car and start running towards the truck cause I can see it sorta&hellip; rocking back and forth&hellip; And I&#39;m screaming his name... and I come around the side and I seem him...&nbsp;</p>
<p>&hellip;and this WAVE of relief washes over me&hellip;</p>
<p>&hellip;and he&#39;s trying to rock&hellip; the TRUCK&hellip; back onto it&#39;s wheels... because he thinks he can drive it home!&nbsp;</p>
<p>And that&#39;s why I love my little brother.</p>
<p>[cue laughter, IOIs, and stack forward]</p>
<p>That&#39;s it for now guys. Build yourself some DHV material and start practicing it.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,&nbsp;</p>
<p>Prophet</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="imgThumb"><img width="180" height="180" src="http://www.venusianarts.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-write-dhvs.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="how-to-write-dhvs" title="how-to-write-dhvs" /></p><p>To follow up on Discovery&#39;s <a href="http://www.venusianarts.com/personalized-stack-creation/">recent article</a> on creating a routine stack, I thought I&#39;d cover one of the most commonly asked questions in the game &quot;How do you write a DHV story?&quot;</p>
<p>And let&rsquo;s face it, for most guys it&rsquo;s hard enough getting up the courage to walk up to a girl and say Hi, let alone coming up with cool, funny, or interesting things to tell her. And like most aspiring PUAs, when I first started learning the ropes in bars and clubs, I found that one of my biggest problems was running out of things to say. I would be talking to a fun group of girls, they would be laughing and touching me and showing me interest, and then my mind would just go blank. I would be standing there with this awesome group of girls who were totally into me and I would have no idea what to say or do next. And rather than risk doing something wrong or embarrassing myself, I would simply tell them to have a good night and politely eject out of the set.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And this went on and on for MONTHS until I realized the problem: I felt like I didn&rsquo;t have enough to talk to talk about. This is an extremely common and debilitating problem for many aspiring PUAs out there, which is why we use canned material.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Canned material basically as any story, routine, or gambit that is previously prepared and memorized for use in the field. Have you ever told the same joke more than once? You&rsquo;re using canned material. You know it&rsquo;s a story that people enjoy so you tell it whenever there is a new opportunity with a new group of people to get a laugh.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And now we&rsquo;re going to take your stories and amp them up. Read on and you will learn how to make your stories ATTRACTIVE instead of just enjoyable.</p>
<p>Your stories typically contain embedded DHVs (Demonstrations of Higher Value), which convey the qualities of the kind of man that women are evolutionarily programed to be attracted to. The kinds of DHVs you want to embed into your stories are things that flip the following attraction switches:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Preselected By Women</li>
	<li>Protector of Loved Ones</li>
	<li>Humor</li>
	<li>Leader of Men</li>
	<li>Successful Risk-taker</li>
	<li>World Traveler</li>
	<li>Willingness to Emote</li>
	<li>Social Alignments</li>
</ul>
<p>You can find plenty of examples of canned material right here on our website, both on our blog and on our forum, in our books Revelation and The Pick-up Artist, our DVD sets, and in our upcoming routines manual. This material will give you tried-and-true examples of well-designed routines, giving you something to practice and get a feel for in the field.&nbsp;</p>
<p>One you get an idea of how a DHV routine should be delivered, you can start to write your own canned material in order to start conveying real stories from your life and fully convey your personality. Now you may not feel like you have a lot of DHVs in your life, or that you have nothing interesting going on to talk about, but if you follow the steps below, you will be surprised by just how much you find you have to say and how awesome and interesting you will sound when you talk about your life.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 1: Find Your Stories</strong></p>
<p>You have stories and experiences that can be transformed into DHV stories, you just need to sit down and write them out. Think about some of the stories you tell or have told to your friends, family, and co-workers. Go through your photos or Facebook or even Twitter to remind yourself of some of the adventures and interesting situations you have been in. Your DHV stories can come from any part of your life. They can be any time you:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Did something fun with a girl</li>
	<li>Did something you weren&rsquo;t supposed to and got away with it</li>
	<li>Had something funny/scary/exciting happen on a trip</li>
	<li>Took charge of a situation</li>
	<li>Stood up to someone for someone else</li>
	<li>Organized something exciting</li>
	<li>Had someone&rsquo;s back</li>
	<li>Got out of an awkward situation</li>
	<li>Did something nice for someone</li>
	<li>Did something spontaneous</li>
	<li>Accomplished something you are proud of</li>
	<li>Saw something funny/scary/exciting</li>
</ul>
<p>Anything with humor, excitement, or tension is perfect here. Light social embarrassment is great for humor because it creates tension before releasing it</p>
<p>Of course, if you REALLY cant find anything to work with from your own life, you can always check out Cosmo Confessions for some good stories to make your own until you start living a little more of a high-value lifestyle.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Write Your Stories Out In Point Form</strong></p>
<p>Once you have gotten all your stories together, write out the basic story points for each. You don&rsquo;t have to write it all out word-for-word. Just get the basic sequential set of events down on paper for yourself.&nbsp;</p>
<p>For example, I have a story about how my little brother crashed his truck. It&rsquo;s a long story, and there is a great deal that I&rsquo;m going to take out of the final piece. For now though, the story points would look like this:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Was on a date with Samantha, took her home</li>
	<li>Little brother called at 4am, usually wouldn&rsquo;t answer but it was weird that he called so late</li>
	<li>He tells me he hit a deer and that he crashed his truck, I get directions and get up to leave</li>
	<li>Samantha gets mad, I tell her that my brother was in an accident. She wants to come but I tell her to stay</li>
	<li>I drive around forever, and the roads have gotten really icy so I&rsquo;m sliding everywhere&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Find my brother, the truck is totalled. It&rsquo;s been rolled so many times that the frame is twisted. There isn&rsquo;t a smooth bit of metal on the truck. It&rsquo;s missing two of its wheels</li>
	<li>I run to the truck screaming his name and find him covered in blood, trying to rock it back onto it&rsquo;s tires</li>
	<li>He tells me he wants to roll it back over so he can drive it home&nbsp;</li>
	<li>I take him to the hospital, he was very lucky to only have a concussion and a few bruised ribs and a few stiches here and there.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>He was only in the hospital for a couple of hours. Thank god for small town emergency rooms!</li>
	<li>On the way home, he asked me to pull over and buy him some smokes, he hands me a $20 from his pocket</li>
	<li>I&rsquo;m kind of in shock myself so I don&rsquo;t look at the bill until I get to the counter and have to pay</li>
	<li>I had the clerk the bill and it&rsquo;s god blood all over it. The clerk looks at me like I&rsquo;m a maniac</li>
	<li>I smile at him and say &ldquo;yeah, its been one of those nights.&rdquo; He must have though I killed some guy!</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Step 3: Find/Add Your DHV Spikes</strong></p>
<p>Your DHV spikes should be items in the story that flip the attraction switches above. Using my example above, you can see that my DHV spikes are:</p>
<ul>
	<li>I was on a date (Preselection)</li>
	<li>I helped my brother when he was in need (Protector of Loved Ones)</li>
	<li>He thought he could still drive the truck home, and I scared the cashier with the bloody $20 (humor).&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p>Your DHV spikes do not necessarily need to be over-the-top rock star lifestyle kind of DHVs people like to write. Not every story has to be about how to saved an exotic dancer and her box of puppies by getting your buddies who are martial arts experts/bouncers to help you lift a burning bus you saw crash while you were driving around in your brand new car. Your DHV spikes should never be the point of the story, and it should never feel like you are bragging about yourself (although you CAN brag about your friends). They should feel like incidental details that just get mentioned off-hand while you are telling your story.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that you don&rsquo;t need to hit every single switch in one single story. Usually just a couple is more than enough to make the story compelling. But if you find that your story is lacking certain DHVs, don&rsquo;t be afraid to exaggerate a little and spruce them up. Maybe that girl you were with on that fun adventure was your ex-girlfriend instead of that girl you had a crush on? Maybe you had dealt with a similar situation before so you were only a little worried (even though in reality you were about to piss your pants)? Or maybe that guy you protected your girlfriend from backed right down and apologized instead of trying to intimidate you? It&rsquo;s ok to stretch the facts a LITTLE when you&rsquo;re writing these routines. Women do this ALL the time. It&rsquo;s just a part of how flirting works.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Watch for and remove DLVs</strong></p>
<p>Demonstrations of Lower Value, or DLVs, are the opposite of DHVs. They tell your target that you are not a high value male and cause her to feel less attracted to you. Most men don&rsquo;t even realize just how much they DLV themselves in the field when they talk about how they only have a few friends, or how they haven&rsquo;t been in a relationship in a while, or when they brag about that time they saw something embarrassing happen to their friend, etc etc etc.</p>
<p>The kinds of things you want to exclude from your stories are anything that causes her to feel uncomfortable or that demonstrate that you lack the DHVs listed above or that display bad social intuition. Things like:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Anything involving bugs, feces, vomit, blood, snot, other bodily fluids, etc.</li>
	<li>Any time you were rude to or angry at a woman, old person, child, or person in the service industry (i.e. yelling at your girlfriend)</li>
	<li>Any time you laughed or took pleasure in something mean, cruel, or hurtful (i.e. that time your sister&rsquo;s prom dress was ruined)</li>
	<li>Any time you did something that could be considered creepy or a social violation (i.e. texting a woman more than two or three times)</li>
	<li>Complaining about or putting down your friends or ex&rsquo;s (i.e. how you&rsquo;re always there for your friends, but whenever you need their help they always let you down).</li>
	<li>Any time you followed someone else&rsquo;s orders or demands</li>
	<li>Anything that associates you with other low-value people</li>
</ul>
<p>So in my story, I&rsquo;m going to scrap the entire bit about the blood , as it&rsquo;s obviously too gross and weird to be talking about in the field. Also the about Samantha getting mad that I had to leave should go too.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: Trim The Fat</strong></p>
<p>As you develop your routine, it is good to remember that you will most likely be telling these stories in loud, busy bars and nightclubs. These sorts of venues are not good places for long, drawn-out routines because how suddenly you can be interrupted or how quickly your set will lose interest if your story drones on too long. Your DHV routines should be short and sweet.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Below is a basic, general structure of a DHV routine:</p>
<ul>
	<li>A few sentences to bait the group to hear your story by introducing it with a question or a statement that creates mystery and intrigue, such as &ldquo;I had&hellip; the&hellip; SCARIEST night of my life last week.&rdquo;&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A few sentences to hook your and keep them interested. Within first three to four sentences you should have said something captivating, interesting, or DHV-laden. This way, even if you get cut off within the first few sentences, or for some reason you have to snip the thread and stack (more on that below), you should have at least uploaded value. And if you have created mystery or intrigue, your set may find themselves wanting to know the rest of the story anyway.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A few sentences to describe what happened and build tension as you reel her further and further into the story. Using pauses, inflection, and by describing what you were feeling, you draw her further and further into the story, causing her to feel the emotions of the event for herself. Build tension by leading up to something humorous or exciting.</li>
	<li>Release the tension with your punchline, what you&rsquo;ve learned, or the exciting results of the whole thing.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>A secondary punchline or release, to compound the positive emotions she is feeling. This bit is optional, but it never hurts to have a second funny or exciting thing to say to add to your set&rsquo;s laughter. This helps you become a &ldquo;really funny guy&rdquo; as opposed to &ldquo;the guy that told that funny story&rdquo;.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p>So from my example, I&rsquo;m going to trim getting directions from my brother, as well as the bit about Samantha wanting to come along, since they are basically irrelevant details. I&rsquo;ll also try to word it as succinctly as possible, as the less I say about something, the more questions my set can ask me.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Step 6: Add Pauses</strong></p>
<p>Adding pausing to your stories enhances the tension and excitement, while also helping you slow down your delivery. This will make your story more captivating. In fact, if you get your delivery down, you can tell stories about absolutely NOTHING and people will sit and listen to you intently. Try not to go crazy with pausing, or it will lose it&rsquo;s effect and you will end up sounding like William Shatner.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Use pausing to build tension before releasing it. Reel them in by pausing, then release then tension with something humorous or exciting.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Good pausing:</p>
<p>and I come around the side and I seem him... and this WAVE of relief washes over me&hellip;and he&#39;s trying to rock&hellip; the TRUCK&hellip; back onto it&#39;s wheels... because he thinks he can drive it home!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Bad pausing:</p>
<p>&hellip;and I&hellip; come around&hellip; the side&hellip; and I seem&hellip;him&hellip; and this&hellip; wave&hellip; of relief&hellip; just washes&hellip; all over me&hellip; and he&rsquo;s trying to rock the truck back onto it&rsquo;s wheels, because he thinks... he... can drive it home!</p>
<p>In the end, my finished routine will look like this:</p>
<p>PUA: I had&hellip; the&hellip; SCARIEST night of my life last week!&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was like 4am and I get this call from my little brother. Now I had been out with some friends all night and was in bed&hellip; so normally I wouldn&rsquo;t even answer it. But it just felt weird&hellip; you know? Like if he was calling at this time of night&hellip;something&hellip; must&hellip; be wrong. So I answer and he sounds really out of it&hellip; he&rsquo;s like &ldquo;hey kev I dodged a&hellip; deer and I had an accident... Can you come pick me up?&rdquo; And obviously, it&#39;s my little brother&hellip; so I just hop right out of bed and I&#39;m like &quot;babe, Samantha, my brother&rsquo;s in trouble so I gotta roll but I&#39;ll be back.&quot;</p>
<p>So I&#39;m way out on some backroad&hellip; and I come around a corner... and I see all this&hellip; wreckage strewn across the road... and then I see his truck&hellip; and it&#39;s laying on its side&hellip; and it&#39;s been rolled so many times&hellip; that the frame is actually twisted.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And my heart&hellip; STOPS&hellip; because I don&#39;t see my brother anywhere&hellip; I&rsquo;m fearing the worst&hellip; I jump out of my car and start running towards the truck cause I can see it sorta&hellip; rocking back and forth&hellip; And I&#39;m screaming his name... and I come around the side and I seem him...&nbsp;</p>
<p>&hellip;and this WAVE of relief washes over me&hellip;</p>
<p>&hellip;and he&#39;s trying to rock&hellip; the TRUCK&hellip; back onto it&#39;s wheels... because he thinks he can drive it home!&nbsp;</p>
<p>And that&#39;s why I love my little brother.</p>
<p>[cue laughter, IOIs, and stack forward]</p>
<p>That&#39;s it for now guys. Build yourself some DHV material and start practicing it.</p>
<p>Happy sarging,&nbsp;</p>
<p>Prophet</p>
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