Never Stall Out Again!

Jlaix has a pretty innovative way to keep from forgetting your material while in set, which he’s posted on mASF. Of course, he was flamed for his advice. You be the judge as to if he deserved it…

jlaix writes:Ok, you’ve all seen my cheat sheet, right? That’s MASSIVE and obviously pretty impractical to whip out in-field. So what I’ve been doing lately is writing up a select 40 minute “set list” before going out. Then referring to it in the bathroom when I forget what material I wanna use. This is better, but still has drawbacks: it doesn’t help when I’m stalling out in set, cause I have to leave for the bathroom. Or I’ll be reading in the bathroom and some dode walks in and sees me reading some list and I look like a dork.

So today I’m at werk writing up tonight’s set list, and a light bulb goes on over my head: I CAN PUT THIS IN MY PHONE AS A TEXT MESSAGE. So that’s what I did, here it is:

roommate
compliment
astley
jhova
bestfriend
shoe/girlname
lilsis
trust
fight/kitten
libra
magic
pwrpuf
t,c&c
nvermind
2 similar
santa
cube
so gen/IC
tension
not BF

This is awesome. I can literally refer to this RIGHT IN SET by pretending I got a text msg. Try it today!

You can read the whole thread here.

But just for fun, here are a few of the flames that were exchanged on the thread:

Fatass writes:
Seen a few posts lately with this theme. Could this be the wave of
the future? Real COMMUNICATION? No more STUPID FUCKING CANNED ROUTINES? God, I hope so.

Take her for a trip upon your magic, swirling ship.

Jlaix writes:
You guys are so alpha. No routines here! Just clean, 100% improv!

Now please excuse me, I’ll be out in the real world getting laid. Maybe I’ll come back, if you’re lucky.

Fatass responds to Tyler Durden:
Consider the fact that a list of tactics may not be a structure. Then ask your friend jlaix to post a structure and see if anybody pokes fun at him for that.

(Really, as a student of logical fallacies you should know better than to have tried this.)

Also consider the fact that a guy who says he’s afraid that he will “look like a dork” to other guys (strangers, probably) may have some other inner-game issues to resolve.

Jlaix writes:
Man, I used to think all the time. I know all about it. When I was in my early 20′s, I would think about everything, analyzing every little fucking thing to death. Did it really help me? Did it make my life better? No. It just made me a fuckin basket case of neuroses and anger.

Now, I try to think as little as possible. The bare minimum necessary to survive. I am much happier.

FUCK THINKING.

And on and on it goes. I actually do think it’s a good idea to keep a cheat sheet with you when you’re out in the field. I know some guys (Fatass in particular) prefer a more direct “naturalistic” approach, but I’m a firm believe in the maxim “You’re only as good as your material.” So IMHO, Jlaix has a neat trick up his sleeve to help him keep on track.

Often times, having good canned material allows your brain to focus on more important things than what you’re saying, such as body cues and IOIs the girl may give you. It also gives you time to figure out what the girl is responding to. Even Style (the most powerful of the Jedi) uses a cheat sheet.

Which reminds me, I gotta start working on mine…