Mystery “The Pick Up Artist” VH1 Show Update
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, so there’s a few more details about Mystery’s VH1 show circulating around. It looks like the show is going to be called "The Pick Up Artist," And it’s premiering August 8th on VH1. It looks like they have 8 or 9 episodes done.
The Pickup Artist will features our own Mystery (of course) as a seduction guru, and co-stars Venusian Arts Co-Founder Matador as well as master instructor J-Dog.
In the eight-part series, they do what Venusian Arts does best: transform a bunch of "nice guys with likable, quirky personalities who have trouble asking women out"…
So there you go, that stuff is confirmed. We now have a name, premise, and co-stars. =) I’ve never met Matador, but I know J-Dog very well, and I’m excited to see him involved in this. J-Dog is a great guy. Though he used to be almost entirely Speed-Seduction based, so I guess he’s made the full transition to Mystery Method.
Mystery “The Pick Up Artist” VH1 Show Update
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, so there’s a few more details about Mystery’s VH1 show circulating around. It looks like the show is going to be called "The Pick Up Artist," And it’s premiering August 8th on VH1. It looks like they have 8 or 9 episodes done.
The Pickup Artist will features our own Mystery (of course) as a seduction guru, and co-stars Venusian Arts Co-Founder Matador as well as master instructor J-Dog.
In the eight-part series, they do what Venusian Arts does best: transform a bunch of "nice guys with likable, quirky personalities who have trouble asking women out"…
So there you go, that stuff is confirmed. We now have a name, premise, and co-stars. =) I’ve never met Matador, but I know J-Dog very well, and I’m excited to see him involved in this. J-Dog is a great guy. Though he used to be almost entirely Speed-Seduction based, so I guess he’s made the full transition to Mystery Method.
Mystery “The Pick Up Artist” VH1 Show Update
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, so there’s a few more details about Mystery’s VH1 show circulating around. It looks like the show is going to be called "The Pick Up Artist," And it’s premiering August 8th on VH1. It looks like they have 8 or 9 episodes done.
The Pickup Artist will features our own Mystery (of course) as a seduction guru, and co-stars Venusian Arts Co-Founder Matador as well as master instructor J-Dog.
In the eight-part series, they do what Venusian Arts does best: transform a bunch of "nice guys with likable, quirky personalities who have trouble asking women out"…
So there you go, that stuff is confirmed. We now have a name, premise, and co-stars. =) I’ve never met Matador, but I know J-Dog very well, and I’m excited to see him involved in this. J-Dog is a great guy. Though he used to be almost entirely Speed-Seduction based, so I guess he’s made the full transition to Mystery Method.
The Dark Juggler Method
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Uncategorized
One of Charisma Arts Senior Instructors, a guy named Dimitri, (well, I think that’s his name. He seems to spell it with lots of 1s where there should be "i"s.) has posted a very interesting – yet shocking – way of picking up girls using Juggler’s method.
Check it out…
Italian Beach Bans Men!
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Rants & Reviews
Sorry, looks like there’s no boys allowed on this one…
Italy has opened its first women-only beach, away from the prying eyes and wandering hands of the country’s notoriously lascivious men.
The beach at the resort of Riccione, on the Adriatic coast, is also closed to children, with mothers encouraged to leave their offspring with their father or grandparents.
Signs at the entrance to Beach 134 say “No Men”. One sign depicts a macho-looking man in a bathing costume apparently ready with his next chat-up line. But he has a diagonal line across his torso, in a manner similar to signs saying “No Dogs”. Ironically, dogs are allowed on the “Pink Beach”.
“This is not a lesbian beach,” Fausto Ravaglia, the businessman behind the idea to ban men, said. “It is simply for women to be themselves.”
Cinzia Donati, 43, a housewife from Milan, agreed. “I’ve left my husband and son behind — and I feel I’ve arrived in paradise,” she said. The beach was “a really classy place, beautifully clean and well organised. It’s perfect for us women. We are so much better off on our own.”
You know, I can’t honestly say this is a bad thing, since the culture in Italy is such that men ARE quite relentless over there, so I can see the need for a private beach where women can go and not worry about being harassed or whatever.
But c’mon. This IS discriminatory. Here in the states, private golf clubs get flack for not allowing women to join, yet when men are excluded from something, it’s all "okay." Jeesh. Give me a break.
Your Best Body In 1 Hour
June 28, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Health & Hygiene
I found a really good article over on MSN about a 1-hour workout you can do that looks really promising. Check out this exerpt:
Fire Up Your Muscles
The strategy: Put your body in motion in ways that will recruit more muscle fibers in your workout, leading to bigger gains in the end.
The investment: 5 minutes
The drill: Junk
your traditional warmup. If this were just about getting warm, you
could sit in a hot tub. Instead, do calisthenics. They not only
hot-wire nerve pathways that connect your brain to your muscles, but
also help you move through full ranges of motion before adding weight.
If the workout is the show, this is your rehearsal. See "Kickstart Your Workout."Target Weak Spots
The strategy: Troubleshoot problem areas to eliminate weak links and reduce injury risk.
The investment: 4 minutes
The drill: Do
any of your joints or muscles hurt? If you answer "a little" or "only
when I . . . , " see a physical therapist. And train your glutes—your
butt muscles—and your scapular muscles, which include the rhomboids,
trapezius, serratus anterior, and pectoralis minor. You don’t need to
be able to pinpoint them on a dangling skeleton. Just remember that
weakness in these areas signals "Danger: Work Ahead" for hips, knees,
and shoulders. Use the exercises in "Injury-Proof Your Body," to ward off trouble now. For years to come, your body will thank you every time you get out of bed.Train Your Core
The strategy: Sculpt
a stable, injury-resistant core. Like a baseball team, a healthy body
needs to be strongest right up the middle. Plus, women think a tight
midsection is hot.The investment: 8 minutes
The drill: The
core—your abs, hips, and lower back—is the most important area of your
body when it comes to injury prevention and overall performance. For
great results, train it early in your workout, while you still have the
energy and focus to put forth your best effort.Build Your Biggest Muscles
The strategy: Lift more weight in less time to supersize the muscles you want to make bigger.
The investment: 30 minutes
The drill: Weight
training is the most critical part of a muscle-building,
strength-boosting workout. Streamline your routine with the
alternating-set system. Do one exercise, rest 1 minute, and then do
another exercise. Alternate between moves until you’ve completed all
your sets for each, then move to a new pair. This strategy allows you
to fit 15 to 20 sets in 30 minutes. And it provides sufficient stimulus
for muscle growth, provided that 90 percent of those exercises are
squats, deadlifts, dips, chinups, rows, and presses.Accelerate Fat Loss
The strategy: Squeeze in a fat-burning cardio session to reveal rock-hard muscle.
The investment: 4 minutes
The drill: You’re
no doubt familiar with interval training, in which you run hard, rest,
and then repeat. That burns fat, for sure. But here’s another option.
Perform squats, chinups, or pushups for 20 seconds, rest for 10
seconds, and repeat, alternating for 4 minutes. This technique boosts
your metabolism and your strength. What’s more, Japanese researchers
found that it provides the same cardiovascular benefits as a 30-minute
bike ride.Prepare For Tomorrow
The strategy: Reduce postworkout soreness as a means of maximizing your next training session.
The investment: 9 minutes
The drill: Spend
a few minutes stretching and improving the quality of your fascia, the
tissue that covers your muscle fibers. Injury, overexertion, or
extended inactivity can cause fascia to knot up with adhesions. But
when you use a foam roll to apply pressure to tender spots, the knots
untangle and blood flows through those tissues more freely. For more
details, check out "Reclaim Your Flexibility," and "Stretching Exercises."More Muscle in Less Time
The
following routines show how to put your new workout strategies into
action. (See the main story for more details on these strategies.) As
you become more comfortable with the movements, feel free to substitute
exercises of your own.Kickstart Your Workout
Perform
these exercises at the beginning of your routine. They prepare your
shoulders, back, hips, knees, and ankles to perform at a high level.
I dig this because it seems like stuff you can do in a short period of time for maximum results. Read the whole article for more in-depth exercises.
Mystery’s New TV Show…
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, I’ve been getting a couple of emails from people about this, so I figured I’d blog a little bit to try and clear the air.
It’s no secret that pick-up artist Mystery has been trying to achieve super-stardom for years. First he wanted to be the world’s greatest illusionist, now he wants to be a world-famous rock star. But in the meantime, I guess he wants to be a world-famous cable TV star.
In 2006, Mystery shot a pilot episode for a TV show about him teaching poor guys unlucky in love how to be pickup artists. The show is being produced and will air on VH1, home to such great shows as "Where Are They Now?" and "I Love The 80s."
Recently, VH1 has been pursuing more reality based shows, such as Flavor Of Love and Celebrity Fit Club. I’m guessing that Mystery’s show may very well be in the same vein as these types of popular shows on the network. From what I can understand, the show (which doesn’t yet seem to have a name) is a combination of a filmed bootcamp being taught by Mystery, and the show "Beauty and the Geek" (only without the beauties.)
Mystery’s New TV Show…
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, I’ve been getting a couple of emails from people about this, so I figured I’d blog a little bit to try and clear the air.
It’s no secret that pick-up artist Mystery has been trying to achieve super-stardom for years. First he wanted to be the world’s greatest illusionist, now he wants to be a world-famous rock star. But in the meantime, I guess he wants to be a world-famous cable TV star.
In 2006, Mystery shot a pilot episode for a TV show about him teaching poor guys unlucky in love how to be pickup artists. The show is being produced and will air on VH1, home to such great shows as "Where Are They Now?" and "I Love The 80s."
Recently, VH1 has been pursuing more reality based shows, such as Flavor Of Love and Celebrity Fit Club. I’m guessing that Mystery’s show may very well be in the same vein as these types of popular shows on the network. From what I can understand, the show (which doesn’t yet seem to have a name) is a combination of a filmed bootcamp being taught by Mystery, and the show "Beauty and the Geek" (only without the beauties.)
Mystery’s New TV Show…
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under News
Okay, I’ve been getting a couple of emails from people about this, so I figured I’d blog a little bit to try and clear the air.
It’s no secret that pick-up artist Mystery has been trying to achieve super-stardom for years. First he wanted to be the world’s greatest illusionist, now he wants to be a world-famous rock star. But in the meantime, I guess he wants to be a world-famous cable TV star.
In 2006, Mystery shot a pilot episode for a TV show about him teaching poor guys unlucky in love how to be pickup artists. The show is being produced and will air on VH1, home to such great shows as "Where Are They Now?" and "I Love The 80s."
Recently, VH1 has been pursuing more reality based shows, such as Flavor Of Love and Celebrity Fit Club. I’m guessing that Mystery’s show may very well be in the same vein as these types of popular shows on the network. From what I can understand, the show (which doesn’t yet seem to have a name) is a combination of a filmed bootcamp being taught by Mystery, and the show "Beauty and the Geek" (only without the beauties.)
Cure To HIV Found In African Whores?
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Uncategorized
It seems as though researchers have found a group of prostitutes in Africa with a natural immunity to the AIDS virus.
Agnes Munyiva has never thought of herself as a lucky woman. Desperately poor, she works as a prostitute out of her home, a tiny tin-roofed hut on the outskirts of Nairobi. To feed her family of five she entertains as many as 10 clients a day on her children’s bed, charging the going rate of 25 cents a trick. Her latest boyfriend just landed in jail, and her kids — forced to play outside in the mud while their mama "has a guest" — often go hungry on a skimpy diet of corn mash.
Yet in a way, Munyiva is a fortunate woman — extraordinarily fortunate to be free of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Since the disease emerged in Nairobi in the early 1980s, the sexually transmitted virus has infected 90% of the city’s lower-class prostitutes; but somehow Munyiva, 42, has avoided the scourge during her 13 years in that grim line of work. "Perhaps God knows that if he takes me away, my children would suffer," she says.
Munyiva is one of a remarkable group of 25 Nairobi prostitutes who are the subjects of intensive scientific study. The fact that they have no symptoms of AIDS is not so amazing, since HIV can lie dormant in the body for many years before it begins its deadly work. What is surprising is that the virus cannot be found in these women at all; it apparently cannot establish itself in their cells.
A small number of people in other high-risk groups, including some homosexuals and spouses of infected hemophiliacs, have shown resistance to infection. But the Nairobi prostitutes, so frequently exposed to the virus for so many years, provide the strongest evidence yet that people can have a natural immunity to AIDS. If the cause of that protection can be identified, it could spur efforts to develop a vaccine.
A team of Kenyan and Canadian researchers has monitored every one of the prostitutes monthly for at least six years. Each of the women has had sex with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of HIV-positive men. There is nothing unusual about the way they go about their business; they don’t use condoms more frequently than other prostitutes do, for example. Significantly, they have suffered from other sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis and gonorrhea.
What keeps HIV at bay? Lead researcher Dr. Francis Plummer of the University of Manitoba thinks the answer may lie in protein molecules called human leukocyte group A antigens. Arrayed along the surface of cells, these molecules help identify foreign invaders such as viruses. Plummer’s preliminary research suggests that the HIV-free women have HLAs markedly different from the more typical ones found in Nairobi’s other prostitutes. Exactly how these unusual HLAs can repel HIV is a mystery. Other experts are cautious about drawing any conclusions until Plummer’s team completes and publishes its research.
There are many precedents for studying people with natural immunity in order to devise vaccines. In fact, the famous vaccine developed by England’s Edward Jenner in 1796 resulted from his observation that milkmaids who had gone through bouts of cowpox enjoyed natural protection against the much deadlier smallpox. Plummer hopes his HIV-free prostitutes can play the same role today that Jenner’s clear-skinned milkmaids did nearly two centuries ago.
Wow. I had never heard of a natural immunity to AIDS. If this pans out, it could be a major breaktrough!
2 Women Arrested For Bathroom Sex In Front Of Children
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Rants & Reviews
Sex in a public restroom at a pool with families in attendance? YIKES!
Two women in Seminole County, Fla., are accused of performing sex acts in front of children at a community pool bathroom while a third woman photographed them, according to a police report.Seminole County sheriff’s deputies arrested Emily Hernandez and Johannie Jimenez over the weekend at the Casselberry public bathroom.
A woman told police that she was walking into the bathroom with her children, and noticed Hernandez and Jimenez naked and apparently performing oral sex. She said another woman was photographing the acts.
The pregnant mother said she tried to leave the area with her children but the women would not let her leave. She said she was threatened not to call the police.
The woman eventually left the area with her children unharmed, police said.
Hernandez and Jimenez face lewd and lascivious exhibition charges as well as battery on a pregnant person, false imprisonment of an adult and child under 13 years old.
Talk about girls gone wild. It sounds like these chicks were trying to make some type of amature porn and just picked the wrong location to do it in.
Top 10 Rejection Lines For Men And Women
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Quotes & Humor
All right, so we’ve all heard one line or another that basically tells us the other person is not interested in us, but what are they REALLY saying? Check out this top ten list…
Women Say:
10. I think of you as a brother. (You remind me of that inbred banjo-playing geek in "Deliverance".)9. There’s a slight difference in our ages. (I don’t want to do my Dad.)
8. I’m not attracted to you in ‘that’ way. (You are the ugliest dork I’ve ever laid eyes upon.)
7. My life is too complicated right now. (I don’t want you spending the whole night or else you may hear phone calls from all the other guys I’m seeing.)
6. I’ve got a boyfriend. (I prefer my male cat and a half gallon of Ben and Jerry’s.)
5. I don’t date men where I work. (I wouldn’t date you if you were in the same ‘solar system’, much less the same building.)
4. It’s not you, it’s me. (It’s you.)
3. I’m concentrating on my career. (Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you.)
2. I’m celibate. (I’ve sworn off only the men like you.)
1. Let’s be friends. (I want you to stay around so I can tell you in excruciating detail about all the other men I meet and have sex with. It’s that male perspective thing.)
Hmmm. Interesting. Now, what do GUYS mean when they say these things?
Men Say:
10. I think of you as a sister. (You’re ugly.)9. There’s a slight difference in our ages. (You’re ugly.)
8. I’m not attracted to you in ‘that’ way. (You’re ugly.)
7. My life is too complicated right now. (You’re ugly.)
6. I’ve got a girlfriend. (You’re ugly.)
5. I don’t date women where I work. (You’re ugly.)
4. It’s not you, it’s me. (You’re ugly.)
3. I’m concentrating on my career. (You’re ugly.)
2. I’m celibate. (You’re ugly.)
1. Let’s be friends. (You’re sinfully ugly.)
Yep. That pretty much sums it up!
Women See Things Differently From Men (More Proof!)
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Rants & Reviews
We all know there are some serious differences in the way men and women mentally process information, but the news that women can actually see more COLORS than men is, well, new to me…
The normal human retina’s color receptors are tuned to green, blue, and red. Working together, the three give us our colorful view of the world. When one or more of those color receptors is missing the result is color-blindness. The genes for our red and green color receptors are located on the X-chromosome, giving women a redundant set of receptor genes. This is why men are far more prone to color-blindness than women. In order to be functionally color-blind a woman not only has to be missing a receptor gene on both X-chromosomes, it must be the same gene on each one. The chances of this happening are so slim that only 0.4% of the US female population is affected. By contrast male color-blindness is far more prevalent with 8% of the US male population affected – 95% of them with red or green receptor problems. Color-blindness makes it difficult or impossible to distinguish some colors, depending on which receptor is affected. The term color-blindness itself is somewhat of a misnomer, since color perception is altered, not eliminated. True color-blindness, wherein a person can distinguish no color at all, requires a malfunction of all three kinds of color receptors, and affects only 0.003% of the population regardless of gender.
I wonder if the fact that women are so much more receptive to different colors than men is one of the reasons why peacocking is so effective?
Scientists Develop Gaydar
June 27, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Rants & Reviews
So there’s a big write up on CNN.com about new studies which are trying to determine if homosexuality is a choice or if its genetic. In this study, they’re trying to pick out physical characteristics which could determine a person’s sexual preference. Check it out…
A growing number of psychologists and geneticists are working on the "nature versus nurture" question — a question that’s set off a highly charged political debate about whether people choose to be gay, or whether gayness is determined by their DNA.
Take Richard Lippa, a professor of psychology at California State University at Fullerton. His studies show that gay people are twice as likely to be left-handed. He also collects photos of hair whorls — those circular swirls you see atop a man’s head. He says about 10 percent of the general population have whorls that rotate counter-clockwise, but about 20 percent of gay men have counter-clockwise whorls.
Lippa acknowledges that studying hair patterns sounds strange. "It sounds a little like the ‘Twilight Zone’ or voodoo science," he says. But to Lippa, a link between sexual orientation and something that’s clearly inborn (like handedness or the way hair grows) speaks volumes. His theory: You can’t choose your whorl, and you can’t choose your sexuality, either.
"You’re born with either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise hair whorl. It’s fixed, it’s biologically determined. No one’s going to argue that your hair whorl is influenced by learning or culture," he says.
Lippa says his next step is see whether there are specific genes that control sexual orientation.
Douglas Abbott thinks Lippa won’t find a thing.
"There is no evidence of a ‘gay gene,’ " says Abbott, professor of child and family studies at the University of Nebraska.
Abbott points to studies that look at the sexual orientation of the offspring of gay people. "If homosexuality was caused by genetic mechanisms, their children would be more likely to choose same-sex interaction," he says. "But they aren’t more likely, so therefore it can’t be genetic."
For Abbott, the answer to the nature-vs.-nurture question is very clear. "I think the primary causes of same-sex behavior are environmental and personal choice and free agency," he says. "Can someone change their orientation? The definitive answer to that is, "yes.’ "
That makes Gerulf Rieger laugh. "Ask a bunch of straight guys [if they could switch to being gay] and they would tell you, ‘Are you kidding me?’ " says Rieger, a lecturer in psychology at Northwestern University. "So the other way around doesn’t work either."
In his research, Rieger shows videotapes of men and women talking about the weather. Observers have been able to predict with great accuracy whether the person talking is gay or straight. "Even within seconds, people are pretty good at figuring out who’s gay and who’s not," he says.
Like Sylva with his illuminated walkers, Rieger thinks his research points to genetics, and not choice, as the source of sexual orientation.
"It doesn’t seem to be the social environment, it doesn’t seem to be the parents or peers that make you gay," he says. "It seems to be something that comes from within."
They left out voice pitch and lisping. =)
How To Get Rid Of Neediness
June 22, 2007 by Thundercat
Filed under Tips & Tricks
So a guy going by the handle Green over on mASF had a question about overcoming neediness…
Green
Recently I thought about times when i had conversations with girls,and analysed what i have said in those convos , i realised that I sometimes act needy.ItВґs very difficult to see your needyness yourself unless someone tells you or you think back and realize it. And then itВґs tooo late!
How do you guys dust off all your needyness that you have towards women?
IВґm grateful for any responses and advice that anyone has!
I found this question to be quite interesting because, well, I think a lot of guys suffer from this.
When talking to a woman, SO MANY guys are like a starving dog, wagging their tails, excited that they might actually get laid.
And though it might not be obvious to them, it’s obvious to pretty much everyone else.
Other than approach anxiety, I’d say learning to overcome neediness is the biggest obstacle a newbie has to face.
The best way, in my opinion, to get rid of neediness is to shift your focus away from that which is causing you to be needy.
First of all, what do you feel you need?
Is it sex? Validation? Emotional connection? All of the above? Figure that out first. What is it that’s causing you to be needy?
For most guys, once they get the sense that they might actually have a chance of having sex with a girl, it’s like a slab of meat has just been thrown to a hungry dog. They pounce on it, because they want it so bad!
And when you go after something so directly, it can scare people off.
So if you notice you’re getting needy because you want to have sex, shift your focus to something else! Instead of looking to get this girl into bed, say to yourself "You know what? Let’s forget about that for now, and just focus on getting to know her (or have fun with her)."
Once you shift your focus, you can start to relax, because the "pressure to get her into bed" will disappear.
Another way to do this is to find something that fulfills your need. Ever notice how married guys or guys with girlfriends seem to attract women easier than single guys? That’s because they’re getting their sex needs fulfilled, so they tend to relax around girls, and that relaxed attitude helps make the girls attracted to them – because they naturally tease them, joke with them, and have fun with them.
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