A long time ago, I wrote the basic rules of my “art of impression,” and because of the “pickup artist” phenomenon and my opposition of all-things “fast seduction,” I’d intended to revisit the subject, make refinements and additions to it, and re-release it. And it would be “Brad’s book, number one.”
Real life happens, however, and sometimes gets in the way.
With the help of dedicated friends and supporters, I’d formulated rough guidelines and rules governing successful interactions. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what to call it, so or the sake of simplicity online, it was “Bradtastics.” There’s a few group pages under that name… my short-term goal is to consolidate that material, but there’s so much of it. Within a few quick months, 89 discussions and one dozen pages, most of it is conversational.
At the moment, I’m leaving everything where it is; if you’ve missed any (all) of it, you can view the different sites, take-in the content, and even add to the discussions. Some of the material isn’t particularly well-written, and though it might make sense to just move on, bits of the content is too important to me to pass up.
I will redraft, rework and repost the entries, comments and tidbits of importance to the art of impression, as well as anything of significant-interest to others in the past. To be completely honest, writing about relationships and interaction for a blog is much harder than I thought it would be… but I’m aware of the importance of the issues and can’t wait for the published book to start sharing.
Also: if you’d like to start-up a discussion with me or my psychologist-buddies… just ask!
That title simply sounds better than “making changes to my blog;” of course, proceeding to explain this very-unimportant and trivial fact negates any possible positive-effects… and maybe that’s why it’s important (to explain).
If you’re reading this at bradtastic.com, you’d see that the site has been stripped of the artwork and imagery, most of the previous articles and entries are gone (or hidden, “same-difference” to the viewer), and that I’m finally using K2. K2 is many things, “good” amongst ‘em, but it’s also more complicated. I hadn’t taken the time to test K2 before making the “upgrade,” so I’m learning as I go. It’s a good thing you’re not paying me to read this blog, huh?
A lot of changes are being made. New content, of course… I also started a new sub-site, spill.bradtastic.com for personal stuff, my friends and me. Probably not too interesting for anyone outside of the circles, though I do find interesting web-apps and beta services (every day). I share links and beta codes, but my microblogs (check the sidebar) and Plurk are probably easier to follow than a tumblelog.
It would help me (greatly) to know who reads this blog and why; I can see the traffic, but instead of comments I get a lot of personal emails. Unfortunately, many of the “game-related” or “art of impression” questions are really, really good; I’d like to share the questions and answers with others, I think it’ll help.
Lastly, thanks for dealing and waiting: it’s not always easy, just being a person, with five-dollars-per-gallon gas and a shoulder disability… often I find that working on my blog is at the top of my want list and at the bottom of my need list. Needs vs wants… sounds. Familiar.
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