Beauty and the Geek in New York: Behind the scenes (day 2) January 31, 2007
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While Day 1 was a little slow, Day 2 picked up with Scooter, Megan, Jennylee, and I on the WPIX morning news. Nate and Cecille headed off to TRL, and I think the girls had a radio show that afternoon. I spent the afternoon buying a new coat because the jacket I brought from California was not cutting it in the -10 degree weather. By the end of my visit, the mid twenties felt warm.
There was a brief moment when we considered watching last week’s episode in our hotel room, but we decided a cast party at McFadden’s Saloon would be a much better option.
There’s plenty of room for dancing, as long as you’re creative!
Beauty and the Geek in Times Square!
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good call on the weather! once you feel that -10’s, the 20’s feel good. hope you had a great trip!
ur cute
The weather was so cold during those days you came to visit. On my way to the Keith Ablow show, there was actually like five minutes of snow. I went to hide, but Dean and Deluca closed on us. Imagine having to live in New York. To me, those twenty degrees was blooming weather. HAHA, that sign at times square looks awesome! You guys were looking good. =)
You guys look like you had great fun! :)
does this mean that nate and cecile won?
love the show :)
lol OMG. Niels, you looked so HOT answering those questions during the elimination round. And, I also like your style of confidence. Ahh. Can’t wait till next week. =)
hey neils loving the show man i hope u and Cecille win it all im rooting for u guys…. so i see you guys met up after the show was over, how different do you feel now interacting with your castmates (now that your a pua instructor) than before when you werent as socially calibrated?
to #7 curious bystandard.
he was already working as a PUA. he started working for them before the show was taped, they taped the show in june, and he spent the rest of the summer teaching for pickup101. its all fake… that ‘you’re my tour guide’ line, that’s his standard pickup line. that’s why he wouldnt take jennylee’s advice… he was doing his standard routine… sadly, its the same one he teaches people. and the show just proved that jennylee thought it was creepy and that it just didnt work.
it’s such a gyp that the show was taped after niels had already taken all the pua classes and started teaching. its not like before and after… the “geek” niels IS the after. i’d've liked to see the change.
Oh, AOA sucker, that’s just sad.
I’m curious to know where Niels feels he has any place giving advice on relationships since he seems to have never had one. I don’t go around teaching neuroscience, because I have no knowledge or experience on the topic… would you buy gloves from a guy with no hands?
I do wish Niels would respond to these questions about these things. I saw someone ask a similar question in a previous post.
Hey BATGirl, don’t believe everything you read. I don’t want to (or plan to) moderate the comments on this blog, but there are people out there who feel their ulterior motives justify making up things about other people. Those who know me will vouch for the changes I’ve made in my life.
As for kissing and telling, that’s something I’ll never do. If you want to read about my teaching ability, you can see what my students had to say here.
I’ll write a post on kissing and telling eventually, but there’s so much to say it’s going to take a while to get all my thoughts out.
Oh but I do know someone who knows you! I don’t just make assumptions based on your blog!
someone said it on this blog before, BATGirl. “those who can’t do, teach.”
kissing and telling isnt that same as mentioning a date or a relationship. he’s using it as a coverup. just like on the show last night when he said it made him feel dirty to ask for phone numbers. apparently, his company says niels has so many numbers that he sorts them by area code. another excuse because he lost the challenge.
and of course, niels opts not to ‘moderate’ so he doesnt have to respond to these posts (unless its to make another excuse. and of course, refer us to his ‘teaching’ - we all know what that means).
excuses ain’t pretty. a straight up answer every now and then will do, thanks.
Oh well. Niels is just trying to change himself by dating a variety of people. Nothing wrong with mistakes.
Well said, “…”. It’s not like I asked him how much sex he has had using these pickup lines. I asked about relationships and dates. If he’s trying to sell a service, he should be able to back up his product. His clients should know how it’s worked for him. He claims this is a great way for him to get his advice out there. Yet when we ask questions about how well the results work for him, we get cop-out answers. Heh.
I started following the show after a email from lance saying that an instructor was on the show. Unfortunately for me, I now have to watch each week to see what happens. I see Nate and Jenny Lee sitting close in the above pictures. Does that mean they are a couple?
Jake
Wow…I don’t understand what all the negativity is about…Niels is learning a skill…how to be social with women. Just like any other skill…playing a musical instrument, learning to cook, learning another language…there’s a learning curve. The show was filmed early in the learning curve..6 months of complete immersion and accelerated learning, he is a pro.
How is that possible?
Haven’t you guys read “The Game” by Neill Strauss? He’s a writer for the New York Times that went through the same journey. It took him a matter of weeks to become good — meaning comfortable, confident, and charming — talking to girls, and it wasn’t long after that that he was good enough to start teaching others.
Steve Pavlina graduated with 2 undergraduate degrees in 3 semesters. I’m sure in 2 more years he could’ve been teaching some of his intro level classes. So are you gonna judge his abilities by the grade on some paper he submitted in his first week of school?!
(http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/graduating-college-in-3-semesters/)
If you guys question Neils’ ability, then do it based on your experience with him in the present, not on something taped 6 months ago, while he was in “Remedial Social Skills” class.
Jerry-
I dunno about all the others on here, but I have been basing all of this on the present. The show was taped in June of 06, but this blog was written now. AOA sucker has even been to his seminars. All of these arguments (me, AOA sucker, …) in this particular entry completely reflect the present, not the show.
NOW he is charging money to teach people these skills but he refuses to tell us how these skills have worked for him. People keep asking him for numbers of dates or some sort of proof that these social skills have gotten him a girlfriend. Why else are people going to AOA, for a bunch of first dates? No, they’re hoping for relationships. That’s all anyone wants to know and he just won’t say anything, which is making us wonder if he has anything to show for himself. Until he proves otherwise, we’ll keep assuming this…
above, when niels refers Batgirl to the evidence that people who know him will vouch for the changes he’s made in his life, the quotes are from his sister and best friend. i’m sure they are being completely honest.
he won’t kiss and tell but refers us to comments on his teaching. again, those who teach…. we want to know if it works, not if he is a good teacher.
like batgirl’s says in the comment above this, we’ll just keep assuming he’s a quack. :)
“i’m sure they are being completely honest.”
More honest than someone who posts comments under multiple names to make it seem as though there is a consensus against me. My blog tracks commenters’ IP addresses, silly. I remember when we met in real life, and I expected better from you.
Ok so you can track IPs… but you still haven’t ANSWERED THE QUESTION. Why don’t you just address the issue so people can support you and be on your side instead of constantly insisting you give up information? All anyone wants to know is how well all this AOA stuff has worked for you to know if it’s worth the money. And all you do is come up with more and more evasive answers.
You should become a lobbyist like the guy in Thank You For Smoking because you are so skilled in avoiding the point.
Maybe all of the mean people could just stop reading this blog if they have such a big problem with it. There is really no need for negativity. Why do you all care anyway? (Don’t answer that. I really don’t care why you care.)
shockingly, niels, i understand the basics of IP addresses, given my academic background. the goal was to hopefully elicit a straight response from you about how your newfound social skill is working out for you in terms of dating/relationships, which was a question you evaded when we ‘met in real life’ also. like i said then, and have reiterated here, it’s *great* that you’re making a change in your life, but there are some inconsistencies that are seriously tripping up your credibility.
do those techniques work? the response from the couple we met in the fall/jennylee/etc was that they are ‘creepy’, so can you clarify? jennylee said she’d laugh but in her head want to get away - ever actually go on a date with a girl you met using your ‘tour guide’ opener?
are you dating? are you in a relationship? do you call the girls? they are valid questions for someone making a living teaching this stuff, and AGAIN, you sidestep them with some IP blather. people other than me have asked the same thing on here (check your beloved IP addresses, babe), and it’s quite exasperating how you dance around the heart of the matter time and time again.
so can you just, for once, give us a straightforward answer?
wow i had no idea such drama was happening at this blog, i was just curious how u feel now neils? my question had no ulteriour motive or anything.