Respect this Hustle

Adios

2008-04-24T17:13:00.001-05:00

Go here meow

http://www.everybodyblickets.com

Sup

2008-04-23T23:28:00.003-05:00

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

2008-04-01T21:22:00.002-05:00

Also grab some beer, popcorn and the tv remote (and turn that shit off- you're reading an epic story!)

An Epic Story. And I swear that despite the post date this is a true story.

Characters:

Joe- I live with him.
Chris- I live with him. He played hockey in college.
Mark- I don't live with him. He is a walking penis.
Ole- Me. You'll see

Shorty- short one
Manatee- ugly one (sorry Michael's car bumper)

So at about 12:40 we're wasted an at Irish pub in downtown Denver. Nice place. I've already been yelled at once for walking into the kitchen when I tried to find the bathroom. We decide that we're too sexy to roll 4 deep looking for drunk chicks and we end up splitting and I head out with Chris, with the intention of making some drunk girl say my name...one way or another.

We haven't gone far (call it 12:44) and we see two women sitting together at the end of a bar- giggitty giggitty goooooo. We show up and ask them a simple question

'Hello ladies. We're celebrating tonight, can you suggest a good shot for us to take?'. They took the bait and asked what we were celebrating for, before they even answered our shot question. We said we'd give them hints and clues as they guessed. Whatever, they sucked at guessing but eventually they said something about us being promotional people for the Colorado Avalanche. We look at each other.

'No...not promotional people'. A few quick guesses later and they realize that we're avalanche players! No shit! We go on to explain that we were just drafted out of an international league where we've been playing. They're skeptical, but Chris shuts them up when he talks about everything we've done- played in these tournaments, played against those players, etc. At the moment we're celebrating. We've been in Denver for 2 weeks but this is our first chance to really go out. We each take a cigarette of theirs and smoke it, all the while mentioning over and over about how upset coach is going to be. Ohhhh, coach!!!

We move on to them and find out they went to the same college, didn't know each other, and got introduced by a mutual friend or something. It's not important. They're not important. But the manatee gives us three guesses to find out what she does. We get them wrong, she decides to buy shots. Good game, and btw, being famous is awesome.

At this point we're drunk, and while I can't speak for Chris, I thought shorty was cute. And the other girl, at this point, was a person. Keep in mind I'm wasted. Anyway, we hang around for a little while and then I get asked a hockey question.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck. I don't know! I kind of stall, they start to get super skeptical and I turn to Chris and tell him we should leave. I go to the bathroom. I come back, they're still talking to Chris but I think they realize that we're no hockey players :( The lights turn on and Chris and I go outside to leave with all the other lonely drunks. We find Joe and Mark and try to get a taxi. Then we see a limo,imo,imo,imo. Imagine that being said like RKelly in trapped in the closet, so the beat ended, the scene ended, there was an echo and a barreta.

We talk to the guy and apparently are given a rate that is reasonable...so we swoop. As the door is shutting with the 4 of us, someone, prob Penis/Mark says we need girls. At that moment I see the 2 from the bar so Chris and I dart out and ask if they need a ride in our limo. Naturally, the stupid whores agree. So we start driving. At this point details are foggy. Unfortunately, I remember being way too close to the manatee. Joe calls me Kyle. My name for the night has been Ole, and I'm from Norway. I played high school hockey in Minnesota. They don't care/notice at this point, however, so we're clear. Somehow we stop at 7/11 and at this point none of us want them in the limo so we try to run around the back of the building, leaving them with the limo. muhahaha. Except we get caught :(

Back in the limo we're driving home, we get home, girls come in. We drink beers, we get hiiiiiigh. We make a point not to let manatee smoke. And we're laughing about the episode of entourage where turtle and drama meet a few chicks at the store, bring them to a party and there is one annoying fat bitch who sucks and just complains. For the rest of the story, that's the manatee. It's like, 3:30am or something and we're tired. Mark is talking to them while Joe, Chris and I are in the kitchen. We decide that Joe is going to fake a call from a girl, get upset and say stuff like 'why would you do that to me? I loved you!' and then Chris and I would burst in with our fake pistols, ready to bust a cap in her cheating ass.

So everything goes perfectly- except instead of leaving, short girl seems indifferent to our displays of weapons and manatee now wants to leave because she's fat. I mean scared. But instead of leaving, shorty and Mark/Penis decide to make out. Which means manatee is still there- she's cock blocking her friend from anything real happening and doesn't want to leave without her. God damn it!!! We try to lock them outside, but Mark is with them, so that plan backfires when he calls to get let in. At this point I'm really drunk, tired, stoned and confused. Apparently Chris flat out tells the manatee we don't want her here- she has to leave. Eventually, she does. With shorty. And the night ends at like 4:30am.

The next day is a lovely combination of bloody marys and 'wtf happeneds'

Love,
Kyle

Worst day of poka eva!

2008-03-30T22:06:00.001-05:00

Lost $2500 yesterday in about 1500 hands. Month went from 10 to 8k or so very quickly...heh. I didn't do anything wrong, just ran really, really poorly (maybe I was due? I dunno).

My 'favorite' hand of the day was QQ on a flop of 478 rainbow versus K9, all-in and homeboy gets a K on the river.

1. WTF was he thinking
2. WTF why did a K have to come?

This means, however, that I'm due to run hot hot hot at some point in the near future. I don't know when that will be though. Not to sound too pretentious (heh) but I have more money than I can spend at the moment and my desire to play poker is dwindling these days. I mean, it's not fun, it's just $. And I don't need the $ for anything so there isn't a lot of motivation (sure, having MORE $ is motivation, but still). When I come back from Costa Rica I'll make a list of some stuff I want to buy (baseball glove, a hat, I dunno) and say when I make $x, I'll buy those items. Speaking of which, I went to the mall on Friday, when I won about $1200, and bought some new shorts (2), shirts (4), and sunglasses (sick!). I'm going to look good on that beach in Costa Rica...heh.

But back to the worst day. It's only money, right? And what better to do after losing money than spend it! I rolled up to the liquor store in savage plaid shorts, a beard, a Twins hat and a solid color pocket T (clothes of the rich and famous) and politely requested a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue and the awesome wolf bottle topper that I saw in the case next to it. I forgot to mention that I did it all, including the payment, while wearing my awesome new D&G sunglasses that I bought so I could look like a rapper. I'm pretty sure they were surprised at how amazing an individual I was. As a general rule, if you don't know how much Johnny Blue costs you probably can't afford it. And even if you do know...you probably can't afford it.

So that night we drink, cook some great steaks (ty Mark) and play rockband. Which leads to perhaps the most incredible moment of the last year for me. I'm playing a REAL electric guitar and Joe hops on the drums and we start playing music. Like, real music! He's laying down some simple yet profound beats and I'm throwing some chords and riffs and before we know it we've got ourselves some quality music. We know this, because the other people there told us so! 2 people even fucked to our music- holla! We laid down probably 4 sick tracks and with Chris on Vocals we can make it big, I know. And because our success was due in part to Mr. Walker we decided to name our band Blue Label. Once we record this stuff I'd recommend emailing Apple to get those tracks on itunes where they belong.

PS, we're looking for a bassist!

Love,
Kyle

I don't know how you people do it

2008-03-20T11:04:00.002-05:00

I was out of town Friday- Tuesday. My dad and brother are coming on Saturday- Wednesday. A week from that Wednesday I go to Costa Rica. Seriously, how do you have time for a job?

Anyway, I actually have been doing everything- guitar, spanish, running, etc. Just no massage yet. Maybe that was too ambitious, because everyone knows I'm not likely to leave the house!

Also, I got pulled over going 85 in a 75. The cop walks to my window and says, 'We got you going 85 in a 75 zone and I'm going to give you a warning'. How weird is that? No typical cop BS about if I know how fast I was going or what the speed limit is, and he didn't even run my stuff before telling me I was getting a warning. Really weird, I think. But awesome, obviously. We also had our car towed that weekend, so it was a weekend filled with infractions, obviously.

The week starts on Sunday

2008-03-09T03:01:00.003-05:00

Each week:

4 - 30 minute Spanish lessons, using my old books and dictionary. Emphasis on conversational skills and verb conjugation.

3- 30+ minute runs. Would be great if I could conjugate Spanish verbs or even listen to Spanish audio while running.

3- workouts at the gym, 2 with a personal trainer and one on my own.

4 - 30 minute guitar lessons. I was thinking about this today- everything I learn is from memory. I want to know why certain notes go well together and get to a point where I can think of a solo or riff and know what strings/frets produce each note.

Each day- meditate for 15 minutes/followed by a good stretch. I want to work on getting in better mental shape, because there are times when I feel like my mind controls me, not the other way around. I also spend a significant portion of each day playing poker at an alarming rate of discomfort- I'm starting to lose interest in playing and am considering it more like a job. I get frustrated and upset and don't play well. I have cash stacked, but I don't want this goldmine to die yet, which means I need to control my emotions.

Weekly- get a damn massage!

Tomorrow I'm going to the grocery store for some things and will be stopping by Target to purchase 2 binders, some looseleaf paper, 3 identical ink pens (2 black, one red), 2 mechanical pencils, reading lamp, a cheap digital watch and a new water bottle.

Vail

2008-02-26T19:46:00.003-06:00

It sucks having to leave a place where you are

1. staying for free
2. eating great food
3. getting drunk daily
4. skiing incredible conditions

but it happens. Snowboarded on SAT/SUN/MON with SAT and SUN being incredible days and Monday having a foot of new snow. Not having jobs, Joe and I didn't need to return to Denver, but our ride was AWESOME enough to call in sick on Monday to ski the fresh with us and needed to get back for Tuesday.

Some highlights include lots of cliff jumping and cornice drops, lots of heavy drinking and some of the most amazing powder up to my knees in spots.

I wish I wasn't such an idiot, because I bought a great camera that I'm supposed to take on trips like these and I always forget it. God damn, the views were so sick, the snow was so light and deep and the runs through the fresh snow were breathtaking, seriously.

In other news, I applied for a Job to make copies and send faxes and file briefs at a law firm in Denver for eight (8) hours a week. I hope I'm qualified....

Pls to be respeking my cooking skilz

2008-02-21T16:16:00.002-06:00

Yo, after returning from my 42 minute and 19 second jog around the lakes I decided it was pppppppasta time, like duh, obviously. So as my pasta is a-cooking, I starting looking for some pasta sauce. And all I could kind was Joe's Classico, which is ok, because that stuff is amazing...when it's not caramelized onion and garlic. Hence, operation 'kylesauce' was born.

(1) As any fat, once fat, or aspiring fat man knows, cheese is essential to make anything delicious, especially when a deep fryer is not going to be used. So i grated some cheddah cheese onto the middle of a big plate with bowl like edges.

(2) I had to improvise and work with what little I had, but I couldn't do without a tomato, so I chopped up one of those bad boys to circle around my cheese pile.

(3) I know pasta is like Italian or something, so I made a pile of Italian season in one corner of the plate. Looked like marijuana shake I would imagine, had I ever seen such a thing.

(4) I like hot sauce. So I added a little quarter sized glob. And then another.

(5) I needed a base to bring it all together, obviously, so some of the most pure, delicious olive oil I could find in my cupboard was used.

Then I just tossed the pasta in it and was surprised to find out how delicious it was. And I made it all myself :) :) :)

And I know, and I know, and I know

2008-02-18T01:15:00.003-06:00

How could you leave me?
I thought that you needed me!
When the world got too much and you pleaded with me--
Who helped you immediately?
How speedy of me!
How could you deny me so vehemently?
Now your body is shakin' trying to free it of me
And your soul is in control, trying to lead it from me
And your heart no longer pledge allegiance to me
Damn, i'm missing the days when you needed the D

Well that's too bad

2008-02-06T16:33:00.000-06:00

I was wondering why readership declined, especially considering the quality of the last post. The lion picture was redirecting to a broken link! Gasp! In honor of the lion that used to exist, I present you with a nice new photo.

Here are the things I'm currently doing. This might be fun.

1. Guitar- I'm learning to play a few simple Pink Floyd songs (Vera and Is there anyone out there?) from WYWH and some other random shite. Somehow the longer I go without playing the better I get technically, but I forget a lot of the songs I used to know, which is too bad as my library is quite depleted at the moment.

2. Reading- The Amazing Adventures of Caviler and Klay. Started it today, can't stop reading it. Very good from what I've heard and my expectations are high (and on pace to be met). Just finished Jitterbug Perfume. Weird as hell, but also very entertaining.

3. Snowboarding- Haven't been in a few days now since Vail, but I'm going to Abasin the next two days.

4. Running- I'm going to run a 1/2 marathon with Joe in a few months. I've been logging about 3 miles a day for the last 2 weeks but it's about to get serious- I picked up a nice long non-cotton running shirt, some running socks and a headband, for serious sweat stoppage.

5. Working out- It took a personal trainer to get me in the gym but there I am. Twice a week with her, once a week on my own. I'm getting there- a few more body fat % points and I'm at 'athlete' on the chart. Boo-yah!

6. Volunteering- While I missed the soup kitchen this Monday as I was en route to a $2k day playing cards, I've been doing that and my mentor program in the mornings. It's fun and gets me out of the house and helps me justify doing nothing else productive the rest of the week.

Honorable mentions: Playing guitar hero III, watching TV (American Gladiators/The Wire) and getting very, very drunk.

There you have it. That's what I have been up to lately.

Time to shine

2008-01-31T17:17:00.000-06:00

This is going to be a long update I hope. At least I have a lot to stay, but depending on how well it flows and how cold my toes get I might give up and shorten things at any moment, so be ready for that.

On Monday afternoon Joe and I set off for Vail, about 2 hours away. The first 45 minutes of the drive was pretty uneventful, but the last 2 hours or so were difficult. There was a blowing snow warning and a lot of snow coming down, which made visibility bad as well as slowed traffic down considerably. I later found out that Joe's side of the window was cleaned off better than mine, because I couldn't see anything and assumed Joe couldn't either and I worried accordingly.

Upon our arrival to Joe's aunt and uncle's house, we were greeted with a nice refrigerator of nice beer- I opted for a Pilsner and a Guinness, while Joe grabbed two that I wasn't familiar with. Regrettably there were not heated floors throughout the entire house, but I found those outside my bedroom very, very welcome, as I had been wearing shorts and sandals to make my riding experience as comfortable as possible. In the future, to ensure that, I will drive. For dinner Doug made some pasta with a homemade red sauce that filled us up good, and we settled into another beer and the Manchurian Candidate. Bed time.

7am comes much too quickly when it's cold outside, but with the prospect of fresh powder and a great mountain to ourselves, we caught the 8:30 shuttle from the house to the mountain. It's about a 1/4 mile hike, but when wearing your gear and holding the rest it seems like a lot longer. Obviously it's downhill to the stop, so coming home is terrible when you're exhausted. That morning before we left we had a standard breakfast with a not so standard cup of coffee. They have a fancy machine built into their wall, which was found out cost about $2,000. Press a button, seconds later enjoy delicious coffee/cap/espres/whatever it is you desire. We abused that thing- a few cups each morning, half a dozen espresso shots on our return.

Anyway, Tuesday was a cold day- without the neck/face warmed I'd have lost my nose, instead of just got sun burnt. But we did find some great snow, as Joe's years have left him a seasoned vet when it comes to finding fresh tracks. I'm learning, so I'm going to try and impress people now. So when the wind comes from a certain direction it 'wind loads' some runs and 'fucks over' some others, meaning a rookie mistake is to hit the same runs each day and the best of the best keep trucking to get to the ideal face. For us it was the back bowls- China and Sun-up (I think). Lots of great snow, however I had a few falls in the powder that were quite embarrassing, although didn't hurt. One in particular had me falling head first over the ledge/cliff I was supposed to enter the bowl through and sliding down 25 feet of pristine powder that until seconds ago I was planning to ravish. All day I had been complaining about my snowboard but that was about it for me. A few more solid runs and we called it a day and we ended up at Los Amigos for a pitcher of margaritas and some nachos. While there we witnessed the most spectacular display of ineptness. Someone (later find out it's a girl, LDO) falls. She loses a ski and continues to slide. Here she takes off her second ski and crawls slowly up the mountain. She gets her ski and proceeds to slide down to her other ski, where she falls a few times while trying to get them on, turning around in the process. Her friend has long since given up watching her and shouting encouragement, and being the end of the day no one was coming down to assist her. Sadly, she gets her gear on and slides down the slope, too timid to turn, winning Joe $1, as I bet she would make at least one turn. Being a pussy, he knows how they act apparently and took me like the sucker I am for one wrinkled dollar.

That night we dined on porkchops and rented the Simpsons movie while eating our own pints of ice cream. It was so cute! But the movie sucked in my opinion, and Joe went to bed lonely because I was too tired to continue our evening after that.

Wednesday morning had us looking at a bunch more new snow- 6 inches maybe. I was excited but concerned because

1. it was still cold
2. it was still kind of window
3. no sun today like yesterday
4. MY SNOWBOARD SUCKS

Yes, I bought new bindings in Denver a few weeks back and had been complaining about them and my performance ever since. So I decided to go to work and guess what I found- they were on the wrong foot. And while it might not seem like it matters, I assure you it does, because I wasn't able to get the straps tight enough. 'That's why you don't buy anything from a Denver shop', says the omnipotent Joe.

And the day was incredible. Our first run was the best run of my life, as I was floating through what seemed like 2 feet of snow for about 5 minutes. We found a pretty good second run, but our third run was ruined, in my opinion, by the gale force winds. As we were about to descend we notice the chair stop, with one poor sucker sitting there blowing in the breeze. At the bottom we realize the power had gone out, and homeboy was sitting at the coldest/windiest spot blowing for about half an hour. I told Joe I'd just jump and die rather than wait it out, freeze, and eventually fall to my death. Just expedite the process, IMO. We did a few more runs finding some very good snow, and then decided it was back country time.

In hindsight, I would have heeded Joe's advice- 'it's so soft it doesn't matter if you can see or not'. Yet, after hiking 15 minutes up a damn mountain at the end of the lift my googles were fogged up and I had lost some of my enthusiasm because the lack of sun left the snow in front of us completely lacking depth, in my eyes. But away we went, and we had the longest powder run of anyone that day at Vail. To say it was amazing wouldn't do it justice so I'll refrain from saying anything other than 'wow'.

Soon we decided it was cold and were about to go in for lunch. But colder heads prevailed (that's a pun, yo) and we decided not to, as the likelihood of us skiing again after warming up didn't seem high. As it was 'A Vail day' we decided to tough out one more difficult run, before doing it again. And again. And going to the back bowls and skiing our way down to the Red Lion, where we alternated beer, wings, shots, quesadilias, and car bombs until some nosey Texan kicked us out and we waddled all the way home to beer showers and espresso shots.

After a dinner of wine and burgers (awesome combo, btw) we decided, or rather Joe's uncle decided for us, that we were going to check out the famous nightlife. Turns out every other guy in town had the same idea. Here's a break down of what we saw:

Bar 1: 7 people, 1 girl
Bar 2: 10 people, no girls
Bar 3: 40 people, 3 girls and no service, so we were out of there.

It was kind of lame, but we were tired and saved money and calories, so we'll say it was alright. Only one bar did we try to stay at, sitting at the bar, and the bitch didn't even come back after saying she'd be right back. WTF? For the record, the first two bars were very awkward as we essentially walked in, got id'd, looked around in disgust and walked back out. Like 5 seconds, tops.

Next morning we're cleaning up, getting ready to go and Joe's car is d e a d. I don't want to recall it all yet, as the events are too recent, but I'll make yet another little list thing.

1. try to push car out of the way of the garage so we can use Joe's uncle's car to jump it - FAIL
2. push Joe's car closer to the other one- success!
3. convince the jumper cables to be long enough to reach - FAIL
4. try to push joe's car out of the way so we can close the garage door- FAIL
5. try again- success
6. Call AAA

Great, now we're late and that sucker has a job to be at. Still, we need to go drop off the DVD OH WAIT THE SIMPLE, CONVENIENT AND FAST AUTOMATED DVD THING IS BROKEN. After being on hold for a week, I need to write a code down and toss it in the case and toss the case in a black box behind the machine, in case the machine crashes. ANd then Taco Bell is too busy. And then the wipers suck. And then we finally make it home and Joe dashes off to work.

One hell of a trip, now it's time for a freakin' weekend! Some obligatory photos

On the drive

SICK

Shank!

Our digs

This car sucks

Volunteering

2008-01-17T23:29:00.000-06:00

One day a week I'll be setting an alarm and getting to Grant Middle School in time to participate in a program called Teach 1 to Lead 1, a mentorship program that is designed to change lives before they become tarnished. I'm in a group with 2 other mentors and a leader and we're going to be playing game, leading small group discussions and organizing positive events for the kids. 2 days ago was my first day and the class was 24 latino students and 2 white kids. The first day was spent doing a survey about their habits and behaviors, and then playing a name game. I'm looking forward to being there each week and influencing a tough period of their lives.

I'm also going to be volunteering at a soup kitchen on Mondays. Thing is, they need help from 10am to 8pm, so I can really decide when I want to stop by.

Finally, I am considering getting a dog through a program where I act as a foster home for dogs until they get adopted. Would be awesome, as I have wanted a dog for a long time and this will help me get ready to take that plunge. Problem is I might get a dog that isn't great, or, on a different note, I get a dog that I fall in love with and hate to give up.

I try to be a good person. I think I am.

I made it like that, I want it like that, I'm living like that...

2008-01-14T00:55:00.000-06:00

I was thinking about the worst possible job and I came up with working fast food. But then the actual worst job struck me- working fast food at an airport!

Reasons:
1. Airports are far away
2. Parking is impossible
3. People are rude and in a hurry

I'm sure you get paid more, but I doubt it's worth it. And to be working in an airport you probably had to screw your life up pretty badly at some point. I'm glad that isn't me (yet).

Also, on a separate note, I am thinking about getting the Apple Care plan for my Macbook Pro, and the Best Buy warranty for my new 37inch flat screen. I'm not sure I need either of them, but it's nice not having to worry about anything for a long time. I was talking to a friend and mentioned that I purchased a $40 thing for my first ipod and it never had problems- but that's great! Obviously I dont want it to have problems just because I bought a precautionary protection plan, but it makes me happier to know that if it ever did have problems they'd take care of that for me.

I hate the sun

2008-01-06T15:23:00.000-06:00

Right now it's shinning on my face and screen as I'm trying to type this from a "Fluid' coffeeshop. I'm a little bit warmer than I'd like to be due to its rays, but it's making me sweat from the anxiety more than anything else. I'm leaning to the side, sitting back and being blinded by the light. But that's not going to ruin my afternoon.

Why? Well for starters it's 55 degree outside, there is fresh snow in the mts and I'm wearing sandals!!!!!! But more importantly, I got into William Mitchell College of Law near home in Minneapolis, and to top it off, a very nice scholarship (50%). I'm not sure that's where I want to go, I'm not sure I want to go to law school this year, and I'm not sure I want to go at all. But the fact that a school wants me...that's a great feeling. I applied the first day of December and considering the holidays my admission a month later is pretty impressive, especially when considering the size of the scholarship they offered me. I have until April to decide. I'm on the fence right now about everything, but I'm thrilled that they showed interest in me. After a few stupid years of dental school applications this is an incredible feeling, especially coming after my move to Colorado (this means I'm less of a ski bum!).

Speaking of Colorado, my house is incredible. Once we get it set up nicely I'll take some pictures and host them up. But it is by far the nicest rental property I've ever seen. No internet yet, hence the coffeeshop, but the biggest issue is that I don't have directions and online maps at my disposal so I don't know where I am/where I'm going. Tomorrow will be an interesting day.

Last night we took a taxi to a Beta party. I say it was a Beta party for 3 reasons:
1. People there acted/looked like Betas
2. Many of them were Betas
3. There was a girl who had a brother at UPS who WAS a Beta.

The party was great for drinking, and we even ran the beer pong table for a while. But like all stupid Betas, they were stupid and dumb, which meant we had our hands full with some potential fights. Someone wanted to kill Joe. Someone wanted to kill me. I don't remember the reason for either, but I know for a fact I didn't say/do anything that warranted it. Prob just drunks jealous of our mad skills/scrilla but still. I'll throw down, yo.

Hopefully in the next couple days I'll meet up with some friends of mine in the area, hopefully for some skiing tomorrow or Tuesday. Holla!

Things I hate about moving

2007-12-29T15:56:00.000-06:00

1. Moving my stupid bed
2. Realizing how much crap I have without knowing how to get rid of it
3. Moving my desk/computer stuff
4. Driving 18 hours to Denver
5. Finding a new gym
6. Not knowing anyone where I'm going
7. Trying to find time to hang out with friends before I go
8. Leaving family

One thing that sucks...

2007-12-21T16:57:00.000-06:00

About playing poker for a living is when you have a shitty week, you've essentially done nothing productive. I've lost about $5k this week. So I may as well not have existed, I guess. Oh well.

The Cool

2007-12-20T11:05:00.000-06:00

If I had to guess, I'd say my points per game has gone from 21 to 15 to 11 in the three seasons of basketball I've played now. Yet, with the same team, we've won the championship every time. Obviously that's an impressive feat, under 6 foot league or not.

But when the game's over, it's back to business. My move to Colorado is going to break up the dynasty. And while a few points might not be missed, I dare them to find another player who contributes as much as I do on defense, rebounding, and trash talking. I mean, the team never won a championship until I got there. So I'm going out on top, a legend. A record holder. A champion.

Call me MJ. Or Something.

Seriously, I'm like waaaay smarter when I'm stoned

2007-12-19T01:16:00.000-06:00

Right? Find me a stoner that doesn't think that way. Anyway, now that I'm able to make coherent sentences out of ramblings I suppose it's time for me to do just that. Part of the reason for my eminent move to Colorado is the need to start fresh. That's too bad, because I really enjoy being here and don't look forward to leaving some certain people behind. But at the same time, I feel it's necessary for me to move to a new place and establish myself and a new identity.

By the time my relationship ended I did not enjoy the person I had become. That relationship retarded my social growth and left me socially retarded to a degree. The thing I seem to lack the most these days is assertiveness. It's just embarrassing how often I say 'um'. I know I was pickles and black olives on my sub, so why do I respond 'um pickles and black olives'? It's like I've completely forgotten that I'm better looking, better educated and wealthier than every piece of shit who works at Subway!

Fuck me. I'm moving to Colorado.

But I said I'd never feel that again

2007-12-13T20:04:00.000-06:00

Or is it something they would never believe? Or is it something they thought you could never achieve? The last 2 days have been dream-like for me.

Since high school I've stayed up late- midnight or 1pm during the week, sometimes later. And never earlier than 11pm. I imagine this was due to dreading the day ahead nearly every single day. But the last two nights I've gone to bed at 10:30 and 11 respectively. Because I can do whatever I want when I get up, and thus there is no reason to avoid it.

Since quitting my job, I've been up at 8:30 or so every morning. I make a nice breakfast of three eggs, 1/2 a grapefruit, a bowl of cereal and some fresh squeezed orange juice. I eat it while reading the New York Times in the kitchen, enjoying the first light of the day.

At about 9:30 I change into some rags and head to the gym. I'm home by 11 and have showed and consumed a protein shake by noon. Previously, I wouldn't be up until noon.

My days have been filled with tedious tasks so far- something I hope to eliminate soon. Chores like cleaning and laundry had gone undone for too long, and I have spent the better part of the last two days finishing that up. I've also paid bills, organized my desk, files, papers and closet. I have three letters to mail tomorrow, and a package. I also dropped some clothes off at the dry-cleaners that I can pick up.

When it warms up, I take a walk around the neighborhood sometimes. And I've been reading my book about 3 times a day, as I'm at the point now where I don't want to finish it, but I need to read it, hence the 3 page sittings.

The games aren't very good during the day, but I've managed to run hot and have pulled in about $1200 so far in less than 3 hours play.

Basically, I do nothing I don't want to do. And, most importantly, nothing for anyone else unless I decide to do it for them. No boss, no set tasks or responsibilities. Each day filled with new promises and opportunities.

The biggest thing for me, I think, is my dislike of doing things at common times. I don't want to drive/go shopping/go to the store at 5pm, on Saturday afternoon or whatever. It's busy then, no place to park. There is traffic. It's dark. It's forced. Rather, the day is the perfect time to get groceries. If you've never done that at 10:30am, I suggest you make time to go then- no one there, fresh everything, relaxing, peaceful, and best of all- it's still light out! I don't spend my entire day inside some box, run by some asshole who lets me out when the last remaining light ducks beneath the horizon. That sounds horrible and is for suckers.

Mother Superior

2007-11-26T21:53:00.000-06:00

Just some music to listen to while reading

Here, sleep at the bottom of hell
Your time has come to pick the road you'll walk in this tale
Turned as a coward you've learned
Through sickness and health, there's only one
Now go and bite your tongue

You'll just say of the worst of me, with a hope they'll understand
No, they know you're just a boy, so grow up and be a man
Little baby, kicking, you scream and whine
Victims pay the price eventually
The cost let's see... your life

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I had to work for 6 hours today doing something I didn't really want to do. And then I came home and played poker for an hour, ditching Curtis, and losing $1500 in the process. Then I had to make a call and tell a girl and good friend of mine that we should stop seeing each other. I called partially because I thought that was the truth, and partially because I was upset from losing money and did not feel like going over there.

That's when she told me that someone that was close to her died, and how horrible today had been for her.

And that's when I realized that I need to take a breath and think things through. I read a very good story of a poker player who made more than 2 million dollars this year and has now quit poker for good, saying it's not worth the stress, but most importantly, the money isn't worth his time anymore. Or in other words, his time is more valuable than money. And that's when I realized that staying up all night to win back the $1500 wouldn't change my life one bit. But I could go and comfort a friend and change hers, so that's what I'm going to do. I'm very fortunate to have what I do, and I need to share that gift with as many people as possible.

Please, make someone's day today.

Uh nuh uh nuh uh nuh ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

2007-11-09T13:27:00.000-06:00

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Yesterday I told my boss I was moving and quiting. His response? 'Kyle I'm really disappointed, we thought you'd be here for 2 years when we hired you'.

That made me feel shitty. Not being able to find to drink with at 1pm made me feel worse, and the final blow was finding flies in the keg here. Gross. I didn't realize I had JD left, as I just found it now, otherwise that would have been consumed.

But I hate disappointing people. So I was sad and dejected. But now I realize he's just a selfish asshole. People are more important than things, jobs, research, etc. If it weren't for people, his research wouldn't matter. So if I want to quit so I can ski, travel, bang bitches and stack paper before getting a real job or taking school seriously, he's a selfish old man to make me feel guilty. Because I'm sure he'd trade in his rolex, lexus and aging wife for my life at the moment. So take that, I rescind all those apologies I said when I left- I'm not sorry I'm quitting. The job sucked, I hated it, the research was pointless and never going to amount to anything, killing rats was horrible and did not find it the least bit interesting or stimulating.

Take that!

Nov 1

2007-10-30T18:49:00.000-05:00

November is going to be a good month for me, I hope. Here is why:

1. I need to write essay and applications for law school. Boo! But at least I'll be done, a plus.

2. I've got 2 coaching sessions lined up already to work on my game and take it to some bigger tables. I made >$10k last month, but want to move up and play less poker, but better poker (see poker blog)

3. I'm going to start going to the gym again, which I stopped doing during a hectic month of October that saw me get sick, go to Europe, work hard, and focus on playing hands (see gym blog)

4. Speaking of work, I need to keep working hard- until I quit. I'm not sure when this will be, but I'll probably have to tell people there soon- a week maybe?

5. I leave for Argentina at the end of the month. Ohh boy am I excited!

Life is goooooooooooood

No one sleeps yet- let's keep it going until the morning!

2007-10-21T14:22:00.000-05:00

I hope to summarize my trip in a way that includes everything important while at the same time not rambling on and on about things being 'pretty' or 'old and large'. Thus, I'll attempt to include anecdotes, stories and aspects of my trip that made it unique to those of us privileged enough to be there. Hope you enjoy.

Day 1

I flew from MSP to AMS to BAR in standard fashion. To say something eventful happened would be a lie. So I'll skip to the baggage claim, where I collect my sole bag of belongings and marched to the ATM for the first time. This was pivotal, had since it not worked for whatever reason, I'd have been stranded in the airport. It worked, which led to me finding the next available cab and getting a ride to the H10 Marina Hotel. What I would learn soon was that the H10 Marina hotel is something of luxury- pool on the roof, free 'business center' with email and internet, some fancy water sculptures, mini bars providing our favorite screw off wine (and beers needing bottle openers, or, in the cases of Seth and Ryan respectively, the wooden table and door frame).

Ryan

Seth

One thing my room did not have was a third bed. I was tagging along with Seth and the WPT, so I was sharing a room with Seth and Julio. The first night would be spent in the shape of a W spread out across three chairs, 2 pillows and a blanket.

But back to the matter at hand- I arrived at the hotel and had no idea what to do. I couldn't check in, couldn't call Seth, and didn't know anyone or the area. And I had my luggage. As I was sitting down to read a paper from the UK, naturally Seth strolls in with Jeff, another member of the WPT team. We exchange 'a jeas' and some knucks and them head upstairs where I deposit 2 days worth of airline food in one room, and my luggage in another. From there we meet some resistance from a few more WPT people in the lobby, but end up in a taxi towards La Rambla where we have a nice lunch- and my first of many, many cafe con leches. After lunch, Seth, Jeff and I start walking and head down La Rambla, which over the course of history has been used as a sewer system and a Roman market. We saw people selling birds, fish, heads and weird fruit. Later in the evening, they'd be selling their bodies as well. I returned home with an arm from a nice 15 year old spanish boy.

From there we stopped off in the Gothic district, an area of town famous for it's old buildings, narrow streets, and propensity to suck us in every night. We saw the Santa Maria del Mar which would be the third most impressive church on the trip, and sat down for our second cafe of the day.

Next, we met Ryan and the four of us ventured further into the depths of la gotica and found a nice Italian place for pizza and plenty of wine. Of course it started pouring rain, but that only kept us drinking and encouraged frequent bar stops on the return trip. Jeff doesn't drink, which made it nice for the three of us who happened to get tanked, as we were in Barcelona for the first time, jet-lagged, and soaking wet.

Seth and I then decided it was worth it to check out the casino. A few hundred euros later, I wasn't so sure. Yes, I met some tournament pros and 2+2 players who had netted millions of dollars in their days, yet the combination of alcohol and sleep deprivation overcame that splendid feeling, and I was thrilled to find my chairs arranged as I had left them and ready for sleep. End scene.

Day 2

Day two started with a with a little coffee shop near by where Seth and I had cafe con leche, some fresh OJ and tomato and mozzarella paninis. Seth went to work, which would become a theme of this trip- they worked from 5pm to about 2am almost every day. When he left, I generally went to the pool on the top of the hotel and then explored.

After the swimming pool, I walked the beach

and found a bar just begging to serve me cervesa after cervesa, and who was I to say no? They also directed me to a place I would get to know well as my own personal street of dinner bumpingness, as I ate there nearly every evening. Tonight I had a 15 euro set menu, which consisted of some bread and olive oil, a starter and a main course, some sangria and dessert. Not much could make me happier at that point, as you can imagine, and my walk back took me through the park and finally to the casino at about 11pm, where I took some hands down to post, talked shit about people I didn't like and enjoyed the feeling of having stuffed myself with exotic food and drink, only to find myself in a ritzy casino on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, in Barcelona, where there were free cokes and cafe con leches.

That night Seth and I went out with Ryan McCrazy and had...a crazy time. The Marina across from the casino is on the beach and bursting with clubs that had no cover, drink special, go-go dancers and a variety of women we could attempt to woo with pick up lines like this:

Ryan McCrazy to girl: I think you served me my chocolate churro today?
Girl: Huh
Everyone: 15 minutes of dancing, until some stupid spanish dude steals our ladies. WTF??

Alas, the night was not over. But my recollection of it just might be. In an odd turn of events, I now go to dashes to finish the evening.
-We go somewhere else
-We meet three girls, or one for each of us
-We dance a lot
-Seth buys cigarettes and we smoke an entire pack
-It's 7am
-I'm convinced the girl I've been with all night is a prostitute
-Someone puts a funny hat on me
-Communication breaks down when we realize she has a boyfriend at home and I sleep on chairs
-Then some people try to steal our wallets by asking to 'see our belt buckles'
-I wake up alone, confused, but luckily sans herpes of any sort
-Incredibly we all have our wallets and passports

Scene

The very next day...
The morning is a little different, because it's a spanish holiday and we can't get the food we wanted in the morning, so we end up eating fondue (poor us!) and have another delicious meal of things I can't understand. I walk the beach and find a park that is the epitome of what all parks should be- a few confusing structures, a beer garden, ping-pong, basketball, some kids doing tricks on bikes, and a soccer pitch (picture). I walk back on the beach to the casino in time for the buffet that Seth was sneaky enough to get me into. You're a legend, Seth. I try to play cards but can't get a seat and end up chilling for a few hours with the WPT guys. That night we walk to the La Rambla and the Gothic area again, only to find that it's 2:30 and everything is closing there. We see Jeff do a move called the 'prostitute two step' to avoid a lady of the night. No worries- the sketchy guys who only minutes earlier were plotting to steal our wallets now have stashes of beer for sale. We buy a lot. And then buy more, and walk around the city, finding a park/shopping mall/marina/party bus. At this point we've consumed a good number of beers, some shitty crepes or waffles, and are looking for adventure. I mean, a bathroom. Seth being Seth uses the bushes but McNutty and I try to find a bathroom, leaving Seth on a bench.

This part is confusing but it goes something like this. We enter this 75% outdoor mall. We go up. We're told to go down. So we go down. Nothing is there. We read the map and the mall police tells us to stop drinking our beers, so we finish drinking them. Then we see a sneaky way to a bathroom- go out, around, and back in. So we do just that- and find one of 4 doors is unlocked. Once inside the men's and women's bathrooms are locked- but the children's (?) isn't, so we venture inside and do our business. I manage to find a vending machine which sells condoms, juice, baby food, a breathilizer, anal vibrators and more. We walk back home, drinking, and never find Seth. He's in the room though, and we find out that people were looking sketchy and he though he was going to get 'shanked' and he ran to a taxi. Lol. Scene

One day at a time

I had a lot of time to myself today, and spent it walking around the water, drinking, and then wandering across the Randa Del Litral, a street parallel to the water, near the Marina, etc. Basically in the center of many places worth being in the center of. There were a lot of small stalls for shopping

and I bought a bracelet, some popcorn, gelato, al co hol. I went and saw the Sagrada Familia, a church that has been under construction forever, as the people building it keep dying, causing new people to try and finish it. It was incredible- however I couldn't make it inside because I didn't have enough time.

I kept on keeping on and found myself in the mall from the night before. Lol. Also at the Monument a Colom and Port Vell. Up the crazy street of La Rambla I went, where I saw all types of streets performances- my two favorite being Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk to Billie Jean, and some tall guy on stilts playing basketball and hitting a car with the ball, which prompted the police to get involved. I went back to Calle Saint Miguel (my personal bumping dinner street) and had dinner. Then I went to the casino. Shudder.

Here is my poker experience in a nutshell:
1. Euros are expensive
2. ATMs are stupid
3. It's tough to play short stacked
4. Other people are fish
5. I have horrible luck
6. The guy next to me got me really drunk.

So obviously points 1-5 sucked, but number 6 was OK, I guess. Scene

Another Day, another Euro??

Seth and I decided this was our last chance to do some site seeing before calling it a trip, so we put our faith into the hands of McNutty and, well, we weren't really pleased or that disappointed. We went to see some Romans ruins buried under the city. Sounds cool, right? Some of them were. But others weren't. So all in all...it was OK. Best part though was that it was a short stop because most of the signs weren't in English.

But we did see how/where they made their wine in the old days- note, this is where the red wine was made.

Next we had lunch and then made it back to the casino in time to hop a bus to Peralada, home of the castle

and the hotel where I stole these slippers from

Holla. We talk a little walk for lunch and Ryan and I end up with 3 liters of Sangria in our stomachs. Since that wasn't enough, we walked around and found some gatos locos and got yelled at by an old woman as we were approaching some deserted cars to pee on/near/around them.

We did find a meat shop and bought all their San Miguel (a nice 7 pack for us) and two bottles of wine (one red, one white). Cigars were also purchased at some point here, and at around 9pm McNutty and I make our way to the reception dinner inside the castle. The food is incredible- shrimp, steak, dessert. They kept a glass of red, white and champaign filled at all times- something I appreciated a little too much I guess.

There was flamenco dancing

a liqueur cart and eventually open gambling, where I lost all my money on roulette and tried to bet a flute of champaign and got told off. Ryan and I left and had an exciting saunter back to the hotel through an enchanted forest

where I learned how to C-walk. It was siiiiiiiiick. Scene

Next day at the castle I woke up, had a sandwich and a coke and walked to the castle. Or should I say, scene of the crime? As you could tell from my previous day, I didn't have a lot to write about because there wasn't much I remember. Welllll, three different poker players asked how I was feeling and decided it was worth telling me some of my (funny, exciting) antics from the night before. Even the family of one of the final table members, a man would would walk away with $200,000 later that evening asked how my head felt in the morning.

Um, oops? Anyway, this wasn't too exciting, we watched the final table, had some wine to celebrate, had some beer back at the place and then Seth and I were on a bus to the Barcelona airport with Gus Hansen. Just to show you all how important Seth and I are- we got there in time to make our flight. Gus, on the other hand, did not.

End Scene

So that about does it for the time in Spain. Here are a couple of the things I made note of that were worth tiny mentions.

Barca
-First night pizza w/ Ryan, Seth and Jeff
-Drunk walk home with Ryan, Seth's shanking adventure, the bathroom story
-Buying beer on the street, seeing cops drive up on motorcycles with plastic bags to confiscate the beer from those dodgey folks selling them
-The night of dancing and smoking and snogging
-Walking the shores of the Sea in the afternoon, evening, and late night
-I had a damn good Kebab and some beer on the beach
-That church being built still after all these years is crazy
-Saying anyong all the damn time!
-Oh no no no no no!
-Sleeping on the chair, and then the floor
-Cheese fondue

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Castle
-Sangria
-Gatos locos, getting yelled at by an old lady
-7 pack of beer and wine from the meat market
-The night
-C-walking
-The castle in general being incredible

Next post will be about Paris and Amsterdizzle, but I'm burnt out right now- enjoy for now!

Well, Ok.

2007-10-05T19:21:00.001-05:00

So I haven't updated much lately and for that I am sorry. Another list, because I'm laaaaazy.

1. Last night we went to Fogo De Chao (12 of us) for a sick birthday. Holla @ me, yes. Anyway, it was great.

2. Tonight I've got a 14 person limo rented for 3 hours to take us downtown. If you're reading this- are you coming? Should be super sick, I'm excited.

3. Yay Octopoker! (Up $2600 in 5 days)

4. I go to Europe next week, exciting! Spending some time with Seth (exciting!). I just booked some plane and train tickets yesterday, and got some hostels. Hope it all works out (with Seth, you never know!)

5. I went to an Arcade Fire concert a few days ago and thought it was excellent. A great band, that's for sure. And they put on an awesome show.

6. Work kind of sucks, I can't wait to quit. But at the same time, if I could take time off to travel and whatever it wouldn't be so bad. So I dunno, maybe I don't want to quit? oh wait, ya I do! Ski season!!

7. There is no 7.

Because this is what I do

2007-09-21T01:05:00.001-05:00

Time for lists!

1. This month I haven't played much poker, and I'm about even. I need to play probably 5000 more hands, which is about 5 hours more, to reach the amount of 'points' I need to retain my status at a particular poker room. At that point I'll probably stop. Goal for the month- finish up $1000. OMG I feel like such a loser for saying that. But the rest of this month is going to go to LSAT studying, not to poker.

1a. Before I go to work tomorrow morning, I'm going to have ordered Qwest DSL so I have a good line to play on for the next three months. UPDATED: Done. It'll be set up on the 26th, and cost me $80 the first month and about $50 each month after. Hope it's worth it....

2. I'm going to Utah in January to snowboard and live with Joe. Awesome.

3. I am going to buy a 40inch LCD TV w/ DVD player for an early birthday present once the LSATS are over- maybe even that afternoon! However, I plan to buy it at costco and only anticipate having it until I move, at which point I'll return it so I don't have to haul it out west, and then buy something new when I get out there.

4. When I move out west I am going to buy a Macbook and ditch this computer I have. I'll probably sell the 2 monitors on craigslist and buy one larger one. Something like that.

5. I'm going to buy a new Ipod before I go to Europe next month- should I get the touch or the classic? The touch has 1/10 the storage space, less battery life, but it has wifi, and looks awesome. Hmm, this is actually much tougher than I thought it would be, but I think the 'classic' is much more practical for me. Less storage is one thing, but less battery life- that's a killer.

6. Keep going to the gym- I love what I'm seeing and how I'm feeling.

The more things change, the more things rabble, rabble

2007-09-15T20:00:00.000-05:00

Ya, that's right, new house but same internet story. So here's a few short stories- My next computer will be a Macbook Pro laptop. 100%, quote me on that, do whatever you want. My Dell desktop is a fat piece of shit and I hope it burns in hell someday soon.

So my problem right now is that my internet connection doesn't work very well. It connects, but as soon as I try to play poker, download something, acquire some torrents, whatever, it dies. It goes down to essentially nothing...and then to actually nothing. And that sucks. So I'm going to call Qwest on Monday and get my own line ($50/mo) for the internet, that way if it still doesn't work they can at least help me rather than say something along the lines of 'it could be your comp, the wireless signal, the router, etc etc etc". But tomorrow I'll try plugging my computer into the modem w/ a cord directly and see what happens. But let it be known I'm really pissed about this.

In summary-
1. computer sucked at last place
2. sucks at new place
3. what the fuck

mr eidsness...umm, yes?

2007-09-09T17:38:00.000-05:00

So I guess I'm bad luck or something, but I already knew that from my poker experiences. But apparently now I have the ability to transfer it to people I've never met, just by caring about them or being moved by something they've said or done.

Anyway, professional athletes are big babies, but no one is babied more than the starting pitcher. Pitch counts, rest, injuries, etc- to get a good, full season from a starting pitcher is a pretty remarkable accomplishment. And when they get tired, they generally want to come out of the game rather than finish what they started.

Well, not Jake Peavy. He's a great young pitcher who seems to love pitching and most importantly, wants to pitch (and win). This sums up his heart, from about a week ago:

"With San Diego wrapping up its season series with Arizona this week, Jake Peavy went to manager Bud Black and offered to face the Diamondbacks on three days rest.

Black took him up on it, and the right-hander will pitch Wednesday night on three days rest for the second time in his five-year career. The first time came on Sept. 26, 2004, when he allowed one run in six innings to beat the Diamondbacks.

"I just threw it out there," Peavy said before the Padres met Arizona on Tuesday night. "I said, 'Listen, I feel good, and I don't think it's that big of a deal. I would love to be considered.' And obviously it worked out."

Basically, he's a savage. The problem, however, is that it didn't 'obviously work out'. In fact, it didn't work out at all.

"San Diego's Jake Peavy pitched on three days rest, allowing eight runs (one shy of his career high) as he had his 10-game road win streak snapped."

Sad, but I know why. It's because after I read about him having the biggest heart in professional sports I bought this, a signed framed picture of him.

Sorry fans. Sorry Jake. Go fuck yourself, San Diego!

The FIGHT of the Conchords: Tae Kwnon Done!

2007-09-04T11:24:00.000-05:00

What's the happy hap? So the last couple days have come and gone, as they often do, and I'm getting settled in my new place. The plan is to go get a TV tonight, but I'm not sure at the moment why that is more important than cleaning out the fridge and common room of my previous place. Logic tells me that's what I should do instead, but I'm not sure I'll listen.

Anyway, today was the first day of classes here at the U. I am a week or two into my online course and I haven't even checked it yet- might be a mistake, haven't decided. I'll check it tomorrow I think, and go from there. First test isn't for a couple weeks still, so I'm hoping I'll be fine. When I need to find the time, I will. But for me, today was the first day of Tae Kwon Do. And...I actually enjoyed it. I left very sweaty and kind of tired, after 45 minutes of punches, blocks, step things, and some random stuff. The toughest part is understanding what the guy wants us to do. He's a little fighter dude from over seas and I think I heard him say he's the top ranked guy in the US or something- but that might be a lie. Not 100% sure. But a good time, none the less. Actually, the toughest part was doing everything without an awesome uniform.

Oh ya, we get to wear awesome uniforms! I'll post a picture at some point, but I'll pick it up Thursday morning and spend the next couple days figuring out when I'm supposed to change into it, and if I'm supposed to wear anything underneath it. In this photo, I'm about to go 'hyaaaauken!' on somebody.

I'm excited to learn this new discipline, since I really need some discipline in general, following the events of the past couple weeks. Suffice it to say I'm not particularly proud of how things have gone lately in my life, and dropping nearly 2g's the last two days hasn't helped (nor has it really hurt, to put things into perspective- I suppose a good lesson that money ain't everything. Also, is ain't a word now? Because the spell check dictionary thing doesn't mark it as being incorrect).

So, what did I do last night in preparation of my first day of school? I got really, really stoned and watched the first three episodes of the Flight of the Conchords, a new show on HBO that I acquired. And it was incredible. Just amazing. Highly recommended to any and all readers I have have. In fact, rather than just address you as my 'fan', I learned from the show that calling you my 'fanbase' is much more convincing.

If you don't know about the show, it's two musicians from New Zealand that have moved to NYC to make it big. But they don't, yet. And it's funny. That's really all there is to it.

That's it and that's all

2007-08-30T12:13:00.000-05:00

Sometimes things end too abruptly. Other times they draw out indefinitely, to the point where the line between existing and not blurs and fades.

I'm about to take my first load of stuff to my new place. It's not far. The person taking my room here has been sleeping on the couch for the last two nights. It's time.

But one of the things that sucks about life is you cannot plan/prepare for anything/everything. In fact, you probably shouldn't. I had a chance to live in a nice two bedroom place in uptown with a friend for a great deal. We'd have pimped the shit out of the place. Instead, I opted to go cheap and close to work, thinking that I'd want to spend as few dollars as possible before moving away. But now, that idea of moving away seems to foreign and silly, so I wish I had opted for the two bedroom bachelor pad rather than the large place I'm heading to. I'm not sure I could have known this would happen. So I shouldn't be upset- just deal with it and make the best of things, of course. That's what I've got to do. But I think I'm going to have some help, mainly this:

37 inch LCD

DVD/CD surround

Take that.

With the eye of a tiger, the heart of a fighter- yeah

2007-08-23T02:07:00.000-05:00

Existentialism- Sarte, Camus, Kfly

2007-08-15T13:32:00.001-05:00

I know I'm not French but I smell bad enough to be included on that list. I really enjoy these 'moods' from time to time, and I feel like the particular one I'm in now is going to lend itself to breakthroughs. But what do I know?

In the face of confliction I tend to rescind everything and isolate myself and pour myself into something. Those times tend to be some of my most enjoyable, because the routine that I strive to live my life within becomes irrelevant. Last night I grinded out a $400 profit in a couple hours. I was fluctuating around $1000 but took some hits and dropped pretty quickly. More upset and distressed than I can remember, I responded irrationally. All of a sudden I could not have been in a worse mood. I did not sleep well, either. Again, I didn't lose money- I won $400. But I was disappointed because it was not acceptable to me- it should have been more. This was not enough.

Today at work I transcended the threshold I do not generally dare to approach- the line where fake work stops and real work begins. I updated my official laboratory notebook with everything I have done, purchased and prepared in the last 8 months.

After that, I decided to take a stroll. I walked anonymously through the farmer's market and purchased an undercooked bratwurst and a delicious grilled ear of corn. I walked to the movie store and rented some videos. I walked past my bus stop, deciding to take the next one. Or the next one. I kept walking, with my book in hand. My book will save my life- that's what it says. Everyone wants attention but no one gives it because we are too busy seeking it, or seeking something equally as foolish. Walking along sidewalks that alternated between empty and bustling, with tree branches slapping my forehead and ears, I was completely ignored by everyone. And completely ignoring them, as I was deep in thought, in a Las Angles Bakery. In a cold, clear water swimming peacefully like I do every morning. I walked home, disregarding the sweat on my brow, chest and under arms and the bleeding from beneath my left ear.

I think sometimes we make such a strong effort not to fall into something- responsibility, work, etc. With so much going on there are enough distractions to make sure you're never left alone with your thoughts. The TV is always on. No computer speakers ever sit idle while the user types. Silence is not golden- it is intimidating, daunting and claustrophobic. But today it was more divine and vivid than it has ever been before.

I am very fickle.

2007-08-12T22:28:00.000-05:00

No diggity. When I quit my job, either beginning of Dec or end of Dec I'll have $100k in savings from playing cards- yay! (boo taxes!) And I'm in the midst of a great month- up $8k or so on the 12th of the month. Yet I just dropped $1500 tonight and it pisses me off. I was breaking even for a while, then up about $500 and really should have stopped but I wanted more, naturally. I was pretty close to being up $10k on the month already at one point and then boom- set up hands and beats and what not.

So when I lose that much money, even in the midst of a great month and at a time when it doesn't even necessarily register as a lot of cash, I buy stuff. Yesterday I was at the Mall of America and bought some black pants from Banana and a sick blue shirt to go with it- very nice looking. And then I bought some shinny black shoes so I'm in business once I open a dance club.

But today I bought some books. I am reading about a book a week these days going to and from work, and I don't like reading at home because I don't have enough books lined up. Here are the books I bought today on Amazon, that will be shipped on teh 17th (?) and here by the 25th-30th. I don't get that either, but shipping was free. Lol.

1. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists

I read a little review on a website I read saying that it was 1) educational and 2) entertaining. Plus, I need a little motivation these days in that department. But it's certainly not a self-help book, and I certainly don't need one of those anyway.

2. Freakanomics

I've heard good things about this one, too. "Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections." Sounds good enough to eat.

3. Fantasyland- A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe

A book about a Wall Street Journal Senior writer who joins his first league. I remember my first league. I fucking dominated.

4. Atonement

I read Saturday by this same author (thanks Michael) and I really enjoyed it. I didn't read one thing about this one online, I just know it's the same author and it is his most popular book. And since popular = good, this is his best book. And I really liked one of his not best books, so I'm sure this one will be great.

THIS JUST IN

Holla @ Argentina- Nov 30- Dec 10

Thanks Curtis!

2007-08-09T16:50:00.000-05:00

Your inability to follow simple directions I was stranded for lunch at 2pm, after being told you'd be there at 12:45. How rude. As I was walking to get some food my bus stopped in front of me and I took that as a sign- 'go home, I heard it whisper'. I did just that, having a light lunch of some eggs and a protein shake. After doing some simple tasks around the house, I decided to play some cards. All I can say is thanks! Best hour of my life I think- now time for baseball.

Click to make it larger. $1000 an hour- I'll take that.

If you have hate in your heart, let it out

2007-08-08T12:41:00.001-05:00

If you have a problem with me- my attitude, my odor, my choice of words or my disdain for snakes, let me know now. Seriously. I'm curious what people think of me. Because I need to take a class next semester at the U so I can continue to get the cheap bus pass I love so dearly. After some thinking and google-nating, I have decided upon

Tae Kwon Do.

My reasons were simple- I didn't want to take an academic class because I'm already taking an online course, and I'll be out of town for finals week. I didn't want to take soccer or weight lifting since those are things I can already (sort of) do, and easily do on my own anyway. I thought this would be an awesome experience, I can take it pass/fail, itmeets 2 days a week for an hour, and it's in the building where I'll have my gym locker anyway. It's close by (on this campus), there was a spot left in it, and I read up on it and the other martial arts I was considering- Judo, Karate, and decided this one sounded like the most fun. Actually, that's kind of a lie. I thought Judo might be the most fun because you get to throw people but it's more formal (lame) and you aren't as aggressive and what not. Apparently tae kwon do is better exercise and I'll learn some nifty things to take out all the haters.

So, you know, now how do you feel about me and monkey?

king back

2007-08-07T04:50:00.000-05:00

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Hey how was your night? Didn't want to have a losing day (obviously I could have stopped after dinner, gotten drunk, gone to bed early, etc. Instead it's 5am and I have a meeting in 4 hours. Time for bed). Also, ship the $3k check for my bonus. I'll cash all three $3k checks at once. Holla

Just a couple awesome hands here:

OMG I suck, river is such an easy fold but this guy was sr loco so I thought his range was much wider than just a flush draw (and that he'd call with worse so I had to bet, and then had to call sadly)

STAGE #728154700: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 02:16:52 (ET)
Table: DUNLAP ST (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - RUS_DENKER ($375 in chips)
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($368.28 in chips)
Seat 5 - MADBLUFFA ($112.55 in chips)
Seat 6 - ALLBALL55 ($360.10 in chips)
Seat 1 - IAMMAVERICK ($352.85 in chips)
Seat 2 - RXT215 ($116.55 in chips)
KFLYDENT - Posts small blind $1
MADBLUFFA - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [2s 2h]
ALLBALL55 - Calls $2
IAMMAVERICK - Folds
RXT215 - Folds
RUS_DENKER - Raises $10 to $10
KFLYDENT - Calls $9
MADBLUFFA - Folds
ALLBALL55 - Calls $8
*** FLOP *** [2c 10h Kc]
KFLYDENT - Bets $26
ALLBALL55 - Calls $26
RUS_DENKER - Folds
*** TURN *** [2c 10h Kc] [8s]
KFLYDENT - Bets $75
ALLBALL55 - Calls $75
*** RIVER *** [2c 10h Kc 8s] [5c]
KFLYDENT - Bets $100
ALLBALL55 - All-In(Raise) $249.10 to $249.10
KFLYDENT - Calls $149.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ALLBALL55 - Shows [Ac 10c] (Flush, ace high)
KFLYDENT - Mucks
ALLBALL55 Collects $728.70 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($732.20) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [2c 10h Kc 8s 5c]
Seat 1: IAMMAVERICK Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: RXT215 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: RUS_DENKER (dealer) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: KFLYDENT (small blind) HI: [Mucked] [2s 2h]
Seat 5: MADBLUFFA (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ALLBALL55 won Total ($728.70) All-In HI:($728.70) with Flush, ace high [Ac 10c - P:Ac,B:Kc,P:10c,B:5c,B:2c]

Daily, nightly, ever so rightly

STAGE #728166505: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 02:40:16 (ET)
Table: DOLLY AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - PPHUNCK ($238.55 in chips)
Seat 2 - CAMDENLUVER ($143.43 in chips)
Seat 3 - RUS_DENKER ($400 in chips)
Seat 4 - SANHOME74 ($208.35 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($303.30 in chips)
Seat 6 - RXT215 ($56.47 in chips)
CAMDENLUVER - Posts small blind $1
RUS_DENKER - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Kh Ks]
SANHOME74 - Raises $6 to $6
KFLYDENT - Raises $22 to $22
RXT215 - Folds
PPHUNCK - All-In(Raise) $238.55 to $238.55
CAMDENLUVER - Folds
RUS_DENKER - Folds
SANHOME74 - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $216.55
*** FLOP *** [9s 3d 4h]
*** TURN *** [9s 3d 4h] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [9s 3d 4h 6d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PPHUNCK - Shows [Ac As] (One pair, aces)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Kh Ks] (One pair, kings)
PPHUNCK Collects $482.60 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($486.10) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [9s 3d 4h 6d 2h]
Seat 1: PPHUNCK (dealer) won Total ($482.60) All-In HI:($482.60) with One pair, aces [Ac As - P:As,P:Ac,B:9s,B:6d,B:4h]
Seat 2: CAMDENLUVER (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: RUS_DENKER (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: SANHOME74 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: KFLYDENT HI:lost with One pair, kings [Kh Ks - P:Ks,P:Kh,B:9s,B:6d,B:4h]
Seat 6: RXT215 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Murder me

STAGE #727883111: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-06 20:52:18 (ET)
Table: LINDBLAD AVE (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($227.05 in chips)
Seat 4 - 8T0DDEARS ($431.85 in chips)
Seat 5 - RANCIDONE ($484 in chips)
Seat 6 - SCHAER ($386.05 in chips)
Seat 1 - DUMOINELAKE ($386.95 in chips)
Seat 2 - SUPERDETROIT ($411.25 in chips)
8T0DDEARS - Posts small blind $1
RANCIDONE - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Ks Ah]
SCHAER - Folds
DUMOINELAKE - Raises $6 to $6
SUPERDETROIT - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $6
8T0DDEARS - Calls $5
RANCIDONE - Folds
*** FLOP *** [8s 7h Kc]
8T0DDEARS - Checks
DUMOINELAKE - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $20
8T0DDEARS - Calls $20
DUMOINELAKE - Folds
*** TURN *** [8s 7h Kc] [5s]
8T0DDEARS - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $65
8T0DDEARS - Raises $130 to $130
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $136.05 to $201.05
8T0DDEARS - Calls $71.05
*** RIVER *** [8s 7h Kc 5s] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [Ks Ah] (One pair, kings)
8T0DDEARS - Shows [10h 9c] (Straight, six to ten)
8T0DDEARS Collects $459.10 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($462.10) | Rake ($3)
Board [8s 7h Kc 5s 6d]
Seat 1: DUMOINELAKE Folded on the FLOP
Seat 2: SUPERDETROIT Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT (dealer) HI:lost with One pair, kings [Ks Ah - P:Ks,B:Kc,P:Ah,B:8s,B:7h]
Seat 4: 8T0DDEARS (small blind) won Total ($459.10) HI:($459.10) with Straight, six to ten [10h 9c - P:10h,P:9c,B:8s,B:7h,B:6d]
Seat 5: RANCIDONE (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: SCHAER Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Die

STAGE #728146750: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 02:02:15 (ET)
Table: HILLANDALE AVE (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($201.09 in chips)
Seat 5 - JEDADIAH6 ($177.89 in chips)
Seat 6 - PAULSAAS ($76.40 in chips)
Seat 1 - SEEDPLANTER1 ($286.65 in chips)
Seat 3 - PB187 ($251.42 in chips)
JEDADIAH6 - Posts small blind $1
PAULSAAS - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qh Qs]
SEEDPLANTER1 - Folds
PB187 - Raises $9 to $9
KFLYDENT - Raises $32 to $32
JEDADIAH6 - Folds
PAULSAAS - Folds
PB187 - Raises $55 to $64
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $169.09 to $201.09
PB187 - Calls $137.09
*** FLOP *** [2s 3d 10c]
*** TURN *** [2s 3d 10c] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [2s 3d 10c 8d] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PB187 - Shows [Kh Ks] (Two Pair, kings and eights)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qh Qs] (Two Pair, queens and eights)
PB187 Collects $401.68 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($405.18) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [2s 3d 10c 8d 8c]
Seat 1: SEEDPLANTER1 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: PB187 won Total ($401.68) HI:($401.68) with Two Pair, kings and eights [Kh Ks - P:Ks,P:Kh,B:8d,B:8c,B:10c]
Seat 4: KFLYDENT (dealer) HI:lost with Two Pair, queens and eights [Qh Qs - P:Qs,P:Qh,B:8d,B:8c,B:10c]
Seat 5: JEDADIAH6 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: PAULSAAS (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

I killed my cat here

STAGE #728132464: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 01:38:16 (ET)
Table: HIGH ST (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - KFLYDENT ($197 in chips)
Seat 1 - HUGEFEET ($624 in chips)
Seat 2 - BIGTIME35 ($781.40 in chips)
Seat 3 - KUTZZZ ($62 in chips)
Seat 4 - PPHUNCK ($43.82 in chips)
Seat 5 - Z8ELDRED ($228.66 in chips)
HUGEFEET - Posts small blind $1
BIGTIME35 - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qd Ah]
KUTZZZ - Folds
PPHUNCK - Folds
Z8ELDRED - Raises $8 to $8
KFLYDENT - Raises $26 to $26
HUGEFEET - Folds
BIGTIME35 - Folds
Z8ELDRED - Raises $44 to $52
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $171 to $197
Z8ELDRED - Calls $145
*** FLOP *** [9c 4d 4h]
*** TURN *** [9c 4d 4h] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [9c 4d 4h Ac] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Z8ELDRED - Shows [Jd Js] (Full house, jacks full of fours)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qd Ah] (Two Pair, aces and fours)
Z8ELDRED Collects $394 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($397) | Rake ($3)
Board [9c 4d 4h Ac Jh]
Seat 1: HUGEFEET (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: BIGTIME35 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KUTZZZ Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: PPHUNCK Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: Z8ELDRED won Total ($394) HI:($394) with Full house, jacks full of fours [Jd Js - P:Js,B:Jh,P:Jd,B:4h,B:4d]
Seat 6: KFLYDENT (dealer) HI:lost with Two Pair, aces and fours [Qd Ah - P:Ah,B:Ac,B:4h,B:4d,P:Qd]

Ok, you are pwn3d son

STAGE #728068944: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 00:13:02 (ET)
Table: LUXEMBOURG HWY (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - WALKINGMONK ($76.40 in chips)
Seat 4 - LAZYSLACKER ($764.16 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($209.25 in chips)
Seat 6 - RIXTER2244 ($405.50 in chips)
Seat 1 - BONES1135 ($320.50 in chips)
Seat 2 - THEMADRUSIAN ($454 in chips)
LAZYSLACKER - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Jc 10h]
RIXTER2244 - Calls $2
BONES1135 - Calls $2
THEMADRUSIAN - Folds
WALKINGMONK - Calls $2
LAZYSLACKER - Calls $1
KFLYDENT - Checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 10s Jd]
LAZYSLACKER - Bets $6
KFLYDENT - Raises $24 to $24
RIXTER2244 - Folds
BONES1135 - Calls $24
WALKINGMONK - Folds
LAZYSLACKER - Calls $18
*** TURN *** [3c 10s Jd] [5c]
LAZYSLACKER - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $55
BONES1135 - Folds
LAZYSLACKER - Calls $55
*** RIVER *** [3c 10s Jd 5c] [Ac]
LAZYSLACKER - Bets $134
KFLYDENT - All-In $128.25
LAZYSLACKER - returned ($5.75) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LAZYSLACKER - Shows [Qc 9d] (ace high)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Jc 10h] (Two Pair, jacks and tens)
KFLYDENT Collects $445 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($448.50) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [3c 10s Jd 5c Ac]
Seat 1: BONES1135 Folded on the TURN
Seat 2: THEMADRUSIAN Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: WALKINGMONK (dealer) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: LAZYSLACKER (small blind) HI:lost with ace high [Qc 9d - B:Ac,P:Qc,B:Jd,B:10s,P:9d]
Seat 5: KFLYDENT (big blind) won Total ($445) All-In HI:($445) with Two Pair, jacks and tens [Jc 10h - B:Jd,P:Jc,B:10s,P:10h,B:Ac]
Seat 6: RIXTER2244 Folded on the FLOP

dirrrrrrrrty

STAGE #728180885: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 03:11:25 (ET)
Table: PELICAN AVE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - THEMADRUSIAN ($474.15 in chips)
Seat 1 - MIDFRIE215 ($80.15 in chips)
Seat 2 - JEDADIAH6 ($148.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($216.95 in chips)
Seat 4 - FLUFFYNUGGET ($261 in chips)
Seat 5 - POSHYP ($500 in chips)
MIDFRIE215 - Posts small blind $1
JEDADIAH6 - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [5c Ac]
KFLYDENT - Raises $6 to $6
FLUFFYNUGGET - Folds
POSHYP - Calls $6
THEMADRUSIAN - Calls $6
MIDFRIE215 - Calls $5
JEDADIAH6 - Folds
*** FLOP *** [4c 7d 2c]
MIDFRIE215 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $17
POSHYP - Calls $17
THEMADRUSIAN - Folds
MIDFRIE215 - Folds
*** TURN *** [4c 7d 2c] [5d]
KFLYDENT - Checks
POSHYP - Bets $30
KFLYDENT - Calls $30
*** RIVER *** [4c 7d 2c 5d] [Kc]
KFLYDENT - Checks
POSHYP - Bets $30
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $163.95 to $163.95
POSHYP - Calls $133.95
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [5c Ac] (Flush, ace high)
POSHYP - Mucks
KFLYDENT Collects $444.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($447.90) | Rake ($3)
Board [4c 7d 2c 5d Kc]
Seat 1: MIDFRIE215 (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 2: JEDADIAH6 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT won Total ($444.90) All-In HI:($444.90) with Flush, ace high [5c Ac - P:Ac,B:Kc,P:5c,B:4c,B:2c]
Seat 4: FLUFFYNUGGET Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: POSHYP HI: [Mucked] [6d 8d]
Seat 6: THEMADRUSIAN (dealer) Folded on the FLOP

blickets. about god damn time i ruined someone's life.

STAGE #728218442: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 04:49:21 (ET)
Table: DATE PALM AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - EASTEREGGTIM ($400 in chips)
Seat 2 - SCHAER ($207.15 in chips)
Seat 3 - BEATLAYER ($183.05 in chips)
Seat 4 - DYINGDONKEY ($620.78 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($207.35 in chips)
Seat 6 - _XTHEBESTX_ ($421 in chips)
SCHAER - Posts small blind $1
BEATLAYER - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [4s 4h]
DYINGDONKEY - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
_XTHEBESTX_ - Folds
EASTEREGGTIM - Calls $8
SCHAER - Calls $7
BEATLAYER - Folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 3s 2d]
SCHAER - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $14
EASTEREGGTIM - Folds
SCHAER - Raises $36 to $36
KFLYDENT - Calls $22
*** TURN *** [2h 3s 2d] [4d]
SCHAER - Checks
KFLYDENT - Checks
*** RIVER *** [2h 3s 2d 4d] [8s]
SCHAER - Bets $66
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $163.35 to $163.35
SCHAER - All-In $97.15
KFLYDENT - returned ($0.20) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [4s 4h] (Full house, fours full of twos)
SCHAER - Mucks
KFLYDENT Collects $420.80 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($424.30) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [2h 3s 2d 4d 8s]
Seat 1: EASTEREGGTIM (dealer) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 2: SCHAER (small blind) HI: [Mucked] [3c 3h]
Seat 3: BEATLAYER (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: DYINGDONKEY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: KFLYDENT won Total ($420.80) All-In HI:($420.80) with Full house, fours full of twos [4s 4h - P:4s,P:4h,B:4d,B:2h,B:2d]
Seat 6: _XTHEBESTX_ Folded on the POCKET CARDS

lol, i have a bigger set or a straight he always idiot

STAGE #728163027: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 02:33:04 (ET)
Table: JONQUIL AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - ZARLYN ($69.85 in chips)
Seat 3 - OUT_TURNED_U ($436.78 in chips)
Seat 4 - IAMMAVERICK ($488.05 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($201.60 in chips)
Seat 6 - DAYQUIK22 ($78.95 in chips)
OUT_TURNED_U - Posts small blind $1
IAMMAVERICK - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Jd Js]
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
DAYQUIK22 - Folds
ZARLYN - Folds
OUT_TURNED_U - Calls $7
IAMMAVERICK - Calls $6
*** FLOP *** [Jh 5h Ks]
OUT_TURNED_U - Checks
IAMMAVERICK - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $20
OUT_TURNED_U - Folds
IAMMAVERICK - Calls $20
*** TURN *** [Jh 5h Ks] [Qc]
IAMMAVERICK - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $45
IAMMAVERICK - Raises $338 to $338
KFLYDENT - All-In $128.60
IAMMAVERICK - returned ($164.40) : not called
*** RIVER *** [Jh 5h Ks Qc] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IAMMAVERICK - Shows [5c 5s] (Three of a kind, fives)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Jd Js] (Three of a kind, jacks)
KFLYDENT Collects $407.70 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($411.20) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [Jh 5h Ks Qc 6c]
Seat 1: ZARLYN (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: OUT_TURNED_U (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: IAMMAVERICK (big blind) HI:lost with Three of a kind, fives [5c 5s - P:5s,B:5h,P:5c,B:Ks,B:Qc]
Seat 5: KFLYDENT won Total ($407.70) All-In HI:($407.70) with Three of a kind, jacks [Jd Js - P:Js,B:Jh,P:Jd,B:Ks,B:Qc]
Seat 6: DAYQUIK22 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

This was the final hand. Also note how awesome it is on all levels

STAGE #728235198: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-08-07 05:43:11 (ET)
Table: COBRA AVE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - SNAKE8EYES ($132.90 in chips)
Seat 1 - BALLZER ($283.40 in chips)
Seat 2 - INJUREDFISH ($468.20 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($333.05 in chips)
Seat 4 - GANDT ($158 in chips)
Seat 5 - PB187 ($353.67 in chips)
BALLZER - Posts small blind $1
INJUREDFISH - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [10h 10d]
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
GANDT - Folds
PB187 - Calls $8
SNAKE8EYES - Folds
BALLZER - Folds
INJUREDFISH - Folds
*** FLOP *** [2d 2c 4d]
KFLYDENT - Bets $12
PB187 - Calls $12
*** TURN *** [2d 2c 4d] [4s]
KFLYDENT - Checks
PB187 - Bets $26
KFLYDENT - Calls $26
*** RIVER *** [2d 2c 4d 4s] [10c]
KFLYDENT - Checks
PB187 - Bets $50
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $287.05 to $287.05
PB187 - Calls $237.05
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [10h 10d] (Full house, tens full of fours)
PB187 - Mucks
KFLYDENT Collects $665.60 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($669.10) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [2d 2c 4d 4s 10c]
Seat 1: BALLZER (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: INJUREDFISH (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT won Total ($665.60) All-In HI:($665.60) with Full house, tens full of fours [10h 10d - P:10h,P:10d,B:10c,B:4s,B:4d]
Seat 4: GANDT Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: PB187 HI: [Mucked] [2h 7h]
Seat 6: SNAKE8EYES (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

I'm so hungry

2007-08-03T12:20:00.000-05:00

I never know what to eat around lunch time. I think today I'll go and get some buffalo wings and a diet coke and sit outside while reading my book- 3 Nights in August- about Tony La Russa coaching three games versus the Cubs in a playoff year (2004 I think). It's a very exciting and interesting read thus far.

Later today I'm supposed to play basketball with Curtis and Joel. I am not sure which one of them will flake out, but I'm sure someone will. But, if in fact we are able to play, I intend to wreck fools. No disrespect, but that's how I am. I came to this conclusion earlier this afternoon as I was sweating (literally) in anticipation: I'm a better individual player than team player. This applies to all sports. In soccer, a sport I haven't played much of late, I was never a great player at integrating myself into the offense/defense/team. But I could run, and kick the crap out of the ball. Was also pretty physical, and when it came to 1 on 1 time I generally held an edge over my opponent (oh, to be 12 years old again!). In rugby, I would dominate 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 drills, but always struggled with knowing when to pass or get others involved when it became game time. Nonetheless, I was a stud, scoring the game winning points my first game and adding a couple other scores after that. Since basketball prompted this post, I'll deal with it last. Which means it's time for my baseball analysis. I'm great at baseball, and I believe it's because I'm responsible for my actions only. Yes, it's a team sport. But at any given moment all I need to do is catch, hit, field, throw, etc. I don't need to concern myself about what someone else is doing, which gives me trouble in soccer, rugby, and basketball. 1 on 1 basketball I can beat a good chunk of people, because my 'skill' if you will, comes from a will to win, and the fact that I'm controlling everything my 'team' is doing. I don't have to second guess a pass or a shot- if I want it, I can take it. When I play on a team, say 4 on 4, my instincts are to become more passive and I pass a lot more than I shoot, especially if I miss one or two shots. That's not a very good attitude- as with everything else, aggression is key to victory. Playing 1 on 1 I can be extremely aggressive, since I am not accountable for anyone else. In my league games at the JCC I hardly ever made an aggressive move towards the basket, even though I could have scored nearly at will had I been so inclined.

I'm not sure what to do about this. Frankly, I don't think it's something all that easy to change, because there are players in all sports who suffer from this affliction. Players who have tremendous amounts of skill and talent who cannot break out of the passive mold and into more aggressive players when playing as part of a team. Fortunately for me, we'll be playing 21 today and I'll dominate, per usual. But that doesn't mean I won't be thinking about how my play would differ if there were more players around.

Finally, after lunch today I decided I would finally learn the tunnel system from my building Hasselmo, to Mayo. I actually learned it Mayo->Hasselmo, because that's where I was at the time. So I followed the signs, until there were no more. Then I took each possible hallway until they all resulted in dead ends. Lucky for me, a man with a cart noticed my distress and we had a brief chat. After discussions with a pleasant janitor (who looked like he wanted a tip when it was all said and done) he directed me to the path of enlightenment. It was NOT where the signs indicated, rather one floor beneath them. Very, very stupid. Now I can do everything underground, yay!

Also...Michael? Anyone? How can I get the links to check out previous blog posts to be in the center rather than on the side?

Who is Bella??

2007-08-02T01:02:00.000-05:00

That's my question. Bella.

So earlier this afternoon there was a disaster just a few blocks from where I live- the bridge collapsing. Lots of death, injury, etc. But I'm not really in a mood to discuss that right now- too recent, painful, vivid, etc. I want to take a few days. So instead, I'll make a typical post that is not too exciting (but I'll try to spice it up- yup!)

Anyway, in the month of July, due to internet issues, laziness, trips, friends and running poorly I made a meager $2k from poker. Embarrassing. I'm hoping to best that by 5x or so in August- I'm not going to make $ goals I guess, but I'm going to say I want to play better, run better, and play more often (internet willing!). I'd like to play 25k hands minimum. Conveniently, after 8k hands or so I'll get a $3,000 bonus so that's something worth playing for!

Anyway, a big reason my month of July was so horrible was because I ran very badly- lots of 2 or 3 or 4 outers (about 90% favorites to win...losing! a lot!) and that caused me to play some hands very poorly. I've never done this before, but I'm going to set a 'stop loss' for myself. So if things are going poorly I can't compound that mistake, like I did a lot in July where I had a ton of -$1k days, and another day where I dropped $2k. So at $200 no limit I'm going to set my stop loss at $500, and at $400 no limit I'm going to set it at $800. I hope this forces me to play better poker when I play, and not obsess over wanting to get back to even all the time.

I also made the mistake of getting really pissed off and cashing out a bunch of money, so now my online roll is kind of tiny. So the stop loss will help with that, but I should be fine for a while I think, and if I do need to get a transfer I won't have an issue with that (but it will have meant I either disregarded my stop loss or played/ran very bad for 2 weeks or something).

Alright, here is a picture, for those of you bored with poker talk

This is from my cabin, where I've been for the last 2 days. I've been wanting to go all summer, but my problem has been baseball on the weekends. So I took off Monday and Tuesday from work and went to the cabin with my mom and the dog. It was wonderful- I read an entire book, every page of the newspaper every day, went swimming, caught me a delicious bass on the paddle boat, saw a snake (gross) and ate a tasty pizza. And no bear thought I was tasty, which was a plus.

Also finalized plans for the BWCA in August, which I'm excited about. And that brother of mine with be there, too, which will make for a great trip full of competition and sibling rivalry (like he has a shot!).

Since I've been away from work the last two days, I anticipate having some work to do tomorrow. But I think my mind will be most occupied by this dilemma. I need a place to live for Sept 1 and here are the options I've come up with.

-Live with a friend here in a luxury apartment in Uptown. I toured it- it's amazing. It has a loft, a spiral staircase, balcony, electric fireplace, etc. It's $750/mo after his rent deal (not important). I'd also have to buy things (HDTV for starters), take a longer bus ride (assuming that's an option) and deal with uptown hippies and yuppies.

-Live in an ugly yellow 9 bedroom house with 4 bathrooms near the U. It's on the bus line 5 minutes away. The people seemed nice, the house (inside) was spacious, full of TVs with cable, and had two kitchens. There is also a girl or 2 that keep it clean, which is why it looked really nice when I went through it. There are roughly 5 older students, 2 graduate students and one worker bee (and me?) there. All between 22-27 years old. Rent is $450 which includes everything.

So I dunno, all things considered I think I want to live in the yellow castle- cheaper, don't need to buy anything, closer to U, meet 8 new people and they have beer pong in the garage. But I'm upset that I can't live in Uptown with Mike, and I also don't know how to tell him this...maybe he reads my blog? Nah. But when you think of it, it's simple enough for you to understand, so I hope he will, too.

Oh ya, I'm going to try not to waste time anymore! I dunno...wish me luck?

Ok, that about does it for me.

Here is a fun thing to do when you're bored!!

2007-07-27T14:31:00.000-05:00

1. Think of an awesome country- I came up with Nigeria.

2. Find the coat of arms???

3. Find the GDP, per person
$1188, thanks to wiki

4. Lose at least that much in Poker. Go!

This guy was fucking insane.
STAGE #718552761: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 23:17:44 (ET)
Table: KANKAKEE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - PHOENIX1010 ($1113.51 in chips)
Seat 2 - POKERFUN43 ($335.08 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($260.40 in chips)
Seat 4 - ALPEACE ($89 in chips)
Seat 5 - SIPPINIILO ($327.40 in chips)
POKERFUN43 - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qd Ac]
ALPEACE - Calls $2
SIPPINIILO - Folds
PHOENIX1010 - Folds
POKERFUN43 - Raises $3 to $4
KFLYDENT - Raises $12 to $14
ALPEACE - Folds
POKERFUN43 - Raises $128 to $132
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $246.40 to $260.40
POKERFUN43 - Calls $128.40
*** FLOP *** [Kd 8d 3c]
*** TURN *** [Kd 8d 3c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 8d 3c 9h] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
POKERFUN43 - Shows [Jd Jh] (Three of a kind, jacks)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qd Ac] (ace high)
POKERFUN43 Collects $519.80 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($522.80) | Rake ($3)
Board [Kd 8d 3c 9h Js]
Seat 2: POKERFUN43 (small blind) won Total ($519.80) HI:($519.80) with Three of a kind, jacks [Jd Jh - B:Js,P:Jh,P:Jd,B:Kd,B:9h]
Seat 3: KFLYDENT (big blind) HI:lost with ace high [Qd Ac - P:Ac,B:Kd,P:Qd,B:Js,B:9h]
Seat 4: ALPEACE Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: SIPPINIILO Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: PHOENIX1010 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

This guy was fucking insane

STAGE #718228373: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 17:08:48 (ET)
Table: MONROE AVE (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($202 in chips)
Seat 4 - ERICBREWB ($91.60 in chips)
Seat 5 - MILLERBEECH ($80 in chips)
Seat 2 - MAXMAN32 ($400 in chips)
ERICBREWB - Posts small blind $1
MILLERBEECH - Posts big blind $2
MAXMAN32 - Posts $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Ac Qc]
MAXMAN32 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Raises $10 to $10
ERICBREWB - Folds
MILLERBEECH - Folds
MAXMAN32 - Calls $8
*** FLOP *** [9s 2c Qd]
MAXMAN32 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $14
MAXMAN32 - Calls $14
*** TURN *** [9s 2c Qd] [9h]
MAXMAN32 - Bets $64
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $178 to $178
MAXMAN32 - Calls $114
*** RIVER *** [9s 2c Qd 9h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MAXMAN32 - Shows [9c 7c] (Three of a kind, nines)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Ac Qc] (Two Pair, queens and nines)
MAXMAN32 Collects $405 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($407) | Rake ($2)
Board [9s 2c Qd 9h 5d]
Seat 2: MAXMAN32 won Total ($405) HI:($405) with Three of a kind, nines [9c 7c - B:9s,B:9h,P:9c,B:Qd,P:7c]
Seat 3: KFLYDENT (dealer) HI:lost with Two Pair, queens and nines [Ac Qc - B:Qd,P:Qc,B:9s,B:9h,P:Ac]
Seat 4: ERICBREWB (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: MILLERBEECH (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

I get pwned, sadly
STAGE #718243915: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 17:28:08 (ET)
Table: MONROE AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - KOOLHAND123 ($194.45 in chips)
Seat 2 - MAXMAN32 ($557.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($200.70 in chips)
Seat 4 - HOVABLUFF ($347 in chips)
Seat 5 - MILLERBEECH ($164.82 in chips)
Seat 6 - REELBLAST ($193.85 in chips)
MAXMAN32 - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Ah 9h]
HOVABLUFF - Raises $8 to $8
MILLERBEECH - Calls $8
REELBLAST - Folds
KOOLHAND123 - Folds
MAXMAN32 - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $6
*** FLOP *** [7d 9c 3s]
KFLYDENT - Checks
HOVABLUFF - Bets $18
MILLERBEECH - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $42 to $42
HOVABLUFF - Calls $24
*** TURN *** [7d 9c 3s] [Jc]
KFLYDENT - Checks
HOVABLUFF - Checks
*** RIVER *** [7d 9c 3s Jc] [Ac]
KFLYDENT - Bets $65
HOVABLUFF - Raises $158 to $158
KFLYDENT - All-In $85.70
HOVABLUFF - returned ($7.30) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HOVABLUFF - Shows [Jd Jh] (Three of a kind, jacks)
KFLYDENT - Mucks
HOVABLUFF Collects $407.40 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($410.40) | Rake ($3)
Board [7d 9c 3s Jc Ac]
Seat 1: KOOLHAND123 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: MAXMAN32 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [Ah 9h]
Seat 4: HOVABLUFF won Total ($407.40) HI:($407.40) with Three of a kind, jacks [Jd Jh - P:Jh,P:Jd,B:Jc,B:Ac,B:9c]
Seat 5: MILLERBEECH Folded on the FLOP
Seat 6: REELBLAST Folded on the POCKET CARDS

same insane dude as hand 1
STAGE #718554510: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 23:19:31 (ET)
Table: KANKAKEE (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - ALPEACE ($78 in chips)
Seat 5 - SIPPINIILO ($325.40 in chips)
Seat 6 - PHOENIX1010 ($1129.26 in chips)
Seat 2 - POKERFUN43 ($589.48 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($199 in chips)
SIPPINIILO - Posts small blind $1
PHOENIX1010 - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [As Qd]
POKERFUN43 - Raises $4 to $4
KFLYDENT - Raises $18 to $18
ALPEACE - Folds
SIPPINIILO - Folds
PHOENIX1010 - Folds
POKERFUN43 - All-In(Raise) $585.48 to $589.48
KFLYDENT - All-In $181
POKERFUN43 - returned ($390.48) : not called
*** FLOP *** [5s Jd 4d]
*** TURN *** [5s Jd 4d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Jd 4d 7d] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
POKERFUN43 - Shows [Ah Ac] (One pair, aces)
KFLYDENT - Shows [As Qd] (ace high)
POKERFUN43 Collects $398 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($401) | Rake ($3)
Board [5s Jd 4d 7d 3s]
Seat 2: POKERFUN43 won Total ($398) All-In HI:($398) with One pair, aces [Ah Ac - P:Ah,P:Ac,B:Jd,B:7d,B:5s]
Seat 3: KFLYDENT HI:lost with ace high [As Qd - P:As,P:Qd,B:Jd,B:7d,B:5s]
Seat 4: ALPEACE (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: SIPPINIILO (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: PHOENIX1010 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

lol, eat a dick
STAGE #718506997: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 22:30:41 (ET)
Table: ENGLAND AVE (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - MROATMEAL ($200.30 in chips)
Seat 6 - KFLYDENT ($198.90 in chips)
Seat 1 - VIGILANTECAT ($317.80 in chips)
Seat 2 - VODKANOGIN ($177 in chips)
Seat 3 - STANZACAMRY ($131.65 in chips)
Seat 4 - SNEAKYSHARK ($167.30 in chips)
KFLYDENT - Posts small blind $1
VIGILANTECAT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [6d 6s]
VODKANOGIN - Folds
STANZACAMRY - Raises $6 to $6
SNEAKYSHARK - Folds
MROATMEAL - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $5
VIGILANTECAT - Calls $4
*** FLOP *** [6c 3c Qc]
KFLYDENT - Bets $14
VIGILANTECAT - Raises $28 to $28
STANZACAMRY - Folds
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $178.90 to $192.90
VIGILANTECAT - Calls $164.90
*** TURN *** [6c 3c Qc] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [6c 3c Qc 4h] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VIGILANTECAT - Shows [10c 2c] (Flush, ace high)
KFLYDENT - Shows [6d 6s] (Three of a kind, sixes)
VIGILANTECAT Collects $400.30 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($403.80) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [6c 3c Qc 4h Ac]
Seat 1: VIGILANTECAT (big blind) won Total ($400.30) HI:($400.30) with Flush, ace high [10c 2c - B:Ac,B:Qc,P:10c,B:6c,B:3c]
Seat 2: VODKANOGIN Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: STANZACAMRY Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: SNEAKYSHARK Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: MROATMEAL (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: KFLYDENT (small blind) HI:lost with Three of a kind, sixes [6d 6s - P:6s,P:6d,B:6c,B:Ac,B:Qc]

lol, eat a dick
STAGE #718233973: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 17:15:57 (ET)
Table: BLUEBIRD AVE (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - KORVAKIS ($86.20 in chips)
Seat 6 - OVERHERESIR ($100 in chips)
Seat 1 - JERRYFLUKE22 ($170.30 in chips)
Seat 2 - QUARTZEYE ($102.55 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($199 in chips)
Seat 4 - WSPT ($280 in chips)
OVERHERESIR - Posts small blind $1
JERRYFLUKE22 - Posts big blind $2
WSPT - Posts $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [7c 7h]
QUARTZEYE - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $10 to $10
WSPT - Folds
KORVAKIS - Folds
OVERHERESIR - Folds
JERRYFLUKE22 - Raises $26 to $28
KFLYDENT - Calls $18
*** FLOP *** [8c 7d Jd]
JERRYFLUKE22 - Bets $42
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $171 to $171
JERRYFLUKE22 - All-In $100.30
KFLYDENT - returned ($28.70) : not called
*** TURN *** [8c 7d Jd] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [8c 7d Jd 4c] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JERRYFLUKE22 - Shows [Kc Kd] (Three of a kind, kings)
KFLYDENT - Shows [7c 7h] (Three of a kind, sevens)
JERRYFLUKE22 Collects $340.10 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($343.60) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [8c 7d Jd 4c Ks]
Seat 1: JERRYFLUKE22 (big blind) won Total ($340.10) All-In HI:($340.10) with Three of a kind, kings [Kc Kd - B:Ks,P:Kd,P:Kc,B:Jd,B:8c]
Seat 2: QUARTZEYE Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT HI:lost with Three of a kind, sevens [7c 7h - P:7h,B:7d,P:7c,B:Ks,B:Jd]
Seat 4: WSPT Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: KORVAKIS (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: OVERHERESIR (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

lol, eat a dick
STAGE #718265427: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-07-26 17:54:12 (ET)
Table: MARINER DR (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - OVERHERESIR ($99.80 in chips)
Seat 2 - BBALLPLNJR ($77.43 in chips)
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($198 in chips)
Seat 5 - _MELLERLITE_ ($73.32 in chips)
Seat 6 - ALWESKER67 ($172.10 in chips)
BBALLPLNJR - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [7c 9d]
_MELLERLITE_ - Folds
ALWESKER67 - Folds
OVERHERESIR - Calls $2
BBALLPLNJR - Calls $1
KFLYDENT - Checks
*** FLOP *** [6h 2s 8c]
BBALLPLNJR - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $6
OVERHERESIR - Calls $6
BBALLPLNJR - Folds
*** TURN *** [6h 2s 8c] [10s]
KFLYDENT - Bets $12
OVERHERESIR - Calls $12
*** RIVER *** [6h 2s 8c 10s] [6s]
KFLYDENT - Bets $30
OVERHERESIR - Raises $60 to $60
KFLYDENT - Raises $90 to $120
OVERHERESIR - All-In $19.80
KFLYDENT - returned ($40.20) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [7c 9d] (Straight, six to ten)
OVERHERESIR - Shows [As 8s] (Flush, ace high)
OVERHERESIR Collects $198.10 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($201.60) | Rake ($3) | Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [6h 2s 8c 10s 6s]
Seat 1: OVERHERESIR (dealer) won Total ($198.10) All-In HI:($198.10) with Flush, ace high [As 8s - P:As,B:10s,P:8s,B:6s,B:2s]
Seat 2: BBALLPLNJR (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: KFLYDENT (big blind) HI:lost with Straight, six to ten [7c 9d - B:10s,P:9d,B:8c,P:7c,B:6s]
Seat 5: _MELLERLITE_ Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ALWESKER67 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

-$1200!!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

I'm going insane

2007-07-26T18:28:00.000-05:00

I need to find a new place to live. My lease ends at the end of August I think, but I don't think I can wait that long- I'm thinking I might move home if I have to. The internet here is terrible. But I need to be near enough to the U that I can get to work on the bus since parking is impossible. Bah. Craigslist and facebook both are failing me for places to live. I really want to move in Aug 1.

This sucks. I need internet, it cost me about $600 today when it disconnected me a couple times. I've lost some students because I don't have reliable internet, and I can't get the most out of my sessions with it being as bad as it is. Fuck.

This is how it seems to be

2007-07-25T12:34:00.000-05:00

Man oh man. How one can travel so far by not leaving the confines of his bed, desk, house, lab or bus line number 2 I'll never know. Get your control-P fingers ready since this is surely going to be a post worth printing and hanging on to, in anticipation of the inevitable internet crash we're all captivated by. Once that happens and this post no longer exists in cyber-space, I hope you'll have your copy saved in your desk, not just in your heart. I'm going to go with my first true love here, numbers, to keep all the points separate. Also, I would like to advise the younger readers out there to read with caution as you approach a number sporting a 'caution' tag. That was my fair warning.

1. I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I would argue that they weren't so deathly. I suppose that they weren't friendly but they weren't evil. Anyway, I won't reveal the end or anything like that, but I really enjoyed it. Sure I'm disappointed it's over, but I've never really been wrapped up in a book/series of books like these. I suppose it helps that I was younger when I started them. If I hadn't read any of them I'm not sure I'd be able to bring myself to start reading them now. Anyway, enjoyable read. I had goosebumps for the last 300 pages or so and nearly let a tear drop once or twice. If you've already read it, this is a really funny (but long) 'summary' of the book that's worth checking out HP. Also, Harry Potter dies. But not in the way you'd think- Steve Jobs breaks out of California and into the story where he hunts down and kills Harry Potter behind the strength of Apple TV, and yells 'No one can take the focus away from me and my Ipod phone! Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!'

2. All season my throwing shoulder has really been bothering me. At first I figured it was fatigue or stress and it would go away as I got used to throwing again. But that hasn't happened. My shoulder is off and on, pretty weak some days and better others, but overall not great. I think I have been helping it by stretching and doing some lifting exercises, as well as throwing a lot. But the past week I did none of those things and today in the gym I could not bench press. And from that point on I could not do anything that involved shoulder movement or rotation. Think about it- that's a lot of stuff (not just in the gym, but in life, too). So I'm pretty upset at myself. I don't want to go to the doctor yet since there are three weeks left or so and if he told me to take time off I wouldn't listen to him. I'll wait until the season is done. If I have already caused permanent damage then I'm fucked anyway, and if I haven't then the chances that I do in the next three weeks aren't too great. I'm hoping that my shoulder just stiffened up over the week of disuse and that it'll get better in the next couple days when I resume lifting/stretching/throwing.

3. I had lunch at Bruegers Bagel's today. I had this roadhouse chicken thing that I get a lot- chicken breast, cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and some honey mustard on a whole wheat bagel. Exciting, huh? Anyway, I've recently decided that bagel sandwich are not a good idea, because it's really tough to take a bite out of them without losing most of the contents. But the most exciting part of my lunch today was the meeting that I intentionally sat next to. It looked like this

Basically, the woman who is the fat blog was the manager of the bagel place. The tall skinny guy was a worker with a mustache who looked like he could make a mean 'everything' bagel and gray shirt was obviously a regional (or general) manager or something shady like that, thus his different color and his clipboard for notes. Basically, the woman was telling this other guy that he had potential to be great! This could really be his place to shine! But...that he needed to work harder, and care more about his job. This woman who MAY have gone to semester of community college somewhere is telling this sucker who was prob 35 or so how much he currently sucks at working at a bagel place. And I felt sorry for him, but I also could not contain my laughter, because here are three people (or 2, if the guy doesn't care about his job) who are taking life in the fast lane of bagel making waaaaay too seriously. I realized that there are about a dozen different fast food places where this woman would have the responsibilities she has now- to monitor minimum wage workers and tell them how much they suck. I'm sorry, but if that woman even tried to talk to me I'd kick the shit out of her. She sucks at life and doesn't deserve to tell anyone else they suck, even if they really do, because she's like one step above them and it's not a very big step (and it's still many, many flights of stairs below a real job). So bitch, back your shit down! You ain't nothing!

caution

4. Here is number 4. It is about number 2. And it had the caution flag. Anyway, I have had morning sickness for months now- nasty shits, stomach pain, etc. I went into the doctor's one day and they gave me vials for stool samples. 'ya right you old sick bastards' I yelled, ' I ain't shtting in these!'. Well, moons pass and the time comes that yes, I need to shht in them and get it figured out. So I open them. My plan was, with the rubber gloves I have taken from work, drop a deuce ex machina in the toilet, and using plastic silverware I had acquired, scoop up the poop. But my plan was thwarted not once, but twice. First, I was told by the pamphlet, don't do it in a toilet. Second, don't piss on the poop.

Ok.

It gave me some suggestions- a bed pan, take a 1 gallon milk jug and cut off the top, etc. I opted to line my trash can w/ 3 plastic bags and drop one in there. Hmm. But then the no piss rule was tricky, since everyone knows you can't drop one w/out a flow (it's like a valve I'm convinced). So I took an empty powerade bottle and surgically enhanced the wide mouth opening so it was larger and able to fit my cack. So there I was, squatting over the trash can dropping one while pissing in a bottle. Very exciting stuff, let me tell you. I haven't received the results of the tests yet.

5. Like the last update said, on Monday I had my first live rat experience. I'm not sure how much more typing I feel like doing but here goes. I head down to the lab w/ G and the loot and we get everything set up. They have a rat on a mini respirator so it doesn't forget to BREATHE. Seemed ok. I done sliced her open and exposed that there bladder and made a slit for a catheter and pressure transducer. Then a little suture work and it was all sealed off. Using the syringe pump we filled the bladder and monitored the pressure. Very nice. We tried to measure the urine output but it didn't work very well- mostly there was just saline solution dripping out all over. So I need to work on that. We then tried to place some electrodes. Sadly, to do so meant cutting some pubic bones and our rat, brave as she was, could not survive the trauma and invasive procedure and opted to run towards the white block of cheese in the sky. Our first of many casualties, but like I've been telling everyone- this is a war. A war on terror, the pain and embarrassment of frequent urination and uncontrollable bladder movements, predominately in females, and especially after athletic activities. If we do nothing, we've let them win- do you see that? I will not stand for that, not while I've still got 44 mice left to slaughter and a pretty good idea of what the fuck I'm doing.

6. Well, I thought I had a 'life plan' only to find out I 'didn't'. Actually, 'might' is probably better. Quite simply, I had planned to work until dec, fly down to argentina and spend 2 or 3 weeks there, come home unemployed and loving it. Welllllll, this online class I'm trying to take decided it wanted to have a final exam (lame) and that it should be on Dec 7 (lame, don't people respect important days in history? I should tell her I'm american and don't think it'd be right to test on that day). Anyway, the chances that I go to argentina and study for a final, and take that final, and do well on that final. Are 0. It's not happening. So I need to come up with a soluation- don't take the class, or move the final date. Moving the date is great. If that's not an option then I can't take the class I guess. And if I'm not taking the class then I'm not going to continue working here. So something is going to give, and hopefully it's soon. I also need to find a new place to live- ONE WITH STABLE INTERNET. In the past 10 days or so I'm up 3 grand in about 9 hours- my internet is so bad I never get to play, and that's costing me money. If I played and won $15k or something then I could have said 'f this' and quit my job. Lame.

A life long walk to the same exact spot

2007-07-23T12:33:00.000-05:00

Pretty nifty video above there. Worth watching/listening to while reading/laughing at my troubling situation.

So it's 12:38 right now on Monday afternoon. I'm at work. I got here this morning at 11am and went to wait for the man to come up and talk over some stuff before going to surgery lab for a new surgery. He showed up at 12. We walked up stairs, and then immediately back down in order to cross the street and try to get a cart we wanted to use.

When we reached the cart-tress, she had it out waiting, but not for us. Someone was coming to place the hole I had asked for 2 weeks ago. I figured we'd just grab it (we're on a deadline- 1pm is the surgery time!) but the man decided we'd go grab lunch and come back and get it at 1. Why he thinks it'll be ready I'm not sure. I'm also not sure why he thinks being late to our appointment is a good idea. Rather than go to lunch (I'm hungry, but also nervous) I came up here to write about this, because I'm rather concerned. I'm not very confident in what I'm going to be doing, we're going to be late, and I'm still working a job that I'm not thrilled about. I have other thoughts swimming around my head as well, but they don't need outing right now.

But suffice it to say, that since midnight I've had a strange time and I don't have any idea what to expect for the next couple hours (will it take that long? Longer? I don't have any idea).

For someone who likes to plan everything and know what exactly he's getting into before it consumes him, this is very troubling. I do have very low expectations for this afternoon, which means hopefully I'll be able to put a positive spin on things here. But only time will tell.

Typical of this job it seems, what I want to do (finish reading Harry Potter) is very far from what I'm going to be doing (opening some rats, slicing some shit, cutting a bone, catheterizing some shit and hoping they don't die until we say it's time- not that I think I have the right to make that call).

This ain't chess

2007-07-18T12:11:00.000-05:00

If I was playing chess right now, I'd have to know what piece I am. It would be nice to know where I fit in the world, in the grand scheme of things (for the time being. funny). If I was put a measly pawn, well, I would no longer care about what I was doing and just keep moving forward until I hit something, killed someone, or died. Perhaps then I'd be a rook, and slide left and right, forward and backward, trying to reach my goal (whatever that may be). No a position with a lot of power, but one that is well respected and has earned the right to make decisions for himself. I know I'm not the queen, since I'm not in control of my destiny like that (right now). I think the bishop might be most likely- because I can't see myself ever going STRAIGHT forward or back- rather I can move forward but also to the side, indicating that I'm not taking the most direct route, but giving me some pretty good control none the less.

This silly chess analogy was brought on by the feeling that I'm wasting my life working this job. It's not bad- good money, benefits, 10-3 type hours, gym, etc. But it is something I don't enjoy doing, something I don't really need to be doing, and something that prevents me from doing what I want to be doing. I want to be traveling, visiting friends, and taking advantage of all the opportunities I have right now. I'm young, wealthy (enough for now) and have a pretty reliable source of income that I can pull in from home- wherever that may be. So why am I here? I was just thinking about a friend of mine who has been traveling all over- different countries, states, places in Minnesota, etc. Visiting friends and making new friends. She doesn't have a lot of money- she worked at different restaurants to make enough for her travels, and doesn't have a lot of direction at the moment (not a knock). But why can she do those fun things right now, and I can't? I have every reason to be out there, making my moves like the bishop (generally going forward, but not directly) and instead I feel like a pawn- moving small steps, when I'm told, no choice or say in the matter. It is really depressing and frustrating since I should be taking the most of the opportunities I have now and I'm not. Hmm. I need to rethink things.

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Anyway, poker has been good the last few days, even though my internet has not been. +$2200 since Friday, so I'm happy with that result. Makes me feel good again, and makes me wonder (one more time) why I'm here working this job when I can make so much money having more fun and freedom without it.

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Hey Zvi, remember when we went to the Twolves game and the couple behind us told us to sit down in a close game with 3 minutes left against the Suns back when the WOlves and Suns were both good? Well, she was a bitch that woman- no doubt. We're not bad fans- we're good fans. Why do people come to the game to be quiet and sit politely? Fuck that, bring on the atmosphere and the excitement found in Premier League Soccer (when I was at a Chealsea game) or Saints baseball. Professional sports fans are horrible (for the most part). Why? Because they are rich to get the good seats, thus boring, civilized, quiet and probably there with a woman. So when drunk kids like myself show up setting next to them and yelling, standing, ENJOYING myself it doesn't go over well. Here is a picture of a fan who looks annoying. He's fat and probably smelly. He's on his cell phone. And he really needs to put on some sleeves.

Last night I had a Twins hat on and a Twins shirt and was at the game with my parents and a friend of mine. I was talking to my dad (seating was Dad, Mom, Me, Mike) so I had to talk across my mom. The man in front of me turned around and asked me to not speak so loudly

?!?!?!?!?!?!?

At a god damn baseball game! I was so pissed- i had one beer, was not drunk, yelling, using inappropriate words or content, etc. And he had the audacity to tell me to be quiet! I told him I was merely talking and didn't intend to change anything and my dad said more or less the same thing (something like, 'hey this this a baseball game he's not doing anything wrong'). Mike and I agreed that if my parents weren't there we would have made a big scene about it- who the fuck tells someone who is TALKING at a baseball game to be quiet? Meh, at least the rest of the game I would mention where I heard someone else talking (loud enough that they could hear me for sure).

-hey, isn't that peanut guy kind of loud?
-wow, the PA guy really wants us to hear him.
-how rude, the person in front of me is speaking a little too loud for my taste.

I did not change my voice level (since it wasn't elevated) and he didn't turn around and say anything to me the rest of the game. However, I really wish he would have.

Breaking even sucks

2007-07-15T21:31:00.000-05:00

Click to make it larger. If you dare. Thing is, lots of people have similar runs. This is June and July thus far. It's still like $120/hour or so, but I haven't been able to play at all since my internet is so awful. So that combined with running poorly means I can't put up the numbers I'm used to. Later tonight we're going to have a meeting (housemates and me) about the internet and if it's worth getting a REAL provider, rather than continuing to get it for free. I was supposed to be pulling in $10k in July over 40k hands and instead I'm up like $600 in 12 hours (laaaaame). And my coaching sessions suck because we keep getting disconnected, and I'm shelling out big $ to get coached and that's a waste since I can't play enough to make it worth it.

But you know what? Things aren't that bad. For someone in my stage of life to have the cash I do is pretty great. I'm planning to take some trips soon, and move into a nice luxury apartment (hopefully) with a friend- 2 bedroom loft in Uptown. Sooooo sick. I was complaining to a friend of mine about how I've been running poorly and he put things in perspective for me. He's broke and tried to find the cheapest parking he can. Me? Valet, homie. I guess that's a sign that things aren't ALL that bad :)

Anyway, yesterday I went to the coffee shop and playing 6 tables on my laptop- it actually worked pretty well, that was sweet. Holla! But I dropped some $, that sucked. And it was cold and I had to piss. Oh well. Here's to a better life out there somewhere for me!

Kyle

Bittersweet, but good enough to holla @

2007-07-11T18:22:00.000-05:00

I had a coaching session today. No, not one where I coach a student, as I've been having a lot lately, but one where I'm coached by a mid to high stakes player. DJ Sensei is his name, pwning is his game (apparently).

But uh oh...here is what went wrong...

1. AIM pro, which allows him to see my desktop from his computer (amazing, right?) did not work on my computer- it kept freezing.

2. We were supposed to chat over skype- nope, that did not work.

Instead, we just chatted over AIM while he opened up my 2 or 3 tables and watched me play. Ya, that worked well...except for a couple things.

1. I had good hands on a couple tables at once and couldn't get answers quick enough (lol)

2. My internet died probably ten times. It died just long enough so that I couldn't stay connected to AIM or Absolute Poker, so I had to keep reconnecting. It was tough and I struggled for a good rhythm. But you know what? Apparently that's over-rated anyway...

+$556, not bad for 1 hour of 3 tables. I'm doing another session on Friday- going home for it, to try things there. My computer should be more than capable of all that stuff, but the internet is so flaky. I think that the internet disconnecting all the time made it hard for the programs to run and that caused their errors and crashes. But that'll be all good on Friday (hopefully). I want to play poker tonight, but I'm not sure I should with the internet being so lame. Oh well- study time!

Kyle

God damn son of a bitch

2007-07-10T15:16:00.000-05:00

I couldn't get the video I wanted to play, but this one is great- needs sound for sure.

Things that have happened to me in the last week that suck:

1. Harry Potter sells out before I can buy my tickets to go with 'everybody else'

2. I get on the wrong bus to work, end up in the middle of nowhere, have to walk a little while to get on another bus back to where I started so I can take my real bus to work.

3. We lose our first baseball game- I didn't get a hit, either.

4. I'm pitching the second game, hit a double off the wall and score, and it gets canceled in the 3rd inning because of a tornado coming across the field.

5. I have had horrible gas. WTF? This is after a conversation with someone where we agreed I didn't have bad gas.

6. I think I might be lactose intolerant.

7. I had a meeting to 'show off' all the equipment at work. Well, most of it didn't work and now I'm trying to figure out why. Truth is- I have no clue. And every technical rep for all these companies probably think I'm retarded. I'm beginning to agree with them (for example, one thing wasn't working. As I was explaining the issue, I realized it was not plugged in (whoops). I kept on going (I'm swift and sly, yo) and eventually was like 'whoa, now it works! thanks dude!')

8. I'm working long hours it seems, because of the gym each morning, and I'm too tired/lazy/scared to play poker.

9. I'm subletting a room. He comes back Aug 25, so I need to find a place for the last week of August (Seth??) and, more importantly, find a place to live after that.

10. Yay, I have a live practice LSAT this Saturday morning.

It's tough out here for a gangster.

Shift shape

2007-07-06T14:41:00.001-05:00

Alright, I'm going to give you an index, and hope that you'll follow your nose to the information you want most!

1. Work

2. Poker

3. Life

4. Twins

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1. Work. Well, this week I made some orders, one of which was 2 rats. 2 real, live, rats. For on the 16th of this month I will be donning (?) scrubs and heading to the Experimental Surgery lab and performing some rat procedures a la the protocol on those live bastards. I hope it goes well (nervous). Also, not all the equipment we need is here yet. Just this week we ordered some electrodes, also need a cable for the balance still and some pieces for the cart. Once this post is done I'll be hooking everything up because Guangjian and I will be running everything w/ a balloon next week on Monday. Uh oh.

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2. Poker. Sucks. Ha. I'm actually going to be coaching a student in a few hours, so that's nice. Good safe money, plus a good feeling of helping him improve and it helps my game a lot, too. I'll be having some lessons of my own while moving up in the next couple of days. Expensive ($250/hour) but it's worth it, I hear, since my earning potential if I can get over this mental barrier is very, very nice. I want to go big time, soon.

Here are some graphs. The first is June. Obviously it's up down up down shit shit shit.

This next one I'm proud of. It's Part of April, all of May and part of June. Holla.

Somehow I need to get things back on track and going straight up, hopefully fast, too!

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3. Life. Well, life is really weird right now but I'm feeling good about it. I have a lot of trips I want to plan- NY, LV, BA, BW, etc. Maybe more, too. But with work that's not always the easiest thing to do. I also need to get some work on supplemental applications (this weekend I swear to God) for dental school. But I'm also taking a free, live, practice LSAT on the 14th (Sat) so I need to learn what an LSAT is, what a question is and where the test is, so I don't do so poorly that my morale is shot.

Now, despite a lot of losing days (last night dropped another $1000) I'm not too concerned. Poker will work itself out. Or it won't. Who cares. I'm happy with my housemates, with the friends I have around (despite some of them just leaving) and about getting back into the gym. My advice to anyone struggling with life or wanting to improve their opinion of themselves- get your ass to the gym. It feels great to wake up with a purpose (bust your ass in the gym) and even better when you're done. The rest of the day is a cake walk, and it feels sooooo good.

Also, baseball is going great for me. Despite not hitting too great at my last game and being bumped off the league leaders, I played in the all-star game at Midway Stadium where the Saints play. Well, I was perfect in the field. My first at-bat was a long line drive out to left but I hit it, really, really well. My second at bat in the bottom of the 7th, down a run, was a game tying hit. And my last at-bat was the game winner in the bottom of the 9th. I haven't felt happier in a long time from athletics. I'm really proud of how I'm playing and very happy with the results. Hopefully I can toss a gem this weekend and get my pitching stats on par with my batting ones.

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4. The Minnesota Twins. I think we're in trouble, but we can fix it. Here's how.

Good players: Mauer, Morneau, Cuddyer, Hunter.
OK Players: Castillo, Bartlett, Kubel
Need help: The rest

Basically, we have some solid players but the rest of our team is so bad we can't compete. We NEED to get a bat at third- someone like Wiggington, Lowell, etc. Not a 40 HR guy, but someone who hits .280, 25 HR, 85 RBI. Because that's going to make the rest of our guys better. Also means that guys like Kubel will have a lot of pressure taken off of him. And Bartlett is really starting to look good- I love the kid. But we can't run a lineup out there w/ punto, kubel, bartlett, cirilo, ford and tyner. Because our other guys aren't good enough, and when playing with the likes of those guys, neither are Kubel and Bartlett.

A line up like

Castillo 2B
Bartlett SS
Mauer C
Cuddyer RF
Morneau 1B
Hunter CF
Wiggington 3B
Kubel DH
Tyner RF

isn't bad. It's even better if we can get one more OK bat to bench tyner for. It shouldn't be that hard- we have the minor league pitching. Make some moves, while we have the guys to run with.

Our pitching staff is OK, but I think It'll turn around. Santana is obviously the best. The rest of the guys have been OK, but I think if we start hitting in get on a bit of a role it's going to help them out a little bit, get some confidence. Guys like Baker, Slowey and Garza CAN help us this year. They won't be Liriano, but hey, no one else will be (maybe ever?). Our pen isn't perfect, but with Neschek, Nathan and Guerrier, we can win any game we get a lead in the 7th. That's not bad.

It's possible but we're taking too long. We need to make a move, and it has to be soon.

A new, more gooder, approach to awesome

2007-07-03T00:44:00.000-05:00

Me here at shiptoblickets decided that due to the decrease in readership lately (as evidenced by the lack of comments) something has to change.

See, I refused to believe that my content is suffering. However, in order to assess all possibilities, I got really stoned tonight and watched The Wire. But after that I read through the recent posts and they aren't too exciting. The truth is my anecdotes and antics that entertained both you and me have been non-existent lately. Or at least they haven't made it here. And for that I apologize. I do think you could have been more forgiving with some of the other posts because they weren't all bad! But why throw everything away over ego.

One thing I'm going to try and use (but generally forget to fill out) are the labels. That way you can skip the poker portions if they ain't your thing. Or skip life, or work, or whatever. I do intend to label every post as 'awesome'.

In an effort to boost readership, I could offer so many things. Free blickets business cards for your wallet- they'll get you laid! Or maybe just a personal signed photo of myself (if you request props that will probably cost extra). Instead, I've decided to get some poker coaching. Yes, I coach $50-200nl but I'm going to take some lessons (even Michael Jordan had a coach?) and work to play $400 and $600 with some confidence here. Brian has always stressed how much money I'm leaving on the table by not moving up and I'm at a point where I finally agree. My game isn't getting any better because I continue to play the same bad players. I've acquired bad habits and am lazy at putting in hands because the money doesn't matter too much at those stakes. Instead of $5k months I want $15k months.

My biggest weakness is still being unable to cope with losing large sums of money. But hopefully the coaching will reassure me that I'm playing well and just having bad luck (or whatever the case) and help me fight through the swings rather than cave in and move back down, like I've always done.

What does this mean for you? Well, all those graphs of me losing $1000 or winning $1000 in a day are exciting. But hopefully before the end of the month I'll have me winning $3000 in a day (and hopefully never losing). At that point things ought to spice up a bit. And maybe I'll buy something outlandish that we can laugh at, together. Like a segway.

Also, no joke, work will start to get pretty legit in the next couples of weeks. We're going to be working with live rats (I'm a surgeon??) very soon. And, for fun, I will begin studying for the LSAT. Stay tuned!

July is a whore

2007-07-02T01:32:00.000-05:00

This was my lazy Sunday afternoon.

Seriously, I have no idea what the fuck is going on. I'm in such a funk, these last few weeks it's soooo streaky - UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN just look at that shit. It's 1:33am and I'm too tired to keep playing anymore. But fuck this, it's horse shit. I wish I could finally get back to running good!! I have a million bad beat hands and coolers but I wont waste your time.

Instead, this is what I plan to purchase this week:

But more importantly, do I need a $1200 watch? I think so.

Hmm but what about this $1700 beauty?

Hmm, this one is $1700 but my new favorite!!

I, however, am NOT a Brewer

2007-06-29T11:02:00.001-05:00

So I made the all-star team for the baseball league I'm playing in. I'm pretty excited. I haven't played baseball in a couple years, and since I played last my body has undergone some dramatic changes. For example, I'm not longer a tall, bulky, slow first basemen. Rather somehow I'm an average height, quick, fit, shortstop. Instead of being a mediocre hitter with some power but who couldn't hit good pitching very well (because of my size, lack of athleticism and slow bat speed), I hit in the 3 spot (batted second a few game, too) am stealing bases, and lead the team in almost every offensive category. To be honest, I think a lot of this is due to my increased strength and fitness over the past couple years. I'm a lot stronger and quicker than I ever was, which obviously helps you adjust to hit a baseball better. I always had a pretty good swing because I had taken many lessons, gone to camps, etc, but just didn't have the body to put it all to good use.

Exhibit A:

That was taken from my team homepage at the league website, TCMABL.com.

I'm frustrated with my pitching statistics, but that's an area where not throwing for a few years has really hurt me. My arm has been struggling to get into shape all year and I've been battling a sore shoulder the entire time. My command isn't great, but it's not that bad either. Some things to consider when looking at my statistics for pitching:

1. I have a ratio of 1 strikeout per inning pitched. For fun, Johan has a career mark of just over 1.

2. My K:walk ratio if 4:1, which is great. Johan's is about 3.5:1 for his career.

3. I have given up a lot of hits and runs, but I've only pitched three times.

-First time, in relief, I had 3 scoreless innings before they got 3 in the last inning. There were errors involved, a couple bloops and a bunt single.

-Second time, game started, they got 4 runs in 1 inning and 1 in a different inning- so overall a pretty solid outing with just one rough spot.

-Third time, game started, complete game, but it was an ugly 9 run 15 hit affair. However they only scored in 2 innings (8 in 1, 1 in another) and overall I pitched very, very well with the exception of that one inning.

My thoughts are that I need to learn to trust my pitches more, which will come from more experience this year. That way when they get runners on I have more pitches to pick from than just a grooved fastball or a hanging breaking pitch. I also need to 'get in the zone' and work on my composure more, since being out of practice hurts for those moments when you really need to focus. I think that's evident, because I've given up 8 runs, 4 runs and 3 runs in 3 different innings this year, and then 1 run, 1 run, in 2 others, and then 11 shutout innings. So basically it's sort of an all or nothing deal- I either get them out or they get to me because I lose faith, composure and presence out there.

Anyway, off of the stats and on to a story. In my complete game victory, I hit a bases loaded, 2 out single in the top of the 7th to make it 15-9. I asked the first basemen, in jest (but not to rub it in, merely for his opinion) if because the game was so high scoring it would be ok for me to steal second (because you normally wouldn't when you're ahead by so many runs). He gave me a very, very mean look. I asked again and he ignored me. Fast forward to the bottom of the 7th and I'm pitching, 2 outs, 1-2 count and I notice he's at bat!! I call the catcher out, explain the situation and tell him I want to hit the batter. But then, as he's walking away, I yell, 'Nevermind, I'll just strike him out!'. Which I did. And as he swung and missed he threw the bat out towards shortstop. He later said that was unintentional, but saying outloud so that EVERYONE could hear that I was going to strike him out probably didn't help.

Ok, so the All-Star game is at Midway Stadium, where the Saints play! That's incredible, since they are a professional team with a wonderful stadium. However I don't think many (or any!) of my friends/family can come, which is too bad. Hopefully some teammates will be there. But regardless, I'll always have the memories (awwwww).

Picture me rolling, holla!

Fogo De Blog

2007-06-26T11:21:00.000-05:00

First I'll snatch your ears below with another clip of a great Ratatat song...

...and then I'll snatch your eyes (and stomach) with my endearing tale of Sunday afternoon delight at Fogo De Chao. But first, a little trivia- what is the direct translation of Fogo De Chao into the English language? Give up? That's ok, I wasn't sure until I looked it up online, and even then I had to experience it for myself before I was comfortable acknowledging the scholars translation- 'blickets'.

For starters, where else could I show up a few minutes early for our reservation and be seated at a table with two elderly women who spoke no English? Probably a lot of places outside of the United States, but surely very few here in the great state of Minnesota, where yes, we pride ourselves on diversity, but with the understanding that anyone different from us is only that way until they can learn to be more like us.

Once the main course (Michael and his English speaking family) arrived we headed towards the salad bar. It was better than your average salad bar, but not better than your average bear because I don't like salad that much and I'm a huge fan of meat. However, I was able to make a nice caprice salad w/ fresh chunks of mozzarella and some nice juicy tomato slices. I washed it all down w/ Brazilian soda that had the word Anatartica on the can, for obvious reasons. Not sure what flavor- maybe a fruity cream soda? Had a hint of Milkis and just enough sweat and blood from the poor to really make me appreciate how hard they had to work to get me this beverage.

Being the carnivore than I am, as well as a scientist, I was salivating a la Pavlov's dogs, however not because of a silly little bell indicating dinner, but because every time I saw an employee of Fogo De Chao he was approaching us with a different type of meat (or different preparation). Skewers of lamb, beef, chicken, pork and sausages. And said that way without any further description is probably enough to get your heart pumping in anticipation of the massive calorie consumption that indubitably is on the horizon. Which means that this elaboration is probably enough to kill some of the weaker men out there. We had garlic beef, top sirloin, bottom sirloin, fillet mignon, bacon wrapped fillets, bacon wrapped chicken breasts, chicken wings, pork ribs, lamb, and sausages (consisting of perhaps every other type of meat mentioned).

Obviously this was quite a predicament to be in, as I'm never sure if slow and steady wins the race when it comes to consuming large quantities, or if a Kobayashi style downing of as much food in 90 seconds is the best route. I think I found the happy middle where I was always eating and never not eating. It was amazing.

Dessert had the potential to let everyone down as it wouldn't be coming from a skewer. But the turtle cheesecake I waged war with went down wonderfully, willingly and without wrangle. Despite containing nothing but turtle meat, this piece proved to be an excellent way to conclude a meal that I can at this point safely say did not kill me (I hope I'm not jinxing myself).

However, as we were leaving my colleague here at blicketsfoodndinning.com confided in me that their mints were the ultimate take home treat, leaving me craving a mint in a way that few people can after ingesting 3000 calories worth of meat and desserts. Much to my dismay, no mints were present near the exit.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's needed. My dinning experience was incredible. The food outstanding and the restaurant's aesthetics impeccable. But their oversight at the exit cost them, as instead of receiving the coveted '5 Blicket' award, they took home a single Blicket to display in the break room as a reminder of how even a small mistake when dealing with those endowed with celebrity status, such as myself, can lead to a miserable life complete with failures and disappointment.

-Kyle McBlicket,
blicketsfoodndinning.com

So close...

Instead...

(For reference, Baja Sol received 0 blickets during my visit there, and Chipolte routinely scores in the 4.5 blicket range (a free burrito every day would go a long way towards a '5 Blicket' award, just in case upper management is reading this)).

You know the feeling...

2007-06-24T19:46:00.001-05:00

You may as well click play and skip 1:20 in and listen/watch something while reading, right?

Lately I feel as if I have been too busy to update my blog. It's like I'm always in the middle of something which prevents anything from reaching my audience. As frustrating as it is, I don't anticipate taking time away from me for you- sorry.

Anyway, now that it's a little bit cooler and I can type without working up a sweat, a little update never hurt anyone. I received a call from Joevak but wasn't able to talk very long. However he wants to go on a trip through Europe, which sounds great. I'm also interested in going on some type of safari. I'm not sure what will happen, as it's unlikely I can do more than 1 right now. Especially considering the trip to Argentina that is in my sights. I'd like to spend 4 or 5 days in Buenos Aires and another 10 days traveling around Patagonia, hopefully with some of the guys who make it down there for the wedding extravaganza! Also looking to make it to Vegas before too much longer. But since I haven't found the time for online poker lately it's doubtful that a trek out there for live poker is going to happen anytime soon. Especially with this weather, I might wait until it's cold and overcast here before I leave again.

Finally, I think I'm going to go to my cabin this weekend, which is really exciting because I haven't made it up there yet. I'll bring some books and work on my dental school supplemental applications and just have a grand time. Although it coincides with Michael's departure back to the other side of the world :(

I guess I'm good at baseball

2007-06-17T18:30:00.000-05:00

my pitching stats are nasty-
2GS, 1CG, 1-1 record, 25 hits, 18 runs (14 earned), 4 walks and 16 strikeouts, for a 6.13 ERA. sick.

but with the stick I'm a gangsta
14-26, 9 runs, 5 doubles, 11 RBI, 1 walk, 4 strike outs, a sac fly, 3 steals...and .538/.731/.536

On the league leader board with that average, lead the league in hits, second in runs, RBI....

But my pitching, wtf? Today i threw a complete game win- but gave up 9 runs (we won 15-9). I gave up 8 in the second inning. But 1 after. So strange.

I'm so healthy

2007-06-15T10:11:00.000-05:00

Today was like any other morning until with my second glass of water I repeated step 1: multivitamin. So by 9:40 this morning I had had 2x the already gigantic portions of condensed vitamins and minerals found in centrum. The only thing I feel right now is my bowels trying to escape from inside me, something that will render this post shorter than I originally intended.

Vitamin A 3500 IU (29% as Beta Carotene) 70%
Vitamin C 60 mg 100%
Vitamin D 400 IU 100%
Vitamin E 30 IU 100%
Vitamin K 25 mcg 31%
Thiamin 1.5 mg 100%
Riboflavin 1.7 mg 100%
Niacin 20 mg 100%
Vitamin B6 2 mg 100%
Folic Acid 400 mcg 100%
Vitamin B12 6 mcg 100%
Biotin 30 mcg 10%
Pantothenic Acid 10 mg 100%
Calcium 162 mg 16%
Iron 18 mg 100%
Phosphorus 109 mg 11%
Iodine 150 mcg 100%
Magnesium 100 mg 25%
Zinc 15 mg 100%
Selenium 20 mcg 29%
Copper 2 mg 100%
Manganese 2 mg 100%
Chromium 120 mcg 100%
Molybdenum 75 mcg 100%
Chloride 72 mg 2%
Potassium 80 mg 2%
Boron 150 mcg *
Nickel 5 mcg *
Silicon 2 mg *
Tin 10 mcg *
Vanadium 10 mcg *
Lutein 250 mcg *
Lycopene 300 mcg *
*Daily Value (%DV) not established.

Anyway, it's tough not to write about poker at all times, because if I'm winning lots I want to shout out, and if I'm losing I want to complain. Well this month I'm down $500- wtf? It might be my first losing month in a long, long time. Actually it won't, since I'll make sure I'm even- new goal will be something silly and attainable like $2500 so I need to grind, grind, grind because time is limited these days. I've had a couple $1k days and a few -$1k (and -$2k days) so my graph looks like a big roller coaster- up to $2000, down to $500, up to $1500, down to -$500, etc. I'm playing pretty well (not perfect) just running shitty. Some examples of that, from last night.

$600 pot - KK me, AA him
$700 pot- AA me, QQ him, river Q (we go all-in on the flop)
$600 pot- me 88, him K6...flop K86, turn K

Just lame. But I need to keep playing through this (moving down, less tables, etc) because I'm really preparing to quit my job in a couple months and play poker. Since I've had a string of 4 straight $5k months (averaging about $7k) I'm not too concerned about one bad one here, and who knows, it could still turn out to be great.

In other news, ratus ratus keeps fucking me. Yesterday I had some dissections with the creme de la creme over at the Vet school and he made sure to tell me that everything he told me wasn't 100% or even close to it, and the only way I can know for sure was to do some extensive dissections and follow the 'to' and 'from' of the nerves to be 100% sure which was which. So that sucks, but it's something I'll have to do. He said I could turn it into a paper for publication, too. I wonder if I will. Also, the lady I get rats from doesn't have any left because I keep using them too quickly!!! AHHHHH what is this world coming to?

Interesting....

2007-06-12T17:41:00.000-05:00

So I won a $1000 pot

STAGE #680775083: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2007-06-12 18:08:06 (ET)
Table: MCALLEN (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - AIXELSYDLOL ($978.20 in chips)
Seat 2 - DACOOLER ($393 in chips)
Seat 3 - ROLLINGSLY ($1380.38 in chips)
Seat 4 - AKFB22 ($655.20 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($520 in chips)
DACOOLER - Posts small blind $2
ROLLINGSLY - Posts big blind $4
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [8s 7s]
AKFB22 - Raises $16 to $16
KFLYDENT - Calls $16
AIXELSYDLOL - Folds
DACOOLER - Folds
ROLLINGSLY - Folds
*** FLOP *** [5s 2s Qs]
AKFB22 - Bets $20
KFLYDENT - Raises $92 to $92
AKFB22 - Calls $72
*** TURN *** [5s 2s Qs] [4h]
AKFB22 - Bets $30
KFLYDENT - Raises $180 to $180
AKFB22 - Calls $150
*** RIVER *** [5s 2s Qs 4h] [Jd]
AKFB22 - Bets $100
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $232 to $232
AKFB22 - Calls $132
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [8s 7s] (Flush, queen high)
AKFB22 - Mucks
KFLYDENT Collects $1043 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($1046) | Rake ($3)
Board [5s 2s Qs 4h Jd]
Seat 2: DACOOLER (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: ROLLINGSLY (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: AKFB22 HI: [Mucked] [Jh As]
Seat 5: KFLYDENT won Total ($1043) All-In HI:($1043) with Flush, queen high [8s 7s - B:Qs,P:8s,P:7s,B:5s,B:2s]
Seat 6: AIXELSYDLOL (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

But managed to lose a lot of them, I guess as I lost $2200 this afternoon. Not a fun day, wtf is going on w/ the world? Ahhhhhh

I...I'm way more fly than you

2007-06-10T20:30:00.000-05:00

you ain't even gotta have John Madden
you ain't gotta have Dick Vitale, you ain't gotta Lee Carsole
you ain't gotta have Stuart Scott, you ain't gotta have Linda Cohn
know what I'm talking bout, you ain't gotta have the staff of ESPN
you ain't gotta have ABC staff just to talk sports baby cus I got game

only $892/hour- ain't that a bitch.

Anyway, I'm excited for life now that my test is done. Applying to dental school next week- exciting! Had baseball games today- we got killed (obv I didn't pitch). I got a hit, scored a run and had an RBi (even stole a base, straight 5 tool player). I also made some really sick plays at shortstop but I also made my first error of the year :(

Tomorrow I'm going to the gym for the first time in forever, and, unless he calls soon and I head out tonight, seeing Michael. If today was good, tomorrow will be great.

Safest place in the world?

2007-06-07T12:16:00.000-05:00

Please check my blog everyday (or more) from here on out because unlike

Zvi- doesn't update ever
Curtis- doesn't update ever
Joel- doesn't update ever
Glotter- updates weekly
Michael- updates weekly

I want to write daily. Because I have nothing else to do and because I think my observations these days are crucial to the world around me understanding why I am what I am, and having to but a limit on daily blogging because of readership creates a problem because I end up not blogging what I should and then just writing because I notice I haven't written in a while and the update and boring and sucky.

I'll add some tits and then make it clear that yes, I understand. And then I'll make one of my posts de resistance.

Ok, so I was thinking about this now. Let's say you have a big test tomorrow. Or an angry girlfriend. Or a job you despise. Or, if you're lucky, all three! Where is the safest place to be? Initially anyone who is everyone naturally thinks of two places- under the covers or North Korea. Well, the covers won't protect you from North Korea's missiles, nor will it really keep you hidden that long because you probably live with a girlfriend/roommate or your parents. And you're in your room, so you're not THAT safe or hidden. And North Korea. Sure, you can't get out and no one can get in to hurt you- but what about the oppressive dictatorship? Did you forget about that? Plus with South Korea right below you and the allure of Milkis, Kalhbi and Norebongs (how's my spelling Michael?) you wouldn't stay there long. And you'd probably get shot and killed trying to get out.

So my vote for the safest place is a bathroom somewhere you've familiar with but outside of your house. Maybe work or school, as long as it's in an area that people don't know you or expect you to be there. Bring a newspaper or a friend and find a clean stall and you're removed from the world for as long as you'd like to be. You don't have to answer the cell since you're on the pot. You don't have to leave because no one knows you're there and anything that had been bothering you is just gone just as quick as your breakfast because you're in your personal sanctuary.

Question: If you never came out, what would you miss?
Answer: Nothing, because you never came out thus whatever happened didn't happen as far as you know and therefore nothing was missed. Making it the ideal place to be. I'm sure there are plenty of stipulations I'd need to keep this crowd happy- how about you don't get hungry, and there is but one stall so there is no chance of noxious fumes from next door getting to you. It's large enough (handicapped?) that you're not feeling claustrophobic, yet small enough that you can run your hands over each tile of your personal palace as you site on your thrown.

Hence my reason for writing this post on toilet paper and entering it once I left to face the real world again and am back sitting at my desk. And my test is still tomorrow.

Also, please watch this, it's amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N560NCIsaS8

Hey! Read my last post!

2007-06-04T22:07:00.000-05:00

I made a post yesterday about my baseball games. Read it since I'm awesome.

But right now I'm just trying to get Friday over and done with I guess. I'm studying pretty hard, but clearly not hard enough since I just took time to play poker for 2 hours for a total of -$1400. Holla. June has been really, really lame. Up and down. Right now I'm up $221 or something stupid. I kind of want to burn that much and just start over. So I'm not going to play anymore until my test is over.

So. When my test is done I'm excited to start going to gym each morning again, since I'm starting to get out of shape. I'm also excited to read and relax more and just enjoy myself this summer, while also working a little bit- we'll see how that goes. I'm also going to play bigger games online and get rich or go broke, because that way I can stop playing online poker either way.

Ok, now that my 'break' has consisted of me losing the GDP of the Central African Republic ($1360, according to Wiki) I'm going to get back to studying I guess.

They call me Russel Crowe cause of my beautiful mind

2007-06-03T20:54:00.000-05:00

Baseball baseball baseball.

We're 40 minutes away for a double header and it rained most of the night. We got the games in with only some light sprinkles, but nothing bad at all.

Game 1: Much to my dismay, we lose my first start on the mound this year 6-2. However my stat line was a lot better than that

5 innings, 6 runs, 2 earned runs, 5 strike outs, 1 BB, 7 hits. They scored 5 of 6 runs in one inning w/ 3 errors and they scored another run a few innings later on some BS that happened primarily due to our one umpire. Basically someone hit a single with a man on first and tried to go to second. It was a close play but we got him out, but the umpire had to rush out there and took a few seconds deciding on out/safe, which allowed their runner on third to bolt home safely. I think a second umpire makes the play at secondly quickly and then we are able to hold the runner at third (he would not have scored that inning). However since the umpire had to get out there and make a call our SS didn't want to 'tamper with the crime scene' by lifting the tag, getting up and throwing because the umpire clearly hadn't made up his mind on the call yet. I was pretty upset, since that's kind of a crappy way for them to get a free run.

Anyway, they had a 2 pitch pitcher going- very straight fastball and a splitter it looked like. First at bat (hitting second in the order) I was thoroughly unprepared and hit a 1-2 pitch in the dirt to short and an easy out. It was th junk and it had a pretty good drop to it. Second at bat was leading off the 4th and I doubled down the line, complete with a headfirst slide into second to beat the tag, and scored on a single from the number 3 hitter. My third and final at bat this game was uneventful and I popped to short on a ball that I put in the gap 75% of the time. I was spent from pitching, a little disappointed and just missed it. Oh well.

Batting, game 1: 1-3, double, run

Game 2: I'm hitting second again and playing shortstop. Our pitcher is throwing really well and records 11 strikeouts in his complete game and I get 1 ball at short the whole time, which naturally I made the play on.

My first at bat I hit into a double play 6-4-3, which never makes me happy but at least that generally means you hit the ball well, which was nice. Second at bat was just fun baseball. With 2 outs our leadoff hitter dumps a single to left. He steals on the first pitch and I work the count to 2-2 before hitting a sharp single up the middle for a run. The third at bat was similar, with me leading off this time, lining the first pitch to left for a base hit, stealing second, and scoring on a hit from our clean-up hitter. My 4th and final at bat still bugs me- 789 hitters all get on somehow and we have bases loaded, no one out and our lead off hitter up. This is the second game of a double header and all of a sudden the ump's zone gets really wide (outside specifically) and he goes down looking with a unbelieving look on his face. I'm up next, count is 1-1, and I take a pitch a good 8 inches off the plate for strike two. I'm really upset with this, since I pitched the game before and know that his zone has now drastically expanded. Naturally he goes back out there on 1-2 and I can't even foul it off- wiff. Strikeout, with the bases loaded. Our number 3 hitter pops up and they managed to get 1-2-3 out w/ the bases loaded and no outs without giving up a run. Oh well- final score 6-4 and we book our first win of the season! But if we would have needed those extra runs I'd have been livid- more so at the umpire than myself, but I'm pretty pissed I couldn't at least get the bat on the ball.

Game 2- 2/4, run, RBI, SB

Season hitting: 8/15, 3 doubles, 4 runs, 5 RBI and a SB.
Season pitching: 9 innings, 8 runs, 2 earned, 9K, 3BB

Team 1-3, but on a one game winning streak!!

This...this...this...this is the blickets!

2007-06-01T18:39:00.000-05:00

Whoa, hold up. Check it, while a week has come and gone with nothing but neglect for my faithful few following my exploits, it has not been a week without excitement nor have I shed my duties of updating you on my life- rather I wanted until this exact moment, when you'd be right there, for me to make this update. You could be anywhere in the world right now and you're here with me.

Well work is work, and it wouldn't be work if everything wasn't screwed up all the time. So quickly, facilities was supposed to put a wheely cart together for me and it took them a week to do it, and when they started they noticed that the manufactures had opted not to include a manual or nuts/bolts/washers. So essentially it was just a 100 lb box of metal parts and pieces and it remains as such. Complicated!

Also complicated is Windows Vista/AHC. Basically the computer we bought for work shouldn't have ever been sold the way it is because it does not have enough ram to adequately run Windows Vista. But that's OK, because someone else needs to store 'private data' (porn) on the computer and needs to give administrative rights to the people behind the acronym at AHC. Well, OK, and a bonus for us because they won't work with Vista so they are going to uninstall it and toss XP on it- holla! But wait, as just a 'user' of the computer (w/out administrative rights) I cannot install software, so I need to go with them when they get their rights and have them install everything I need (and hopefully not forget anything).

That sort of sucks because right now roughly none of the equipment is working right. Well, the powerlab hooks up fine but I haven't hooked the peripherals to it yet. The syringe pump is horrible, has no power button, is connected via serial port via a USB to serial adapter and that somehow makes it unrecognizable so I can't get the drivers onto the computer, making it useless (this might be a Vista error, too, not sure). And the balance has this 'analog' output which, to me, sounded like a plug that plugs into the powerlab. Welllllllll, that's not quite right. It has a place for a plug and a piece of a plug. And I get to make a plug! Soldering wires, working with smarter than me grad students and supporting Radioshack- everything I hate doing! Son of a bitch. Here is a picture of the conundrum.

Now, lately I haven't been doing much outside of working and studying for the DAT and going to baseball. Which is a damn shame since I'm running really well lately but haven't had the time to put in hands. Whatever, that's fine. But what else sucks is that all this work for this test seems kind of moot and I'll explain. For starters, dental school sounds horrible. And I don't know that I even want to go and spend all my time in lab and then get to be a dentist! Yay! But how do I actually know if I do not want to go or if I'm only rebelling at the stupidity of the test? I don't, which is why I still need to take the test and apply so I have options, theoretically, but who knows if I'll even get in.

Here is something about this test that really pisses me off. I took the science section - 40 bio, 30 chem, 30 ochem in 90 minutes and got scores of 18/17/17 respectively, corresponding to 78%, 70% and 67%. Ok, now I went over the questions and changed the answers to ones that I 'now know the answer to' or 'made a silly mistake' or 'whatever' and I got scores of 22/21/20 but the kicker is this- that's 93%, 90% and 85%. So basically, increases I consider to be fairly drastic (15, 20, 18%) didn't get me too many more points. And those scores of 22/21/20 are good/great- I'd be so so so so so happy if I got those. And a lot of people do. But that's an average of 90% on the science section- that's fucking good and hard as hell to do. I was hoping it would give me like 26 and then I could be like, 'oh, I'll not quite get all of those and so I'll get a 22, cool'. Instead it was like 'holy shit, I cannot make even one mistake if I want to get a score that I really want'. So that sucks- even with the answer key and unlimited time I couldn't even get a great score. Son of a bitch.

And baseball, the lord's game. The game of champions. Well, my first and only games went well but since then things have sucked. I haven't hit a ball well in two weeks, I can't field and my shoulder hurts. My arms feel 'dead' like they have no strength. And it might rain this weekend- a recipe for disaster? I dunno, obviously I want to play but I need to study A LOT, too. So who knows what's going to happen. But I'll promise you this- I'm going to be OK. Don't worry about me, because a quitter's not a winner and a winner's not a quitter. And thus far I haven't quit shit, thus me=winner. Blickets!!

This is the greatest thing ever

2007-05-28T11:54:00.000-05:00

So right now I've got a few silly things going on that are kind of placing some stress on my life but overall it ain't too shabby. A quick little ship ship mcgipp, if you don't mind.

So work is going OK- everything we need is in, I've been getting more training and I might even go to Cleveland to learn something. But I really think I'm going to quit (maybe, who knows) after this 'experiment' is done, but I suppose that depends on a couple factors so maybe I shouldn't say I 'really think I'm going to quit' and instead should say 'I am thinking about quitting'. The cons would be be paying for insurance, a gym membership and having nothing to do all day. The pros would be having nothing to do all day and playing poker for monies, which would get me more monies than working did. This month I've played 42 hours @ $120 an hour or so. If I wasn't working I could play probably 100 hours or so a month and make about $15k instead of playing a third of that and making a third of that. But a problem I have with quitting is that I lose a good reference because I was hired for a 3 year position and leaving early without a really good reason seems pretty stupid I guess, and I'd feel bad. If I was moving or going to school, that's one thing, but to quit and do nothing doesn't make much sense (and wouldn't make my parents very happy). What I'm thinking will happen is I'll work there through September or October or something, whenever I apply to law school, and then quit and do something else. But who knows? Also my lease is up at the end of August so if I work past then I need another place near the U to live!

I'm also getting ready to take the DAT sometime soon- 10 days or something- the day before Michael gets here. That's cool but I really need to get to more studying and I'm not sure that I'll play much poker between now and then. Once that's done I need to get my application in, too, as I've been holding off on that as I've been writing my personal statement and editing the crap out of it.

There is something else going on in my life that I'm going to keep as a secret until I know more, but in the next week or so something big might happen. I really hope it happens but I'm not really sure what to expect at this point so I'm not trying to advertise or talk about it until I know more. But rest assured that once I do, I'll discuss it with the likes of you.

One final note, last night Zvi Joel and I went to the watch tower in St Paul and had an awesome time there. Great place with a wonderful view of downtown Minneapolis and since it was such a clear night you could see everything. Very cool, and also great to see Zvi.

Holla!

A little humor with my graphs

2007-05-24T23:47:00.001-05:00

You're going to have to click on these and make the larger to read the funnies

May22

May23

Total May 22-24 ($202/hour) (last hand sucked, I shoved AK preflop and he called w/ QQ and I missed)

Also, since I changed my phone number I had to get new business cards.

Right?

Best food ever?

2007-05-22T21:55:00.000-05:00

Yes it's a cereal.

Yes it's amazing.

Yes it doesn't fill you up.

Yes I could eat it forever and ever.

Beisbol!

2007-05-21T11:27:00.000-05:00

Yay, I like baseball. My team didn't look to great, but what can I do? I think I might have to take a very selfish approach this season and just care about my individual performance since getting caught up with W and L might be really depressing.

Anyway, 2 game double header on Sunday.

Game 1: I batted second and started at 3rd base. We were the home team and we got them out 1-2-3 and then we batted. I struck out with a full count, and no one on base. It was my first at bat of the year and I think I just overswung and tried to do more than I should have with some outside pitches. I got a ball in the field the next inning with a runner on second. The batter hit a big two hopper to me at third and I was able to field it and tag out the runner in front of me- I'm not sure why he was advancing. they did get a run to make it 1-0 in the top of the third. The bottom of the third, however, gave us a chance to tie it or take the lead. Our number 9 batter hit a lead off triple and after our leadoff batter struck out I hit a double down the right field line. It was an inside pitch and I just sort of fought it off and took it the other way. RBI and a tie game. However our 3 and 4 hitters stuck out, as they tend to do, and I was stranded at second. Top of 4 they got 3 or 4 runs and we were pretty much out of it. My next at bat was with 2 outs and no one on and I flew out to center- I was pretty upset since I just missed the pitch and got under it a little bit. I moved to 2nd base at this point and fielded a hart hit ball and threw to first for the last out of the 5th. In the 6th and 7th innings I played center field and didn't get any action. Kind of sad, since I was hoping to go Torii Hunter on someone. In the bottom of the 7th (last inning) we were trailing 6-1 and our 8 and 9 hitters got on and moved to 2nd and 3rd when I came up with two outs. I ripped a line drive to left that I thought would be over his head but I didn't get under it enough and was lucky to have it short hop in front of the left fielder for a 2RBI single. I eventually scored before the rally ended, as did the game - a 6-4 loss.

In game two I again batted second and started at third base. We were the away team and hit first and our lead off batter got a single and I hit a double to put runners on second and third with no outs. We scored a total of 4 runs and batted 10 people (so I was next when the last out happened). We got them out 1-2-3 helped by a nice play by me at third- with 1 out the number 2 hitter hit a weak ground ball sort of up the middle that I cut off and made a running, solid throw to first for the out. In the top of the second I stuck out on 5 pitches and was pretty bummed- again I thought I should I ripped this guy but I was way out ahead of the pitches and my balance was thrown off. They got a couple to make it 4-2 and then in the bottom of the third they got a few more- it was 7-2 with guys on 2nd and 3rd when I was called to the mound. And oh ya, no outs. I got a pop-up, a ground ball and a strike out, but both of the inherited runners scored- one passed ball and one on the ground ball. I pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 4th with a strike out and was feeling pretty good. I had good location of both fastballs and the change was dazzling. However the curve was either over their heads or in the dirt- I needed to find that release point. I batted again in the bottom of the 5th and hit a 1 out single but nothing happened. I pitched another good inning- 2 flyballs, a walk and a ground out I think, and then we scored a couple runs to make it 9-6 I think. Bottom of 6 didn't go too great though, as there were a couple errors, one single and some mental mistakes that lead to another 2 runs for them (but I don't think any were earned). I'll need to see the book for some of these stats, but I think the book was kept pretty poorly (maybe not at all for the late innings). I batted in the bottom of the 6th and hit another sharp single but we didn't do enough to keep it alive- I think the final was 11-7 or something.

So all in all the team was 0-2 but we scored some runs, which was good. We need to work on our fielding and keeping our heads in the game but that will come with time, I think.

Game 1: 2/4, double, 3RBI, 1 run.
Game 2: 3/4, double, 2 runs.
Pitching game 2: 4 innings, 2 walks, 3 strike outs, 2 hits and 2 unearned runs.
(I'm going to try my best with the book to make sure the pitching and RBI/RUN stats are accurate but I know the batting line is). So all in all I played well and am very happy with that. I'm a star!

Now I'm at work and I wore this hat, holla.

I swear if I have to move my desk one more time I'm going to burn this place down....

2007-05-18T11:31:00.000-05:00

Serious post here folks- who has the job of removing my reading material from the bathroom overnight? Because that job SUCKS. Does the janitor HAVE to do that do you think or does he do it for convenience making it easier to clean or something? It's a big stall, toss it in the corner and do me a favor. Because I don't have the control over bowel functions that some of you do and thus the option and planning ahead and getting something to read from downstairs doesn't always work for me- I need something in there, ready to be paged through.

On another note, and thus the title of this post, wtf? My lab benches 55 and 56 on the 7th floor of Hasselmo are apparently being taken over. I say apparently because a worker from the group taking them over told me this and was surprised that no one else has. When I asked 'weeks or days' he said days in a way that makes me think it's more like 'day'. What the hell? After I click publish on this pizzle I'm going to rizzle the nizzle in charge and get to the bottom of the situation- and demand a team of busty blondes to help me with moving all my stuff. This is pretty much retarded, since I have no idea where to go, Dr Timm is out of town (and hopefully knew nothing, because he certainly didn't tell me anything about this!) and I have started getting a lot of stuff here and I don't even know if some of the stuff on the bench tops/shelves is ours or not.

My goal, when I move out, is to steal roughly $10k worth of stuff from other labs. Since I can't value things well, I'll need to steal A LOT to make sure I reach that lofty goal. And then when I cure the world of everything I'll make sure they are the last remaining people still suffering. And if I get asked to move my desk one more time....

Judgement Day

2007-05-15T16:35:00.000-05:00

The end is near, in deed. I am taking the Dental Aptitude Test, or the DAT, on June 8, at 10:30am in Edina, Minnesota. Michael comes home the next day (happy happy joy joy) and one way, or another, I'll be celebrating the end (of the test).

Strangely enough, a month after taking this sucker it's time for me to learn a little sumthin' about the LSAT because that becomes my next obstacle- but not until the end of the fall. So for the time being, watch out for...elephants?

Also, this just in...down $2000 in my last 2 days...I think I'm going to stop playing poker (with very few exceptions) until I'm through with this test...gotta focus on that, and if I'm losing big time, it's not worth continuing to play. Ya heard?

Teh Ghey

2007-05-13T00:04:00.000-05:00

Worst day ever (maybe) but in a while for sure. Go read my blog post from the toher day, it was good, just have to post the graph and then watch tv.

There is nothing good about Baja Sol

2007-05-11T13:10:00.000-05:00

After careful consideration, shiptoblickets and has decided to endorse Baja Sol as THE WORST RESTAURANT in the Twin Cities

Among the things I consider to be important- taste, presentation, salsa, hotness of workers. Please, continue reading for my full review.

Taste- Baja Sol tastes bad. I ate there once in the winter and ordered a burrito when I didn't want to walk to Chipotle. It was horrible. No GOOD flavor- I remember wondering how long ago (in years, not days) the animal was killed, and if it would have taken its own life rather than be slaughtered for such a foolish cause as Baja Sol. Another thing about a burrito that leaves me wanting more is the cheese. Chipotle cheese couldn't really be better in my opinion, and they load it on like they are excited to be a part of your next bypass surgery. Not Barfa Sol. I asked for more cheese after they piled on a Nicole Richie sized portion and it was a mistake on my part because it was literally the worst cheese I had ever eaten.

Presentation- They try, I think. When you get your food to go your chips come in a bag, that's nice. But when you get eat in they just pile the chips on top of the food, which I suppose acts as nice camouflage because someone walking by might think the idea of Mexican food sounds good, without seeing how horrible it looks. A point to them for that. However today my steak quesadila was so disgusting that more chips would have been a good decision. They didn't skimp on the cheese but they should have, because the only thing less attractive than cheese than instantly coagulates and gets hard and gooey is a woman who instantly coagulates and gets hard and gooey. I stopped after 2 of the 5 slices because the cheese was so unappealing to look at I started focusing on the 'steak' (lol) that I noticed it hadn't been cooked much, if at all. Very, very red. The way I'd want a prime rib or a $40 fillet, not the way I want a dirty Mexican place cooking my food- burn that meat, plus would it kill you to use some sort of seasoning a la Chipotle? There I would eat an entire cow of their steak, if such an option existed.

Salsa- Perhaps the ultimate disgrace. They have a salsa bar, and your first reaction is 'hmm, salsa'. Their cups are large circles, maybe 3 inch diameter, that are perhaps .25 inches deep. Show me a chip that is that wide and short and I'll give you directions to Baja Sol- just steal their salsa for your stupid mini-chip. That is, assuming you don't care about flavor or spice or anything. I took 4 salsas- hot, devil, special and mild. After one chip in each I returned for 4 more, taking everything except the mango and the grossest looking one whose name has escaped me. One dip in those and I was ready to toss my lunch- not finishing mexican food + chips/salsa says your food seriously sucks. The chef who came up with the idea of making 10 salsas that all look different, albeit utterly unappetizing, and giving them no unique taste, and no GOOD taste at all, ought to be hanged. Seriously, I made salsa in a blender with some tomatoes, peppers, onions, cilantro, something else I think, I dunno, and it tasted 100, no, 1000 times better. PEOPLE ATE IT! To help you remember where to eat I came up with this:

Chipotle: Excellent (one word)
Baja Sol: Horrible, Bland (two words)

Well what about the pico Kyle? We know you're a pico guy. The pico was placed on my plate w/ an ice cream scoop and looked more like coleslaw than pico. I could not have been less thrilled with how it looked, I'm not even going to try and use an analogy there- it was that bad. And I didn't even try it.

Hotness of workers- More like notness of workers. Bam. Middle aged white man with mustache and chefs hat. Fat Asian girl who must really hate life because you don't see many of those AND she works at a Mexican place kiddy corner to Panda Express, her homeland and people. No hotties to be found, no Latina loving. Que triste.

Overall Score/Summary 0/10- The place had nothing going for it- it wasn't fast, cheap, good, or sexy. Worst place I've ever eaten at and I recommend you avoid at all costs. In fact, I'll buy you Chipotle because I'm still hungry after eating only a few bites of that rubbish.

HEY ESSAY, THIS IS COLESLAW

AND THIS IS PICO

LEARN THE DIFFERENCE YOU STUPID MEXICANS

My gift to the world

2007-05-08T17:46:00.000-05:00

The above is an elevator button. You only need to press it once.

Pause.

Pressing it again. And again. Does. Not. Help.

If it is already lit, regardless of who pushed it (me, you, God), pushing it again will NOT get the elevator there quicker.

I even read that pressing it CONSTANTLY doesn't help, so please, stop doing that.

I mean, I understand why you wouldn't want to stand next to me in an entryway, waiting. I don't want to be next to you, either, but I'm patient enough to wait it out, plus it gives me more time to come up with clever ways to kill you. So stop pressing that damn button! How dumb are you people?

Time to study

2007-05-08T00:35:00.000-05:00

So I picked up my guitar tonight from my Uncle who made it much, much nicer than it was (so excited, new strings, tunning pegs, cleaned up, etc) and played that for a while. Then, since I'm a degan I had to play some cards.

This sucked

STAGE #651488974: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-08 01:09:40 (ET)
Table: NORTHWESTERN AVE (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - PHILSFAN53 ($76 in chips)
Seat 5 - KFLYDENT ($204 in chips)
Seat 6 - THATSHOYT ($275.25 in chips)
Seat 1 - RICKTHEPRIK ($211.50 in chips)
Seat 2 - AUFWACSHEN ($300.90 in chips)
Seat 3 - 1POKERPLAY ($154.25 in chips)
KFLYDENT - Posts small blind $1
THATSHOYT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Ad Kd]
RICKTHEPRIK - Raises $6 to $6
AUFWACSHEN - Folds
1POKERPLAY - Folds
PHILSFAN53 - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $25 to $26
THATSHOYT - Folds
RICKTHEPRIK - Raises $62 to $68
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $178 to $204
RICKTHEPRIK - Calls $136
*** FLOP *** [10c 2c Jd]
*** TURN *** [10c 2c Jd] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [10c 2c Jd 5s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RICKTHEPRIK - Shows [Qc Ah] (Straight, ten to ace)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Ad Kd] (One pair, kings)
RICKTHEPRIK Collects $407 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($410) | Rake ($3)
Board [10c 2c Jd 5s Ks]
Seat 1: RICKTHEPRIK won Total ($407) HI:($407) with Straight, ten to ace [Qc Ah - P:Ah,B:Ks,P:Qc,B:Jd,B:10c]
Seat 2: AUFWACSHEN Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: 1POKERPLAY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: PHILSFAN53 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: KFLYDENT (small blind) HI:lost with One pair, kings [Ad Kd - B:Ks,P:Kd,P:Ad,B:Jd,B:10c]
Seat 6: THATSHOYT (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

This was pretty good

STAGE #651499682: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-08 01:26:33 (ET)
Table: HOLMAN AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - REBELINS ($159 in chips)
Seat 2 - MLEE87 ($147.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - COLDMTN ($698.65 in chips)
Seat 4 - POKERPHD33 ($76.10 in chips)
Seat 5 - TEACHMEYO ($399 in chips)
Seat 6 - KFLYDENT ($216.45 in chips)
MLEE87 - Posts small blind $1
COLDMTN - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qs Ac]
POKERPHD33 - Folds
TEACHMEYO - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
REBELINS - Calls $8
MLEE87 - Calls $7
COLDMTN - Calls $6
*** FLOP *** [10h 4d As]
MLEE87 - Checks
COLDMTN - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $30
REBELINS - Calls $30
MLEE87 - Folds
COLDMTN - Folds
*** TURN *** [10h 4d As] [Qd]
KFLYDENT - Bets $65
REBELINS - All-In(Raise) $121 to $121
KFLYDENT - Calls $56
*** RIVER *** [10h 4d As Qd] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
REBELINS - Shows [Ah Jc] (One pair, aces)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qs Ac] (Two Pair, aces and queens)
KFLYDENT Collects $331 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($334) | Rake ($3)
Board [10h 4d As Qd 3d]
Seat 1: REBELINS (dealer) HI:lost with One pair, aces [Ah Jc - B:As,P:Ah,B:Qd,P:Jc,B:10h]
Seat 2: MLEE87 (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 3: COLDMTN (big blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: POKERPHD33 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: TEACHMEYO Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: KFLYDENT won Total ($331) HI:($331) with Two Pair, aces and queens [Qs Ac - B:As,P:Ac,P:Qs,B:Qd,B:10h]

This was probably the best

.70 hours, 271 hands, + $233, $344/hour. I lost that stupid AK hand early but then made it back, so I played less than an hour, made some $$ and get to study now for my final, my poker craving satisfied.

Reward

2007-05-07T15:15:00.000-05:00

I need to motivate myself to study in a way I've never studied before. Michael comes home on June 9th, so I want to take the DAT test by the 8th.

That's a pretty good reward, I guess, but what else?

Buy: Watch? TV?
Go: Vegas? Europe?
Do: Ski dive?
Go/do: River rafting? (yes....)

I need ideas. I have to get motivated. 20 hours/week studying- we'll see how that goes, but that's the goal. And that's a long time and a lot of studying. Holy crap- and for something I'm not even 100% sure I want anymore. Insanity. This is how I feel

I didn't want to do this to you...

2007-05-03T01:19:00.000-05:00

So these pictures are tiny and you might need to click on them to see them (and laugh). But I felt like I HAD to post a bunch of funny pictures here, because

I had a non-poker blog

Oh noes, they be making my non-poker blog all about poker. (Read below the awesome pictures, once you're off the floor and back in your chair)

So it's May 2 and each blog has been about poker and I'm sorry to both of you semi-loyal readers. I might happen again, but I'll apologize then, too.

Hands, interesting, uninteresting, poorly played and well played- like I ever play them well.

1. Massive pwn. This was misplayed preflop- should have raised. Oh well, in this instance it worked out better, since 77 and 99 never go broke here if I raised preflop.

STAGE #647392057: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-03 01:55:26 (ET)
Table: BELLINGHAM (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($249.10 in chips)
Seat 6 - GRINDTASHINE ($238.10 in chips)
Seat 1 - KCGTOWN ($366.35 in chips)
Seat 2 - LOLLYGAG ($402.10 in chips)
Seat 3 - WINGMANF16 ($26.75 in chips)
GRINDTASHINE - Posts small blind $1
KCGTOWN - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [2c 2d]
LOLLYGAG - Calls $2
WINGMANF16 - Calls $2
KFLYDENT - Calls $2
GRINDTASHINE - Calls $1
KCGTOWN - Raises $10 to $12
LOLLYGAG - Calls $10
WINGMANF16 - Calls $10
KFLYDENT - Calls $10
GRINDTASHINE - Calls $10
*** FLOP *** [2h 5s 6d]
GRINDTASHINE - Checks
KCGTOWN - Bets $25
LOLLYGAG - Calls $25
WINGMANF16 - All-In $14.75
KFLYDENT - Raises $90 to $90
GRINDTASHINE - Folds
KCGTOWN - All-In(Raise) $329.35 to $354.35
LOLLYGAG - Folds
KFLYDENT - All-In $147.10
KCGTOWN - returned ($117.25) : not called
*** TURN *** [2h 5s 6d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [2h 5s 6d 6s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KCGTOWN - Shows [9s 9d] (Two Pair, nines and sixes)
WINGMANF16 - Shows [7c 7s] (Two Pair, sevens and sixes)
KFLYDENT - Shows [2c 2d] (Full house, twos full of sixes)
KFLYDENT Collects $452.58 from side pot-1
KFLYDENT Collects $118.37 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($573.95:$119,$454.95) | Rake ($3:$0.63,$2.37)
Board [2h 5s 6d 6s Ad]
Seat 1: KCGTOWN (big blind) HI:lost with Two Pair, nines and sixes [9s 9d - P:9s,P:9d,B:6s,B:6d,B:Ad]
Seat 2: LOLLYGAG Folded on the FLOP
Seat 3: WINGMANF16 HI:lost with Two Pair, sevens and sixes [7c 7s - P:7s,P:7c,B:6s,B:6d,B:Ad]
Seat 4: KFLYDENT (dealer) won Total ($570.95) All-In HI:($570.95) with Full house, twos full of sixes [2c 2d - B:2h,P:2d,P:2c,B:6s,B:6d]
Seat 6: GRINDTASHINE (small blind) Folded on the FLOP

2. I don't always call here preflop but we're deep enough I figured it was worth it. And I was right. Also, since I had position I plan to steal as many pots as I can here, even when I don't hit a set.

STAGE #647391374: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-03 01:54:17 (ET)
Table: KERRIA AVE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - 36OFFSUIT ($191.98 in chips)
Seat 1 - CRUSH_A_LOT ($283.54 in chips)
Seat 2 - SMURLO ($244.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($328.25 in chips)
Seat 4 - PAULIE25 ($35.67 in chips)
Seat 5 - HT27 ($473.95 in chips)
CRUSH_A_LOT - Posts small blind $1
SMURLO - Posts big blind $2
HT27 - Posts dead $3 dead $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [4c 4s]
KFLYDENT - Raises $10 to $10
PAULIE25 - Calls $10
HT27 - Folds
36OFFSUIT - Folds
CRUSH_A_LOT - Raises $33 to $34
SMURLO - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $24
PAULIE25 - All-In(Raise) $25.67 to $35.67
CRUSH_A_LOT - Calls $1.67
KFLYDENT - Calls $1.67
*** FLOP *** [4h 9d Kc]
CRUSH_A_LOT - Bets $74
KFLYDENT - Raises $176 to $176
CRUSH_A_LOT - All-In(Raise) $173.87 to $247.87
KFLYDENT - Calls $71.87
*** TURN *** [4h 9d Kc] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [4h 9d Kc Kh] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CRUSH_A_LOT - Shows [Ac As] (Two Pair, aces and kings)
KFLYDENT - Shows [4c 4s] (Full house, fours full of kings)
PAULIE25 - Shows [6d Ad] (One pair, kings)
KFLYDENT Collects $493.30 from side pot-1
KFLYDENT Collects $111.45 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($607.75:$112.01,$495.74) | Rake ($3:$0.56,$2.44)
Board [4h 9d Kc Kh 3h]
Seat 1: CRUSH_A_LOT (small blind) HI:lost with Two Pair, aces and kings [Ac As - P:As,P:Ac,B:Kh,B:Kc,B:9d]
Seat 2: SMURLO (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT won Total ($604.75) HI:($604.75) with Full house, fours full of kings [4c 4s - P:4s,B:4h,P:4c,B:Kh,B:Kc]
Seat 4: PAULIE25 HI:lost with One pair, kings [6d Ad - B:Kh,B:Kc,P:Ad,B:9d,P:6d]
Seat 5: HT27 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: 36OFFSUIT (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

3. This guy got pissed. And for good reason, but a couple things. 1, he had been 3betting me a lot, so I figured he was doing it lightly and v AJ type hands it's good to have clean outs rather than push A9 and be dominated. When he pushed over my 3bet it's tough to fold getting 3:1, because I'm about that v AA. He had JJ, a hand that he SHOULD fold to my 4bet but he's retarded and got what he deserved, obviously. What a dirty flop, too. But nice turn!

STAGE #647307806: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 23:56:50 (ET)
Table: GILMORE ST (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - STANZACAMRY ($130.55 in chips)
Seat 4 - FATHERRUSS ($255.80 in chips)
Seat 5 - THEKING1 ($163.15 in chips)
Seat 6 - KFLYDENT ($200 in chips)
Seat 1 - WJSULLIVAN ($146.60 in chips)
Seat 2 - HT27 ($608 in chips)
FATHERRUSS - Posts small blind $1
THEKING1 - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qh Kc]
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
WJSULLIVAN - Folds
HT27 - Raises $24 to $24
STANZACAMRY - Folds
FATHERRUSS - Folds
THEKING1 - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $70 to $78
HT27 - Raises $314 to $338
KFLYDENT - All-In $122
HT27 - returned ($138) : not called
*** FLOP *** [10d 9d Ad]
*** TURN *** [10d 9d Ad] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [10d 9d Ad Qc] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HT27 - Shows [Jd Jc] (One pair, jacks)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qh Kc] (One pair, queens)
KFLYDENT Collects $400 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($403) | Rake ($3)
Board [10d 9d Ad Qc 7s]
Seat 1: WJSULLIVAN Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: HT27 HI:lost with One pair, jacks [Jd Jc - P:Jd,P:Jc,B:Ad,B:Qc,B:10d]
Seat 3: STANZACAMRY (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: FATHERRUSS (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: THEKING1 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: KFLYDENT won Total ($400) All-In HI:($400) with One pair, queens [Qh Kc - P:Qh,B:Qc,B:Ad,P:Kc,B:10d]

4. Basically, I is God. And Good.

STAGE #647361885: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-03 01:07:46 (ET)
Table: CERRITOS (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - LITTLESHYONE ($115.25 in chips)
Seat 4 - CRUSH_A_LOT ($455.46 in chips)
Seat 5 - WIRE GUY ($200 in chips)
Seat 6 - THEKRIMINAL ($154.10 in chips)
Seat 2 - KFLYDENT ($219.15 in chips)
CRUSH_A_LOT - Posts small blind $1
WIRE GUY - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [9h 8h]
THEKRIMINAL - Calls $2
KFLYDENT - Raises $9 to $9
LITTLESHYONE - Folds
CRUSH_A_LOT - Folds
WIRE GUY - Folds
THEKRIMINAL - Calls $7
*** FLOP *** [3s 9c 6c]
THEKRIMINAL - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $17
THEKRIMINAL - Calls $17
*** TURN *** [3s 9c 6c] [8d]
THEKRIMINAL - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $40
THEKRIMINAL - Calls $40
*** RIVER *** [3s 9c 6c 8d] [5c]
THEKRIMINAL - All-In $88.10
KFLYDENT - Calls $88.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
THEKRIMINAL - Shows [5s 4s] (One pair, fives)
KFLYDENT - Shows [9h 8h] (Two Pair, nines and eights)
KFLYDENT Collects $308.20 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($311.20) | Rake ($3)
Board [3s 9c 6c 8d 5c]
Seat 2: KFLYDENT won Total ($308.20) HI:($308.20) with Two Pair, nines and eights [9h 8h - P:9h,B:9c,P:8h,B:8d,B:6c]
Seat 3: LITTLESHYONE (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: CRUSH_A_LOT (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: WIRE GUY (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: THEKRIMINAL HI:lost with One pair, fives [5s 4s - P:5s,B:5c,B:9c,B:8d,B:6c]

5. Just a little bruff

STAGE #647390037: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-03 01:52:02 (ET)
Table: KERRIA AVE (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - KFLYDENT ($290.25 in chips)
Seat 4 - PAULIE25 ($38.67 in chips)
Seat 6 - 36OFFSUIT ($230.98 in chips)
Seat 1 - CRUSH_A_LOT ($280.79 in chips)
Seat 2 - SMURLO ($246.50 in chips)
PAULIE25 - Posts small blind $1
36OFFSUIT - Posts big blind $2
SMURLO - Posts $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [2d Ad]
CRUSH_A_LOT - Folds
SMURLO - Checks
KFLYDENT - Raises $10 to $10
PAULIE25 - Folds
36OFFSUIT - Calls $8
SMURLO - Folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 6c 6s]
36OFFSUIT - Bets $8
KFLYDENT - Raises $28 to $28
36OFFSUIT - Calls $20
*** TURN *** [7s 6c 6s] [Qd]
36OFFSUIT - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $50
36OFFSUIT - Folds
KFLYDENT - returned ($50) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Does not show
KFLYDENT Collects $76 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($79) | Rake ($3)
Board [7s 6c 6s Qd]
Seat 1: CRUSH_A_LOT Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: SMURLO Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: KFLYDENT (dealer) collected Total ($76) HI:($76) [Does not show]
Seat 4: PAULIE25 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: 36OFFSUIT (big blind) Folded on the TURN

I didn't lose any interesting hands or I'd post them.

Damage for the night was 1036 hands, $1268.04, 2.62 hours for $484.60/hour

pwn3d

Hands

2007-05-02T10:00:00.000-05:00

Hey, so I'm not even sure how many people read this, and of those people I'm not sure how many of them even give a crap about poker but every now and then I'm going to post some hands, just for fun. Maybe some of you will learn something. Plus I'm willing to coach you guys (friends) for almost nothing- you should do it!!

Anyway, these are all from last night.

1. This sucked but obviously there is nothing else I can do
STAGE #646396938: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-01 22:20:02 (ET)
Table: MOUNTAIN DR (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - KFLYDENT ($311.55 in chips)
Seat 3 - DUNCAN42 ($238.40 in chips)
Seat 5 - NELSONSHEU ($399.73 in chips)
Seat 6 - ALAGAMBLER1 ($202.92 in chips)
Seat 1 - JANKSTA11 ($243.85 in chips)
DUNCAN42 - Posts small blind $1
NELSONSHEU - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [7s 7c]
ALAGAMBLER1 - Folds
JANKSTA11 - Raises $8 to $8
KFLYDENT - Calls $8
DUNCAN42 - Calls $7
NELSONSHEU - Folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 7d 10c]
DUNCAN42 - Checks
JANKSTA11 - Bets $15
KFLYDENT - Raises $50 to $50
DUNCAN42 - Folds
JANKSTA11 - Raises $110 to $125
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $253.55 to $303.55
JANKSTA11 - All-In $110.85
KFLYDENT - returned ($67.70) : not called
*** TURN *** [3c 7d 10c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [3c 7d 10c Jh] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JANKSTA11 - Shows [10d 10h] (Three of a kind, tens)
KFLYDENT - Shows [7s 7c] (Three of a kind, sevens)
JANKSTA11 Collects $494.70 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($497.70) | Rake ($3)
Board [3c 7d 10c Jh 9c]
Seat 1: JANKSTA11 won Total ($494.70) All-In HI:($494.70) with Three of a kind, tens [10d 10h - P:10h,P:10d,B:10c,B:Jh,B:9c]
Seat 2: KFLYDENT (dealer) HI:lost with Three of a kind, sevens [7s 7c - P:7s,B:7d,P:7c,B:Jh,B:10c]
Seat 3: DUNCAN42 (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 5: NELSONSHEU (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ALAGAMBLER1 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

2. Really lame hand versus a horrible player. Note how he didn't reraise his kings pf, what the hell? Flop/turn is pretty standard for me, just bummed he hit his hand.

STAGE #646536544: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 01:08:24 (ET)
Table: HARTMAN DR (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - PRIMETIME33 ($127.10 in chips)
Seat 2 - VOTED4KODOS ($398.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - GNASH ($338 in chips)
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($295.60 in chips)
Seat 5 - HAIKU808 ($159.90 in chips)
Seat 6 - MIDNIGHT2345 ($423.60 in chips)
VOTED4KODOS - Posts small blind $1
GNASH - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [7c 9c]
KFLYDENT - Raises $7 to $7
HAIKU808 - Folds
MIDNIGHT2345 - Calls $7
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $7
VOTED4KODOS - Folds
GNASH - Calls $5
*** FLOP *** [7s 9s 2s]
GNASH - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $24
MIDNIGHT2345 - Folds
PRIMETIME33 - Raises $48 to $48
GNASH - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $24
*** TURN *** [7s 9s 2s] [4d]
KFLYDENT - Bets $76
PRIMETIME33 - All-In $72.10
KFLYDENT - returned ($3.90) : not called
*** RIVER *** [7s 9s 2s 4d] [10s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PRIMETIME33 - Shows [Ks Kh] (Flush, king high)
KFLYDENT - Shows [7c 9c] (Two Pair, nines and sevens)
PRIMETIME33 Collects $266.20 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($269.20) | Rake ($3)
Board [7s 9s 2s 4d 10s]
Seat 1: PRIMETIME33 (dealer) won Total ($266.20) All-In HI:($266.20) with Flush, king high [Ks Kh - P:Ks,B:10s,B:9s,B:7s,B:2s]
Seat 2: VOTED4KODOS (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: GNASH (big blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: KFLYDENT HI:lost with Two Pair, nines and sevens [7c 9c - B:9s,P:9c,B:7s,P:7c,B:10s]
Seat 5: HAIKU808 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: MIDNIGHT2345 Folded on the FLOP

3. 3 barrel bluff that failed verus the same horrible player from above. I shouldn't try to bluff them.

STAGE #646514566: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 00:36:23 (ET)
Table: HARTMAN DR (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 - MIDNIGHT2345 ($398 in chips)
Seat 1 - PRIMETIME33 ($114.15 in chips)
Seat 2 - VOTED4KODOS ($283.25 in chips)
Seat 3 - GNASH ($235.10 in chips)
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($322.05 in chips)
PRIMETIME33 - Posts small blind $1
VOTED4KODOS - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Qd 9h]
GNASH - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $8 to $8
MIDNIGHT2345 - Folds
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $7
VOTED4KODOS - Folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 5c 6h]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $12
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $12
*** TURN *** [Js 5c 6h] [7s]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $30
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $30
*** RIVER *** [Js 5c 6h 7s] [Ad]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $65
PRIMETIME33 - All-In $64.15
KFLYDENT - returned ($0.85) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [Qd 9h] (ace high)
PRIMETIME33 - Shows [Jc Kd] (One pair, jacks)
PRIMETIME33 Collects $227.30 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($230.30) | Rake ($3)
Board [Js 5c 6h 7s Ad]
Seat 1: PRIMETIME33 (small blind) won Total ($227.30) All-In HI:($227.30) with One pair, jacks [Jc Kd - B:Js,P:Jc,B:Ad,P:Kd,B:7s]
Seat 2: VOTED4KODOS (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: GNASH Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: KFLYDENT HI:lost with ace high [Qd 9h - B:Ad,P:Qd,B:Js,P:9h,B:7s]
Seat 6: MIDNIGHT2345 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

4. I got really lucky here. I should have folded preflop since I was out of position but I was tilted a little bit and meh, sometimes good things happen to good people (me).

STAGE #646431454: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-01 22:56:48 (ET)
Table: FLORENCE DR (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - JONNYACTION ($195 in chips)
Seat 4 - MSPARROT ($229.40 in chips)
Seat 6 - THENOIRGUY ($355.80 in chips)
Seat 1 - KFLYDENT ($198.96 in chips)
Seat 2 - 05AUDI ($389.50 in chips)
MSPARROT - Posts small blind $1
THENOIRGUY - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [7d 6d]
KFLYDENT - Raises $7 to $7
05AUDI - Folds
JONNYACTION - Raises $24 to $24
MSPARROT - Folds
THENOIRGUY - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $17
*** FLOP *** [4d Jd Qh]
KFLYDENT - Checks
JONNYACTION - Bets $42
KFLYDENT - All-In(Raise) $174.96 to $174.96
JONNYACTION - All-In $129
KFLYDENT - returned ($3.96) : not called
*** TURN *** [4d Jd Qh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [4d Jd Qh 9s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [7d 6d] (One pair, sevens)
JONNYACTION - Shows [10d Ad] (ace high)
KFLYDENT Collects $390 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($393) | Rake ($3)
Board [4d Jd Qh 9s 7h]
Seat 1: KFLYDENT won Total ($390) All-In HI:($390) with One pair, sevens [7d 6d - B:7h,P:7d,B:Qh,B:Jd,B:9s]
Seat 2: 05AUDI Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: JONNYACTION (dealer) HI:lost with ace high [10d Ad - P:Ad,B:Qh,B:Jd,P:10d,B:9s]
Seat 4: MSPARROT (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: THENOIRGUY (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

5. Holla, versus same dumb player above. Probably should have shoved the river with my 2pr.

STAGE #646535369: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 01:06:37 (ET)
Table: HARTMAN DR (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - HAIKU808 ($169.90 in chips)
Seat 6 - MIDNIGHT2345 ($424.60 in chips)
Seat 1 - PRIMETIME33 ($238.10 in chips)
Seat 2 - VOTED4KODOS ($380 in chips)
Seat 3 - GNASH ($338 in chips)
Seat 4 - KFLYDENT ($196.60 in chips)
MIDNIGHT2345 - Posts small blind $1
PRIMETIME33 - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Js 7s]
VOTED4KODOS - Folds
GNASH - Folds
KFLYDENT - Raises $7 to $7
HAIKU808 - Folds
MIDNIGHT2345 - Folds
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $5
*** FLOP *** [10d 5s 3c]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $10
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $10
*** TURN *** [10d 5s 3c] [Jh]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $24
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $24
*** RIVER *** [10d 5s 3c Jh] [7h]
PRIMETIME33 - Checks
KFLYDENT - Bets $60
PRIMETIME33 - Calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Shows [Js 7s] (Two Pair, jacks and sevens)
PRIMETIME33 - Mucks
KFLYDENT Collects $200 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($203) | Rake ($3)
Board [10d 5s 3c Jh 7h]
Seat 1: PRIMETIME33 (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [As Jd]
Seat 2: VOTED4KODOS Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: GNASH Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: KFLYDENT won Total ($200) HI:($200) with Two Pair, jacks and sevens [Js 7s - P:Js,B:Jh,P:7s,B:7h,B:10d]
Seat 5: HAIKU808 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: MIDNIGHT2345 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

6. Pure pwnsage. Took a while to call turn and river, but I knew I was good.

STAGE #646523032: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 00:48:23 (ET)
Table: ORIOLE AVE (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - WARGOOSE ($158.18 in chips)
Seat 6 - STARCHUCKER ($118.60 in chips)
Seat 1 - KFLYDENT ($170.70 in chips)
Seat 2 - MKIS350 ($85.80 in chips)
Seat 3 - BLEVY ($217.65 in chips)
Seat 4 - DROCTAGON ($297.66 in chips)
STARCHUCKER - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Jc Ks]
MKIS350 - Calls $2
BLEVY - Folds
DROCTAGON - Folds
WARGOOSE - Calls $2
STARCHUCKER - Calls $1
KFLYDENT - Checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Ac Js]
STARCHUCKER - Checks
KFLYDENT - Checks
MKIS350 - Checks
WARGOOSE - Bets $6
STARCHUCKER - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $6
MKIS350 - Folds
*** TURN *** [3d Ac Js] [3s]
KFLYDENT - Checks
WARGOOSE - Bets $15
KFLYDENT - Calls $15
*** RIVER *** [3d Ac Js 3s] [Qc]
KFLYDENT - Checks
WARGOOSE - Bets $50
KFLYDENT - Calls $50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WARGOOSE - Shows [4c Kc] (One pair, threes)
KFLYDENT - Shows [Jc Ks] (Two Pair, jacks and threes)
KFLYDENT Collects $147 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($150) | Rake ($3)
Board [3d Ac Js 3s Qc]
Seat 1: KFLYDENT (big blind) won Total ($147) HI:($147) with Two Pair, jacks and threes [Jc Ks - B:Js,P:Jc,B:3s,B:3d,B:Ac]
Seat 2: MKIS350 Folded on the FLOP
Seat 3: BLEVY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: DROCTAGON Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: WARGOOSE (dealer) HI:lost with One pair, threes [4c Kc - B:3s,B:3d,B:Ac,P:Kc,B:Qc]
Seat 6: STARCHUCKER (small blind) Folded on the FLOP

7. Fun little random bluff. After the hand everyone said 'nice set' and said it was so obvious what I had. I should have bet them that I had J8

STAGE #646518583: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $2 - 2007-05-02 00:42:00 (ET)
Table: NORTHERN MARIANAS ST (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - MIZZLE53 ($127.08 in chips)
Seat 5 - CRDSHRKJOHNY ($41.80 in chips)
Seat 6 - KFLYDENT ($198.55 in chips)
Seat 1 - BIGSTEVEWALT ($374.38 in chips)
Seat 2 - BLEVY ($168.23 in chips)
Seat 3 - MWASKI ($201.40 in chips)
CRDSHRKJOHNY - Posts small blind $1
KFLYDENT - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KFLYDENT [Jh 8h]
BIGSTEVEWALT - Folds
BLEVY - Folds
MWASKI - Folds
MIZZLE53 - Raises $6 to $6
CRDSHRKJOHNY - Folds
KFLYDENT - Calls $4
*** FLOP *** [10c 3d 4c]
KFLYDENT - Checks
MIZZLE53 - Bets $8
KFLYDENT - Raises $26 to $26
MIZZLE53 - Calls $18
*** TURN *** [10c 3d 4c] [Ad]
KFLYDENT - Bets $40
MIZZLE53 - Folds
KFLYDENT - returned ($40) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KFLYDENT - Does not show
KFLYDENT Collects $62 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($65) | Rake ($3)
Board [10c 3d 4c Ad]
Seat 1: BIGSTEVEWALT Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: BLEVY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: MWASKI Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: MIZZLE53 (dealer) Folded on the TURN
Seat 5: CRDSHRKJOHNY (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: KFLYDENT (big blind) collected Total ($62) HI:($62) [Does not show]

Damage for the night was 1352 hands, $632.60, 3.4 hours for $186.06/hour + bonus/rakeback so about $200+/hour.

New Era- more than just baseball caps

2007-04-30T14:30:00.000-05:00

Yes, they make those lovely devices to keep sun from my eyes and my eyes on the Twins, but, more than that, it's like another level, a new place- something different.

That's what this is. My attempt to be 'real' and 'grown-up' but we'll see how long that lasts, assuming it even starts.

What I mean is this- until this exact moment this blog has had no strong pull in any specific direction. I'd like to think that is the reason why readership has declined steadily over the past few months (not because of my friends being in countries without internet or anything like that). Hopefully I'll be able to captivate you with stories of love, life, lust and the set-backs I encounter as I try to establish myself in 4 different areas of my life.

1. My job is area number one, for no specific reason. But in the next month or two, I'll actually be doing the experiments that the past few months have been building up to. Now, like then, it's not fear that grips him but I heightened sense of things. Ya...that's me.

2. Life v2 (and maybe v3) is applying to dental and law school. I'm signing up to take the DAT in a month. I'm working on having letters composed and meeting with the dental school here in a week to go over my options. Once that is completed my after thought is applying to law school. But recently it's been getting more actual thought, but it's tough to say why- because I'm sick of thinking about dental school? Because I want to live a cushy nerf life in my corner office? Because going to school, any type of school, is much more comforting than entering the work force? yes.

3. Sports and sports. On Sunday I had a baseball tryout where there were about 30 of us trying out for teams that had been formed from returning players from the year before. We got 2 flyballs that I caught gracefully and made on target, high velocity throws to second and third base. Then I took two ground balls that I had no trouble fielding and flipping to first (from second). I struggled at the bat, having some big cuts that resulted in 1 pop up, 1 miss, 1 weak line drive to second baseball, a fly ball to center and a soft line drive to left. I sat down feeling discouraged, since with 5 swings I could have done much better hand my first two not been horrible and thus setting the tone for failure in the round of 5 pitches. Afterwards I tossed from the mound to a catcher who wasn't very good and consequentially I tossed a couple strikes to the backstop and my curveball either looked wicked good or out of control since he didn't come close to catching either of them. 8 pitches later I'm on the pine, waiting. It's over so I take my number off and decide to head home before I notice that most of the players there decided to stay and see what team they were put on. At this point I knew I had a solid try out but wished I could have hit better, and knew that with so few balls to catch and throw almost anything is possible. Before long there were 4 of us who had not been drafted. I was devastated. But then in a moment I won't forget until next week, someone came up to me and asked if I was 28. Yes, I said, I was, which made me their first pick of the draft. They didn't see my number and figured I had gone home. Wow. After being out of ball for 2 years or so I'm a first round pick. Holla.

Basketball, on the other hand, hasn't been going so great. I'm very passive for whatever reason and I haven't had many shots these past two weeks. I'm about 70% from the floor, too, but have 13 and 12 points respectively, to go along with a bunch of rebounds and, last week, about 4 blocks. The toughest part this session is having 5 players instead of 4 and having to sit a little bit each half. And the 2 new players (to take the spot of one of our guys who couldn't play this session) aren't nearly as good as he was. I had such great success because he could drive with his head up and dish to me for 3 or an open lane to the basket. These guys cannot, and thus they drive, get stuck, and take horrible shots. I try my best to clean up the mess, thus the rebounds, but it's tough inside when they hardly ever call fouls. Slap, hit, punch, fall over, oh, that's clean.

4. Last but not least, is my poker life/career/whatever. I've been fortunate to make a ton of money from this crap, although not nearly as much as some people. I had a rough couple months of Jan/Feb where I more or less broke even but I've pulled about $18k from Mar/Apr so I'm happy about that. I plan to be more aggressive here and move up and play bigger games when I'm feeling good about my play or feel I have an edge. I know I'm risk adverse and I love the fact that I can make $70k year without feeling stress or pressure, but I know I have the potential for $200k+ if I could overcome my fear of losing big pots. I had a week long stretch where I more or less broke even after moving up to play $400 buy-in games where I was winning and losing $1000+ pots too frequently that I had to step back down to a world where I was more comfortable. Frankly, it took my time to get over winning/losing $25, $50, $100 an $200 at a time, and I imagine soon enough I'll move up for good. But when I have friends not making $1000 in a month, it's tough to make a bad bluff and think about that. I do believe I'll be able to make it, however, because of how over-rolled I am for the game. I have mid 5 figures in savings, a retirement account picking up steam and can stand to lose a significant chunk on my bankroll if I'm taking a shot that I believe to be +ev (expected value). We'll just have to see when/how/if that happens.

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Anyway, what prompted this post was this...

Ship it. Seriously. 250 cards for $5.50, shipped. Takes 2 weeks or so but no big deal. I sort of realized that the card is only good for a few things- friends, lunches, young people, and just having fun with it I guess, which I think is what I mean when I say friends, young people, etc. I mean I'm not going to give it to people I work with, I don't think, because of the 'poker player' occupation and the website address- not that I have anything to hide here, I just don't know that it's anything that I want them spending their time on. Oh well. If you love me, say that you love me.

Typical me

2007-04-24T00:58:00.000-05:00

Hmm, what can I complain about? I dunno

In the last few days I've taken an outrageous number of beats. Not normally that big a deal, except I've been starting off all my sessions well so I'm deep stacked making the beats very annoying. Lots of $800-$1000 pots going the other way due to a horrible chance.

Examples from tonight

AK v T8 Kxx T T
A5 flush draw v 89 flush draw on 5 2 T flush draw board, 8 8
83hearts v AJ on A832 2 heart board river J

blah, just bad. So even though I'm more or less even the past week I'm going to complain. More so, I'm up about $7k this month and I'm going to complain. And pout. And whine. Over the weekend I lost 3 $1200 pots to river cards (77 v AK K72KA) (KK v AJ KQ5T3) and 88 v TT v 44 on T 8 4 flop).

I cashed out another $5k and will buy a digital camera tomorrow and hopefully a lot more.

Icy cool like a fish in the atlantic or your grocery store

2007-04-20T11:10:00.000-05:00

So last night I'm with my buddy Mike and a friend of his and we're at Drink on the roof just chillin' (it was chilly) and he or she says something.

A little while later we're talking about bad rap and I spit a line that makes them go 'whoooooa!' and then asked if I had a CD coming out (I remember what it was! We were talking about Britney and how Kfed is better than she is and how I'd rather meet him now than her and then we talked about his rap album and how everyone is having an album and then he asked about mine). So I was like, 'ya boyyeee you know that shit is hot, cop my new disc dropping july, holla playa' or the white equivalent of that. So now I need to come up with some dope rhymes and wicked beats (yo) or I'll look like a fool at my CD release party.

In other news I watched America's next top gay haircuttist with Joel and it was a retarded show. Basically people wanted their haircut and these people had to do it but there was a catch- they had to make it look horrible (apparently)! I thought that the judges had a very tough decision to make but I'm glad they went the way they did.

WINNARR!!!!!!1!!!one

you guys are stupid

2007-04-12T01:15:00.000-05:00

and don't deserve a quality post from me so instead of actually talking about what i've been up to i'll taunt you with headlines that don't deliver the actual story.

- went to a wild game almost killed 3 people
- went to a twins game it was awesome
- lost my biggest pot ever
- won my biggest pot ever
- got kicked out of canterbury card club
- got a new cell phone
- my ass hurts

and just so you know any of those stories would have been the best thing you've ever read and you missed your chance because you're a fucker.

2007-04-07T01:24:00.000-05:00

Absolute 2/2
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: UTG (KYLE) ($214.25)
Seat 2: LP ($418.90)
Seat 3: CO ($425.35)
Seat 4: Button ($117.85)
Seat 5: Small blind ($95.30)
Seat 6: Big blind ($260.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9s, Ts.
KYLE raises ($8), 1 fold, CO raises ($24), Button folds, Small blind folds, Big blind folds, KYLE calls ($16)

Flop: ($51) Js 8s 7s(2 players)
KYLE checks, CO bets ($33), KYLE calls ($33)

Turn: ($117) 5s (2 players)
KYLE checks, CO bets ($66), KYLE calls ($66)

River: ($249) 2h (2 players)
KYLE all-in ($91.25), CO calls ($91.25)

Final Pot: $428.5

Results below:
UTG has 9s Ts (Straight flush, jack)
CO has As Qc (Flush, Ace high)
Outcome: KYLE wins $428.50

Let it drop...let it all drop...

2007-03-31T18:01:00.000-05:00

Now drop!

(best day this year)

PS I <3 modest mouse

Does this sound like math to you?

2007-03-30T11:48:00.000-05:00

Because it smells like math to me....

I ride the bus to and from work/the gym because at the University here there are not many places to park, and even if I got one it would cost a lot of money and be annoying and no more convenient than taking the bus is. In fact, in some regards the bus is a very good thing because it forces me to be somewhere at a certain time to catch it. It also gives me the chance to read the newspaper or some flashcards while riding, although I never do. I don't because the people who frequent the bus are too exciting to watch. Sometimes they are really, really, hot and come in pairs. Other times they are fat with large holes in the back of their pants. Sometimes they reek of cigarettes, while it's just as likely that they might splash half the bottle of their $4 cologne on to mask the fact that they haven't showered in weeks. So I never really know what to expect, but I love watching it- people watching, as it turns out, is about the greatest thing in the world. Sure I've been caught a few times, either staring at some kid's bag to figure out what he has written there in white out, or trying to catch a glimpse of the hot chicks thong as she bends over to tie her shoe or grab her umbrella. But I think my record is pretty good at being unnoticed. I have music every now and then, which instantly makes me less threatening because to them I'm not even there. I also have cool avatar sunglasses with lenses that I hope are dark enough so you cannot see where I'm looking.

Basically, if I had a computer on the bus I'm fairly certain (p value <.05) that I could make some type of award winning blog or best selling book about my experiences. Because when I'm feeling frisky and in the moment the things I come up with to describe my experiences on the 2/2C (depending on my direction) can be downright beautiful and poetic. Or if not that, at least funny, sarcastic and offensive. I can be very prolific at writing something in the present, but sitting here now, after the fact, it's more difficult for me to get in the mood and let the thoughts flow forth by the will of god and the desire of man. Instead, I get bored here and take a break after every couple sentences to look for hot girls on the web or read some poker hands or something. Maybe even work.

And I've thought about this question at length- a notebook would be ideal, except my hand writing on a bus, in a hurry, would be illegible to all but the greatest of visionaries, as only they could know what I meant to write. A computer might also work except typing on the bus isn't going to be easy, and, more importantly, when it's busy I'm generally one to stand making typing all but impossible. My best bet might be acquiring a microtape recorder and speaking in some type of foreign tongue that only I can decipher once I'm safely away from everyone on the bus, because speaking in English would make it tough to accurately describe the crack of ass I see on the 9/10 or on the 350 pound man with sweatpants.

Does this sound like math to you? It's a problem, it involves numbers (2/2C, 9/10, 350), it has variables (standing versus sitting, proper language, bumpiness of the ride) and it doesn't discriminate (like math, it's universal and used by everyone from the poor to the rich, from parents to students). And like math, no one understands the bus, specifically, why is it never on time?

Thus, the above is a proof, one that was used to show that the bus is a complex math equation. I am in the middle of an email dialog with this man

a Harvard and MIT educated mathematician specializing in complex problems of an abstract nature. He seems genuinely interested, although I cannot be certain if it's because of the math involved or the possibility of seeing the hot twins I've mentioned above. He also mentioned something about claustrophobia, paranoia, social anxiety disorder and something else, I think it was erectile dysfunction, but I'm confident we can work through such simple problems that have plagued him his entire life for the common cause of making me rich and famous due to my observations and astute study the bus and it's riders.

Hence, Q.E.D. mother fuckers. Proof proven. And no pudding involved (unfortunately).

pwn3d by intestines

2007-03-20T09:32:00.000-05:00

I have had the death sickness yet again from which i suffered many nights in november. i woke up friday morning feeling a little weird. meh, whatever. saturday morning was a little worse- just a strange feeling down there, indigestion? heart burn? pregnant? i kid you not, for Mr. Mom was on the television late that fateful night and I went to sleep, heart heavy, with the same dream as every other young man- to one day carry the son who would carry my name and meet the woman to carry his child, with that name. so while it might be cause for joy, my afternoon headache left me no doubt that I was infested with a disease the likes of which had never been seen except for my previous bout with it.

by 6pm i was taking tylenol like i would normally drink beer on this green day, and the effects were the same- head ache, body sore, room spinning. by bedtime i began to question reality- sleep? death? life? carrot top? could it be? i vowed not to succumb. not now, not until later. when later arrived around 3am i dashed for the door and reached the bathroom with few seconds to spare, my bowels errupting like vesuvius, or the stomach of a goldfish after indulging himself in an unlimited supply of those little fish food flakes. it was over quickly but little did i know the battle had just begun- i began spinning and shaking, hearing static deep in my ears which only elevated in volume to match my screams of agony. i began to sweat. soon, without warning i was coated and began to shiver. damp spots appeared on my chest and back, drops from my forehead began soaking my boxers as they fell from my head between my legs the short distance to the floor.

stripping naked to defeat the demons i cursed the souls of every living, healthy man and ran with an urgency not needed since little league to my bed and passed out.

i woke up. i do not feel drunk. i did not drink. yet my hangover is obvious. or rather, the delightful ping of a reoccurring stomach cramp, coupled with the vice-grip on my head and neck and lead blanket covering my body limiting my movements left me certain that this was the work of something, or someone, from the nether region of the earth, or, my nether regions.

i took a shit. and another. the bright green bombardments left me wondering what I had eaten and why god had forsaken me. mostly the later, as thoughts of food invited a creeping feeling of nausea from my naval to my throat and i was happy to dispel it.
the day crept by. slowly. mean girls, borat, babel and john tucker must die, in no particular order. i felt like john tucker- i must be in a horrible, horrible film. and i must be dying.

but all is not lost, as by nightfall the pains and aches of living had subsided and i even managed one pull-up before conceding, a pathetic display after the 5 sets of 10 i had pounded out in quick succession on thursday night. sore lats or loss of strength? some questions have no answers.

monday was more of the same- fever gone, as the demon must have been exorcised during the painful 1 hour and 40 minutes of John Tucker must die. but the nausea, the indigestion, the diarrhea and the questions remained.

Yes I just returned from vegas. yes i was drunk and on drugs the entire time. yes i was an asshole at the poker table and ended up winning money. yes i was open shoving AA and KK pf every time and managed to flop a K when my open shove w/ KK was called my AA. does that make what I went through ok? don't those in hell have a god to answer to?

monday morning wasn't much of a morning, since waking up at 11am left little to accomplish before the 12 strokes of noon. by ways of soup and bagels with peanut butter i was able to curb the longing to crash through my window and display my dead, naked body on the street for all to see. by nightfall again i was alone with my intestinal parasite.

it is 10am on tuesday and he is still with me. i'm getting used to the company but also request that he leaves. As far as houseguests go, he's certainly no Sinbad.

Poker is gay

2007-03-10T01:03:00.000-06:00

Give me ideas of things to buy, I'm getting sick of this crap and spending lots of money generally makes me feel better.

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Button ($94)
Seat 2: Small blind (Hero) ($243.55)
Seat 3: Big blind ($102.90)
Seat 4: UTG ($317.69)
Seat 5: LP ($98.12)
Seat 6: CO ($133.20)

Preflop: Hero is Small blind with 7h, 5h.
1 fold, LP calls ($1), CO raises ($4), 1 fold, Hero calls ($3.50), Big blind folds, LP calls ($3)

Flop: ($12.5) 7s 7c Jc (3 players)
Hero checks, LP checks, CO bets ($3), Hero raises ($17), 1 fold, CO raises ($34), Hero raises ($74), CO all-in ($95.20), Hero calls ($55.20)

Turn: ($195.7) 6d (0 players)

River: ($195.7) 3h (0 players)

Final Pot: $268.4

Results below:
Small blind has 7h 5h (Three of a kind, sevens)
CO has Js Jd (Full house, jacks full of sevens)
Outcome: CO wins $268.40

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (5 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Small blind ($27.75)
Seat 2: Big blind (Hero) ($128.05)
Seat 3: UTG ($24.35)
Seat 4: CO ($294.29)
Seat 5: Button ($82.22)

Preflop: Hero is Big blind with Ac, Qc.
1 fold, CO raises ($5), 2 folds, Hero raises ($15), CO calls ($10)

Flop: ($31.5) 7c Jh 3d(2 players)
Hero bets ($18), CO calls ($18)

Turn: ($67.5) 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets ($25), Hero calls ($25)

River: ($117.5) Ah (2 players)
Hero all-in ($70.05), CO calls ($70.05)

Final Pot: $253.6

Results below:
CO has Ad Jc (Two Pair, aces and jacks)
Big blind has Ac Qc (One pair, aces)
Outcome: CO wins $253.60

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Small blind (Hero) ($119.85)
Seat 2: Big blind ($17.80)
Seat 3: UTG ($71.10)
Seat 4: LP ($196.30)
Seat 5: CO ($52.57)
Seat 6: Button ($261.20)

Preflop: Hero is Small blind with 5s, Ah.
UTG calls ($1), 1 fold, CO calls ($1), Button calls ($1), Hero calls ($0.50), Big blind checks

Flop: ($4.5) 6d 5d As(5 players)
Hero bets ($5), 1 fold, UTG calls ($5), 1 fold, Button raises ($15), Hero raises ($55), UTG folds, Button calls ($40)

Turn: ($124.5) Ks (2 players)
Hero all-in ($63.85), Button calls ($63.85)

River: ($188.35) 4c (0 players)

Final Pot: $244.7

Results below:
Button has Ac 6s (Two Pair, aces and sixes)
Small blind has 5s Ah (Two Pair, aces and fives)
Outcome: Button wins $244.70

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Button ($155.10)
Seat 2: Small blind (Hero) ($102.20)
Seat 3: Big blind ($223.55)
Seat 4: UTG ($23.80)
Seat 5: LP ($81.75)
Seat 6: CO ($64.65)

Preflop: Hero is Small blind with Kc, Ac.
1 fold, LP raises ($2), 1 fold, Button calls ($2), Hero raises ($12), 1 fold, LP calls ($10), Button folds

Flop: ($27) 3h Ks 6d(2 players)
Hero checks, LP checks

Turn: ($27) 9d (2 players)
Hero checks, LP bets ($26), Hero raises ($85), LP all-in ($43.75)

River: ($138) Kd (0 players)

Final Pot: $163.5

Results below:
Small blind has Kc Ac (Three of a kind, kings)
LP has 9h 9s (Full house, nines full of kings)
Outcome: LP wins $163.50

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: LP ($60.17)
Seat 2: CO (Hero) ($105.65)
Seat 3: Button ($67.10)
Seat 4: Small blind ($191.05)
Seat 5: Big blind ($70.25)
Seat 6: UTG ($50.30)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Th, Tc.
2 folds, Hero raises ($4), 2 folds, Big blind raises ($10), Hero calls ($6)

Flop: ($21.5) 6c 6s Jh(2 players)
Big blind bets ($14), Hero calls ($14)

Turn: ($49.5) 7h (2 players)
Big blind bets ($33), Hero raises ($66), Big blind all-in ($13.25)

River: ($148.5) Ac (0 players)

Final Pot: $138

Results below:
Big blind has Kh Ad (Two Pair, aces and sixes)
CO has Th Tc (Two Pair, tens and sixes)
Outcome: Big blind wins $138

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Big blind (Hero) ($143.32)
Seat 2: UTG ($51.15)
Seat 3: LP ($110.05)
Seat 4: CO ($16.35)
Seat 5: Button ($241.35)
Seat 6: Small blind ($351.17)

Preflop: Hero is Big blind with Tc, 8h.
1 fold, LP calls ($1), 2 folds, Small blind calls ($0.50), Hero checks

Flop: ($2.5) 9s 7s 2h(3 players)
Small blind bets ($2), Hero calls ($2), LP calls ($2)

Turn: ($8.5) 6c (3 players)
Small blind checks, Hero checks, LP bets ($4), Small blind calls ($4), Hero raises ($20), LP calls ($16), Small blind folds

River: ($52.5) 9d (2 players)
Hero bets ($33), LP calls ($33)

Final Pot: $116

Results below:
LP has 9c 6d (Full house, nines full of sixes)
Big blind has Tc 8h (Straight, six to ten)
Outcome: LP wins $116

This is why, this is why, this is why I'm HOT

2007-03-05T13:09:00.000-06:00

So this isn't a poker blog but I reserve the right to change gears and vary content from poker, to work, to life, to dolphins. And I haven't talked about dolphins yet, so allow me to do so.

The dolphin

is considered one of the most intelligent animals, according to wikipedia, a website started by dolphins to aid in the pursuit of knowledge for other dolphins and help them achieve their goal of one day surpassing humans and robots to become the smartest animal in the land (and sea!). Sadly, they opted to develop flippers for swimming rather than fingers for typing and thus their idea of a site containing all knowledge of the world has helped college kids write research papers rather than improve the quality of life for dolphins. Sad, really.

One question on the mind of many humans is why, if these dolphins are so smart do they get caught when fisherman are so obviously trying to catch tuna and NOT dolphins? Seems silly to let something like that happen to you if you're trying to wear the crown as the king of the world. Us humans never make stupid mistakes like taking trim spa, heroin, or leaps of faith from tall buildings bring us to our demise. If you want to get respected dolphins, you need to earn that respect by getting out of the nets.

And another thing, those squeaks? I can make those with my hands. Learn to talk, morans.

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Ok, quite obviously I wanted to talk poker and felt bad so I opted for the dolphin way out. But in reality, I had a pretty bad session on Saturday evening and am now at close to $800 for the month of March. Still not bad. I'm just going to grind and grind and then when I go to Vegas on the 12th I'm going to cash out everything down to $4000 and take a $1k shot at the $200 game, dropping down only once my roll has his $3000. It's really sad how much I hate moving up (due to running bad EVERY time I do) since I'm costing myself money by not playing higher stakes. Oh well, stress sucks and it comes with losing $1k in a day. Anyway, I'd be making a cashout of close to $3k which would be nice, too, since having $1800 lost in neteller for-ev-er is sucking pretty hard and I don't want to keep any mas cash online than I have to, ya dig?

Ladies and gentlemen, pimps and players

2007-02-28T23:43:00.000-06:00

Ahhhh March, the month of things and more things. For starters, this jet-setter has a condo in Vail for a weekend of skiing and pimping and just added a nice 4 day stay in the city of Sin- Las Vegas. I am going with these two fine gentlemen.

When I say I've added a 4 day stay I mean that I just booked the flights. From the pictures above can you guess who is the 14 year old getting our stay comped and who is the hungry hungry hippo? I am going to try and stack some cash from the beginning of the month- basically going to grind the 100's for some easy, stress free money I can feel good snorting and stuffing down the pants of strippahhhhhhhhs. Actually, neither of those activities is likely to happen as I'll be too drunk to leave the airport for most of the trip.

Blickets!

Not just any duck...fuck YOUR duck!

2007-02-27T00:53:00.000-06:00

The above is a roughly a picture of my car in the snow. That means it's a picture of a car in the snow, but it's not my car. At 7:55 I am outside this morning to move my car to the other side of the road for the snow emergency. And before I go any further- I like snow. But I figured I would just move it and be done. 5 minutes tops. Well as you can see, just getting my car was tough. I had to shovel a path there. And then shove out my car, clean the windows, etc. Took a while and all the time I'm getting a TON of snow all over me/in me/in the car. I try to get it out of the spot and it just rocks back and forth. I get out, dig some more and try again. Same thing. I get out, dig, throw the shovel like 15 feet and say 'this is what poor people do, why am I doing this?'. I mean it- that was very frustrating and I probably damaged my new car by reving it up in drive, then reverse, then drive, etc and finally trying my best to ram through snowbanks. Ok, so I get out. But alas I have to parallel park on the other side of the ride and it's very snowy. So I dig out a spot. Doesn't work. Try again and fail. Dig more and give it another shot and I get in the spot but not too well. Problem is I can't adjust by going back and forth because there is a good chance that if I get out of the snow I'll run into the car behind me or ahead of me. So my car sticks out at a funny angle. Big deal. The whole thing took 30 minutes and was probably the worst thing I've ever done.

But Kyle, the worst thing you've ever done is say that poor people should have to do shit like that while you shouldn't have to. Eh, that would be pretty bad if the poor people didn't already retaliate and remind me again why I hate them. I live in a duplex. I washed clothes and they were in the washing machine as I went out for groceries. Apparently, the poor neighbors put the crack down long enough to move my clothes from the washer to the dryer. Actually, I think they looked in my washed clothes for crack and didn't find any and then moved my clothes to the washer so it didn't look suspicious. But regardless, they then put the dryer on 'super ultimate poor person drying power skillz for a load of 5 people's poor stupid clothes' and I got home just in time to remove my tiny tiny tiny new outfits! (what is this, a wardrobe for ANTS?). Cool, maybe Jcrew and Banana have respective kids stores I can return my new clothes to, since I can't wear them.

EDIT: I looked online and just like Abercrombie, the kids stores no longer carry thongs, so it looks like those are going to be unreturnable. But the rest of the stuff can hopefully get dropped off right around lunch time and I can bribe some fat worker with food (fuck, forgot that those stores don't hire fatties) to take the clothes back and give me store credit.

HEADLINE

2007-02-20T13:51:00.000-06:00

This just in! According to the MN Daily newspaper, there is a study proposed to learn about MORE health risks to being overweight. According to sources, the study was designed to investigate lesser known risks for those suffering (enjoying?) from weight management issues.

"Since everyone knows the risks of heart disease and hypertension are quadruple (by-passed) by being overweight, it's important to discover some new concerns that we can use to scare an audience already inundated with information yet hesitant to change their gluttonous ways" Dr. Khhralili Fuharunki-Al said.

These risks, he said, include depression caused when finishing a tub of ice cream, the depressions left in the sofa when their fat ass gets up to retrieve more ice cream, and a 300% increase in the likelihood that they die in a car crash.

"Simply put, fat people are going to drive faster to reach their destination, be it McDonald's or Burger King, so we can't really place the blame on either of those franchises, just on the fatty, sweaty shoulders of the obese. Then, driving while eating and with greasy fingers, like the fat worthless pieces of shit they are, they have an increased chance of ignoring the road to concentrate on salting their fries, or searching the glove box for ketchup and BBQ sauce from breakfast. They also don't fit well through the windows, or doors for that matter, in the case of a crash or roll-over. Those things they make, you know, they're not designed for the removal of farm animals." (It was later confirmed that Dr. Fuharunki-Al was referring to the Jaws of Life.)

However, the biggest cause for concern for fat people in America is not a disease, but rather, crime. Studies show that the disgustingly fat in the United States are 74% more likely to be the victim of a robbery or assault, due to the fact that they are easily distracted with food, too busy eating food to fight back, and too fat to run away or chase after their attacker. They are also the victim of 'hate crimes', according to the New York Times, as a recent study showed that "all of America, fat people included, hate fat people".

"If I were a fat person in America right now I would buy an olympic sized swimming pool and practice floating around, breathing underwater and immediately begin converting my belly-button into a blowhole to make the adjustment to manatee or whale easier," the good doctor said. When asked what those with naval piercings should do he responded calmly, "die. You're fucking disgusting- no one wanted to see that, you fat bitch."

-staff, with help from the MN daily and theNew York Times

This isn't a poker blog

2007-02-15T12:06:00.000-06:00

It's not. But since work life is boring, I haven't taken any trips lately and everyone has moved away my life has been less than thrilling. But some exciting things have gone on recently.

On Friday I had my first training on dead rats. These were rats used in a psychological study and because of regulations couldn't be used for anything else and thus were ready to die, ala biggie. Simply, with the help of a vet tech (or should I say watchful eye, since she did hers and I did mine) we shaved the abdominal section of the rats down to their genitalia (hehehehehehe). I think disinfected it with a swab. Then with the help of a gilette mach 3 razer blade I sliced the girl open, something I'd been wanting to do to every woman I've ever seen since I was 14. it felt so good to finally complete my 'American Psycho' fantasy! So, cut through the skin and then the muscle layer. Then with my forceps I carefully pulled out the intestines (didn't cut them out, just pulled them out. Not that it matters). Looked low and found the bladder, my interest. Using the forceps again I explored the bladder head and neck and tried, unsuccessfully, to find the levator ani muscles. She did not has a ghetto booty. Then the fun part of filling the bladder up by injecting it with a needle filled with a saline (salt) solution and tying a per-string suture around it to tightly keep it in place. That's more difficult than it sounds, and it probably sounds hard since I'm assuming you have no idea what I'm talking about. But basically I had to stitch and bitch this needle into the bladder so it wouldn't come out. That was it. She said I did a good job and we discussed our lives, hopes, dreams and desire over BBQ rat in the next room. Nothing goes to waste.

I also had a basketball game last night. For those you who don't know, I used to suck at basketball. Then I think I got good. And now sometimes I suck and sometimes I'm good. I don't know how to defend (but I'm learning and just run around and waste lots of energy) or move without the ball, so my offensive game is lacking, since the majority of my experience has been 1v1, 21 or 3v3 or something where passing isn't stressed and getting the ball and shooting it is what you do. The first game I scored 22. Next game was 2. Last game was 20 and I think last night was 18 or so. The refs suck, obviously, and I didn't get about a million calls and instead looked like a retard as my lay-ups missed wildly (although no fault of my own, since a silly girl was trying to guard me, she could do nothing but foul me, and the black man reffing was so interesting in watching her play, and not that game being played, I never got a call).

After the game, thanks to C.Flirt Joel and I attended the wolves where we won, thanks mostly to Denver's poor play and obscene amount of turnovers in the second half. Randy Foye is my boye. And KG is awesome, naturally. We also got really close, indoor, FREE parking as for some reason we took a ticket when we went in but there was no one taking tickets/money when you left, just an open gate. Howwwwwwwlllllla!

Also, this really makes me laugh- the guy in the lab next to me is probably 28-32. And he has an awful chin strap beard that makes him look like he's 17 and gay. WTF dude? You give research scientists everywhere a bad name!

Take away a good thing one at a time.

2007-02-12T01:50:00.000-06:00

I want it back. January and February have been chock full of poor decisions on my part and thus lackluster results. It's very disappointing. I think I'm going to donate to charity (or charities, I'll decide at the end of the month) 25% of the money I feel I've tilted away from poor plays. Lucky for me, I'm starting now and not at the beginning of the month or I'd be out a lot of money. Everything has been so swingy lately, because I'm damn good and I'll win $500 in an hour and then something will go wrong and I'll lose $800 from stupid plays, calls, bluffs, in the next 15 minutes. It needs to stop- this month I should be up about $7k at this point. I'm up $1k. Which is more than last month but still.... So I'm going to start this off by throwing $50 in the pot (to get things going) and adding $25 since I made a horrible $100 call this past session. So $75 after 1 day. This could get expensive.

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK

2007-02-09T15:38:00.001-06:00

last hour

urawhore

2007-02-08T22:18:00.000-06:00

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Big blind (Hero) ($122.65)
Seat 2: UTG ($220.45)
Seat 3: LP ($112.20)
Seat 4: CO ($150.80)
Seat 5: Button ($207.60)
Seat 6: Small blind ($152.90)

Preflop: Hero is Big blind with 5c, 3c.
1 fold, LP raises ($4), 2 folds, Small blind calls ($3.50), Hero calls ($3)

Flop: ($11.5) 7d (3 players)
Small blind bets ($1), Hero calls ($1), LP all-in ($108.20), Small blind folds, Hero calls ($107.20)

Turn: ($120.7) Kd (0 players)

River: ($120.7) 8h (0 players)

Final Pot: $226.4

Results below:
Big blind has 5c 3c (Two Pair, fives and threes)
LP has Kh 8c (Two Pair, kings and eights)
Outcome: LP wins $226.40

Warn your warmth to turn away

2007-02-07T00:57:00.000-06:00

Oh no it isn't. The month of January had me contemplating suicide daily. This month, not so much. For starters, Joevak and I have a contest. I need to play 23k hands or I ship him $100. He needs to plya 8k. I'm at like 8k now but am going to be gone for a week and it's a short month.

Anyway, here is today. Never mind. This site is gay and wont let me post images. Let's try a link. http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1412/notquitessar5.jpg

Just go there. Or don't. It was a $900 day.

I recently got $375 instead of a new ipod for some of my 'rewards points'. Well I almost have enough for another ipod. There is really nothing else good there. I could get roses sent for valentines day except I don't have a valentine (ladies??) and I think they'd get an Absolute Poker Vday card and that wouldn't go over to well.

So ya, I overslept and missed work completely today (don't fire me! lol). Tomorrow I have to do some things and then have class and basketball. Holla

God, a cold shower feels good

2007-02-03T20:06:00.000-06:00

I don't mean REALLY cold. I just cold enough. Maybe after having it warm for a while. It reminds me of the time in the Korean sauna, which was great. Hot tub for a while and then jump into the cold bath. I'm not sure I've ever felt better than I did then. Suffice it so say that my priorities had been out of line but I think I'm getting really close to straightening them all out. I sincerely hope so.

Anyway, read the blog below, it's from 7 minutes ago or something.

SCOFIELD!!!!!!!!!!

2007-02-03T18:28:00.000-06:00

I've had a lot of free time lately, since my job hasn't been too stressful and there aren't a lot of people around anymore. But I wanted to fill you in on what I've been up to. For starters, I'm going to the gym a couple times a week and really working hard. I've always allowed other things to get in the way and ruin my attempt to live life on a schedule. But right now there isn't anything preventing me from getting my lift in everyday that I want, at the exact time I want. Freedom. It's wonderful.

Really, other than working, eating (which I'll get to in a second) and going to the gym the vast majority of my time has been spent playing poker. Unfortunately, it did not go well in January. I had a few +$1000 days. A few -$1000 days and at one point a $3000 downswing. I finished the month down $800 from poker. But I get $1200 in rakeback and my free ipod, which means I made roughly $800. For those keeping score, that's shitty. And makes it my first losing month (from poker) Since September. So far February isn't going very well. Haven't played much but I'm down $200, which is essentially nothing. But i was hoping to get off to a good start and it didn't happen. In regards to poker, I think I was stressing out because of the goals I set for myself. So basically I'm going to focus on some other things, play for fun (which last month wasn't) and not worry about nipples and dimes. Nickels and boobs. Money.

What other things? Well, to be brief here (since I haven't done these things) I'm talking about cooking and studying for my DAT. Starting Monday I'll be on serious DAT study mode. A couple hours a day. The time that I used to spend on poker. I'll also be cooking more meals. Lately I've had lots of steaks and chicken breasts, with salads, and potatoes. It's nice being able to cook for yourself.

I've also watched a lot of television on my computer (all hail the second monitor!). Except I've had some issues with certain seasons so this is watch I've watched:

-Season 1 of The Sopranos.
-Season 1 of Prison Break
-Seasons 1,2,3 of The Office
-Some of Season 1 of 24

I'm also starting The Wire. So far, however, my favorites are The Office and Prison Break. In fact, Prison Break might be my favorite show right now. You should get it if you can.

I've been listening to the new Bloc Party CD (that hasn't come out yet, holla!) and the new Justin Timberlake CD. I'm also straight, if you're wondering.

Right now, if I could, I would try to change the way I think about situations. I'm really trying to focus on problems and come up with answers. Thinking about ideas, starting a company and inventing something. But I don't know where to start. I've always loved problem solving. But this isn't something that you read a book about- it's something that you do. I need ideas.

Now, because I can, the first image that shows up with a google image search for 'picture'. Weird, them foreigners.

Been around the world it's the same old thing

2007-01-27T17:28:00.000-06:00

Poker is gay. I have had more +1000 days this month than ever before. But I have also had more -$1000 days. And I'm just above even now. And I cannot even get my money cashed out ($3k check coming sometime, says 'pending' and $2k transfer that says 'pending). PENDING WHAT?!?! F U

As for interesting goings on around here, I have 2 important things to talk about. One is beauty and intrigue and I know that's 2 things but it's grouped into one when talking about Oberland Dairy's chocolate milk. Nothing on the glass bottle except their name, 'chocolate milk' and 'please return this bottle'. doesn't even tell me where to go. It was also expensive which is usually a sign of quality that I fall victim to. It is AMAZING. I don't know if it's skim, 2% or cream, because it doesn't say, however it tastes like milted chocolate bars w/ just a little milk and it's amazing. Too good to drink. Also, I spilled some when I opened it.

After careful research I've come to the conclusion that the modern toaster is the 8th great wonder of the world, because it prevents you from burning your house down. Unless, of course, the toaster causes a fire and burns your house down. But that's never happened to me. But what HAS happened is turning the broiler than I use for toast to HIGH instead of OFF. And had I not received a timely phone call I would have meandered off to work having seen my stuff for the last time (in non-charred form). Instead, this phone call made me late for the bus. And while waiting upstairs before heading out for the later bus I smelled smoke, went downstairs w/ a plastic bag over my outstretched head, like I learned, and turned that fucker off. And opened doors. And windows. And went to work. I still got a call from the lady next door telling me my house was on fire. i assured here that I hoped it wasn't. This woman has asked for me to take her to the grocery store and to give her money. I just might owe her something now, no?

I've cheated on you

2007-01-24T01:56:00.000-06:00

I cannot give up this game I love/hate. Here is today. First one of the year. Ship it holla.

IVE BEEN BAD THROAT FUCK ME TO DEATH PLEASE

2007-01-22T16:11:00.000-06:00

Absolute 1/1
NL Hold'em Ring (6 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: LP ($83.75)
Seat 2: CO ($87.80)
Seat 3: Button ($139.60)
Seat 4: Small blind (Hero) ($162.30)
Seat 5: Big blind ($154.92)
Seat 6: UTG ($114.25)

Preflop: Hero is Small blind with 2c, 2s.
3 folds, Button raises ($3), Hero calls ($2.50), Big blind folds

Flop: ($6.5) 9d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: ($6.5) 2h (2 players)
Hero bets ($4), Button calls ($4)

River: ($14.5) As (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets ($20), Hero raises ($70), Button all-in ($112.60), Hero calls ($62.60)

Final Pot: $277.2

Results below:
Button has 9c 9s (Four of a kind, nines)
Outcome: Button wins $277.20

Is it true???

2007-01-18T01:09:00.000-06:00

The months of OCT + NOV + DEC and including my horrible January have netted me >$20k and that is all I'll ever make from online poker. Because today it got more illegal (whatever) and I officially quit. It's stressful and not worth the trouble anymore. I cannot win, down $3k in the past 4 days and it's not worth it to me, I have other things to worry about and it makes me feel like shit. Fuck you.

I'll Love you in the morning

2007-01-16T00:33:00.000-06:00

So one of the things with poker is it's all about the long term. And part of dealing with the long term is coping with the short term. And one way that I usually do that is spend money when I'm losing. I just purchased a 19inch widescreen flat panel LCD to complement my 19inch LCD. I'll be getting rid of the 17inch one now. In the next couple of days I also plan to purchase a new coat, new shoes and at least one new pair of jeans. Oh uh, why all the shopping?

So this is another time when my life makes little sense to me. I'm up $271 this month from poker winnings. Over the number of hands I've played that's $20/hour. Not bad. And I'm up close to $400 from rakeback and another $100 from bonus. And I'm about to get either an ipod 80gig video or a $350 bonus (which to take? bonus I suppose). So something like $1000 this month we'll say, which is a lot more than the $20 hour from before.

The problem is the way my month has gone. I've lost >$1000 on 3 days thus far, including -$2200 in the last 30 hours so so. That's a lot of money. And remember, I'm up almost $300 from playing, so I've had a very swingy month, win a lot, lose a lot. And it's stressful. It's not easy. I sat around today and did nothing because there was nothing I could do. I felt pretty shitty inside for losing that much.

And that prompts the spending. To tell myself that I am, in fact, winning $ and I should get to enjoy some of that rather than sit on it until I'm old or hit a deer and need to pay for the damage to my car.

This ends the poker portion of this update.

As for non poker, both my roommates seem to be good guys which is a relief (but I sort of new they'd be fine). I'm getting settled here and my week starts tomorrow with the bus to the gym, a good workout/shower and then some work. i'm taking one class which just changed (seriously). while typing i dropped 'sports nutrition' and added 'pharmacology for pre-med' because the nutrition class seemed lame and i'm already buff. And this class about drugs all seems really interesting and could be useful for finding ways to get fucked up off of a tree in the amazon.

My team, they depend on me, when it's crunch time

2007-01-12T15:04:00.000-06:00

So I've officially moved into my new place. I think my roommates are nice but they wonder about the 3 monitors. I'm not too sure how to mention that I play poker (hey guys, i dwarf your salaries from here!) but I'm also not interested in having them interrupt me every time I'm playing. But that's bridge I'll cross when I bring my powercord which I forgot (thus, using my craptop!). I was home yesterday for 30 minutes and played a -$650 session, so now I need to get that back one of these days. I have logged about 3k hands this month, up $300, but it's been a roller coaster, as I've now had 2 roughly $800 losses thus far. Excitement looms, I'm sure of it!

Anyway, last night with no poker or cable I played guitar (pimped it for their girlfriends) and then went to bed early to get to work this morning where I successfully delegated all of my responsibilities and ignored thus I couldn't pawn off. Holla. I'm about to call comcast and get me some cable tele but before that it's time for the first shit/shower/shave of my new house. Exciting, but it's making me VERY nervous, as you can understand.

Anyway, once things get settled down here I'll be playing a lot of poker and my modest goal is going to be 6 figas. We'll see. My broker says I am young and need to take some risks with my money now, since I can afford to do so. nl2k here I come.

Oh, and I obviously lied about explaining the Mexico photos. Soon.

Uninspired

2007-01-07T22:02:00.000-06:00

And can you blame me? Look at this garbage. Only poker can make me so MAD to have won only $230, at an hourly rate of over $110/hour. Look at the last 75 hands! Insane. Oh well.

I want to upload some pictures from my trip to Puerta Vallarta here. I don't, however, want to talk much about them but I'll do that in my next blogtry that i'll entitle 'Mexico discussions'. Until then, get the fuck out of my house MTV, it was fun showing you my crib and fridge pack but it's time for me to chill w/ the boob ladies by the pool and sip some high life. Blickets!

(ok, brief int interruption, can i upload more than one picture at a time? this is tkaing forever)

Let's ride!

2006-12-27T02:47:00.000-06:00

Yaaa bitches! Holla, etc. This post is for cereals, however. Because come January somethingish (10th?) I'll be the only member of the rat pack that'll still be around. And that's a damn shame but rather than talking about my car, monies, awesomeness, skills, prowess, hunger, looks, sense of humor, looks, skills and looks I want to focus this blog on a little thing I like to call 'friends'. 'Friends' are people you trust, can count on and generally enjoy spending time with. And I wish i had some. Instead the past 10ish?? years have been spent in the company of special acquaintances where we've shared too many good times and memories without having much in common (the closest common denominator would be 'jew' and thankfully i'm not one o' dem). So without further ado I bring you an incomplete list of things I remember doing followed by a special section dedicated to the future and well-being of my friends SURE TO GENERATE SOME COMMENTS.

1) We've gone up to my cabin and spent most of the time drunk, stoned, on water or in water. Last time I think we ate nothing but frozen pizzas.

2) Road trip to California. 3 weeks, 4 friends and 1 free case of Heineken from the neighbor that was so bad we used it for beer pong while sipping natty ice.

3) Silly parties at Michael's house.

4) Smash Brothers. And recently an influx of guitar heroes.

5) The 102 things to forgot for our high school yearbook that we worked on and never got published. We weren't the 'cool' kids but we kept it gangsta, fo' su'', holla!

Now, sorry to anyone that I leave out but space on the internets IS limited and I'm also tired and this isn't pre-meditated so i'm writing as i go rather than turning thoughts I've previously had into words.

1) Joel- you're staying here and I'm glad. It'll be nice to have someone around to bitch about the wolves and twins with. Work on your jumpshot and perhaps you'll get close to beating me every now and then.

2) Zvi- The marriage thing is crazy man, but it's really great to see you here this break and I look forward to the wedding in the beautiful air of BA. Good luck with everything- just no kids for a while and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE name the first boy 'Schlomo'.

3) Glot- you've been in Israel for a while now and i don't understand how you've done it but you've stayed alive. Keep honing this skill as it may prove valuable. Write more. Follow the Twins and stay safe. Enjoy the experience because we all know you'll end up living about a block from your parents, just like how they're so close to theirs. it's glotter destiny- you can't control it.

4) Joevak- He'll never read this so I could take this time to say I wish he and I would have communicated more throughout the years but that's just the type of person he is. I wish you the best in Israel and think the U of MN is going to be a lot lonelier without your smelly presence on campus. Stay safe and good luck.

5) Curtis is a mystery cat he's called the hidden paw. I learned that from Cats and it's actually Macavity but whatever. I don't know what the deal with moving to LA is but good luck. Come home often and invite me to Las Vegas every 6 months. Which reminds me that I should add LV to the list above but I won't, since I mentioned it here. Amazing. Which also reminds me of our Canterbury exploits. Good times. Anyway, follow the Twins closely and keep inviting me to yarkbarker and I'll join sometime in the next 6 months- I promise!

6) Miguel Tejada. Obviously you're going to be missed the most since it seems like you just got here. Your trend sitting ways have taken you all over the world and back down under and it's a shame because it'll make staying in touch more difficult because I refuse to get a skype headset. If poker goes well I'll come visit or something, but you'll have fancy medical school friends and be busy operating on kangaroos and have no time for a friend you've stolen lawn flamingos with, snuck out for movies and Perkins late at night, shared a few good burritos and bitched about our failures with ladies and people in general. In fact, I'm fairly certain that if it weren't for your pessimistic ways bringing me down these past few years I'd be somewhere else, successful, surrounded by beautiful babies but I wouldn't trade the times we had for any of that (mostly because I know that's the life I'll be forced into once you're gone). You'll make a fantastic doctor and don't let anyone tell you that your cut-rate half-ass job in undergraduate has forced you to attend a third string medical school. it's second tier all the way.

i love all you guys