Holy crap I need to, uhh, stick with my plans. Crap.

I am seriously thinking about going back into therapy. I can feel my thoughts and behavior start to slip back in the old habits that I fought so hard to eliminate. The last thing I want to do is to slip back into that “groove” again.

I’m watching the PPV of the World Series of Poker main event. It’s kinda interesting. The Chip leader has over $65mil and the other three players left at the table have around $20mil or so. The blinds are small in relation to the short stacks ($200k, $400k with a a $30k ante). There is still a lot of poker to be played and yet these people are pushing in spots that they don’t need to. It doesn’t make any sense to me. I mean, these guys could play a lot of poker, but it seems like that most of them want to just play bingo. I really don’t get it.

Right now, as we speak, I’m working on a project that I’ve been wanting do to forever: a webcomic. These webcomic idea has had many false starts, but I’m actually, I dunno, doing some planning on this one, it’s pretty sweet.

And that’s it. I really don’t have anything else.

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I’ve decided to make some changes in my life. I mean, I’ve tried this before, but my Internet shortened attention span and old habits dying hard make it difficult. Basically, my goal is to be 1) loose weight, 2) spend time working on stuff that is actually related to my career, 3) spend less time veggie out/be more productive and 4) pwn punk bitches. And here’s how I’m gonna do it.

1) Loose Weight – This is a multi-step, elaborate plan that could take some time. Essentially, I’m not happy with my pot belly and would like to loose some weight. First thing I’m going to do is slowly ween myself off of the junkfood and the unhealthy stuff.  I’ve tried to do this several times, but that’s been cold turkey. I think if I give myself a date and work myself off by then, it should work this time. Also, I think I’m going to start playing DDR again. I haven’t played in so long that I’m probably going to suck, but DDR has helped me loose weight before. It also helps that Will and I are thinking about going to the gym.

2) Spend time working on stuff that is actually related to my career – I don’t think I can be all consuming like Mr. Tannoury is, but I’d like to actually start working on my certs and such. The more certs I have, the more hirable I’ll be.

3) Spend less time veggie out/be more productive – I think this ties into the above. Instead of just vegging out infront of my computer/TV like I normally do, do something productive. Learn a programming language, read a book, work on that webcomic that I’ve been wanting to work on for ever, stuff like that. How much time do I waste in a week because I just kinda stare blanking off into space.

4) pwn punk bitches – I think this one speaks for itself.

I mean this is kinda hastily planned, but now that I have more free time because I’m not working at teh Food Library and that I have a set schedule with work study, I can now set a schedule for stuff like this.

Also in the coming days I’m thinking about making an update schedule for this blog, where I talk about certain things on certain days, forcing me to update. Maybe not, but who knows! It’s a new day!

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Thursday was my last day at the food library. I quit yesterday, and although it was a somewhat shitty job, I was a bit torn. Everyone that I talked to wished me luck and no one seemed to hold any ill will that I just up and quit. I figure I’ve got one year left on my degree, and I’ll make the money from work study work until then. I am kinda glad that I don’t need to wear a thermal long sleeve in the middle of summer for work anymore.

I’m playing really good genius type poker lately. I played last night and ended up taking $100 off of people at a 2-4 game as they busted out of the multi-table tourney. Those tables are soft. I have no qualms at saying that I’m probably one of the best limit players in the area. That’s not me bragging, that’s me saying that I win more at $2-4 limit, probably the hardest game to win at, then anyone else around. I saw one guy last night, dip into his wallet 3 times. He blew like $140 in over an hour.  I might loose in a given night, but I’m not dipping into my wallet over and over.

This was the guy that I won a $50 pot against. He raised in middle position with queens and I called from the big blind with 8-6 offsuit. The flop came 8-8-6. I flopped the nuts. And I checked the nuts. Guy to my left bets, Dad (who had busted out of the tourney) calls, orginal raiser raises, couple of calls, then I drop the hammer on ‘em. Long story short, I won a big pot and this dude, who obviously doesn’t know how to play limit, looked like I had punted his dog or something.

Speaking of hard shots, I am convinced that after watching the Mixed Texas Hold ‘em event from the World Series on ESPN, I could clean up that table up. Why? Because no body knows how to play limit. Of the 9 players at the final table, one of them knew how to play limit. Only problem is, is that the buying for that event is $5000, which I currently don’t have, and doubt I’ll have the self control to have by next June. That being said, I’m really tempted to sell pieces of my action in exchange for pwning some noobs.  Also, Bracelet.

On my way to work this morning, I passed by Oliver T’s, the one fancy grocery store in Grand Blanc and their sign said “Jarlsberg Cheese on sale” and my first reaction was “I wonder if I could zap some regular cheese to get that”. I need to lay off the Kingdom of Loathing.

That’s all I got for now. At least it’s a post, yeah.

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So I started a blog post, like, two weeks ago. HAH!

Work and school have been okay, no real big surprises there.  The Food Library is dicking me out of hours, but then again, that’s pretty par for the course. I had a job interview at last week for a company, but it appears to have fallen through. I mean, the interview was before the Fourth and I haven’t heard anything back from them. Kinda sucks because it would have been a really great opportunity. I need to seriously start buckling down and working on getting certs and such. The problem is just sitting down and doing it instead of kinda vegging out on the internet.

I am, in an always present attempt to become more organized, cleaning up my room and organize everything. I’m continuing to throw stuff out, so if there’s anything I’m going to get rid of, I’ll let you guys know. See if I can’t sell it to someone for a few bucks instead of just pitching it.

Last night was the MLB All-Star game, and it was pretty boring. I’m not even gonna lie. It was a sleeper and so was the Home Run Derby. Best part about it was watching Steve get pissed because Ichiro is in his 30s and doesn’t speak English very well.

I can feel myself falling into some of my old habits. Staying up late, waking up late, getting iratable and the smallest little thing. I’m starting to wonder if I should go see therapy again. I’m really considering it but the problem is finding time to do it. Between two jobs and school, I’ll have to make time for it.

Poker has been really good the last couple of weeks. Last week at the home game, I finished in the money all three games, coming in twice second, and chopping the other two games.  The Boyd’s aren’t here all summer so the home game is a bit more relaxed, and I think that that benefits my play style, actually. Tom and Will tend to be hyperaggressive before the flop, and the relaxed flop play means that I can see more flops with rags.

The most interesting thing to come out of Saturday’s game (besides Josh loosing with the best hand like five times) was Sopha’s play. For no apparent reason, he started to play hyper aggressive, especially if I was in a pot. I must have done something to him to upset him, but I can’t remember me putting a bad beat on him and I’m never openly rude to other players. So either he saw something that wasn’t there or he felt that being super aggressive against me was the only way to counteract that fact that I’m a better player than he is. Regardless his play returned to normal after I trapped him with trip aces.

Also, Dad and I found a new charity room to play in around here. And they do Friday night tourneys. Dad prefers tourneys so he plays in those (and came in 8th this last Friday). Me, however, love the cash games. I also love taking money from players have busted out of the tourney and are on tilt. I’ve made atleast $40 the last two weeks I’ve played there, and two weeks ago I finished up $120 for the night. Not bad for 2-4 limit.

Which leads me to a hand analysis. I was Under the Gun and I was going to raise with any two cards, for the sole reason that it was, at the time, going to be my last hand for the night. Dad had busted out of the tourney and since we rode together, I didn’t want to keep him waiting any more. I wake up with King Queen of clubs, so I could think of worse hands to raise with. There’s like 5 of use to the flop which is KQ5, rainbow. Probably the best possible flop for me. The Big Blind checks to me and I lead out. The guy to my left raises, which I find interesting. At this point, there are only three hands that I’m worried about kings, queens or fives. This guy had been raising every pot with garbage, so I didn’t think he had kings or queens. He might have 5s, but I’d doubt it. So he’s probably got a king or a queen with a good kicker. Action folds to me so I reraise, confident that I’ve got the best hand now. He calls and we’re heads up, the turn and the river are both blanks, so I continue to beat he calls me. Now I’m positive that he’s got top pair with a good kicker. I show my hand and announce that I had kings up. He mutters something under his breath and shows pocket rockets. The guy smooth called my raise before the flop with aces. If you guys ever learn anything from my blog learn this, Never slow play Aces before the flop in low limit cash games. It worked out for him, because he ended up saving himself 2 dollars, but it was still the incorrect play. You should always raise with Aces in limit because you want to make it as expensive as possible for the limpers.

Well, that’s all I got right now. I’ll try to get these updates on a more regular basis

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