I also deposited in stars again. I played 350 hands last night for a net loss of $3.50. I still have to grind out my bonus. I’ve been watching a couple cardrunners videos and I feel like my game at the stakes I’m going to play is superior. When I lose, and I look back on why I’m losing, it’s due to bad bankroll management and lack of focus. I just go on cruise control and don’t really think about what I’m doing. So it’s good I took a couple week break because I feel like I can play well again.

I watched the Graduate w/ Dustin Hoffman which apparently was a 4 star movie but I thought it was awful. It pretty much displays how stupid females are in the late 60’s. If you haven’t seen it I wouldn’t really recommend it.

I’m excited for the Wing Bowl tomorrow. I’ll try to get as many pictures with strippers as I can so I can post them on this site. These next hours after work should be fantastic. Today is like Friday so I’m pretty pumped.

I went to sleep at 10pm last night which is a rarity. I’m usually up to 2 so I was happy to get a good nights rest. For some reason I woke up 4 times during the night which I think starts to happen more often the older you get. I was having some weird ass dreams but I have, what I expect to be common, a problem remembering them.

I was going back over my old posts from when I used to post on blogspot.com. I might start posting a couple of the better ones from back then just to archive them on this new domain name. It will also add more material for when people check this website more than once a day. I really only add a new post once a day so maybe doing that will help me increase the traffic.

What I noticed from my old posts though is that I’ve learned how to write about more what people want to read. I used to write about specific poker hands and specific bets I made but I don’t think anyone really cares. If this were a blog pertaining to poker hands and poker hands only, then you would get that type of visitor. But I think the people that visit this website want to know more what I do. Not that I’m the messiah, but I think pretty highly of myself.

I actually think there is a problem with you if you don’t think highly of yourself. Evan and Chad have won 15 dollars off of Jill and I in quarters the last two weekends but I still think I’m the best. It shouldn’t matter who my partner is because the shot glass should never leave my side (that’s not a low blow either because I know she plays well). I think my taste in music is the best. If I tell you to listen to a song it’s because it’s a good song, in my opinion and my opinion is always right in my mind. I told Jeff that me, him, and Sam have such an advantage over pretty much any normal person because our endurance is so much better than the avg person. We don’t get tired playing bball or any other event that requires running. I’m not an ego maniac either, I know I have weaknesses. I can’t hit a jump shot but you don’t see me firing up 3’s with no regard.

The point is that with everything I do I try to do it the best that I can. I’m not saying I’m always going to be the best (I will always think this in quarters) but it’s helpful to the psyche and to the progression of success. I wrote this real quick before work so I have to wrap this up. Mad River tonight. I thought the drunk post last Friday was pretty good so we’ll see if I can repeat.

I went to CVS and bought a new toothbrush because I knocked mine on the floor and for some reason I just don’t like the idea of putting it back in my mouth. I don’t really see washing it under the faucet as a sure fire cleaning method. So I went a little crazy and bought a battery operated spinning one. I was delightfully impressed after the first use and wonder why I hadn’t switched years ago. Usually I just ladi-da my way through brushing to get it over with but this new brush made it fun and exciting. I felt like the brush was doing a better job. I actually want to go to the dentist to finally show that I’m flossing now and look how clean my teeth are. Completely lame I know but for 10 dollars I have gained that amount in happiness dollars.

I want to take a paragraph and discuss happiness dollars. They are not real money. You can’t buy anything with happiness dollars. The classic example of happiness dollars can be explained with the wagon and fantasy football. If you know the wagon you know he gets over the top with fantasy football. You also know he has a strong affiliation towards money. At one point in the season he was ready to sell his team for 20 dollars (league fee of 40) to me because he already had made the playoffs but was certain he was going to lose so he wanted to hedge his bet (he ended up winning his game anyway). What he wasn’t taking into consideration was the amount of these so called happiness dollars that he was throwing away by not being able to root for his team. Happiness dollars actually have more value than regular dollars. You can always earn more regular dollars but the key to life is to earn as many happiness dollars in life as you can. I actually see this as a premise for a self help book.

I also want to bring up another good point from my other roommate Evan. We were talking about getting a case of Guinness, Jameson, and Bailey’s for car bombs over the weekend. This discussion led to the infamous night of the Wagon and the Boys of Summer. He did 9 car bombs, a couple of tequila shots, and then we put him away in the car, (while we partied on) and he ended up puking all over my mom’s car. He has since sworn off hard alcohol. What he isn’t understanding is these happiness dollars that were involved in that night. For this story to continue to be told for years after it already occurred is what happiness dollars are all about. By getting out of control and having stories that will last a lifetime, this is more important than trying to live by the book and swearing off hard liquor. Just remember you aren’t going to be forever young (alphaville) and finding happiness dollars while you still can has to be top priority.

Aside from my life philosophies I just want to touch on a product that tilts me.

This interface just makes my head explode. First off, everything seems to take just an extra second to load. Also, I was trying to use a gift card to deposit some funds (it didn’t work) and I was going through forms using tab and the software would tab me back to the sidebar and then I’d lose all my info and have to start again. Plus, when I have limewire open, Itunes wants to pop up. And another great thing is that Itunes always wants to upgrade and it always wants to install quicktime. I have grown to fucking hate quicktime, I want no piece of anything *.mov. I really have no use for an ipod as I don’t use it to run and I find XM’s randomized music much more fulfilling than songs that I’ve already heard and listened to. I can say that I am an Ihater.

Everyone raves about Apps and how they are revolutionizing the way we live. I saw an app that tells you how far your golf ball is to the hole. I’m sure there are apps that can navigate you to China on a raft. It takes out the guesswork to life. People also become hooked on these game apps. My roommates play eachother in scrabble and lord knows what else they can play. We played Gin on Sunday and it was the least fun game I’ve ever played because they are constantly toying on their Iphones. These phones are like video games. I’ve done the video game phase of my life. I’ve wasted an unbelievable amount of hours on video games. If I could do it over I would have found something else to do more productive like play an instrument or learn a language. I slaughtered countless cows, fragged thousands, beaten hundreds of titles. I’m over this harmless past time and now into alcohol, gambling, and cheap thrills. Pick your poison.

No offense to the iphoners, you know I still like you.

We lost our second bball game of the year by 10. We played the first half tight, probably down about 5 at half. They opened up a lead to 18-20 with about 10 minutes to play. They just completely outworked us in the opening minutes of the 2nd half on fast break points. They had easy lay up after easy lay up and I think we were all pretty winded since we were playing with 6. We cut it to 4 or 5 at one point with just a couple minutes left and they pretty much finished us off at the end. There is a chance we go 0-8 in this league. If you read this and you know a basketball player who has height, let me know.

This paragraph I’ll devote to both Californication and Dexter’s season finale. I really liked the climax in Californication. It wasn’t a happy ending and as I’m getting older I found the emotional sappy shit pretty entertaining. I liked the sex talk with Becca and Hank. I liked the fact that Mia, Hank and the bro were hiding the underage thing and then the drama that unfolded once it was brought to light. When Hank was walking in to his place to tell Karen about Mia, it just made me think that anything I ever encounter in my life would never come close to as bad as what Hank did. Nevertheless I still think his character is awesome. Runkle and Marcy splitting was fine. She is really, really short and I hope Runkle and Hank start next season as bachelors because it just makes for funny TV. I really think Showtime is hitting the nail on the head with these shows.

I don’t want to ruin Dexter for anyone who hasn’t watched it (you really have to), but I thought this season was particularly good. Arthur played a fun to watch bad guy. I love how they close seasons and don’t really leave you hanging. I’m going to miss the one character but honestly I felt they weren’t adding anything other than annoyance and binding Dexter. Now he’s free to do as he pleases which should make for better TV. Hate to see this character go.

A final thing that bothers the hell out of me. When you are shooting at a trashcan from either far away or from a weird angle and it bounces off the rim. This causes you to get up and waste time putting it in properly. There is a feeling of satisfaction from shooting trash in the trash can from all places. But missing is such a bothersome feeling to me. I honestly will give a “motherfucker” if I brick it because of the nuisance that follows. I think if someone had a shooting game and attached it to a trashcan you would have a huge seller. If someone steals this idea, just give me some credit of where it originated.

I went Mad River on Friday with hopes of scoring the bartenders number. If you’ve read anything I wrote before I told her last Sunday I’d take her out on Wednesday. I put her number in my phone wrong and didn’t contact her. So I go in on Friday trying to get her to fix the number in my phone. So I see her, tell her I’m sorry I stood her up but I had her number in my phone wrong. She looks at the number says something like “so close” and then tells me to try back later. Obviously realizing she now holds all power of the digits and decides to play hard to get. She’s at the bar and I’m at a table so the best time to talk to her is after finishing my drink. So one time I go up and say I’d like a rum and coke and also a date tomorrow night. My friend told me the line and it seemed pretty good. She thought it was funny but wouldn’t give in. Then my other friend, trying to be smooth, goes up and asks her “is Tom creeping you out?” This genius is my wingman? After such a moronic question I have to call him out in this post. Even after the retarded question she replies no which was at a fine answer for a potential disastrous question. To make a long story short I didn’t get her number because she was being difficult. She ended up giving us some free shots so it’s not like things went badly, they just didn’t end with a great success like advertised. So I’ll be down the shore starting on Thursday so I won’t get another opportunity but I think that’s probably a good thing. This girl is literally a dime or at least and nickel and 4 pennies so a challenge is probably necessary.

In other news, our Oreland team won a game. We were up 21-7 at one point. They narrowed the lead to 4 or 5 and we ended up winning by 10 or so. I didn’t play too well but anytime your team wins and an individual doesn’t do well you just say “it’s a team game.” We play again tonight at 9 with hopes of another w.

A final thought. I’ve been wearing contacts for 10+ years now and I still can’t figure out which side is the right way to put them in. Most mornings I just randomly look at the contact and just put it in. Lately they have been scratching my eyes when I put them in and I have to keep taking them out and putting them in time after time. I’m considering Lasik but honestly having a laser beam in my eye doesn’t seem like something I’m willing to chance. Summer vacation is starting soon.