This is the life I lead:


For 30 minutes today, I sat on my bed eating Honey Nut Chex out of the box and listening to Bjork's Greatest Hits.

In other news, my damaged face is doing better. The shiner underneath my eye is more of a dim light (although the eyeball itself is still bloodshot on the right side), I can start to eat again on both sides, and there's no more swelling. This strange extra-softness/pseudo-numbness on my temple still remains, however. Let's hope the doc can get that straightened out on Wednesday.

I'm worried to find out how I did on two of my mid-terms tomorrow. I worked a !@#$load to catch up on my two missed weeks this semester, and I don't want to start blowing it after two bad tests.

I can try to keep my B+ in the heavy note-taking European History class on Thursday, with my final mid-term. I leave for BWI (one week in MD) on Friday evening. My only goal is to try and land an interview (the call still hasn't come -- if not by Thursday, then I call them) for the summer job with the Dept. of Health in AACounty.

Last week was a rough one, and I hope this one doesn't last too long. The weekend was better, at least:

Friday I played in a free Hold'Em tournament in the union's game room. Around 55 people, with a solid first prize (iPod shuffle). Needless to say, I would NOT be satisfied with anything less than winning, and at the very least, making the final table.

Ended up at the final table, ironically enough with two other guys (James and Dan) down the hall from me. I played good poker, waiting patiently and bluffing at the right times to stay in to the final 3, where the last person got knocked out on the bubble. Some drunk girl who made it that far, don't know how.

I was short-stacked, and made an all-in soon after, giving my chips over to James (3rd place was a $50 mall gift certificate w/ cash back, I was happy). Dan ended up winning the iPod, and, after an amusing night later on at a bar near campus, Saturday consisted of one thing: more poker.

I played with the usual guys by putting $25 in a 5-person game where the winner gets the iPod. Dan kept the money, and gave the iPod to us.

I got very lucky early on with an all-in that doubled me up against Dan, with a couple other guys still in. I considered it payback for the time he rivered me very luckily earlier in the semester, taking away $50 that should have been mine.

So what happens when me and Dan (this is a different Dan then the one who won the iPod) go heads-up for this wonderful, $110 or so iPod? I make a good comeback from being down in chips to roughly even myself up with him. A hand then came out where after some big betting, I was convinced I was REALLY ahead in the hand. Had pocket queens, with a 9/10/6 showing. Turn card is dead, and the river is --- you guessed it, another 9, giving him trips (that's right, he called all-in with a PAIR OF NINES).

I won't go into details for this week's plans, as they are not very interesting. Will have pictures soon on blog soon.


EDIT - 12/22:

as promised, i have pic-shurrs.

BEFORE THE DISASTER


AFTER THE DISASTER



shit thats ugly up there

and just for good measure: THIS IS MY FRIEND DAVE





Dave Kelting IS the property of jesus. he will be my roommate next year, uh-oh. ¶ 3:38 PM |