I'm Old

I'm actually only 43, soon to be 44, but lately it seems, things that never gave me a second thought, things like, jumping, or running, or bending over, or getting out of bed, are these days, giving me pause... I suppose my early years of over indulgence have finally caught up with me....

I know that some minor exercising on a regular basis will change my 'feeling old' feeling, but, darn if I just can't get motivated...

I saw Lynard Skynard live last night, at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo.... needless to say, they rock.....the venue was rather tiny, so, the affair was quite intimate.... I scold myself for not bringing my camera.... so many good shots, oh so many... guess I'll have to try and see them again...

about the rodeo.... im not a big fan of rodeos, i do admire those cowboys for getting up on those big ass beasts and risking life and limb for 8 seconds or so...but I did learn something....

...You don't have to tie my nuts in a knot to ride me like a bronco...

I drank 4 16 oz beers, in a cup, each... too fast, last night.. and i hollered and screamed and stomped and clapped... and smoked cigarettes in the rain.... last night... and today, well, I feel old....

:)

Peace

Different game

Welp... still no poker... at all... zilch.. nada.. don't even miss it... I miss live play tho... got a tourney coming up next week, looking forward to this one... this time however, will be concentrating more on the social aspects, and less on poker technique....

Amazing Race this last tuesday pleased me a great deal... I decided it is easier to pick a loser, than a winner... so, I picked the sisters to be the next ones to go, and sure enough, their whiny, screaming, crybaby arses are outta here!!!!!!! My pick to win is the hippies.... altho, I expect them not to make the top 5... the ones I pick to win always end up losing..

Survivor last night was pretty good... La mina did not win immunity, and as a result, had to send Sally to Exile Island.. making her immune to being voted out... meaning, the remaining 4 men... had to vote of their own off... the fair thing to do would have been to make it 2 vs 2 and may the bettre man win the challenge..... but no, they went 3 vs 1, and the astronaut had to leave..... oh well... looks like Shane is granted another 3 days.... prolly more since they will be merging soon.....

Stopped playing DAoC, at least temporarily... I bought a game called Fable, and it is quite entertaining... I play it way more than I should...

Going to be volunteering for the SXSW trade show for the next 4 days ( sat-thur ).. actually, its for an orginization called Knowability, who will have a booth with technology accessability demonstrations... volunteers get to visit the EXPO for free, but, it may be free for everyone anyway... not sure... i ove to volunteer tho...

Saw 'Waiting'... it was humorous... not to bad...
Saw 'Doom'... waste of time.... gag!!!!
Saw 'Yours, Mine, and Ours'... updated version not quite the same plot.., but it works.... the kids in this were pretty good, all 18 of them.. nice lil cute family type movie...

Also saw, Domino, The Weatherman, and rewatched The man who would be king.. all ok at best... the lattre being a classic ofcourse...

Got Walk the Line and HP:GOF coming in the mail...


Still not getting signed on to TITAN... and they stopped communicating with me.. so, its time to ask for them to send me my 8 dollars... sigh.....

peace

And the Oscar goes to..

I watched most of the Academy Awards show last night.... I only saw maybe 10% of the movies that had any type of nomination.. so, I didn't have any great expectations or the like....

Instead, I just favored my favorite actor's, or in some cases, didn't favor the actor's I just thought sucked..

best actor was tuff, cuz, I liked a couple of them... and disliked one for sure, and was on the fence on another... the on the fence guy won... which made me a winner, since the one's i disliked, didn't win...

I only saw one of the best picture nominee's.. and it won... so, I had to be pleased... and it also had several actors I like to watch work..

one stupid monkey movie won no less than 3 awards.... which stunned me... as I did see this crappy ape movie and found it was very lacking in the entertainment department...

pretty much every movie with more than one nomination of any kind, won an oscar.... I think Munich is the exception....

Jon Stewart was good... might need to be a fan of his to appreciate his style.. or even understand it... but, despite the initial cold audience reaction, he kept on trucking and they eventually warmed up........

Too many montages and not enuff thank you speech time.....

Ben Stiller cracked me up.....

I'm not a fan of rap music.... and I do like Dolly Parton... rap 1, slayre 0

peace

Poker? Never Heard of it..

Well, I still just am not in any mood to play poker.. and this is still atrributed to me playing online games of a different type... and, I just purchased Dungeons & Dragons Online.. so, it doesn't appear I will be returning to any serious online poker, anytime soon... I expect, the next time I play, will be on March 18... perhaps such a long break will clear my mind of all bad beats, all losses to river 1 outters, and I will be back to the top of my game and crush the competition..... ( all I really need to do is last longer than ScottMC.. so far, its Me 2, Him 1... the first tourney we played in together, at Adam's, I lasted longer.. the second one, same place, he lasted longer.. but, just barely... and the third one, he was not actually there.. he was hunting republican lawyers or the like, maybe it was quail.., but, I count it anyway, cuz, he was susposed to be there, so, I lasted longer by default.. I actually won that one...

So anyway.. been reading good things about this game Dungeons & Dragons Online, so I decided to buy it... and I know between DAoC and DDO, poker will just be an after thought....

Not to mention, I can't even login to the only site I have any money at... 8 bucks at TiTaN, and there is some bug in one of thier scripts used to login.. they have been in communication with me regularly about it.. trying to solve it.. so, kudos to them for that..but, its been two weeks, maybe 3, now..

Amazing Race was pretty amazing again... I was pretty sure the two life long friends were gone, when during one of the side interviews... the one guy said "I looked at this a an.....", had he still been in the race at that point, he would not have said 'looked', would have said, LOOK. its the small things you got to watch for.... I picked the hippies to win it all, and so far they have not disappointed me.... the frosties are annoying and I hope they go next... the pink barbie girls are hot, and altho I do not want them to win.. I do hope they stay for awhile, as they are nice eye candy... I don't like the man who put the motorcycle together.. he is obnoxious... he accidently cheated right away by reserving flights via phone... the clue said this is not allowed.. they found thier error b4 arriving at the airport, so, I guess they just had to wait in line like everyone else...

Survivor was interesting last night... Casaya is certainly the strangest group I have seen together in some time.... I don't know how La Mina managed to win the immunity challenge, but am glad they did... even tho my two picks are gone now, I still feel allegiance to thier tribe...next time, if La Mina goes to council... could be the last remaining female.. and with Casaya, prolly Bruce or Shane...

Oscars coming up this Sunday... not too excited about it like I used to be... prolly cuz I see alot less movies these days....... I hope CJ picks V for Vendetta for the next Blogger Movie for the movie club... I was not particularly interested in seeing Firewall, so, I did not participate, but, I would prolly go see V...

Watched True Grit last nite.. there are some amazing quotes from that movie.. practically every spoken word... heh... movie is different today for me at 43, than it was when I first saw it around 12 years old or so.. Kim Darby played Mattie Ross in the film.. the female lead... and I sent her a bit of an email about how I like the movie better today, than 25 or so years ago.....

I Think our Austin April Kinda Rules

Peace

It's not the end of the quest I seek..

..it's the journey... or something like that...

Oh this Poker Quest I have been on... what a journey... nothing much compared to some other more notable bloggers.... but, for my lil corner of the world, a very nice journey indeed.... I never really had any goal to this 'Quest'.. I just couldn't think of a name for the blog... seriously, thats the truth...but, I have managed to acquire a few 'treasures' along the way..some more mundane than others..

I have gotten 7 or so Royal Flushes.. score or so of straight flushes, accompanied by same number of quads... half a dozen HAMMER wins, and even more HAMMER losses...these are relatively petite treasures, in the whole scope of the quest...

More important, and infinately more valuable.. are the likes of Pauly, Derek, CJ, April, Scott, Adam.. and others I have met, or chatted with.. these people have taught me to be a better than average poker player.. and I attribute my break even status to thier frequent words of wisdom.... they, in their own way, and usually unaware, have also taught me to be a better person.... better to myself, and to others... so I thank them for these treasures...

So, the time has come to end the Quest... futile as it was... the journey will continue.. for, after all, it is all about the journey... yes?

Peace