Getting sick of this…
Bridesmaids are never the cute girl, you never want to show up the bride. Very few times are the hot girls bridesmaids because women are all bitchy. WHY am I bitchy? Cause I can’t break free. Now some of my dear poker friends will tell me, be patient Sean , it will come. I know my first MTT victory is so close. I can taste it. Yes, I know I have won Dookie’s. Yes, I know I have won 18 and 27 player tourneys. But I want a 200+ player tournament victory. It’s something that my poker psyche needs now. I guess I’ll just have to change the way I play final tables. It’s starting to get under my nerves.
2006 APL National Championship 207 runners 6th place.
2007 WPBT Winter Gathering 100+ runners 8th place.
Thank Goodness for Tournament $ , which look like real $ but can’t be cashed out. I guess next week I have some work to do.
Let’s move on before I get grumpier. Hell, I almost sound like Waffles. I need to … never mind.
How I am feeling…
Today, I got about 4 hours of sleep, cause I just didn’t feel like sleeping. So tonight I feel tired and yet can’t sleep.
My stomach is doing laps and I really don’t think I can chalk it up to nerves.
SURPRISE
I got to talk to Shelby yesterday and I think I am going to work on a surprise for the kids when my ex Angie, her boyfriend Brandon and the kids move into their new house soon. I have something that will alleviate many fights between Angie and the kids.
I can’t put it on here but I can just say that my friend Reid is coming up here in February to build a new one for me. He’s an IT director , that’s vague enough for my nine year old to keep asking me what the surprise is.
SHELBY, I LOVE YOU BUT I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT THE SURPRISE IS TILL I SEE YOU NEXT!
The Kids
Which brings me to seeing the kids next. I have been asked to substitute spring break for the 4th of July so Angie can take the kids down to Florida. I am close to just letting her. I really like having the kids with me on the 4th of July, but I am looking down the road. I’m looking to be the “cool, understanding” Daddy.
I’m not giving in. I’m trying to find ways where I can see the kids in non traditional times since a place I can’t mention here has limited my availability during the year due to politics.
Politics
I watched the Democratic debate while playing poker and YAWWNNNNnnn it’s a matter of not who I am going to vote for , but whom I’m not going to vote for.
My Grandmother is a life long Republican and there is nothing I enjoy more than pushing her buttons. She was “SO PROUD OF ME” when I voted for Republicans. I really vote for the best person available. But she is such a Mitt Romney fan that I could be sick.
So how do you push the right buttons to make her almost hang up on me?
“So grandma, I think I’m going to vote for the best available bigamist”
“Sean, you don’t know what you are saying.”
“Well I could vote for Guliani with his three former wives,his cousin was one of them right,” I said trying to keep a snicker down.
“That’s why I’m voting for Mitt,” Grandma says.
“Isn’t he Mormon…”
“Now Sean, you do know that bigamy was eliminated by them a long time ago.”
“Are you sure????” Buttons ENGAGED
“Do you want to talk to your mother?” SUCCESS!
I love to make her argue her points. She’s in her nineties and may not be here on the earth much longer, and I want her razor sharp wit that I have always remembered to be honed sharp!
I love ya Grandma. I’m just messing with you. I’m voting for Ron Paul. (chuckle).
HE who must not be named.
I probably will be on MD/IT Radio Wednesday, but I am letting the inmates run the asylum. I’m going to continue my on crack reporting from the rail.
He who MUST be named!
Let’s keep our thoughts and good Karma for Dr J jecciimd as he begins his second day of play in the Aussie Millions tournament. If there is anyone that I would like to see to do well it would be him.
Pimpage…
I’ve put together a box of magazines and books to send over to Doc Chako in Iraq. I’m trying to get other ideas on what else I should send. He , as usual, is remaining mum on what he would like or need. I’m proud of the work that he does for our country and I’m glad that everyone has taken The Wife under our protective arms.
But the question I have for you my Invisible Internet Friends, is when was the last time you went and gave Doc an Attaboy?
If you have to think… it’s been too long.
So put the MEME’s down, I mean PUT THEM DOWN and BACK AWAY SLOWLY, and make a stop to Doc’s blog. Give him a halfway home and we’re thinking about you message. Then when you are done. Go to The Wife’s blog and tell her that you thank her for her patience and love of our friendly knucklehead who got bluffed by the “Chaplain Hammer”.
Don’t do it because I beg you, don’t do it because I ask you.
Just do it.
Ideas…
I’ve got some ideas that I am working on for a side project and hopefully it will all pay off in the end.
Guest Posters
Thanks to all my guest posters who stopped by and laid down the law in my absence. I thank you for taking time out of your busy days to keep my blog going.
Coming Soon!
Upcoming for me is my #1 fundraiser for our local children’s hospital, the Tenth Anniversary of the CMN Radiothon. It’s a labor of love for me and I look forward to having some wonderful kid, that doesn’t even know it, present what he thinks is a meaningful to him, but in the big picture even MORE meaningful check this year. It will be the check that pushes us over $2,000,000 in 10 years, which continues it as the largest radiothon per capita in the US and Canada. Poker and life will be scarce as we approach the 28th, 29th of Feb and March 1st. But every time I get a card from one of our miracle kids, all the pain, all the lack of sleep…
it’s all worth it.
So ends this “Iggy Inspired” Uber post. I leave you with one thought.
If you ever thought your life wasn’t forfilling enough. Just take a break from it. I guarantee you’ll understand how forfilling it is after that one week.
Love, Luck and Lollipops my friends.
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Thanks for the traffic, my friend. I truly have no needs right now, but I’m sure whatever you send will go to good use. It’s the wife that could use a few pep talks. She’s in Busy Season full swing right now. Normally I am there to keep things sane, but the Army obviously had a different plan for me.
Look for something in the mail from me in the next 2-3 weeks.
Wanted to let you know that we probably won’t make it up there this weekend. Both Scotty and I have the crud, and the last thing my mom needs is two sick people hanging around making her sick. What ever bug this is is pretty bad, we had 7 people out of work the other day. I will let you know when we reschedule.
Let me know my friend.
Mom’s coming up this weekend , she’d probably like to see ya again!
Vaya con dios mi amigo!
Post I:
No, you need to change your final table play??? REALLY???! *end sarcasm. Not that I’m critical or anything, but when you can’t win 1st or at least pull off a series of 2nds (since heads-up can be a crapshoot), then it should be obvious you need to change something if you keep coming that close.
But be careful that it’s really your final table play that needs adjustment. Maybe it’s your final few tables play, or your mid-game? You need to be in a position to win, and if you find you’re just making final tables, or are always in the middle of the pack (chipleader curse be damned), then you probably need to make the change earlier on. If it IS your FT play, then figure out where it is. 9-handed? 6-handed? Are you adjusting accordingly? You’re a bright guy, I’m sure you’ll figure it all out.
Politics – Voting for who you dislike the least is just bad policy. Take a look at 3rd party candidates and independents. Yah, there’s the “throwing away your vote” aspect of it, but it’s good for the soul if you actually agree with them more than the big names. Us igloo-dwellers up here have been plagued with a series of “who do I hate less” options for over a decade, and we’re currently dealing with a minority government where every side is populated with fools.
Congrats on the fundraising efforts too!
Cheers.
Post II:
Hmmm… and here I thought you approved posts before going to air. Well then, post II becomes moot and will be more cryptic.
Don’t underestimate the intelligence and wiles of a 9-year old. Or maybe I’m overestimating, since I knew what it was before you mentioned what Reid was, and I’ve often been compared to a 9-year old.
Place that must not be named. How lame. Let me take this file and continue to round off the edges around here. You should set up a private section where you can name the unnameable things.
This, of course, coming from mr. “barely posts a single personal or work-related thing”. But I made that clear from the start. You, on the other hand, have a history of it. But it’s your blog, and I’m not the boss of you. Just supplying my $0.02 (Canadian).
But you are a PREFERRED POSTER and your posts get automatically approved.
If you want me to remove that status I can…
=)