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May 31, 2005
in a galaxy far, far away..
so esther got me a nice pink polo a couple weeks ago..
yesterday, she remarked "i havent seen you wear the pink shirt yet"..
"yeah, i wouldve worn it today but i saw you put on your pink shirt. so i figured--eh, not today.."
"aaaaaawwwwwwww, we wouldve looked so C-U-T-E together!!"
and that, my friends, perfectly illustrates why men and women can live in the same house on the same planet, yet in entirely different universes..
Posted by chars at 12:57 PM | Comments (0)
May 19, 2005
easy go, easy come..
so this is how bad i am at online poker. but this is why i luv the game of poker..
i "sit down" at a $1/2 table (i know--i should at least play $4/8 but i dont think i could handle the swings) at 8pm. things start off okay and some things go my way but most dont (out of poor decision-making), so by 11:55pm im down $60. SIX-ZERO DOT..
but then fortune begins to favor the foolish..
im one in front of the button (dealer) and im dealt ATs (A-10-suited). theres one caller in front, i limp in, button limps, big blind raises, and we all call..
the flop comes a J-7-Q rainbow w/ me suiting the J. pre-flop raiser bets, in-front calls, i call, and button folds..
the turn lays a very nice K of spades which completes my nut straight and puts me on a royal-flush draw. big blind bets again, in-front calls, i raise, big re-raises, in-front calls again, i re-raise, and we all top out. im thinkin, crap!! someone must have cowboys (pocket Ks). frickin great..
fifth street only brings HALF the card i wanted to see, which means its one i didnt wanna see AT ALL: a Q of hearts. damn!! someone just made their full house. so big blinds bets again, in-front calls, i raise, and everyone--much to my relief--only c a l l s..
we "turn over", i show the straight, big blind shows pocket rockets (aces) giving him two pair ace-high (ouch!), and in-front shows J-K also giving him two pair but king-high (idiot)..
YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(imagine a dork asian dude rapidly pumping his fist and doing a little chicken dance while seated in front a computer--no, thats not me..)
so i collect 46 bucks and breathe out a huge sigh through my huger grin..
..ah, but the nite doesnt end there. i obviously should "get up" but i decide--as is my custom--to stick around til the blinds rotate to me. so i get two more free deals--i tell myself, dont chase!
first deal comes AJs and im thinkin here-we-go-again. a pre-flop raise by the small blind (who was the big blind who got burned w/ pockets rockets) leads to three callers (including me). flop comes J-high rainbow, small bets and we both call (i believe i made the mistake of not raising here). turn comes nothing, but in-front caller folds to the small blinds raise which i call. then the river lays another J which gives me the trips and i burn the dude AGAIN after he calles my raise and shows pockets Ts..
he must H-A-T-E me. seriously, how many times will you get pocket As followed by Ts and lose BOTH hands BADLY??
anyways, after i collect the $23 pot the second deal gives me nothing and i call it a nite. i check my cash status and--im not kidding--im RIGHT where i started. im EXACTLY at the same amount i was at the beginning of the evening..
crap!! i really do frickin suck!!
..but man, is my belief not reinforced that poker is an awesome game..
Posted by chars at 01:13 AM | Comments (0)
May 18, 2005
in touch w/ my femininity..
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| just tell me im beautiful and i wont slap you.. |
so about half a year ago, esther made me start takin vitamins--that was a good thing..
the BAD thing was she didnt get me my own gender-specific bottle!!
"are you SURE this is okay for me to take??"
"of course it is! im a doctor--trust me.."
"alriiiight, but if i start growin breasts.....im gettin a new wife.."
as if i could attract any women at that point..
seriously, this whole thing is so funny that its not..
Posted by chars at 10:17 PM | Comments (2)
May 17, 2005
finale..
i watched the series finale of everybody loves raymond last nite and i thought to myself, "didnt i just watch the series finale to friends?"
i hate it when that happens--when you feel like a year has flown by. actually, its not that time has passed so quickly that gets me so much as that ive in fact done nothin/accomplished squat/gone nowhere in that amount of time. seriously, the only difference in watchin the finale to friends and raymond is which tv in the house i was sitting in front of..
i a m s o l a m e . .
but its kinda weird that last nite at 9pm i HAD TO watch the series finale. cuz i wasnt really all into raymond. in fact, i believe i only began watchin it in syndication this past year (watchin the same episode of law & order was doin it for me anymores). so at best, i was a casual watcher. but i told myself early last week that i HAD TO watch the finale..
and it was that way w/ a lotta shows i didnt really follow. like friends: barring the last season, i wasnt watching every episode until i knew the end was near. dawsons creek: i think i only saw one full episode of that show and that was in england when i had had enough of bbc..
even further back, i remember taping the finales to cheers, quantum leap (which was a great episode), and star trek. hell, i even thoroughly enjoyed vh1s show on series finales..
i guess i just enjoy experiencing the moment when something thats been great--or very, very good--for a long time finds its way to the end cuz usually that end, while rarely satisfying, is elegant, wistful, and makes you/me yearn for more..
yeah, i just have this strange penchant for watching series finales..
w u t a l o s e r . .
Posted by chars at 01:50 PM | Comments (0)
May 16, 2005
downers..
why is it that whenever i feel compelled to write, i feel compelled to write somethin depressing or cynical??
like i feel i could start almost any entry w/ "im tired of this crap" or "this sucks"..
do things necessarily suck right now? not really--not at all, in fact. but i just feel like that at times (esp late at nite)..
i guess a bit more stability would be nice. like havin already moved ourselves and our crap to cleveland as oppose to waitin for another frickin month to go. oh, did i mention we probly wont be able to move into our new place when we get there?? damn builders..
yeah, THAT sucks..
anyways, ive sorta been on this reading tear where i actually read two good books in a three-week span:
the time traveller's wife - sounds sci-fi-ish, reads like a page-turner, but its really just a chick book--a very well-written chick book..
guns, germs, and steel - fantastic and wholly captivating book about how and why the world as we know it today developed the way it did. like why columbus "discovered" america and not the other way around. reads like a page-turner too, but its really just a textbook..
i was so into the last book i actually spent all of saturday R-E-A-D-I-N-G, not once (at least until i finished) flippin on the tv..
afterwards, i had that empty feeling--you know, the kind you get after finishing a great book and feeling the void it leaves. so i picked up a jordan book ive been meaning to get to, when nothing else matters, but i think im more in the mood for something well-written. i might take up siddhartha or something else..
any recs? hell, any commenters? (no..)
Posted by chars at 05:28 PM | Comments (0)