1) Fits my horrible luck and bad mood.
2) Victor's is pretty.
3) Jen's is pretty.
4) Looks oh-so-very badassed.
5) Felt like it.
So that's why.
Push It (Salt-N-Pepa)/Connection (Elastica) Girl Talk live in Chicago New Year's Eve/Day
1/26/07
UGH.
Friday Barometer?
My cold just ejaculated so hard I don't know where the snot ends and the tears
in my bleary eyes begin.
The perfect job went to somebody else. Yup, again.
The creditors won't stop calling.
Pretty soon I'll be behind in the rent, too.
I'm behind on writing, so at least it'll match.
I've got one good thing in my life and it's not for two weeks.
Posts format weirdly now.
Yeah, here's your f'n Barometer (and the video went down!
WATFO?!):
My cold just ejaculated so hard I don't know where the snot ends and the tears
in my bleary eyes begin.
The perfect job went to somebody else. Yup, again.
The creditors won't stop calling.
Pretty soon I'll be behind in the rent, too.
I'm behind on writing, so at least it'll match.
I've got one good thing in my life and it's not for two weeks.
Posts format weirdly now.
Yeah, here's your f'n Barometer (and the video went down!
WATFO?!):
1/23/07
State Of the Reality-Based Union Address
Speaker is the Democrat out of Virginia, Senator Jim Webb. Thanks to Crooks and Liars and YouTube, I just bring it--
Good evening.
I'm Senator Jim Webb, from Virginia, where this year we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown - an event that marked the first step in the long journey that has made us the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth.
It would not be possible in this short amount of time to actually rebut the President's message, nor would it be useful. Let me simply say that we in the Democratic Party hope that this administration is serious about improving education and healthcare for all Americans, and addressing such domestic priorities as restoring the vitality of New Orleans.
Further, this is the seventh time the President has mentioned energy independence in his state of the union message, but for the first time this exchange is taking place in a Congress led by the Democratic Party. We are looking for affirmative solutions that will strengthen our nation by freeing us from our dependence on foreign oil, and spurring a wave of entrepreneurial growth in the form of alternate energy programs. We look forward to working with the President and his party to bring about these changes.
There are two areas where our respective parties have largely stood in contradiction, and I want to take a few minutes to address them tonight. The first relates to how we see the health of our economy - how we measure it, and how we ensure that its benefits are properly shared among all Americans. The second regards our foreign policy - how we might bring the war in Iraq to a proper conclusion that will also allow us to continue to fight the war against international terrorism, and to address other strategic concerns that our country faces around the world.
When one looks at the health of our economy, it's almost as if we are living in two different countries. Some say that things have never been better. The stock market is at an all-time high, and so are corporate profits. But these benefits are not being fairly shared. When I graduated from college, the average corporate CEO made 20 times what the average worker did; today, it's nearly 400 times. In other words, it takes the average worker more than a year to make the money that his or her boss makes in one day.
Wages and salaries for our workers are at all-time lows as a percentage of national wealth, even though the productivity of American workers is the highest in the world. Medical costs have skyrocketed. College tuition rates are off the charts. Our manufacturing base is being dismantled and sent overseas. Good American jobs are being sent along with them.
In short, the middle class of this country, our historic backbone and our best hope for a strong society in the future, is losing its place at the table. Our workers know this, through painful experience. Our white-collar professionals are beginning to understand it, as their jobs start disappearing also. And they expect, rightly, that in this age of globalization, their government has a duty to insist that their concerns be dealt with fairly in the international marketplace.
In the early days of our republic, President Andrew Jackson established an important principle of American-style democracy - that we should measure the health of our society not at its apex, but at its base. Not with the numbers that come out of Wall Street, but with the living conditions that exist on Main Street. We must recapture that spirit today.
And under the leadership of the new Democratic Congress, we are on our way to doing so. The House just passed a minimum wage increase, the first in ten years, and the Senate will soon follow. We've introduced a broad legislative package designed to regain the trust of the American people. We've established a tone of cooperation and consensus that extends beyond party lines. We're working to get the right things done, for the right people and for the right reasons.
With respect to foreign policy, this country has patiently endured a mismanaged war for nearly four years. Many, including myself, warned even before the war began that it was unnecessary, that it would take our energy and attention away from the larger war against terrorism, and that invading and occupying Iraq would leave us strategically vulnerable in the most violent and turbulent corner of the world.
I want to share with all of you a picture that I have carried with me for more than 50 years. This is my father, when he was a young Air Force captain, flying cargo planes during the Berlin Airlift. He sent us the picture from Germany, as we waited for him, back here at home. When I was a small boy, I used to take the picture to bed with me every night, because for more than three years my father was deployed, unable to live with us full-time, serving overseas or in bases where there was no family housing. I still keep it, to remind me of the sacrifices that my mother and others had to make, over and over again, as my father gladly served our country. I was proud to follow in his footsteps, serving as a Marine in Vietnam. My brother did as well, serving as a Marine helicopter pilot. My son has joined the tradition, now serving as an infantry Marine in Iraq.
Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues - those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death - we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm's way.
We owed them our loyalty, as Americans, and we gave it. But they owed us - sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it.
The President took us into this war recklessly. He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the chief of staff of the army, two former commanding generals of the Central Command, whose jurisdiction includes Iraq, the director of operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many, many others with great integrity and long experience in national security affairs. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable - and predicted - disarray that has followed.
The war's costs to our nation have been staggering.
Financially.
The damage to our reputation around the world.
The lost opportunities to defeat the forces of international terrorism.
And especially the precious blood of our citizens who have stepped forward to serve.
The majority of the nation no longer supports the way this war is being fought; nor does the majority of our military. We need a new direction. Not one step back from the war against international terrorism. Not a precipitous withdrawal that ignores the possibility of further chaos. But an immediate shift toward strong regionally-based diplomacy, a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq's cities, and a formula that will in short order allow our combat forces to leave Iraq.
On both of these vital issues, our economy and our national security, it falls upon those of us in elected office to take action.
Regarding the economic imbalance in our country, I am reminded of the situation President Theodore Roosevelt faced in the early days of the 20th century. America was then, as now, drifting apart along class lines. The so-called robber barons were unapologetically raking in a huge percentage of the national wealth. The dispossessed workers at the bottom were threatening revolt.
Roosevelt spoke strongly against these divisions. He told his fellow Republicans that they must set themselves "as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other." And he did something about it.
As I look at Iraq, I recall the words of former general and soon-to-be President Dwight Eisenhower during the dark days of the Korean War, which had fallen into a bloody stalemate. "When comes the end?" asked the General who had commanded our forces in Europe during World War Two. And as soon as he became President, he brought the Korean War to an end.
These Presidents took the right kind of action, for the benefit of the American people and for the health of our relations around the world.
Tonight we are calling on this President to take similar action, in both areas. If he does, we will join him. If he does not, we will be showing him the way.
Thank you for listening. And God bless America.
Maggie's Farm Rage Against the Machine cover
Good evening.
I'm Senator Jim Webb, from Virginia, where this year we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown - an event that marked the first step in the long journey that has made us the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth.
It would not be possible in this short amount of time to actually rebut the President's message, nor would it be useful. Let me simply say that we in the Democratic Party hope that this administration is serious about improving education and healthcare for all Americans, and addressing such domestic priorities as restoring the vitality of New Orleans.
Further, this is the seventh time the President has mentioned energy independence in his state of the union message, but for the first time this exchange is taking place in a Congress led by the Democratic Party. We are looking for affirmative solutions that will strengthen our nation by freeing us from our dependence on foreign oil, and spurring a wave of entrepreneurial growth in the form of alternate energy programs. We look forward to working with the President and his party to bring about these changes.
There are two areas where our respective parties have largely stood in contradiction, and I want to take a few minutes to address them tonight. The first relates to how we see the health of our economy - how we measure it, and how we ensure that its benefits are properly shared among all Americans. The second regards our foreign policy - how we might bring the war in Iraq to a proper conclusion that will also allow us to continue to fight the war against international terrorism, and to address other strategic concerns that our country faces around the world.
When one looks at the health of our economy, it's almost as if we are living in two different countries. Some say that things have never been better. The stock market is at an all-time high, and so are corporate profits. But these benefits are not being fairly shared. When I graduated from college, the average corporate CEO made 20 times what the average worker did; today, it's nearly 400 times. In other words, it takes the average worker more than a year to make the money that his or her boss makes in one day.
Wages and salaries for our workers are at all-time lows as a percentage of national wealth, even though the productivity of American workers is the highest in the world. Medical costs have skyrocketed. College tuition rates are off the charts. Our manufacturing base is being dismantled and sent overseas. Good American jobs are being sent along with them.
In short, the middle class of this country, our historic backbone and our best hope for a strong society in the future, is losing its place at the table. Our workers know this, through painful experience. Our white-collar professionals are beginning to understand it, as their jobs start disappearing also. And they expect, rightly, that in this age of globalization, their government has a duty to insist that their concerns be dealt with fairly in the international marketplace.
In the early days of our republic, President Andrew Jackson established an important principle of American-style democracy - that we should measure the health of our society not at its apex, but at its base. Not with the numbers that come out of Wall Street, but with the living conditions that exist on Main Street. We must recapture that spirit today.
And under the leadership of the new Democratic Congress, we are on our way to doing so. The House just passed a minimum wage increase, the first in ten years, and the Senate will soon follow. We've introduced a broad legislative package designed to regain the trust of the American people. We've established a tone of cooperation and consensus that extends beyond party lines. We're working to get the right things done, for the right people and for the right reasons.
With respect to foreign policy, this country has patiently endured a mismanaged war for nearly four years. Many, including myself, warned even before the war began that it was unnecessary, that it would take our energy and attention away from the larger war against terrorism, and that invading and occupying Iraq would leave us strategically vulnerable in the most violent and turbulent corner of the world.
I want to share with all of you a picture that I have carried with me for more than 50 years. This is my father, when he was a young Air Force captain, flying cargo planes during the Berlin Airlift. He sent us the picture from Germany, as we waited for him, back here at home. When I was a small boy, I used to take the picture to bed with me every night, because for more than three years my father was deployed, unable to live with us full-time, serving overseas or in bases where there was no family housing. I still keep it, to remind me of the sacrifices that my mother and others had to make, over and over again, as my father gladly served our country. I was proud to follow in his footsteps, serving as a Marine in Vietnam. My brother did as well, serving as a Marine helicopter pilot. My son has joined the tradition, now serving as an infantry Marine in Iraq.
Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues - those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death - we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm's way.
We owed them our loyalty, as Americans, and we gave it. But they owed us - sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it.
The President took us into this war recklessly. He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the chief of staff of the army, two former commanding generals of the Central Command, whose jurisdiction includes Iraq, the director of operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many, many others with great integrity and long experience in national security affairs. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable - and predicted - disarray that has followed.
The war's costs to our nation have been staggering.
Financially.
The damage to our reputation around the world.
The lost opportunities to defeat the forces of international terrorism.
And especially the precious blood of our citizens who have stepped forward to serve.
The majority of the nation no longer supports the way this war is being fought; nor does the majority of our military. We need a new direction. Not one step back from the war against international terrorism. Not a precipitous withdrawal that ignores the possibility of further chaos. But an immediate shift toward strong regionally-based diplomacy, a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq's cities, and a formula that will in short order allow our combat forces to leave Iraq.
On both of these vital issues, our economy and our national security, it falls upon those of us in elected office to take action.
Regarding the economic imbalance in our country, I am reminded of the situation President Theodore Roosevelt faced in the early days of the 20th century. America was then, as now, drifting apart along class lines. The so-called robber barons were unapologetically raking in a huge percentage of the national wealth. The dispossessed workers at the bottom were threatening revolt.
Roosevelt spoke strongly against these divisions. He told his fellow Republicans that they must set themselves "as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other." And he did something about it.
As I look at Iraq, I recall the words of former general and soon-to-be President Dwight Eisenhower during the dark days of the Korean War, which had fallen into a bloody stalemate. "When comes the end?" asked the General who had commanded our forces in Europe during World War Two. And as soon as he became President, he brought the Korean War to an end.
These Presidents took the right kind of action, for the benefit of the American people and for the health of our relations around the world.
Tonight we are calling on this President to take similar action, in both areas. If he does, we will join him. If he does not, we will be showing him the way.
Thank you for listening. And God bless America.
Maggie's Farm Rage Against the Machine cover
1/22/07
Resolution: Build A Shrine To My Own Bad Ass
Only a 250 buy-in.
Only 90 competitors.
Only my second tournament win in 2 weeks.
Now if only I hadn't spent half the final table and then some looking, I could find the exact link to this week's Spank Bank CFO picture...
...I guess it's good I can't do it all yet.
I Fought The Law the Clash cover
Only 90 competitors.
Only my second tournament win in 2 weeks.
Now if only I hadn't spent half the final table and then some looking, I could find the exact link to this week's Spank Bank CFO picture...
...I guess it's good I can't do it all yet.
I Fought The Law the Clash cover
1/21/07
It's MORNING AGAIN On BR. Net!
At last, our national nightmare is over. What the hell, I feel generous.
Hi, Assica Biel!
The Denial Twist the White Stripes
1/20/07
Sawed Off Saturday Barometer
ALBA: Found my disk with Title TBD on it, thus allowing me to copy edit the first 3 chapters and add some stuff as well. At least it holds up; I was worried giving it some shelf life I was going to come back to it and be nauseated.
BRADY: "We Fly High". Because, that's why.
ALBA: Stephen Colbert Pwning the Big Giant Head on both ends of their home-and-home series Thursday. Hell, Thursday was just an awesome day for TV between that and the NBC comedy lineup (which in my land ends at 9:30--I need recovery time)
ALBA: With Quay back in school and it apparently kicking his ass every single day as opposed to last semester, this should open up my time to write.
BRADY: I totally ganked his working CD/radio player since he's iPoded out. I don't feel bad about the using of it, since he's not anymore; it's more of the the-wrong-brother-in-the-family-has-the-30 gig thing.
BRADY: The AFC Championship. Do I root for the chair or lethal injection? Geaux Saints Geaux.
ALBA: My birthday party in three weeks. All the major friends are in; anything after them is icing. Gravy's nice and all, but icing is much more delicious and much worse for you. Ergo, I will be using that term frequently this year to get it over and then point when someone not of my limited opportunities uses it in a mass-media forum. I'm guessing by the first day of summer.
ALBA: I had a great interview on Thursday with what turned out to be a hostel. I really hope I get this job; it's full-time and second shift in a hostel. 40 hours a week, 3Gs and then some, a bunch of hot foreign girls...besides having the slowest weekdays off fully, what's not to love?
BRADY: Selling off my DVD collection in stages because nobody's buying my digital camera or my throwbacks.
Night Ripper Girl Talk
BRADY: "We Fly High". Because, that's why.
ALBA: Stephen Colbert Pwning the Big Giant Head on both ends of their home-and-home series Thursday. Hell, Thursday was just an awesome day for TV between that and the NBC comedy lineup (which in my land ends at 9:30--I need recovery time)
ALBA: With Quay back in school and it apparently kicking his ass every single day as opposed to last semester, this should open up my time to write.
BRADY: I totally ganked his working CD/radio player since he's iPoded out. I don't feel bad about the using of it, since he's not anymore; it's more of the the-wrong-brother-in-the-family-has-the-30 gig thing.
BRADY: The AFC Championship. Do I root for the chair or lethal injection? Geaux Saints Geaux.
ALBA: My birthday party in three weeks. All the major friends are in; anything after them is icing. Gravy's nice and all, but icing is much more delicious and much worse for you. Ergo, I will be using that term frequently this year to get it over and then point when someone not of my limited opportunities uses it in a mass-media forum. I'm guessing by the first day of summer.
ALBA: I had a great interview on Thursday with what turned out to be a hostel. I really hope I get this job; it's full-time and second shift in a hostel. 40 hours a week, 3Gs and then some, a bunch of hot foreign girls...besides having the slowest weekdays off fully, what's not to love?
BRADY: Selling off my DVD collection in stages because nobody's buying my digital camera or my throwbacks.
Night Ripper Girl Talk
Radio Free Chula
PULL!:
"Steady, As She Goes" -- 13
"How To Save A Life" -- 14
"Show Me What You Got" -- 15
15. Snow (Hey Oh) ¤ Red Hot Chili Peppers (11)
14. The Sweet Escape ¤ Gwen Stefani feat. Akon (debut)
13. Make It Rain ¤ Fat Joe feat. Lil' Wayne (12)
12. This Ain't A Scene, It's A Goddamn Arms Race ¤ Fall Out Boy (debut)
11. White And Nerdy ¤ Weird Al Yankovic (4)
10. Wind It Up ¤ Gwen Stefani (9)
9. Fergalicious ¤ Fergie (10)*
8. Dashboard ¤ Modest Mouse (debut)
7. When You Were Young ¤ the Killers (6)
6. Money Maker ¤ Ludacris feat. Pharrell (3)
5. That's That ¤ Snoop Dogg feat. R.Kelly (8)*
4. Anna Molly ¤ Incubus (1)
3. Say It Right ¤ Nelly Furtado (7)*
2. Waiting On The World To Change ¤ John Mayer (2)*
1. Irreplaceable ¤ Beyonce (5) [2w]
Waiting Green Day
"Steady, As She Goes" -- 13
"How To Save A Life" -- 14
"Show Me What You Got" -- 15
15. Snow (Hey Oh) ¤ Red Hot Chili Peppers (11)
14. The Sweet Escape ¤ Gwen Stefani feat. Akon (debut)
13. Make It Rain ¤ Fat Joe feat. Lil' Wayne (12)
12. This Ain't A Scene, It's A Goddamn Arms Race ¤ Fall Out Boy (debut)
11. White And Nerdy ¤ Weird Al Yankovic (4)
10. Wind It Up ¤ Gwen Stefani (9)
9. Fergalicious ¤ Fergie (10)*
8. Dashboard ¤ Modest Mouse (debut)
7. When You Were Young ¤ the Killers (6)
6. Money Maker ¤ Ludacris feat. Pharrell (3)
5. That's That ¤ Snoop Dogg feat. R.Kelly (8)*
4. Anna Molly ¤ Incubus (1)
3. Say It Right ¤ Nelly Furtado (7)*
2. Waiting On The World To Change ¤ John Mayer (2)*
1. Irreplaceable ¤ Beyonce (5) [2w]
Waiting Green Day
1/14/07
3 Picks. Pats/Colts AGAIN. Fuck you, Jesus.
"They beat me. They're that good right now. They're that hot. I just tip my hat and call the Patriots my daddy."
Comedown Bush
1/12/07
In A Perfect World, the Charger Girls
AWWWWWWWWWWWW:
Sofia Vergara - 30
Michelle Trachtenberg - 33
Petra Nemcova - 37
Kelly Clarkson - 38
Kristin Cavallieri - 39
Anna Kournikova - 40
(40) Rebecca Romijn (return)
(39) Adriana Lima (29)
(38) Shannon Elizabeth (return)
(37) Elizabeth Hurley (36)
(36) Monica Bellucci (20)
(35) Kelly Hu (35)
(34) Lacey Chabert (return)
(33) Hayden Panettierre (new)
(32) Eva Mendes (25)
(31) Jenny McCarthy (return)
(30) Charisma Carpenter (22)
(29) Vanessa Minillo (31)
(28) Jessica Simpson (34)
(27) Mayra Veronica (27)
(26) Jaime Pressly (32)
(25) Carmen Electra (return)
(24) Esther Baxter (28)
(23) Summer Altice (24)
(22) Vida Guerra (26)
(21) Sarah Shahi (17)
(20) Kim Smith (16)
(19) Halle Berry (18)
(18) C.J. Gibson (23)*
(17) Katherine Heigl (14)
(16) Shakira (19)
(15) Derek Jeter Has Ruined Jessica Biel For The Time Being (2)
(14) Beyonce (21)
(13) Jennifer Walcott (13)
(12) Raquel Gibson (15)*
(11) Kristen Bell (10)
(10) Jennifer Love Hewitt (11)
(09) Watch It, Scarlett Johannson (8)
(08) Kate Beckinsale (12)
(07) Salma Hayek (5)
(06) Angelina Jolie (3)
(05) Marisa Miller (7)*
(04) Stacy Keibler (9)*
(03) Trish Stratus (6)
(02) Eva Longoria (4)
(01) Our Lady St. Jessica Of Perpetual Awesome Hotness (dur)
Outta Control (remix) 50 Cent. feat Mobb Deep
Sofia Vergara - 30
Michelle Trachtenberg - 33
Petra Nemcova - 37
Kelly Clarkson - 38
Kristin Cavallieri - 39
Anna Kournikova - 40
(40) Rebecca Romijn (return)
(39) Adriana Lima (29)
(38) Shannon Elizabeth (return)
(37) Elizabeth Hurley (36)
(36) Monica Bellucci (20)
(35) Kelly Hu (35)
(34) Lacey Chabert (return)
(33) Hayden Panettierre (new)
(32) Eva Mendes (25)
(31) Jenny McCarthy (return)
(30) Charisma Carpenter (22)
(29) Vanessa Minillo (31)
(28) Jessica Simpson (34)
(27) Mayra Veronica (27)
(26) Jaime Pressly (32)
(25) Carmen Electra (return)
(24) Esther Baxter (28)
(23) Summer Altice (24)
(22) Vida Guerra (26)
(21) Sarah Shahi (17)
(20) Kim Smith (16)
(19) Halle Berry (18)
(18) C.J. Gibson (23)*
(17) Katherine Heigl (14)
(16) Shakira (19)
(15) Derek Jeter Has Ruined Jessica Biel For The Time Being (2)
(14) Beyonce (21)
(13) Jennifer Walcott (13)
(12) Raquel Gibson (15)*
(11) Kristen Bell (10)
(10) Jennifer Love Hewitt (11)
(09) Watch It, Scarlett Johannson (8)
(08) Kate Beckinsale (12)
(07) Salma Hayek (5)
(06) Angelina Jolie (3)
(05) Marisa Miller (7)*
(04) Stacy Keibler (9)*
(03) Trish Stratus (6)
(02) Eva Longoria (4)
(01) Our Lady St. Jessica Of Perpetual Awesome Hotness (dur)
Outta Control (remix) 50 Cent. feat Mobb Deep
1/10/07
Validation!
I entered the same type of tournament my modem bounced me from last night. 360 entered with the hopes of advancing to Round 2, to eventually get on TV and $25,000.
Results with a functioning modem?
Here's my PBP of the final table (even 9th out of 360 would've been worth it...ish):
I doubled up a guy when he made a straight on the river as I made Kings up, Queens down. Bounce somebody to get to 2nd. Bounce somebody else. First place.
We get down to 6 and he ups himself through me again. Still in the lead until he bounces a guy.
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif.
He makes a full house to beat a straight and two pair.
THREE.
We've got about 85k each, he's got about 400k with the double homicide.
Set of fives take me to 115.
Wired 9s to get to 180.
They fold, wasting my pocket Queens. I swear to give their children lymphoma.
7s and 8s to get me to 215.
Queen-high straight. 235.
I am feeling it, Evel.
I have 75suit. 3 overcards. Don't matter--high pair. 255.
If my 6s...and the board pairs 9s...280...I feel fine...
Fold my 9s and 5s. Down to 220. He had a full damn house. GFL #5, at least. In retrospect, I have just made the most important play of the tournament. By losing.
Siphon off the small stack, 240.
6Aoff.
Flop is K.
SIX.
SIX.
Then there are 2.
272 (me) - 267 (him who has had my number twice, other than the last GFL).
Ooh.
One hand, with my KAoff.
He has fives.
Eight.
Eight.
Two.
ACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Some three hours and change later, I got myself my first-ever first place tournament finish. 359 and the Dark Horse rode past alllllll their asses!
Tell Kataneh to bring it on.
And after that we can play some poker.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Jet (this thing is sentient)
Results with a functioning modem?
Here's my PBP of the final table (even 9th out of 360 would've been worth it...ish):
I doubled up a guy when he made a straight on the river as I made Kings up, Queens down. Bounce somebody to get to 2nd. Bounce somebody else. First place.
We get down to 6 and he ups himself through me again. Still in the lead until he bounces a guy.
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif.
He makes a full house to beat a straight and two pair.
THREE.
We've got about 85k each, he's got about 400k with the double homicide.
Set of fives take me to 115.
Wired 9s to get to 180.
They fold, wasting my pocket Queens. I swear to give their children lymphoma.
7s and 8s to get me to 215.
Queen-high straight. 235.
I am feeling it, Evel.
I have 75suit. 3 overcards. Don't matter--high pair. 255.
If my 6s...and the board pairs 9s...280...I feel fine...
Fold my 9s and 5s. Down to 220. He had a full damn house. GFL #5, at least. In retrospect, I have just made the most important play of the tournament. By losing.
Siphon off the small stack, 240.
6Aoff.
Flop is K.
SIX.
SIX.
Then there are 2.
272 (me) - 267 (him who has had my number twice, other than the last GFL).
Ooh.
One hand, with my KAoff.
He has fives.
Eight.
Eight.
Two.
ACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Some three hours and change later, I got myself my first-ever first place tournament finish. 359 and the Dark Horse rode past alllllll their asses!
Tell Kataneh to bring it on.
And after that we can play some poker.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Jet (this thing is sentient)
1/8/07
Is She On The List?
Should she be, at 17? I open the floor for discussion.
CON: Not legal in the state of California.
PRO:
How To Save A Life the Fray
CON: Not legal in the state of California.
PRO:
How To Save A Life the Fray
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FUCK. Originally this was going to be a post on how my modem died right when I was making my best run at poker online ever against the most opponents, thus causing me to get blinded off and lose all my money I had earned in the previous 90 minutes. But I pressed the wrong button on the phone and it ate the original post. Of COURSE it did. New Year. Same fucking life.
1/6/07
Radio Free Chula
DROPS:
"I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - 13
15. Show Me What You Got ¤ Jay-Z (12)
14. How To Save A Life ¤ the Fray (15)
13. Steady, As She Goes ¤ the Raconteurs (8)
12. Make It Rain ¤ Lil' Wayne feat. Fat Joe (14)*
11. Snow (Hey Oh) ¤ Red Hot Chili Peppers (10)
10. Fergalicious ¤ Fergie (11)*
9. Wind It Up ¤ Gwen Stefani (6)
8. That's That ¤ Snoop Dogg feat. R.Kelly (debut)
7. Say It Right ¤ Nelly Furtado (7)*
6. When You Were Young ¤ the Killers (4)
5. Irreplaceable ¤ Beyonce (9)*
4. White And Nerdy ¤ 'Weird' Al Yankovic (5)*
3. Money Maker ¤ Ludacris feat. Pharrell (1)
2. Waiting On The World To Change ¤ John Mayer (3)*
1. Anna Molly ¤ Incubus (2) [2w]
Basket Case Green Day
"I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - 13
15. Show Me What You Got ¤ Jay-Z (12)
14. How To Save A Life ¤ the Fray (15)
13. Steady, As She Goes ¤ the Raconteurs (8)
12. Make It Rain ¤ Lil' Wayne feat. Fat Joe (14)*
11. Snow (Hey Oh) ¤ Red Hot Chili Peppers (10)
10. Fergalicious ¤ Fergie (11)*
9. Wind It Up ¤ Gwen Stefani (6)
8. That's That ¤ Snoop Dogg feat. R.Kelly (debut)
7. Say It Right ¤ Nelly Furtado (7)*
6. When You Were Young ¤ the Killers (4)
5. Irreplaceable ¤ Beyonce (9)*
4. White And Nerdy ¤ 'Weird' Al Yankovic (5)*
3. Money Maker ¤ Ludacris feat. Pharrell (1)
2. Waiting On The World To Change ¤ John Mayer (3)*
1. Anna Molly ¤ Incubus (2) [2w]
Basket Case Green Day
1/5/07
What The--That Can't Be--It's...It's...OH, MY GOD!
ALBA: In attempt to reignite normalcy while at the same time bringing new things into the mix--Friday Barometer! You'll find most of your things as you left them.
ALBA: Title TBD, which I actually have been working on the last 2 days and throwing in another couple chapters to the tune of 3,000 words. I keep thinking I can get this done by the first day of summer--whenever the fuck that is.
THE BCS: I wish my brother would stop using my washcloth. I wish I'd bought an iPod instead of him--I don't think he even has 750 songs and I've got 18 GIG.
ALBA: Night Ripper. Because, that's why.
THE BCS: I'm actually going to miss him (at $12, no less!) next weekend in LA because my Angelino connection is coming down for the weekend. As much as I love Amanda, my favorite non-traditional DJ doing a live show in which people routinely get buck to the point of almost total nudity, especially in LA--I'm missing out on something, and Jessica Marie help y'all if I ever find out just how much.
ALBA: To the left, to the left...
ALBA: The creditors who left me alone for the holidays and then stupidly believed me when I said I'd have it 2 weeks from now despite all evidence to the contrary.
ALBA: Poker After Dark. Shawn Sheikhan's a .9 Matusow, Phil Hellmuth freaks out, Annie Duke had a prop bet over her first marriage, Shana Hiatt, 2 am. If that didn't sell you, I'll throw in another plug the week Evelyn Ng's on.
THE BCS: No Vegas birthday now, obv. I don't even know what I'm going to do this year.
ALBA: I got say anything... yesterday for FIVE FREAKING BUCKS!
ALBA: My Name Is Earl, the Office, and Scrubs. It's like if I was in a four-way and the other participants were Jess, Trish, and a streaming live video to the internet that people paid $49.99 to see.
ALBA: Chargers over the Saints in 41. My parents had their fun last year, now I get mine. MVP. Bye week. Shawne Merriman ripping off Tom Brady's arm and beating him with it.
ALBA: The holiday period really gave me a surge of ideas...
THE BCS: I just don't have the time to write 6 things at once. :)
ALBA: King Ian and Queen Chrissy. All hail.
ALBA: The Police reuniting annual rumor getting started early this year due to the 30th anniversary. Am I asking too much that I'd like to see the Police in my own town just once before one of them passes or they try to do it GnR style? Is it?
ALBA: You know it's hard out here for a pimp...
ALBA: My last post here was kinda ludicrously awesome. I'm just saying.
I Only Want To Be With You Dusty Springfield
ALBA: Title TBD, which I actually have been working on the last 2 days and throwing in another couple chapters to the tune of 3,000 words. I keep thinking I can get this done by the first day of summer--whenever the fuck that is.
THE BCS: I wish my brother would stop using my washcloth. I wish I'd bought an iPod instead of him--I don't think he even has 750 songs and I've got 18 GIG.
ALBA: Night Ripper. Because, that's why.
THE BCS: I'm actually going to miss him (at $12, no less!) next weekend in LA because my Angelino connection is coming down for the weekend. As much as I love Amanda, my favorite non-traditional DJ doing a live show in which people routinely get buck to the point of almost total nudity, especially in LA--I'm missing out on something, and Jessica Marie help y'all if I ever find out just how much.
ALBA: To the left, to the left...
ALBA: The creditors who left me alone for the holidays and then stupidly believed me when I said I'd have it 2 weeks from now despite all evidence to the contrary.
ALBA: Poker After Dark. Shawn Sheikhan's a .9 Matusow, Phil Hellmuth freaks out, Annie Duke had a prop bet over her first marriage, Shana Hiatt, 2 am. If that didn't sell you, I'll throw in another plug the week Evelyn Ng's on.
THE BCS: No Vegas birthday now, obv. I don't even know what I'm going to do this year.
ALBA: I got say anything... yesterday for FIVE FREAKING BUCKS!
ALBA: My Name Is Earl, the Office, and Scrubs. It's like if I was in a four-way and the other participants were Jess, Trish, and a streaming live video to the internet that people paid $49.99 to see.
ALBA: Chargers over the Saints in 41. My parents had their fun last year, now I get mine. MVP. Bye week. Shawne Merriman ripping off Tom Brady's arm and beating him with it.
ALBA: The holiday period really gave me a surge of ideas...
THE BCS: I just don't have the time to write 6 things at once. :)
ALBA: King Ian and Queen Chrissy. All hail.
ALBA: The Police reuniting annual rumor getting started early this year due to the 30th anniversary. Am I asking too much that I'd like to see the Police in my own town just once before one of them passes or they try to do it GnR style? Is it?
ALBA: You know it's hard out here for a pimp...
ALBA: My last post here was kinda ludicrously awesome. I'm just saying.
I Only Want To Be With You Dusty Springfield
1/2/07
And I LOVE YOU, TOO!
Here's to football?
Fucking a-right.
A minor miracle happened yesterday. It wasn't that I did my body weight in rum and champagne and didn't wake up with a monstrous hangover (because I did). What it was was I turned on the Fiesta Bowl with 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter. What would happen next--
--would make Cal/Stanford look like the NFC playoffs.
OK drives. Lucky TD. Lucky 2. Tie game, minute left.
Boise throws a pick and OU runs it back. Game over? HA!
Boise gets up against it, one last play for the season, on fourth and fucking 18, they run a hook and ladder.
To the house.
To tie the game.
With seven seconds left.
OT.
They give up a TD on the first play, get the ball, undefeated season on the line again, and a walk-on wide receiver on 4th and 2 with their season on the line again, throws it.
SIX.
Usual teams kick the extra point and go for the 2nd OT since they get the ball last--BOISE STATE SCOFFS AT YOUR EXTRA POINT!
YES, THAT'S THE F'N STATUE OF LIBERTY!
YES, the QB handed it off BEHIND HIS BACK!
43-42~!
ANARCHY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS~~~~~!
And then the star player who scored the winning points proposed to his head cheerleader girlfriend, and they all lived happily ever after. That shit actually happened!
And then, since certain people know I never, e-e-e-e-e-eeeeeeeeever start a new year of posting without them, Jessica tests out her arm in Miami and will now start for the Dolphins. To quote Tyler Durden directly:
Pictures of Jessica Alba playing football in a bikini doesn't even sound like a real thing, it sounds like something a 14-year-old would draw in his wish book. It's just too good to be true. Her nipples are even showing for Christ’s sake. Honest to god, you would need that diamond hardness scale to measure my erection right now. I could use my penis to cut glass. There's no way this can be real. I'm sure if I looked closer I'd see a winking sun drinking a coke and Captain America's dinosaur eating bin Laden, but I don't want to ruin it. I'm so much happier in pretend world, in this fantasy world where Jessica Alba plays football in a bikini. And look, now I’m a Viking!
Oh, he's batshit insane, but it's not like he's wrong or anything.
It only took one day, but Football is having the Best Week Ever!
Let Me Clear My Throat DJ Kool
Fucking a-right.
A minor miracle happened yesterday. It wasn't that I did my body weight in rum and champagne and didn't wake up with a monstrous hangover (because I did). What it was was I turned on the Fiesta Bowl with 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter. What would happen next--
--would make Cal/Stanford look like the NFC playoffs.
OK drives. Lucky TD. Lucky 2. Tie game, minute left.
Boise throws a pick and OU runs it back. Game over? HA!
Boise gets up against it, one last play for the season, on fourth and fucking 18, they run a hook and ladder.
To the house.
To tie the game.
With seven seconds left.
OT.
They give up a TD on the first play, get the ball, undefeated season on the line again, and a walk-on wide receiver on 4th and 2 with their season on the line again, throws it.
SIX.
Usual teams kick the extra point and go for the 2nd OT since they get the ball last--BOISE STATE SCOFFS AT YOUR EXTRA POINT!
YES, THAT'S THE F'N STATUE OF LIBERTY!
YES, the QB handed it off BEHIND HIS BACK!
43-42~!
ANARCHY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS~~~~~!
And then the star player who scored the winning points proposed to his head cheerleader girlfriend, and they all lived happily ever after. That shit actually happened!
And then, since certain people know I never, e-e-e-e-e-eeeeeeeeever start a new year of posting without them, Jessica tests out her arm in Miami and will now start for the Dolphins. To quote Tyler Durden directly:
Pictures of Jessica Alba playing football in a bikini doesn't even sound like a real thing, it sounds like something a 14-year-old would draw in his wish book. It's just too good to be true. Her nipples are even showing for Christ’s sake. Honest to god, you would need that diamond hardness scale to measure my erection right now. I could use my penis to cut glass. There's no way this can be real. I'm sure if I looked closer I'd see a winking sun drinking a coke and Captain America's dinosaur eating bin Laden, but I don't want to ruin it. I'm so much happier in pretend world, in this fantasy world where Jessica Alba plays football in a bikini. And look, now I’m a Viking!
Oh, he's batshit insane, but it's not like he's wrong or anything.
It only took one day, but Football is having the Best Week Ever!
Let Me Clear My Throat DJ Kool
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