Just for the meme of it

Been a while. I'll do the meme now, but I should have a real post coming up soonish. Hopefully this will keep you occupied in the meantime. Ganked from panyang by way of delirium6969.

Pick ONE from each pair that you think describes me the best & leave it in the comments. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.

* dominant or submissive
* logical or intuitive
* social or loner
* kinky or vanilla
* cute or sophisticated
* kitten or puppy
* warm flannel sheets or sleek satin
* leader or follower
* quiet or talkative
* spontaneous or planned
* teddy bear or porcelain doll
* hiking or window shopping
* tequila or vodka
* top or bottom
* bare foot or shoes
* jeans or slacks
* tender or rough
* aware or dreamy
* nerd or geek

A new feature!

So here we are, and barring that last meme I put up there, nary a peep from me for some time now. I'd like to say I've been hard at work, burning up the green felt battlefield, but I guess that wouldn't be entirely accurate. Not that my life in the last few weeks has been exactly light on poker, but I haven't been as all-engrossed in it as you might think by my silence (or by my lack of anything better to do, really). I was also thinking how, despite it all, the content of my journal (such as it is) has been very light on poker, which is sad. Part of it is that I feel like it's pretty dry stuff to chronicle. Another part of it is that I generally come home pretty late when I'm pretty tired and not in much of a journalling mood. Yet another part of it is that it's all starting to run together. I play so many hands now, day in and day out, that things I used to think of as remarkable are sort of...well, part of the game now. Which I guess was destined to happen, but it doesn't make for me having much to talk about. It would be better if I journalled more often and picked out a few highlights here and there, so I'll try to keep an eye out for that. If I have anything like a goal involving poker and this blog, it would be that I'd post about some interesting hands and/or decisions now and then, and that tiny subset of my readers that are interested in such things can review it and we can have lots of neato discussions. Or something.

Anyway. :)

So I actually made it back to New York a couple times in the last month or so since I've posted, so that's been nice. The first one was sort of a blitz...I didn't get the chance to make the rounds or catch up with a lot of people...just stopped by Loc's for poker and spent some time with Steph (panyang). I made it back for a few days around last weekend, too, which was a little bit of a longer stay and I saw a few more people than last time (namely JJK - kthrin, kawaiiryuko, and aplacental), but I still didn't get to reach out to everyone (special apologies to lucidam; sorry I didn't get in touch!). My trips back to the City have thus far been pretty much hit-and-runs; I guess I'm still trying to figure out how to best go about this kind of thing. Life goes on. :)

I've been doing all right poker-wise. I'd be lying if I said it was all peaches and cream, but I've been holding my own well enough, and I'm definitely learning as days go by. Successfully applying what I've learned is a whole other ball of wax, but it's coming...slowly but surely. I'm still comfy with my decision to give it all up and chase cards. Ironically, the major setback I've suffered so far has been Tax Day coming and going, which is taking a giant financial bite out of me, unfortunately. Uncle Sam's piece of me aside, though, I haven't run into any glaring card-playing problems, and I'm doing much better at the number one hole in my game, which is controlling my tilt. (Number two, by the way, if you're at all interested, is slowplaying when I hit a draw on the turn and trying (and failing) to check-raise the river. It happens way too often, and every time it does, everyone at the table shakes their head, and I just feel like an asshole. C'est la vie.) I wish I had some specifics to report, which would really spice things up a bit, but like I said, it all sort of runs together. A couple weeks ago I had a very bad week; I walked away down every day, as I recall. The week after that was a very good week, which made up for the very bad week, and made me happy. This week has been fair. I've really been trying to put my nose to the grindstone, as it were, this week. It's been so-so...I haven't been giving it my all, I guess, and I called it an early day today since the table broke up and I was ahead (for once), so I decided to head home and write this LJ entry. :) Today was especially wild for some reason, though. The table I was at seemed to end up shorthanded (maybe four to six players) more often than not, which puts some people out of sorts, but I try to hang in there, mostly because I'm deadly poor at shorthanded play and I need the practice. It was nutty, though...huge fluctuations. I was caught a great run at some point, which was nice, and put me way into profit. Then I lost a large chunk of it getting rivered a lot by this one guy, who then got up and ran away with my money. Punk! But I persevered and took some chips back off some other people, so that was okay. That's how it goes.

Here...let me give something a try...
( Bobby the Worm's Poker Corner )

So there you go, a little taste of my day today. This hand was in no way representative of my day, which was actually pretty good (I hit a set with pocket sixes...twice!...and once of those times filling up). It is a little bit representative of my thought processes, though, and it is extremely representative of how a small mistake early on can easily lead to making very expensive mistakes down the road. I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into my world. :)

So there's that. And here are some web quizzes:

( Guiding life principle - please me )

Hedonist, eh? I can dig it. It's actually about right, I think, in a sort of classic Epicurean sense. I think of myself as less a seeker of pleasure in excess than in simplicity, which I think is what Epicurus was trying to get across. Though he and I do differ on thoughts about bodily pleasures, so, hey, whatever. Different strokes for different folks. Good times.

Here's the sex breakdown...
( Think unsexy thoughts...think unsexy thoughts... )

I seem to end up saying this a lot, but...come and get some, regyt!

So I think that's it for now, and isn't that quite enough. :) Peace out, everybody!