Well, once again, I’m a day late on my weekly recap. I was just feeling uber-lazy over the weekend, and didn’t get around to writing. This was the last weekend until June that I don’t have either poker or baseball as a commitment. So I did pretty much nothing all weekend. Watched TV, played on the internet, sat in the hot tub, blew bubbles, anything at all that would qualify as lazy-day fun, I did it. Because now I don’t get another one of those days for a few months. Hopefully it won’t put too much of a crimp in my blogging, which I have come to enjoy. Especially now that I’ve opened it up somewhat to friends and family. Hello readers. Hopefully you’re not bored of me yet.
Baseball is slowly, frustratingly, achingly, coming along at a snail’s pace. Pitchers are starting to look fairly good, and I think we will throw enough strikes to actually get things in play. Unfortunately, our defense is so bad that it’s a coin flip on whether or not they will field a grounder, and another coin flip as to whether or not they’ll actually make the throw. For those of you bad at math, that means that only about 1 in 4 ground balls will turn into outs. And for those of you bad at baseball math, that means we’re going to lose a LOT more than we will win. Well, either that, or we’ll have to score enough runs to win 9-8 games. It reminds me of the scouting report years ago for my childhood friend Gabe Alvarez, who went on to be the starting third baseman for the Detroit Tigers for a couple of years. “Alvarez can still hit the leather off of the ball, but it’s the giant gaping hole in his glove that has the team concerned.” Yup, that’s our team in a nutshell.
Made cheesecakes for poker last week. Three new flavors. Mandarin Orange was fucking amazing. Did a Tart Cherry that will be better the next time I make it. Not quite cherry enough. Also did a Raspberry one for a birthday gift. Looked awesome, batter tasted awesome, and the review from the birthday girl was great. Will have to make one for myself soon, just to try it out. Might be going to a Persian New Year celebration this Saturday if I’m not completely wiped out from AIPCO Friday night. If I do, I’m doing a whole assortment of Persian themed cheesecakes for that.
AIPCO will hopefully go better for me this month than it did last month. I’m frustrated with my play right now, despite running my cash streak up to 7 weeks in a row at “The Rob”. Been very volatile online, and am just not playing my best. Especially at Absolute, where the play is so bad that I should be crushing it. But I think it is dragging my play down along with it. I’m like the Roberto Duran of poker, I play to the level of my opponents, and it is irking me a bit. I am capable of much, much more, and I need to get myself focused and hungry again. Too many lazy plays.
Have been lazy in my workout regimen lately as well. Baseball always has that effect, as I feel wiped out from that too many days. No excuses though, and will get back to a regular pace this week. Just do it.
Yes, being the giant fan-boy that I am, I had to Netflix the original Tron and watch it again. Still love it, even though the effects are pretty bad to look at now.
Finally found out that it has been yet another computer glitch that has been keeping me from getting further in the process in the TSA gig. I had accepted the conditional offer of employment, and my dashboard in their system showed that I had accepted it. However, on their end, it didn’t show me as having accepted. So now I’m in their system, and hopefully will start moving through the process again soon.
Breaking Bad comes back on next Sunday for those of you interested. Great show. Netflix the first two seasons if you haven’t watched it. One of the top 2 or 3 shows on TV right now. Bryan Cranston should win the Emmy every year. Hugh Laurie, Jon Hamm, and Michael C. Hall are great, but not even on the same level.
Have realized that I need to start carrying around a pad and paper, so that I can remember all the things that I want to put in my weekly stuff. Just little random notes about my week.
Nothing else Earth-shattering that I can think of for now. Hope to get a regular blog or two done this week for you.
I love you all. Thank you for enriching my life with your presence.
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Dude, battle lemon was EPIC. You are fabulous. Will reply to your email soon, and THANK GOD they finally (sort of) hired you! I'm living vicariously through you, and that future you told me about when I was at your place looks so close I can taste it. You know...vicariously.
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