Archive for the year 2006
Just Like Heaven
Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
show me, show me, show me
how you do that trick
“the one that makes me scream” she said
“the one that makes me laugh” she said
and threw her arms around my neck
show me how you do it,
and i promise you, i promise that
i’ll run away with you
i’ll run away with you
I watched Just Like Heaven before bed last night. Brian just fell asleep. I watched it in its entirety, though. The movie wasn’t bad. After all, how can you go wrong with Reese Witherspoon? She is adorable.
Incidentally, the movie shares its title with one of my all-time favorite songs from The Cure. Brian and I actually played it at our wedding.
But I digress.. There were some cheesy parts that the film could’ve done without. It’s not one of my favorite Reese movies.. It was no Sweet Home Alabama, that’s for sure. It was just one of those mediocre romantic comedies. It still made me cry, though. But what movie doesn’t?
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What Marriage is All About
Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ching under Life.
With our 4th anniversary coming up, I figured that I would post one of the photos we took while celebrating our 3rd anniversary last year.
When people ask me how long Brian and I have been together, they often can’t believe my response. They can’t believe that we’ve been married for almost four years and that we’ve been together for seven. One of the most common comments we receive from people is about how we still act like newlyweds after all these years. It amazes us too, considering that many of the couples who were wed about the same time we were are now all divorced.
I think the difference between us and other couples is that other couples view marriage as a source of oppression; whereas Brian and I have a more positive view of marriage.
Marriage is about having a permanent companion.. Your partner is supposed to complete you and complement you.. It is about having someone to spend time with, watching movies or just hanging around the house.. Marriage is having someone to give you massages without being paid.. Although if you expect to continue to receive massages, you have to be willing to give some too. ; )
Marriage is having someone to cheer you up when you are down… Having someone laugh at your unfunny jokes and listen to your bad beat stories.. It’s about making love without having to shave your legs first.. Marriage is about liberation and not at all about oppression. Marriage gives you the freedom to be yourself without the fear of being dumped.
Viva los pares casados!
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My Stargazer Surprise
Posted on July 12, 2006 by Ching under Life.
So I sent Brian on an errand to buy some fruits and veggies for the suggies after work yesterday. When I arrived home from work, I had my favorite flowers on my desk.
How sweet is that? Brian is truly not the most romantic person in the world (neither am I, actually) but he has his moments. This is one of those. 🙂
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Brian as a Nerdy Fan Boy
Posted on July 11, 2006 by Ching under Life.
What a happy coincidence! I’m a retard, too! Just kidding.
Brian and I went to the Loony Bin on Saturday to celebrate Misty’s 30th birthday. We had no idea Will Marfori would be the main act that night. Incidentally, Brian was wearing the shirt that we bought for him the last time we saw Will perform at the Loony Bin a few months ago. What are the chances? We had to take their photo together, naturally.
P.S. The title is an homage to those nerdy fan boys who just have to wear band shirts of the bands that they are about to watch perform in concert.
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Poker Passion and Final Table Fantasies!
Posted on July 11, 2006 by Brian under Poker.
Since my wife put a cheesy pic of me at the final table of the APL’s 7:00pm session, I feel the need to write about it.ÂÂ
I was happy that I was at the final table. I realized early on that this was going to be a different night. I was getting cards right and left. I had a great streak at my first table where I got quad 7’s followed by trip 7’s followed by trip Ace’s then we left for a 15 min break. When I returned I got another set of Ace’s and took out 2 players of which one was the chip leader at the table for a while till she decided that she had to be in my last 4 pots. On her last hand she had Ace Queen and I had pocket Ace’s, the flop was Queen, Ace, 7. The guy next to me had 10/7 off suit and went all in with his last 1000; I knew I had him beat. The other person that had been in all my other pots and lost decided to raise it to 3000, I looked at her and without blinking said I was all in with almost 20k in chips. She looked and me and said “I have to call you” she only had about 1200 in chips left. I figured if she made a miracle out of this hand then she deserved it if not then I win big time. Everyone flipped over their cards and the truth was revealed and we saw her 2 pair, the guy next to me was dead in the water and I revealed my set. Their was another guy that was to the right of me that knew what we had before we ever rolled over our cards and as we turned the cards he points to the guy to my left and says “desperate move” points to the woman and says “2 pair” and points to me and say “the set” and that’s exactly how it plaid out. The last 2 cards didn’t help anyone and I won the biggest pot of the night (to my knowledge) after that I just sat back and rode the ride for a while, then I realized that as the blinds get higher you cant ride for long cause the blinds will eat you up. So I started to make some moves but nothing too risky so I didn’t loose the chips that I had and risk missing my chance to get to the final table. After a few table bounces as we consolidated and moved closer and closer to that final table I became more and more aware of who I was going to be up against and watched their style of play. I got down to about 15k in chips at the last table before they moved us to the final table and got lucky by getting pocket aces followed by ace queen suited. It seemed that those cards were following me everywhere. I finally got my chip stack up to 45k and we got moved to the final table. I thought I was going to get lucky and grab a few hands to stay alive for a bit but I was not so lucky. The cards that fell were junk and the blinds hit 40k real quick, soon I was in the blind and I had to put all my chips in to play regardless. I didn’t look at my cards until it was all over just because I’m superstitious. The run was over and I turned my cards to see that I had actually hit nothing and was knocked out. I went out 7th and tied with another guy that was put in the same position. All in all I was lucky rather than skilled that time, but it was a good ride and it made me feel good to just make it that far. I had never really been that far in the game and now I can say with pride that I beat out 200+ other people to sit at the final table.ÂÂ
 On a side note the person that won the game for the evening was a pregnant lady that had never played poker before tonight and was using a card to tell her what hands she had. Beginners always win on their first time, next week she will be like everyone else. Hopefully I will be sitting at the final table again. My ultimate goal is to be in the first place club with my wife and friends. Currently I’m the only one that has not made it.
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