Our Busy Weekend
Posted on April 14, 2008 by Ching under Family, Life.
In the process of fixing up the old office, we had to get rid of a bunch of things. One of these items being my old desk.
At first our initial plan was to just donate this to Goodwill and get a tax receipt for next year. Then, I had heard from Jan that Bree and Rob were looking for a desk so we were going to just give this to them. Several days passed and we hadn’t heard anything back from them about wanting the desk. Jenni found out that I was getting rid of it and she didn’t have one in her room so she said she wanted it. So then we were going to give it to her.
We were supposed to deliver it last weekend, but then I got sick so we postponed delivery to last Saturday, April 12. We figured we were coming over to bring dad his birthday present anyway.
So we met Jan for brunch at the Good Egg to start off our day. The Good Egg is starting to grow on me. Their stuff is still a tad over priced but they make a mocha cappuccino with lots and lots of whipped cream, just the way I like it, so they place is growing on me.
Jan mentioned that the new Barnes & Noble at Bradley Fair is now open so Brian and I decided to swing by on the way home to get the desk. The place is very nice, actually. The parking isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I will save my assessment of the location for my next blog, though.
So we got home and tackled the task of moving the desk. The hutch doesn’t detach. Believe me. We tried. It was a real challenge maneuvering it out the door. Brian actually assembled the desk in the room so we didn’t have a hard time bringing it in. Getting it out was a real hassle. We had to remove the cardboard backing of the filing cabinet section just so we would have something to hang on to while lifting it. This thing was heavy, as most good quality desks are… Anyway, as we struggled to get it out of the house and on the truck and Brian and thought of how difficult it would be to get into mom and dad’s house and down the stairs to basement and into Jenni’s room. Ugh. Just the thought of it made me cringe.
As much as I didn’t want to part with a perfectly good desk and as much as I wanted to find a good home for it, Brian and I decided to just go with our original plan of donating it to Goodwill. At least, there are two guys there who will help us get it off the truck.
We still went to mom and dad’s to deliver dad’s birthday gift. We ended up staying later than we wanted because we (well, Brian didn’t really care but I did) wanted to meet Jenni’s new guy, Adam. She strategically managed an incidental meeting by accidentally thinking that Signum was performing in Derby that night rather than April 19. Lolz.
Brian said he would take me to see The Other Boleyn Girl but it was no longer playing at the Warren. We ended up coming home and watching Sweeney Todd instead. That is a weird movie. Very bloody and very weird.
Yesterday we met the Brubakers for brunch at Legends at the Hilton. I will write more about that next time. I will post pictures too so don’t forget to come back.
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Guns, Guns, Guns
Posted on April 14, 2008 by Ching under Sponsored Post.
When I came across this Blackhawk Holster, it made me think of dad and his new “home security” system. He bought a Beretta Cx4 Storm Carbine a few weeks ago, but he really wanted a pistol like a 9 mm Beretta. Dad is starting to get into guns and the Carbine is the first in a collection that is sure to grow.
Brian’s dad is actually into guns, too. He is a true gun collector. He owns several, ranging from pistols to basic shotguns to antique rifles. I think he has one of these holsters, actually. Brian said he bought something very similar a couple of years ago. Anyway, the picture made me think of it.
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Interview on PokerPlasm.com
Posted on April 12, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Poker.
Daddy turned 53 yesterday, April 11. It also happens to be the same day that my interview was posted on PokerPlasm.com. Check it out.
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Eight-Way Chop
Posted on April 5, 2008 by Ching under Poker.
I got to participate in an eight-way chop tonight, for the first time ever. Usually, the chop happens right after I get knocked out. I’ll walk away barely breaking even, while everyone else gets the big bucks.
I wasn’t even going to play today. I laid in bed until about 3:00 pm. Brian asked if I wanted to go play poker. I didn’t really feel good so I said no. I told him I just wanted to stay home and stay in bed. He asked if I cared if he went to poker by himself. I told him, that I didn’t mind at all. It’s a $1500 prize pool. One of us has to represent at least.
He came back with a bagel and tomato soup for himself. I got to thinking, I’m really craving pho. We stopped by mom and dad’s yesterday after the doctor (our doctor is in Derby) and they were telling us about eating pho at Kim Huong. The more I thought about pho, the more I thought of how boring it will be to stay at home while Brian is out playing poker.
So I changed my mind. I talked him into taking me to Kim Huong for pho before poker. That got food in my belly so I could take my second antibiotic capsule for the day. I took a teaspoon of that prometh vc with codeine also. Good stuff. The pho, specially. It’s the Vietnamese counterpart of chicken and noodle soup. Whenever it’s rainy or snowy out, or whenever I’m sick, that’s the stuff I crave. I get the #18 (rare steak) with no onions. None of that mystery meat and meatball stuff. I squeeze the lemons in it, add some of the minty leaves, and drop a couple of handfuls of bean sprouts and I’m good.
I played really tight tonight. Tighter than usual. Must be the codeine. Who knows? I laid down several winners. I laid down queen-jack several times. Ace-queen suited even. King-jack, pocket tens, pocket nines… I was laying down some really good hands. I was playing so tight, it was sick (pun intended).
Brian got knocked out right before we dropped to two tables. I always seem to get knocked out at the two-table mark. I was really careful not to end up as bubble girl this time. It paid off. I made it to the final table. I maybe had $80k in chips. I had the second shortest stack. It was such a relief to get an eight-way chop.
Brian and I went in with $20 ($10 chair rental for each of us) and left with $175 (after $100 lopped off the top for Brent, our tournament director for the evening). Not too shabby for about four hours of play and being low stack at that. I’m figuring that’s a little over $40 per hour. I wish every night of poker were this lucrative for me.
Anyway, it was a good deal for everyone because third place only paid out $150 (most of the $1500 prize pool went to first and second place, with first place paying out $750). So when you think about it, you must outlast six other players just get more than $150 — $175 per person doesn’t really look too bad.
I told Brian, I’m really glad I decided to come out because I almost stayed home tonight. Now I have money to buy my graduation regalia and then some. Woo hoo!
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Brian Took Me to the Doctor Today
Posted on April 4, 2008 by Ching under Life.
Brian took me to the doctor today. I could have gone myself, except he took my car and I don’t have keys to the truck. I think subconsciously he wanted to take me to the doctor no matter what, which is why he chose to take Bebot to work today.
Ever since he started working for Viega and we have been carpooling, I haven’t had reason to drive. The only time I’ve driven is when I had to go to the dentist that one day. I have really enjoyed not having to drive. Besides that, I’ve really enjoyed not having to walk to the P1 parking garage. Yuck. I’m so glad Brian works downtown now.
Anyway, we were in the Corvette room today. I don’t think I have ever been in there. If I have, I don’t remember. Brian says that it is his favorite room. I took a bunch of pictures (check my Flickr photostream).
Doc gave me an antibiotic (capsules) and prometh vc with codeine (liquid). Jennifer Cannady said she took the same liquid stuff when she was sick and it was good. I looked forward to taking it and feeling better. It doesn’t taste as bad as it smells, actually. It doesn’t work as well as I thought it would. Maybe I’m just not taking enough?
The crappiest part of being sick is that every time I cough a little bit of pee comes out. Brian offered to get me some Depends to help with that problem. He said he would wear it too if it would make me feel better. Now, that’s love.
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