{"id":460,"date":"2005-10-29T22:18:21","date_gmt":"2005-10-30T04:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2005-10-29T22:18:21","modified_gmt":"2005-10-30T04:18:21","slug":"so-far-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"So Far So Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-body\">I played poker last night at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apl1.net\/\"  target=\"out\"><font color=\"#334477\">APL<\/font><\/a>. Brian was picking on me because I was supposed to be on an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apl1.net\/\"  target=\"out\"><font color=\"#334477\">APL<\/font><\/a> boycott. In my defense, I didn&#8217;t specify exactly how long the boycott would be. A week is long enough. So the boycott is now oficially over. Anyway, I got to the final three tables. I didn&#8217;t quite make it to the final 16, but I got pretty close. We were at $5K and $10K blinds when I got knocked out. I was pretty short-stacked with only four red chips ($20K) and I was first to act after the big blind. I had AQ off and I decided to take a chance. The troll guy (this isn&#8217;t anything derogatory; I call him that because he always brings his little troll dolls for good luck) next to me who had like $100K in chips pushed all in behind me. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/57044745\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pic\" height=\"180\" alt=\"DSC00169\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/26\/57044745_ab0e31dcfe_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That kept all the other people from playing, which was fine with me because I really didn&#8217;t want to go up against 10 other people. Since no one else called so we rolled up our cards. I find out that I&#8217;m up against ducks which makes me feel pretty good since I&#8217;ve got two overs, but guess what. The ducks held. I could not catch an ace or a queen to save me. It wasn&#8217;t too bad, though, because it already past 9:30 pm and Brian gets off work at 10:00 pm so the timing was just perfect. I caught some good hands, had some fun, lasted longer than I anticipated and then it was time to leave. I stayed up late last night to work on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/156.26.109.61\/cmbrubaker\/hw4\/\"  target=\"out\"><font color=\"#334477\">my transaction management homework for MIS 610<\/font><\/a>. It was being stubborn so I finally just gave up and went to bed. Woke up early this morning to work out. I did muscle pump and step and then played racquetball with Brian. I totally whooped his ass: 15-13 and 15-0. The weekend is off to a great start so far! Oh, and guess what. My birthday is tomorrow. Of course, I&#8217;ve already got my big ticket item for my birthday. Remember? I got my new phone early because of having won that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/\"  target=\"out\"><font color=\"#334477\">eBay<\/font><\/a> auction that I didn&#8217;t expect to win. I have a new memory stick for my phone coming in the mail, though, courtesy of Jody. I just found that out today. I should be getting that sometime this week. Thanks, Jody! Now I can have more than four songs stored in my phone. Yay! Right now I don&#8217;t really use the mp3 player function much because I only have four songs and it&#8217;s pretty boring to listen to the same four songs over and over again. That will change when my new memory stick arrives, though. Hopefully, I can get my homework done this afternoon so we can check out the Asian Festival downtown and meet my parents for dinner. And then I can play poker. Homework has to be done first, though. So anyway, it&#8217;s back to the grind for me. More fun ASP coding. 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