Going to Atlanta

Yesterday I finished my second week of classes. Things are going pretty smoothly. I'm starting to get the feel for it again and am having a good time. The only part that sucks is I have to park in this sort of far away parking lot and catch the U of Alabama's transit system. That means I have to leave my house earlier than I'd like. Whatever. Maybe the most interesting of my classes is American Literature. We've been kind of analyzing poetry in that class the last couple of days, which is actually pretty damn interesting stuff.

Other than that, Zack and I have been going to the gym a lot. We went all 4 days Monday through Thursday. We lifted, ran, and sat in the steamroom. I've quickly dropped back down to about 204 lbs and have realistic hopes of being at like 190 pretty soon. Now that we've gotten through 2 weeks of fitness, I think that I can keep it up. This is one of the big steps I'm taking in self-improvement. This is a subject that's really fascinated me lately. I want to be the absolute best person I can be, and getting really healthy can only help that. While I'm really happy with a lot of the things poker has provided me, it definitely didn't allow me to be the best that I could be in life. It is sort of neat going to classes, having this drive and working towards a goal. Ok I'm rambling.

Some poker: I played online last Sunday. I booked a slight winner, as I cashed in the 100r (18th), 200r(33rd), and the 500 (77th)on Stars. For whatever reason, I've been unable to close tournaments online. A lot of it has to do with me being so damn impatient, as I said in an earlier blog. A lot of it also has to do with variance, I like to think. Obviously the money is pretty insignificant in the online MTTs except for the top 3 spots, so it hurts to come close and not get there. A couple of other things regarding poker: I am going to put my online Omaha 8 cash game freeroll back on. The other night I came home and bled a lil bit in those games, and I am clearly not a winner in those high limit short handed games. The first 10 people who find me playing Omaha 8 at 30/60 limit or up can email me and receive 1000 dollars each. I am going to put this freeroll on until the end of the 2008 calendar year. My name on Stars is basebal1b and FTP is BLUFFforRENT. That will save me from answering 50 emails :) While following the WPT Legends online, I found myself missing poker for the first time since I've been back in Alabama. Watching the videos was the hardest. Just hearing the guys talk about the circuit and watching the live hands as the players shuffled chips really made me want to be at the Bicycle playing. I guess poker's not going anywhere. Then again, the numbers are WAY down.

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