Up And Down

What a day and night! I went from content to happy, and from unlucky to lucky. All of this within an 18-hour span.

Woke up at 2:30PM. Drank some water and a pocket lemon pie. My bro told me that he went and got stuff to make hamburgers. So around 5PM, I started preparing the meat and what-not. He also mentioned that he got bacon to put on the burgers. Well, Red Robin has a burger called the "Royal Red Robin." It's a half-pound cheeseburger, but with bacon and a fried egg. Yes, a fried egg. So after all of the hamburger patties were cooked, I fried and egg and cooked the bacon. It was just like Red Robin's.

I played some online poker, and things sucked. I just didn't play up to my standards. In fact, I lost 12,000 'play' chips. In two tournaments. I had a long unlucky streak on the river. Around the time I lost the second tournament, Erik showed up with some beer and other stuff. Now, it's been nearly 4 years since I've had a full bottle of beer. But, when I'm that mad and frustrated, it seems reasonable to drink.

So we sat around in the living room drinking beer and playing Guitar Hero. For two hours. I only had one beer, but I'm glad I was able to handle it.

I decided to play one more tournament. I felt like my head was clear, and I wasn't on tilt anymore. Did a quick 6-person table, and it took 50 hands to complete. I felt bad for second place because I lucked out 2 times in a row towards the end. All in pre-flop, and I got my straight on the river. There were only 4 outs for me, from a total of 43 cards. On the next hand, #49, he had 8s over 3s and I had 6s over 3s heading to the river. Only one of the three Jacks remaining, or one of the two 6s remaining could win it for me. 5 outs from 43 cards left. I hit a 6 for the full house. On #50, I had pocket 9s, and the flop was 5-8-9. Two of those cards were diamonds, and he went all-in. I called, and he showed 3-7 of diamonds for the flush draw. I had a set. He never made his flush, so I won. I was very lucky.

But that's the way it should be. I'm lucky most of the time. It's an anomaly if I'm not. And I really can't explain why. But I've already written about that before.

I feel pretty good right now though. Things are going to turn around soon. I'm tired of waking up after 2PM and doing nothing. Well, I have a project that I've been working on. It's a way for me to learn Javascript and brush up on my CSS. My next project is going to involve this blog. I'm going to have the background change as the day goes on. Have a bright city skyline when it's daytime, and a dark picture of another city when it's late. It will change every few hours, and eash city will be different. In fact, I think I'll go with Dallas, Austin, New York, Seattle, and one other. Well, maybe just the four I named. Then I can split the day up evenly.