2010 Life/Poker Goals

Damn it has been a long time since I have been in the mood to blog.

First for those who did not know I am officially re-enrolled at Mount Union College (or University now I suppose) and will be graduating in December with my degree in Marketing and Psychology. Getting accepted back was one of the best things I ever experienced.

Taking this last year off was tough for the simple fact that my best friends all graduated in the spring. Not being able to walk down the aisle and receive my diploma with those people is one of the few things I have regretted to this point in my life. Taking this time off though has allowed to me focus on what I am really looking for myself in my future and I have really grown a lot as a person therefore its hard for me to have called this year a total failure.

Anyways onto the goals:

Make the Deans List both of my last semesters (I have a 2.0 cumulative gpa to date)
Miss less than 10 classes each semester (compared to the 50 or so I missed the last semester)
Add 6-8" to my vertical so I can dunk
Cut down on my fastfood intake

Poker Goals for 2010:
Beat the $16 18 person turbos on Pokerstars with an 8% ROI
Win 5 Tournaments with fields of at least 500
Dont break my Bankroll Management
Bankroll of $2000
Dont withdraw money (this will be the hardest part for me and I probably will if I have any significant cashes in my 5 tournament wins)

Havent updated in awhile..

but I just finished reading my new favorite book. Escape From Bellevue is about Chris Campion the lead singer of the Knockout Drops. Its basically a memoir of his life and his struggles of alcoholism and coke problems. He loses everything from his faith in God to his family because of this and also loses his love for music at one point calling it a "griding chore".

I would definitely recommend this book because it was one of those 'page turners' as I like to call them.

Haven't been playing to much poker as of late but I'm gonna be getting back to the grind here shortly.. I recently deposited back onto AP (a site in which I have had many positive experiences (like my first MTT win and many heaters there after) with but couldn't handle playing on a cheating site). I haven't played much on there but I am up about $20 thus far and already FT'd a MTT. Plus 30% rakeback is super legit.

August has been good to me thus far the weather has been nice and my tips are finally getting back to what I had been accustomed to during my first 2 summers at the Old Firehouse Winery.

September is always a good month for me because the second weekend all the guys on my Dads side go up to the Allegheny Mountains rent a cabin, get a keg and cook a hearty tenderloin. The amount of booze and gambling going on creates for a great weekend. The best part besides food and beer (obviously) is the casino is 10 minutes down the road. I played in there Saturday morning tournament last year and split heads up for roughly $800. The card room is small but the dealers and staff were the friendliest people I have experienced in my live experiences thus far.

With Browns season right around the corner Im not expecting much I would like to think we could pull out 6 wins but the QB play in the first game was awful so Ill go with 4 wins at best and probably end up 3-13. I would not be surprised if either of these QBs are on the team next year. I could see the Browns drafting Bradford with the 1st pick already.

Shaq is a Cav!

Welcome Shaq lets get a ring!

My Thoughts on Lebron Walking Off the Court

If some of you are still living under rocks LeBron walked off the court after the Magic clinched the East. I have no problem whatsoever with this.

He was quoted as saying he hates losing and why congratulate someone who just whooped your behind. I am all for sportsmanship during the game. Helping a player up after a foul, picking up a bat after a batter gets knocked on his ass etc. However in this case I think LeBron's attitude is perfect. I can guarantee you he went to the gym the next day and only had one goal how can I make myself better and my teammates better. IMO every athlete should have this attitude.

So LeBron hats off to you and keep doing what you do!

Go Cleveland

Mass Effect & Mass Effect 2

Currently I have been spending about every waking moment playing Mass Effect. What a game IMO.. I know it has been out over a year now and Ive had it for about half that time but sheesh I just finished it and damn. I really want the 2nd one to come out now. I have been doing some brief readings about Mass Effect 2 and let me just say I think it might be one of THE TOP GAMES Xbox has ever put out.

If you have not played the first one get off your ass and rent the damn game. YOU will get hooked!

Happy Mothers Day!

This is my video we put on my Moms Digital Picture Frame we bought her for Mothers Day!

My Annual Big Summer Purchase

Just finished ordering a Sony Flip from OfficeMax and it should be here shortly.

Ive been wanting to make some short movies/take pictures for quite awhile now and now Ill have the capabilities to do that!