Friday, February 8, 2013

BLOW UP ALL THE SELF CHECKOUT THINGYS!! -- THEY'RE EVIL!!!!



Few things in life gets me steaming, tilting, pissed, or angry, but this damn thing does:



Yes, the SELF CHECKOUT KIOSK, seen in every grocery store, every Wal Mart, every Target, even every Home Depot in American (Question about that...what if you just want to buy a sheet of wood, do you use the self checkout line??"

I guess the purpose of these damn things, theoretically, is to make checking out of your favorite store quicker, efficiently, and smoothly. I'm gonna tell you from personal experience...IT DOESN'T DO ANY OF THESE THINGS!! In fact, I think these evils things (probably from Satan himself), takes longer and are sublimatlly  designed to piss people off..

First of all, you walk up to one of these things, and nothing seems to scan right away. I find myself swiping the same frozen pizza 4 or 5 times before it registers the price...Then, if you don't bag it right away...it won't let you continue to scan your other groceries until it's bag..C'mon I just placed my crate of bottled water back in my cart...WHY DO I HAVE TO BAG IT?? WAIT A MINUTE, I CAN'T BAG IT...IT'S A CRATE OF BOTTLED WATER!!!

Okay, then I'm buying a bunch of apples. Again, I have to scavenger through the many different types of apples: Washington, Japanese, Green, Fiji, Red...WTF....I just want to buy apples without worrying if I pressed the right pictures (and yes, I do the difference between a Japanese and Fiji Apple..of at least I think I do), then I'm worrying about if I'm paying too much....Damn....can I just get a picture of a red, ripe apple and be done with it??

Sometimes, I have just have 3 items, but of course, the 1st item won't scan for the 10th times, so I press the "CALL ATTENDANT" and of course, you waiting another 3 or 4 minutes for the attendant you help you because their busy helping the other 2 people who CAN'T SCAN their READY-MADE CHOCOLATE CAKE!! If you want to see 3 angry, annoyed, and irritated people at once, just watch when 3 people looking clueless in front of their Self Checkout Machines, trying to get the attention of the "ATTENDANT" 

Alright, that's enough ranting about these things! My solution: let's take all these self Checkout thingys, pile them up, pour gasoline, and BURN THEM ALL!! 


BURN THEM ALL, I SAY!!!!!

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

I HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS....WHAT A ____!!!



I absolutely believe that there's more good than bad in people....

In the industry I work in, you see a lot of bad in the people. Most of the time, I believe people who get angry at the poker table are not showing the true barometer of character they really are. One-outers, bad calls by their opponents, and horrible river cards leads to "out of character" reaction like snapping at the player or worst, at their dealer. I usually shrug it off and give them the benefit of the doubt and in most cases, you ultimately see the good in people....

But sometimes, you meet someone who's just a bad person...and you can tell...

So, I'm dealing the typical $1-$2 game, full of tourists, locals, funny-loving people who don't care whether they win or lose. But there was this one guy who brought a lot of tension to the table...Forget the fact, he was playing and raising every-hand, and losing every hand....dumping about $1,000 bucks in the 30 minutes I dealt, but it was the way he interacted with the players that showed he had a deep character flaw. Here's some examples:

After losing yet another gigantic pot, he pulled out his load of hundreds, peeled off yet another buy in and said to everyone at the table, "I have millions and millions, so this doesn't mean anything." First of all, when you tell people, unsolicited, that you have money, if shows the true character of a man. I believe it shows insecurities because you're trying to make yourself look good, but making others look bad...Not a charater train that I, or any sane person really wants.

Again, after losing another pot, whenever someone tries to make small talk, he's responses was always, "I don't care what you think! You hear me, I don't care what you think" I just hate it when people put up their nose at you like your high-and mighty....

I felt very uncomfortable dealing to his guy because I had absolutely no respect for this person as a man, and you could feel the absolutely uneasiness hovering over the table

But on the flip slide, like I said, he dumped a lot of money in this game, so no one wanted to leave which leaves me with this saying...




 That folks, in a nutshell, is how it works....




Monday, February 4, 2013

PREPARING MYSELF

I love poker....

I love everything about poker

I think poker is the greatest game ever invented....

So why have I only played poker 3 times in the past 4 months?? (2 Tournaments at Ballys, one of which I won, and 1 cash-game session at Venetian)

Last Spring/Summer, I played a lot of cash game poker....and did very well..almost to the point where my confidence was matching my results...I was sky high...then came the World Series of Poker, and I was working 40 hours a week. Yes, I was happy with the busy time, but it got to the point where I would spend 8 hours a day in the casino that on my days off, I didn't want to step foot in a casino. I got burnt out from being around poker all day, all week, and month long.

The main reason I stayed away from playing poker was my wife wasn't working for a few months, so I didn't feel justified to spend our extra money on poker when my wife wasn't working. It became the responsibility of a father and provider to put my family before my personal interests...Yes, I was dissappointed that I couldn't play as much poker as I wanted, but I knew I had to be responsible..Of course with the holidays, we had to save every penny so my family could have a great Christmas...I put a lot of stress on myself to make sure my family was provided and thankfully our Christmas was one of the best ever.

However.....

.....,.getting back into poker was always in the back of my mind....While I was dealing I kept my mind "Poker Sharp" I continue to play hands in my mind as if I was in the hand myself...I continue to take theory and strategies with different people.

Poker is something I'm pretty damn good at..yes..I do pat myself in the back....So I'm preparing myself to get back into playing more poker....I've re-read lot of my poker books. I especially concentrated on my favorite cash game book:



As I'm dealing now, the concepts and theories have been embedded in my mind. Whenever a player makes a particular play, I try to understand what they're trying to do...I see my mind getting stronger and stronger...but I know I need to play live hands...

So preparing myself to get back into the grind is where I'm at....Look out when I'm ready to attack to tables, cause I've been ready...