Check it out, a folded over chef's knife, Shun

And the streak is finally over!

0 for 12 for placing in the money in poker tournies is broken.

Lucky number 13.

I have to say this is the worse poker i've played in the past 2 months.

Found the coffee table I want... now I just need to find a cheap knockoff of it. Coffee Table

That's about the only thing I've decided on for furniture.

I was thinking of getting this sofa bed for the living room, Ikea

crap, my sennheisers are officially broken. PXC-250 . They still work for playing music but the noise reduction doesn't work anymore. Sigh.

That's what I get for buying it off Ebay and thus no warranty.

The Google monster just doesn't stop

Moon

Oh yeah, I finished the 6th Harry Potter book last night.

I found this book to be better then the 5th, but the author borrows lots of themes from other stories.

As I was reading it, the orginal star wars came to mind, as did Batman/Superman/Spiderman.

Not to spoil anything but I will rant, for those who know what I'm talking about when I refer to the Batman/Superman/Spiderman theme, I just wish they would deal with it the other way consequences be damned.

I mean, it seems so easy to take the "noble" route but I would like to see them get creative and not take the "noble" route. It seems more human that way, and I always thought there would be synergies involved instead of it being a crutch.

Bah, anyways, I'll just have to wait another 2/3/4/5 more years for the next one.

The draft lottery is today, and it will be televised.

The funny thing is, only the results are televised... sounds fishy....

I mean if it is truly random, why not show the lottery balls coming out? It would add more drama to it.

Anyways, I'm sure it is random but in the back of my mind I'm thinking it'll be rigged so that it'll benefit the NHL and their PR.

Here's some info to the draft lottery TSN



And for the geeks out there, Google vs. Microsoft

Not sure why, but I'm rooting for google, I guess google has better brainwashing ability then Microsoft.


And is this the future of our world? New York Subway

It's a sad thing to see but this is what it has come to. Before, when one country attacked another, they would attack back, until they negotiated or was destroyed. Of course those were dark dark days, and I will never forget the documentaries we saw in school about the nuclear bombing of Japan and how it affected the regular people there. I'm not yearning for the days of the old, but it was so much easier when things were out in the open and we knew who our enemies were.

I think I will go through with the purchase of the chocolate condo Chocolate mmm

I have the 7th floor, 5th suite with the lovely view of the 2 churches.

It'll be tight over the next few years... sucks being single income owning property.

Head's better,
doc said to take Advil...

I wonder if I suffered some brain damage....

Hit head
Head hurts

Day 2 of head pain....

Found a condo at Chocolate,

205k for 793 sq. ft. I put a hold on it (3 days), I'm still debating it, as 200k is a lot of only 1 bedroom.

Talked to a realtor and he mentioned that it's better to not get new because of several reasons. No GST (have to pay 4.5% GST on new condos), you'll get to see exactly how it looks like, among other things.

Still debating......

hmm, condo shopping,

possible places,

Acqua
Bella Lusso
Pontefino

And if I was rich, then,

Five West

Woot! Hockey will be back this fall!

TSN

Some more Mad Cow news Mad Cow

An interesting point was brought up about how canadian and us cattle have crossbreeded so much now that both countries are equally suspectible to mad cow.

Only 5 more days until HP 6...

It'll be a sleepless saturday, and if the sizes of the books continues it trend, it could be a long night reading.

HP 6

Well finally, Border re-open?

This was just blatant, the only ones making money throughout this whole cattle crisis were the ones that appealed the re-opening of the border. And now that the US is possibly losing their own slaughter houses due to lack of cattle, they now want the border re-opened.

Funny how $$$ changes everything. I hope this is not too late for our own ranchers in Canada.

I wonder what Bush could be thinking...

NASA

Bah, disaster of a poker week.

Didn't place in 12 Sit & Go tournaments. Sit & Go tournies are my bread and butter.

Was on fire with $0.10/$0.25 Pot Limit Omaha, but I guess the law of averages caught up to me and I'm only up $22 (Was up $70), but factor in the $70 Sit & Go tournies.... and I'm in the red.

I perplexed as to why I'm playing tournies so badly, it's not even that I got bad beats, I'm playing very poorly.

I'll probably need to re-read some tourney books and take a month off tournies.

Low Limit Pot Limit Omaha is a funny thing. (I condider $1/$2 Pot Limit high) First, you get a lot of people calling with nothing, and I mean nothing, not even a pair. And for those unfamiliar with Omaha, you get 4 hole cards instead of the usual 2 in Hold'em. And these guys aren't even calling on a draw. (A draw meaning he can make a 5 card hand like a straight or a flush).

That's where I made all my money, on these people calling with nothing.

Then there are the chasers, where they will chase until they're out of money. Nevermind pot odds, or whatever, just chase chase chase. Early on, all the chasers missed their hands.... but today... oh man... I think they hit everything... Gut Shot straights, flush draws, getting a full house when they have trips...

But that's where the law of averages comes in, if they have a 1/3 chance to hit their flush... and they haven't done it to me in 5 tries... it is bound to happen. But nevertheless, with my poor performance in tournies, I cashed out down $50USD odd dollars and minimize the damage finacially and mentally.

Top graph is Sit & Go tournies, bottom graph is Side games.

That's funny and sad at the same time

No Dog to lead the way

Apparently we're getting bigger as a country Canadians Are Bigger then Ever

And hmmm Wireless Stealing

That brings up a question, if people don't secure their wireless networks, can they still charge people for stealing their connections?

When will it end?

Talking with a co-worker about the greatest movies of all time.

So I thought I come up with my list. I'm not a avid movie watcher, so there will be a lot "great" movies that I may miss. Also, my list doesn't include anything before the 90's. I haven't watched any of the old classics except for those old christmas movies they show on christmas.

1) Leon, The Professional
2) Kill Bill
3) Pulp Fiction

and then in no particular order.

Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Boondock Saints
Fifth Element
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator

If only I had more $$$ Sigh

In case you haven't heard Nasa Deep Impact They said it was a mathematical hole in one in hitting that comet.

Just got my Bloc Party's Silent Alarm and The Bloc Party EP

The Silent Alarm album I originally downloaded, but I got the CD, that's how much I like it.

The EP has a remix of their single Banquet, which I like better then the original. Go Figure.

I also got an old Single of Radiohead's No Surprises, it had a song I never heard before, "How I made my millions". It's a decent B-Side Song. I wish Radiohead would release an compilations of all their B-sides.

For the poker players out there
Something you should never do

k, i'm only a house player and I will use many tricks to win, but that is pushing it too far. If you piss off one of the best and well liked poker players in the world... You're going to be in a world of hurt when you play other pros again.

Barry has a new book coming out Ace on the River: an Advanced Poker Guide I believe he is taking a lost on publishing this book.

This is a poker player that donates a lot of his winnings to charities. They call him the Robin Hood of Poker.

Well, that was an interesting week.

Early in the week we finally found that we're not being outsourced to either IBM or Atos, we're staying as Schlumberger SLB employees. Joyous news for us since we've been waiting for this decision for over 4 years now.

Later in the week I got my Grade back fro Astronomy 205, A, yay. My 2nd A ever, sadly it had to come in a class where almost everybody I know have A's in it.

Went shopping on the weekend for misc. summer clothes. Found some good deals, like $15 polos at Gap. The whole mall was having their canada day sale. Chinook also has a new store, it's the first one in Western Canada, Williams-sonoma It was nice to browse everything they had but it is a high end store.

Caught this stupid reality show on the weekend called beauty and the geek. Beauty and the Geek
It was interesting to see how clueless the guys can be when it comes anything but geek stuff. One of the tasks the guys had to do was to buy 3 things for their partners (Swimwear, casual wear and evening wear). One guy brought everything 2 sizes too big.... poor girl. And some of the choice of colors... were interesting to say the least.