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Poker for Obama

The AntiDJ — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:10:04 +0000

So, in this primary race, Obama is my man. Obama isn’t quite liberal enough for me, but I think he’s far superior to Hillary Clinton. I’ve been watching the returns tonight, and I’m not exactly a big fan of what’s been going on.

Let me just say this.. fuck Cleveland man. They can have their Browns, and they can have their Clinton.

Ok, now that that is out of the way…

Since I’ve likely been disenfranchised in this primary process (I won’t be a legal resident of PA when they vote, and GA has already voted), last week I did the “vote with my dollars” thing and donated to the Obama campaign.

I feel compelled to donate again, after tonight, but I’m not exactly a rich man. I have hatched a plan, however. I wanted to get another trip to Mountaineer for some live action before I leave Pittsburgh. I’m now leaning towards a trip out on Sunday afternoon-evening, and making this a Trip with a Cause.

The idea is that I will play some great poker, and donate my winnings (if they should materialize) to the Obama campaign. I will make this public knowledge at the table. I’ll make a shirt, or card protector or something, and talk about how my winnings to go to the campaign.

The question is, do you think this will affect people’s play against me? Would an Obama sympathizer be more likely to fold to me if they have a marginal decision? Will Clinton supporters or republicans play tougher against me? Or, maybe, they’ll make less rational decisions against me, since the mere idea of what I’m doing pisses them off? Maybe it won’t affect anyone’s play at all. Will it affect my play at all?

I think it would be an interesting experiment. My time left here is limited, though, and I might not be able to swing another trip out there. If it does happen, however, you can be sure I’ll write about it here.

Man, I’m moving to Georgia in just one week. That’s pretty fucking weird.

Things.

The AntiDJ — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:35:50 +0000

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in AntiDJ land, mostly of the good sort.

Tomorrow I’m heading up to CT for an extended weekend. The original plan was to ride my pretty pretty blue friend on up to the homeland, but I decided against it. The forecast is calling for rain all week long. Now, I wouldn’t have minded rain on either the ride up or back, as that’s what rain gear is for, but it’s also just going to be rainy for the whole trip. Given I don’t have any indoor parking for the bike in CT, and it wouldn’t really be great riding weather on any of my days up there, making this a bike trip just really doesn’t make sense. I’m disappointed.

I should get a chance to see some folks though, and I’m scheduled for a trip to Foxwoods on Friday. Hopefully I can reverse my horrible trend from Vegas at the tables when I’m back in my own neck of the woods.

Also, I finally saw the Transformers movie, and it was Good. Like, as in God looking upon his creation and it was Good kind of Good.

Ok, I’m done now.

Ready to Head Back

The AntiDJ — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:28:08 +0000

I’m sitting now in one of the air-side terminals at McCarran International, waiting to catch the first leg of my flight home. I still have about 3 hours until we take off. I then have about a 3 hour layover at JFK, and will arrive back at good ol’ PIT around 9 in the AM. Not exactly my idea of a party, but hey, when the tickets are free, a little layover/overnight action is no big deal.

The trip out here to Vegas was fun. Many things went well, a couple of things did not. One of those things that didn’t go well was my flight out, but you’ve already heard about that. The other thing that didn’t go well was that whole ‘Poker Playing’ part of the trip. It’s not that I didn’t get enough time in at the tables. No, no, dear reader, the problem was the results of my many hours at the felt. There are plenty of reasons for my poor performance, but lets just say I made some mistakes here and there, and I also have a couple of crazy bad beat stories to add to my poker experiences.

Some of the neat things included getting some good food at various places, attending KA last night, and today’s trip out to the Hoover Dam. My original idea was to rent a Harley for the day (as there are 2 Harley rental places in Vegas) and ride around, with the dam being one of my two wheeled destinations. The problem with this plan though was the excessive heat that’s been hitting the area, with temperatures today reaching 115 degrees or so. I love riding and all, but riding in 115 degree weather probably wouldn’t make for a really great time. I also went through the obligatory Star Trek: The Experience attractions (they were in our hotel, after all), which were kinda cheesy but also sort of neat.

All in all it was a great trip, but I know that I’m going to be really happy to be home as soon as I get to my apartment. As for right now, I think it’s time to watch a DVD to kill some of this wait.

I hate you, Kennedy Airport

The AntiDJ — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:30:03 +0000

So it’s 1:30 AM on Monday morning, but this will be posted later, as
the most recent wordpress version’s post-writing page can’t be
properly displayed on my mobile browser.

I was supposed to be on the 9:35 PM flight out of JFK on JetBlue,
however, since my flight to JFK was stuck on the tarmac for an hour
and a half after landing, it became impossible for me to make the
connection. I landed here at about 8 PM, and will be here until the
next flight to Vegas leaves at 6:55 AM. Not exactly how I wanted the
big trip to start, but it will have to do.

My laptop battery was good for one DVD to help pass the time, but now
is almost dead. In another hour I’ll be able to check in and then
I’ll try to catch some sleep at the gate.

The good news is that if I can grab enough sleep between gate time and
on the plane, I won’t even have missed much effective vacation time.

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Update: It’s 4:10 AM now, and I’m finally past security at the JetBlue terminal. “Check In” opened at 2:55 AM, but they didn’t open the security line until 4. I’m in the free wifi area, and have an outlet charging up lappy. Shortly I’ll head over to the gate, and try that whole ‘sleeping in the airport’ thing.

Well I’ve been driving in the wrong gear, It’s been a long and lonely ride

The AntiDJ — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:50:37 +0000

So the last time I checked in, I was a little rant-y. I go back and forth about how I feel about what I wrote and having put it up here. For me, I think it was important to get some things out and let them come under some scrutiny from some of you, my dear readers. I was given some helpful feedback both public and private, so I think it was helpful. However, it doesn’t seem right to leave those words up so publicly anymore.

I guess what I would want to have out there for all to see is this: Angela and I were together for about 14 months, and it was quite a time. There were lots of great times, and also a couple of really bad patches in there, but all in all, it was good. I am glad to have spent that time with her. And while, this time around, she was the person to break it off, a couple of weeks of distance has really allowed me to see that it was right for our relationship not to continue.

I also have to acknowledge that I’m still trying to come to terms with everything, and I think it’s going to be a little while before I’m feeling completely resolved. But the main message is that this is good, it is what needed to happen, but I’m still glad to have had all of the positive experiences with Angela that I did.

All that being said, it’s clearly the time to Get the Fuck Out of Dodge. Luckily, I’ll be doing just that on Sunday. I’ll be headed off to Vegas with Alan, and I’m sure that will be a blast. And now before you leap to any conclusions, you all should know I’m not exactly ‘drug and alcohol infused bender involving strippers’ type, so there’ll be none of that. What there will be is a whole lot of time inside of the various card rooms trying to win some cash playing some solid poker. There will also be a trip or two to Quark’s Bar. Oh yes, there will definitely be some Trek-tastic experiences.

I’m sure my camera will be on hand, and you know I’m not going to be able to resist sharing some notable poker hands from the trip with you (sorry, non poker folks!), so there’s sure to be word from me while I’m there.

For even more fun, I’ll be heading to my first Buc’s game of the year tomorrow with a coworker and her friend. This is probably good for the Pirates, as they’ve never lost with me in attendance. We’ll see if the streak holds.

As for tonight, it’s Shadyhouse poker night! The crazy thing is that this is probably the last time I’ll play there as Jeremy and Lily are moving, which means our primary venue will move as well. Here’s to a good night at the table!

That’s it, kids. I need to get my bike sorted out, as I’ve decided to pedal my way around tonight… another thing I’ve been doing just too little of.