Redeem

What a scam. What are casinos exactly? They're basically like video games that if you beat the whole game, maybe you get the price you paid to play. Except way faster. So if I sit down at a blackjack table, the dealer's like "No, you didn't beat it. Okay try again? Nope, not this time either. Oh! You did really well this time! Damn, looks like I did better."

This "adult" entertainment is just like a less fun, more expensive version of the arcade. Who was the first person that learned to manipulate people so well? Probably the ancestor of Donald Trump or something. Cause I tell you what, even a crap casino like the one in Council Bluffs has gotta pull in several hundred thousand at least every night. Just get some money to start a casino and you're set. $5 Blackjack tables are like giving out free samples of heroine. What a funny species we are.

Renaissance Soul

I think this article is talking about me. I especially reverberate with the part about being jealous of people that have only on passion. I think I can jump into things and be really into them for just a bit, and then I quickly move on to something else.

The trick is just to make whatever I'm doing productive and creative. It seems like Leonardo DaVinci might have been this kind of person - painting, anatomy, inventing. I need to be independently wealthy so I can pursue whatever I want whenever I want.

Some Pikchores (including the drums)

The professor's SO into the drums. Or maybe just his can of tuna.



Barragan is thoroughly unimpressed, and perhaps ready to vomit.
Hammer (who was my roommate while I was in Texas)...was inspired by the drums to play cards. Okay, it's just from a poker night. And so is the one of Barragan.After just playing them tonight I can tell I eventually want to upgrade the toms to all be mesh heads like the snare is. Cause for all the toms, depending on the "kit" you're using, the head has a sound, and the rim has another, but with those rubber toms it seems really hard to be precise on hitting the rims. Otherwise it's the bomb diggity. Any drummers have any pointers on setting it up? I messed with it for a while and this felt the best to me so far.

Bling

I can't win a game of poker to save my life these days.

The V-Day

Happy Valentine's Day. I think some guys are gonna come over and we're maybe gonna play poker...in our underwear of course, in homage to valentines day.

Snow me the Money (A Pun)

Here are some snow pictures and some other random stuff


This is walking into my apartment building, yes I know my finger's in the shot, but I didnt' want to go out and do it again, it's cold.

And one of me outside...not looking too good, but still, you can see the snow. Wow I'm white.


And the view from my living room window...very dirty window.
The next one is my dishwasher that hooks up to the sink. So pretty awesome.

Poker Night

Here are some pictures of poker night at my house. I broke even, won one game and lost 2.High stakes: those chips there represent 3 million dollars.These are "the playas." The one on the right with the big guns is Kyle "Black T-Shirt" Wilson. The one in the back that appears to be vomitting into a bag is Colin "Can't Hold the Liquor" Sheffield. And the one on the left is Allen "Heavily Damaged Retinas" Barragan.
That's Jon Roe. He was the bouncer. Everyone calls him J-Bone (no they don't).
And that's me, cause I was there too.