Taking Advice

So some people have said that I should space out my posts and make them better. Therefore I will try to do this with a barrage of random topics from La fitness, yes again, to driving, to anything I can think of.

I'm not sure why but LA fitness constantly has the most unusual people and is the easiest to write about. I'm guessing because there are a lot of people congregating in one place and like I said in previous posts the majority of people are stupid so it makes for easy pickings.

I see these Yoga classes and I just have to wonder what kind of guys sign up for these. I feel like these classes are made for females, no guys allowed. Anytime I see a bro standing on one foot with his hands in a teepee above his head I just instathink, tool.

I never go between the hours of 5-8 because it's a zoo. I would like to take this paragraph and devote it to the differences between the 3 LA fitnesses I've been too.

Let's start with Ft Washington. Nice layout, spacious, machines all work well, the upper level with cardio is a bit unusual but not terrible. I went there tonight at 8 and the bball courts were open to my surprise. The ratio of whites to everyone else was like 75 to 25. I would rate this gym at a 7 of 10 because even though the machines were in good condition they didn't have a few that I like and like mentioned before the cardio section is weird because you peer down on everyone else.

I usually go to Andorra. Breakdown of whites to everyone else is 50/50. The basketball courts are never open and if I happen to get in I would be 1 of 10. I can get in on weekends but that's it, forget about weekdays. This place has machines in good condtion and a lot of them I like. The cardio section is easily the best. They have rows of bikes, then treadmills, then ellipticals. When you run on a treadmill you have people behind you and it's like you are performing for an audience. This LA is 8.5 out of 10 and the one I usually go to.

Now we'll look at City line. Ratio of whites to everyone else is 40 to 60 sliding to the greater. Machines are not well kept. They are broken or creak and no one ever fixes them. The cardio section is decent but I have to try 3 or 4 treadmills to finally find one that won't break when I run on it. No bball court and the water from the fountains is warm. By far the worst one and deserves no rating. This place needs a new manager. I honestly think if they hired me I could turn it around with no experience at all. Someone in mgmt is slacking.

I have a driving pet peeve. When I was younger I was the maniac on the road. I'd constantly be switching lanes and driving too fast to get nowhere. Now when I see someone like this behind me I like to intentionally slow down to piss them off. I've come to the conclusion that even if you go faster everyone seems to get stuck by the same lights and it's just not worth it. I've been having this crazy feeling that when I'm going through green lights i'm going to get sideswiped by a car running a red light. A final note about yellow lights. Yellow lights don't mean stop. When you see a yellow light you don't hit the break, in fact I think you should hit the gas. Going through yellow lights makes you superior to all cars behind you and is a worthwhile risk. Also turning left on yellow in intersections is a must. When you are making a left and there are a ton of cars coming. you drive in the middle of the intersection and turn left when the light goes yellow and then red. No cop will stop you and you keep traffic moving.

Another crazy thought that goes through my mind when I'm driving. When it's windy out and you see traffic lights swaying in the wind, I get this feeling that that tiny little hook that keeps them from falling is going to snap and they are going to come crushing down on the hood of the car and destroying the person inside. I assure you that one fatality had to have happened this way.

I always held the opinion that Led Zeppelin wasn't very good. I heard some of there songs on the radio but never listened to their albums. So now that I have all this newly acquired music, I listened to I, II, and IV and I retract every statement I've ever made. The band is phenomenal. I'm not saying I like every song but I have a greater appreciation for their music.

Since I clearly have to tell people how to do things because people are stupid here is a simple one. When you fill up your car with gas pull through to the second pump. Stopping at the first pump doesn't let anyone behind you fill up unless they pass you inappropriately and then back up and then you would have to back up to pass them. This isn't hard to understand just pull through.

A final act of stupidity. I order a side Caesar and a bunch of other things from Wendy's. I'm not trying to be healthy I just like the side caesar. I get my food and head off. I'm not one of those people who check the contents of the bag before I drive off. I give credit to the people working there that they will get my order right (Obvious mistake but so be it). They get everything right but forget the croutons. This obviously irked me. The croutons are the best part of the salad. I feel like all places like to skimp on croutons. It's like they are becoming scarce and quantity is limited. Even if I would have realized there were no croutons before I pulled away, I still wouldn't say anything because I'm a pussy and like to avoid confrontation. Besides it increases the risk of getting special sauce on your food.

I will end this blog with a picture of hot girl because I think it will automatically make it better. The rock wouldn't appreciate me saying this but this girl is probably the hottest girl in the world and she would look perfect with a pearl necklace. 21 years old!!!! It's Julianne Hough if you've been living under a rock.

B2G and KOP

I didn't go to work on Thursday because I attended a workshop on how to bid and then sell to the Federal Gov't. I didn't really know what to expect going into it but we are looking for new methods of making money so it seemed like we may be able to fit into this category. To sum up a 2 hour workshop, they explain that first you find a bid, then you have someone quote out the product based on the supplied specs, then you outbid any other potential bidders. Formula sounds great and they gave examples of people making 15k on one deal yadda yadda. I could tell where it was all going after about 15 minutes. Towards the end they point out they only gave you a smidgen of information and to get a 3 day tutorial on how to do everything it will cost 5,000. But wait because the economy is tough they will give 1500 dollars off and it's only 3,500. So there was no way I was signing up on the spot and still probably won't sign up after giving it some thought but it was interesting none the less.

After that I decided to go to KOP mall. My wallet busted (not from having too much money in is) and my belt is coming apart plus I needed some new clothes for nicer weather. I have a 20% off card at macy's so I start there. I'm pretty particular about what I wear and what price I pay. Macy's has nice stuff no doubt but there is no way in hell I'm paying 80 bucks for a Polo. I see the 50% off rack and see a nice Lacoste type jacket. Retail is 160 and immediately I know I'm not paying these outrageous prices. So I decide I'm just going to Marshall's to buy Polo and Nautica stuff at half the price. I go in and all they have are shirts I already own or just incredibly ugly nonsense crap. I can't find the belt I want which is either a dockers or fossil where you can put the jawn through any part of the belt. My plan thwarted I went to 5 guys for a good burger and fries and bought some new kicks from foot locker because Adam wouldn't give me his.

Then I went to UD track meet to watch my brother beast a spook by outkicking him in the last 100 meters. A 4:34 mile which was pretty impressive and adding a 1st place to the belt. I don't miss high school track at all and I think it's hilarious how young these kids look compared to how old I am now. I don't know how it happened but I have gotten old.

Speaking to that subject I feel as though my skills are on the decline. I must have peaked physically somewhere in college and now I'm on a downward spiral towards mediocrity. I can't explain it but after doing physical activity I just feel aches and pains and I think I've lost a step or two. This doesn't mean I'm still not the best at pretty much everything but I'm moving closer to the regs.

I dropped 130 yesterday betting on Memphis and the whities from Duke. I started off hitting a 15 dollar parlay on xavier +7 and Uconn -7 for 38 bucks. Then I got a big head and put 130 on memphis and 45 on Duke. I'm not sure how I still fall into the trap of sports betting but tonight is another opportunity to make it back. I have problems, where's GA?

Some Randomness

Here are a couple of random things that I have to wonder about.

Washing jeans- I'm not sure what the norm is but it's obviously not after every wear. I don't think it's even after every week of wear. Now if it's the same pair of jeans i'd say you have about 5 wears, assuming no stains, before you wash. I rotate about 4 jeans in my rotation and I'm not exactly sure how often I wash them but it's been long enough that I can't pinpoint when I last did. Also after you wash them they feel all small and tight. It's takes at least a couple of wears before they feel right again.

Bellybutton crease- There's a crease along my belly button that tells me if I'm getting skinnier or fatter. If after I exercise and I get a line across my belly button it means that I'm getting in better shape than I just was. If I drink to much alcohol and I look at my body on a sunday and see a crease, it means I've had too much and will pay the punishment in pounds. I honestly think my weight fluctuates 5-10 pounds on weekends depending on how much I drink. If I throw back 30 beers in a weekend, that's 3000 calories. I don't know how much of that is pissed out but nevertheless it's a lot of dead weight.

Listerine- If you don't use mouthwash you should start because it's nasty if you don't. Brushing isn't good enough and mouthwash fights the gum disease GINGIVITIS. The topic is Listerine and seriously this stuff burns the hell out of my mouth. To keep it in there for 2 minutes and swish it around is practically torture. I think the burning just means it's working but it's still unusual for a product on the market to burn like acid and still be considered good for you.

Snickers Ad's - I know you've seen the billboards. Patrick Chewing, Master P-Nut, Sir Nutsalot. I just made up Sir Nutsalot because it's funny but they did a play on sir mix alot i just can't remember what it was. What do they all have in common? They are all black. Did I miss something here. Is snickers only geared to blacks? It used to be my favorite candy because you'd freeze them and they'd get real hard and was just pure awesomeness. I want to see a billboard for Ted Nougat.

Hi Haters

I post this on facebook from time to time not necessarily for the attention / recognition but to see if people actually read it and like it. If you think what I write is a piece of shit please let me know because you'll be freeing up some of my time.

The few people who read this blog (I hate calling it a blog) tell me it's pretty good. I don't really know what that means. I assume it means it's somewhat entertaining and a good waste of 5 minutes. However, I was thinking about it and I know that my life is not that entertaining. So if my writings entertain you than I feel really bad for how boring your life must be. I'm sort of just saying this in jest but I'm 100% serious that I'm not entertaining.

In 1984 by George Orwell a particular trait of the proles (the masses) is that they love to gamble. Why do people love to gamble? It's the lure of easy money and hitting it big. The masses love to drink. Why do people love to drink? Because working 5 days a week makes you insane. Going to work everyday to make your boss money is what the majority of society falls into. People need a relief from the monotony of everyday life. Where am I going with this?

I'm part of the masses and I like to drink and gamble. I'm not doing anything but surviving. What is the purpose of your existence? To find someone you love and procreate and start a family. Then 5 years down the road you can't stand each other anymore and get divorced and lose half of your shit (this blog won't be getting me a girlfriend). Or to come up with a brilliant idea, make a boatload of money and move to a tropical island and drink mixed drinks everyday (uhhh yeah, i'll make an new business idea post next). So, what the hell is the point?

I do have an answer. The answer is to not worry about the purpose or the point. Being above ground and staying healthy is the point. The point is to not die and to appreciate all the good things you have in life. To appreciate that you live freely in one of the best countries in the world because not everyone has it this good. To appreciate everything that mankind has created because life can end abruptly or pass you by just as fast.

You can say that this post is stupid and I'm a clown but if I got you to consider the big picture of life, even for a second, and what your part in it is, then I guess it worked out. And taking my advice is like letting a blind man walk you across the street.

Last few days

Friday night I got embarrassingly drunk and remember practically nothing but I ended up at my place with nothing horribly wrong so hopefully that's the end of that night. I'm sure there's a reason why the word ass is in embarrassing.

I'll comment on the ncaa tournament. I bet on a couple games that had me down to 30 bucks on Sunday after depositing 100 on Thursday. I put 30 on a 3 team parlay to win 190 and amazingly hit. I should probably take my 90 dollar victory and be on my way but what fun is that. Honestly, if anyone says they have made money sports betting they are either lying or have a bad memory.

A quick recap of the TV shows I watch. Rock of Love is awful now that the good characters have been booted off the show. Flight of the Conchords had a disappointing 2nd season. The songs were avg and the the stories were a bit odd. I still like the subtleties of the jokes but I believe the first season was superior. 24 is still 24. I think it's entertaining but far fetched and the acting is wtf at times. Does Tony ever crack a smile or speak in something other than a whisper? I like when Jack was like "all communication is down" even though the security guard was just talking to his wife like 5 minutes ago.

I want to devote a whole paragraph to Eastbound and Down. The season finale was fantastic in my opinion. Their character development was amazing considering the show was only 6 episodes. Stevie went from a fag to a hard ass fag under the tutelage of Kenny. Cutler, the principal, was a sweet character because he is the principal of a middle school yet he likes to get bombed and womanize, not to mention he went psycho. They showed April's tits which was the icing on the cake. Plus the way they made her character so happy at the end and then have her crash due Kenny's dilemma. And what is there to say about Kenny. You really started to feel for the guy. He was such a pompous fat ass prick that you had to hurt when he received the call from the ass't to the ass't of the gm (I thought that guys character was hilarious). I actually felt bad for Kenny in the last couple minutes which is odd considering I usually don't feel any emotion on any show but this had some substance. I look forward to next season.

Other than that things are same shit different day. It's like a routine that never stops. Get up, go to work, do some variation of the same thing, drive home, go to the gym, and then a couple hours of tv or whatever. Weekends are the same thing, get bombed and feel terrible. Something is gonna have to give because life is not meant to be spent this way. Even if I had a ton of money I don't even know what I'd do with it. I'll think about it and let you know.

Bracket Time

Best time of the year for bball. I have my picks but I don't care to share them because, like most people, my knowledge of teams is poor.

I started 1984 by George Orwell and I find the book to be very interesting. It's another book written awhile ago about the "future". I'm only 100 or so pages in so I'll reserve comment til after I finish it. However, one thing to note is obvious. A gov't has taken over due most likely to the stupidity of people.

Which brings me to my next point, people are stupid. There is no way around it but the majority of people put on this earth are stupid. For instance there is a company that has owed us some money for 3+ months. I call him up and say are you planning on paying? He replies, "I don't pay the bill until someone from the company calls me, this way it helps my cash flow." WHAT! So you don't do business properly because you can only think about yourself. This is the problem with people. People have no understanding of right and wrong. People constantly make excuses for why they didn't do something or why it's ok to do it.

What drives the problem is the people at the top of the totem pole are just as stupid as the people at the bottom. People at the bottom are too stupid to do anything therefore they don't fuck up things badly. People at the top are considered brilliant enough to make decisions for the rest of us and they let greed and irresponsibility make the decisions for them. If people made decisions based the actual good outcome of the decision and not how much coin is going to be put in their pocket we might actually succeed as a society. As is, we are printing too much money and we will see a shockwave of disaster in the future. I can't predict the future but something will happen with our trade deficit and our printing of trillions of dollars. Shit will hit the fan.

And one final note. All the Dems who love Obama, he's so smart that he can't even think for himself. In his speech on Tuesday he ended up thanking himself instead Ireland's bro because he's so dependent on reading from a teleprompter.

This blog is going downhill, I'm sorry.

Do's and Don'ts

This is my 4th post today so I have done some updating on random BS below.

Here are some things that you should not be doing and if you do, you should quit doing them immediately.

Instant message typing-
1) I don't like when people use r, u , or 2 instead of are, you or two. It's not that hard to type a few extra letters and you don't look like you never went to grammar school.
2) Don't spell words with extra letters. If you really like something you really like something you don't reeealllllly like it. This makes it look like you are either way to excited or your letter character is getting stuck to the keyboard.
3) I don't mind not capitalizing things or punctuation so no need to worry about that.

Running Outside - Now that it's nice outside people feel this urge to exercise, mainly run outside. My guess is they won't do it often but lots of noobs venture outside when the weather turns.
1) Don't run on crowded streets. Seriously stay off of market street or any other main street. Crowded areas where there are a lot of cars don't do well with pedestrians. Pick a park or trail. This goes the same for bikers. I know your bike isn't very wide but that doesn't mean it's safe to drive in between two lanes.
2) Don't run in place. This makes you look like a fucking idiot. Seriously. If you have to stand still for 30 seconds for a light to change green just wait there and stretch your legs if you are looking for something to do. No one cares about your heart rate, just stay still.

Gerald told me 2 things that put him on life tilt.
1) People who take the elevator from floor 1 to floor 2. I agree, stop being a fat ass and use your legs to walk up some steps. This why America is obese because people are too lazy.
2) People who walk to slow on the sidewalk are oblivious to the world and we should put them in their own bubbled world. If you are fat, slow, or stupid you should be walking into oncoming traffic and not on everyday sidewalks. I get put on life tilt as well when I have to move into hyper stride to pass tortoises on the sidewalk. Believe it or not, people have other things to attend to other than what the next flavor of ice cream they are going to eat is.


I'm sure this calls out a couple people but it's not personal and I hardly mean anything by it, it's just a joke so don't freak out and think i'm calling you retarded. I do idiotic stuff on a daily basis so you aren't alone. (ha, yeah right)

Sunday TV & Reading

Sunday TV is one of the only days I watch TV. I start with Rock of Love which is down to the final 4. The one girl ashley got booted and even though she was trashy she had big cans and was entertaining so it's too bad to see her go. The favorite Taya is still in it and how he could choose anyone other than the penthouse pet of the year is beyond me. I think it's sad that these girls have to pretend to like brett michaels but it entertains me.

Flight of the Conchords was pretty good. I can see how people would think this show is retarded but if you don't get the subtlety and the inside jokes you are missing out on a really good show. This wasn't one of the best episodes but still funny.

East bound and down is the new sleeper of the season. It's hard to say if it's good or not but I think it's character development is phenomenal. Cutler is easily my favorite character and stevie's infatuation with kenny is good to watch. Cutler fucking April was hilarious last episode and when Kenny was giving him advice on april after she got hit and he goes "what is going on here" or something like that to end it I had to laugh. The one thing that bothers me is Danny McBrides (kenny) inability to throw a baseball. He throws like a sissy faggot and no one would ever believe he can throw at all nevertheless 101 miles per hour. The eye seen made me laugh though.

I read Fahrenheit 451 and I must say that this is just not that good of a book. I'm going back and rereading some of these books they made us read in high school to see if I actually understand what they were teaching instead of just reading the cliff notes and hoping to pass the test. I finished the book in a couple of hours and I just don't see what makes this a classic novel.

Montag is shown how to think by a 17 year old girl. She has him starting to question things in life. He is married to a zombie, basically one of them (the general public). He witnesses some lady kill herself due to the power of books. His curiosity of what is in books starts to show. He meets Faber who tries to help him in his quest. He gets turned in by his wife for reading (i think) and gets reamed out Beatty who tries to convince him that books and thinking on your own are wrong. Montag burns Beatty to a crisp and goes on the run where he avoids the mechanical hound and finds a few intelligent people in the woods who may have to start a new society once the war annihilates society. There are some themes in the book but this is my basic rundown.

The book was written in 1950's and writes of a time sometime in the future 1990's+. This future consists of fireman burning books and general learning has been stopped. I suppose its the gov't way of censoring information from the public so that it can control them. It gives the idea that people would rather entertain themselves then to better society by learning and thinking. I think there are bigger ideas that I'm missing but oh well.

My brother has to read animal farm and amazingly it, along with 1984, were books I bought from Amazon so this will be the next book I read. Hopefully he lets me write his report and we can see what a 12th grade high school teacher gives a brilliant mind like mine on a paper. Just kidding.

Weekend Summary

Went to West Chester for the first time ever to see the bar scene. The bar was Barnaby's and all in all it was a pretty fun time considering the fact that I feel like an old man now at college parties. So I woke up at 930 or so pretty hung over and had to drive back to Manayunk to catch the train to 30th st to hit up the erin express. I breathalyze myself at a .29 before I've even started drinking at 11am. I'm not sure how accurate this thing is but I wasn't feeling sober I know that.

So I meet up with some people at 30th street and we have a few beers and then catch the bus to Cavannaugh's, I think. This place is a crowded shithole and I don't really see the allure. We end up going to another place or so but everything is crowded and everyone is obnoxious. So my friend and I go to a place on Oregon where his parents are at a wake for a broad. People are in suits and I'm wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. Nevertheless we enter and find out it's an tab bar which basically means someone else is paying. So I have a couple beers and a shot of patron and they feed us some rigatoni and salad for free. After leaving there we go to manayunk and go some bars. It's about 8pm or so and I'm starting to fade so I go back and pass out to 11pm. I wake up mainly sober but not feeling like going out so I do something then listen to Dark Side of the Moon for 43 minutes. If anyone knows the other instrument in Money at around 3 minutes I'd like to know.

That pretty much summed up my weekend. I really didn't do anything crazy or black out and was pretty tame the entire time. My bad.

AC

Almost all poker post.

Jeff, my brother, and I decided to get a room in AC on Thursday night to mainly play poker. We arrive at 5 and get our comped room. We head to the poker tables and they start up a new 1-2 game. We are both at the same table along with 6 of the biggest fish the ocean has to offer. I sit playing tight until I pick up jj and make it 20 and everyone folds. A couple hands later, king kong to my right makes it 15 to go, I smooth call with KK a play I regret and get called by 2 others behind. Flop is 663 and kong makes it 30. I make it 100 and get two folders and kong folds tens face up, I show kings to sustain my solid image. I play pretty tight for a while until I limp 65 after a bunch of limpers and flop 578. A 9 on the turn gives me a straight. Kong makes it 20 on the turn which I only call. The river brings a 3 flush and i check to Kong who makes it 40. I'm pretty sure i'm beat considering Kongs hand is shaking ridiculously and I'm fairly sure he's got a big hand. Problem is with donks playing you don't know if they even know they have a big hand. So he proceeds to say that all he has is a little straight. I decide to call thinking we will be chopping and he shows jt to scoop, bad play by me. I play one more hand with a j2 diamonds and end up rivering a flush to put me up 80 or so for the session.

We go get Tony Lukes and then head to the bar to watch the Pitt game. They end up losing so we decide to play some more cards. I go to the room to put on some deodorant which I forgot to earlier and come back feeling good. I get put in a wild game with most people at the table drinking and looking for action. I open 66 utg to 15 and get a couple callers. Flop comes 56J with 2 flush cards. I check and crazy indian bets 20. I check raise to 60 and he comes along. Turn is an 8 and I go all in for his last 125 or so. He calls and I dodge the flush draw and pick up a nice pot. This puts me up 200+ in the first 15 minutes. I play ok but not really getting big hands or big action and I leave the table only up 100. I was watching the syracuse uconn game that went to 6 ot's which was entertaining.

I'm up almost 200 for the trip and decide to put 100 on a black roulette spin. I lost and then decide to go play a few hands of pai gow. That's really all it was a few hands and I dropped the 200 in half an hour maybe less. On the way back to the room I put another 100 on black to lose again. On my last 5 spins of my roulette life I've gone black every time and i have lost every time for a net loss of -1000.

We go to sleep and wake at 1030 or so and decide to play until 2 before we have to leave. They put us both at the same table and this is not the table you want to play at. The table is squeaky clean with little action and basically not a table you are going to win a lot of money at. I start off picking up AK and making it 15 pf. I get a caller on a K72 flop. I make it 25 and he raises to 50. I push for 250 or so and he mucks. In hindsight I wish I would have just called his small raise then check raised all in on the turn. I play fine for a while until some noob who i classify as a donk without even seeing him play sits down. I raise j9 sooted UTG and he calls. Flop is kk5 and I know I have to bet to win the hand so I bet 15 on the flop. He calls and then we both check the turn. I jack falls on the river and I call his all in for 24 more dollars and lose to AK. A couple hands later I limp K9 sooted in late position and we see a 9 high flop. Noob bets the flop. A 4 pairs the board and he bets 25 which only I call. The river is K and he checks and I bet 35 which he calls and then slowrolls AA on me. So this basically tilted me and I left the table. I put 20 on a horse at 1-2 and he lost and then blew 10 in the slots before we left. I dropped about 350 which wasn't awful but my luck in table games was atrocious and makes me wonder how rigged it really isn't.

2nd post

It's 2am and I can't sleep because I slept for 2 hours when I got home from work. I went to the gym and watched 24 today. I'll write about that later.

I think the worst thing in an economy like this is the feeling of not moving forward. It feels like I'm going to work to make less money, this happens when your self employed, and then the money I'm making I'm losing in stock positions. Obviously you can say well why are you being a jackass and keeping your money in stocks. Fair point but when the market makes a turn I'm not prepared to be on the sidelines. So this feeling is making me reconsider how I'm living life.

What really blows my mind about this time period though is that I'm not being completely irresponsible with my loot. No doubt about it I've blown cash in ridiculous ways (siri, ac, sportsbetting, the list goes on). However, the couple of "smart" moves I decided to make have completely backfired. I open up a Roth IRA 2 years ago. I contribute 4,000 AFTER TAX dollars. The portfolio lost 4,000 dollar last year. This was done by a financial adviser who I obviously trusted way too much.

I just don't know how much more of this people can take. I am debt free and single with no responsibilities and I feel effected by this to the point that I'm just scratching my head wondering where it will all end. What about the people who have kids and mortgages and have gotten laid off? And to top it off we have a president who believes it's a good idea to further tax the affluent and give to the needy. Let's just think about this for a second. The person who is running a business successfully, hiring employees and the basic life blood of our economy is getting their taxes hiked while some lady is giving birth to here 7th child so that she can collect more in welfare. I'm aware that increased taxes are spread out among various projects so no need to point this out.

You want to make more money in this time period so that you can give it to the gov't who will use it inappropriately. The gov't gives money to banks to "bail them out" and what do they do with it? They hire musicians for lavish parties and top notch hotel suites. The gov't doesn't even know where the money is going. We have all these stimulus's which is going to raise inflation and destroy the dollar. People who make bad decisions are getting bailed out (AIG, GM, C) but what's it all for?

What is happening reminds of me of the book Atlas Shrugged. Atlas is a greek mythology character who "supports the heavens." In the novel "Atlas" is referred to the people who run the world. Basically the smartest, most determined people who get things done the most efficiently. What happens is that the "gov't" (probably can use a better word) intervenes with the Atlas's of the world. They claim monopolies and implement rules that want to see everyone succeed rather than just the best. The Atlas's fight back and leave society forming their own. This is a pretty brief and I read the book about a year ago so my ideas may be off a bit but it relates to what we are going through.

The gov't is becoming a bigger engine and we are seeing capitalism disintegrate. The wealthy will continue to get squeezed until they can't take it any more and they will do something about it. You can only squeeze them so far before they do something. I just hope we can get out of this year without something drastic happening.

I'm trying to figure out how to be smart enough to make money using my money. If you were smart enough to short the Dow at 14,000 or short anything for that matter you would be sitting here much wealthier. So here we are again. Do I reset the tables and try again with a different approach. Start using covered calls or put everything I own into GOLD because I think the dollar will be worthless? I don't know the answers only that it's frustrating because I believe that there is money to be made.

A final thought to this ridiculously long rant which I'm fairly certain no one will read. I can take my money out of equities and keep everything in cash and earn .3%, and then you won't have to read about me complaining about how much money i've lose or how bad stuff sucks. But, who wants to save for all their life and never spend a dime so that one day they can say "wow look how much money I have, too bad I never got the chance to have fun and spend it."

I don't like Monday

Easily the worst day of the week. I spend Sunday's being a complete waste of life and then Monday's I feel awful and don't want to be productive. I drink 6 waters and piss like 5 times because I feel dehydrated. Basically a productive week for me would start on Tuesday because I can function at full capacity.

I haven't wrote a post in a while but I have good reason. It's because my life just isn't that entertaining that I can write something everyday. Technically, I could but then it would lose all purpose because it would be mindless drivel. However, I will post more for my legions of fans.

I didn't do anything of any consequence over the weekend, literally nothing. I watched Rock of Love Bus last night which I honestly think could be the best show on television. Once you get past the concept that he's 44 and none of the girls really like him they are just trying to win the contest, it turns into a great show. They all get hammered and make asses out of themselves. I assume the majority of the population finds the show lame but for whatever reason I find it entertaining.

I didn't bet on any games and lost a few hundred playing poker during some hungover 9 am sessions. I canceled my subscription to cardrunners but my login is still working so I've been watching a few of their videos to tune up my game.

Everything else is just blah. I wake up, go to work where things are slow as molasses, play some poker then do it again. I bought a couple of books off amazon to read, couple classics and a few others that I will finish as soon as they come in. I'm such a retard for buying books from Amazon when I'm aware of this building called a library where I could spend nothing and get the same value. Nevertheless, i've spent money on worse purchases than something that will keep me entertained for a while.

This weekend is st patty's day. I keep telling myself how good of an idea it is to take a weekend off from drinking but I just can't seem to fit it in. If I could wake up at 9 am on a Saturday morning feeling 100% I'm not sure what I'd do but it would be better than what I do currently (nothing). Obviously though this won't be one of those weekends.

A final note. I'm doing an experiment that will last till next Friday. If my posts start getting better as the week goes on then I may have stumbled across something, we'll see.

Monday

It's 1 am and I would consider this a pretty unproductive day. I didn't go to work due to the snow even though I probably could have if I wanted to. So I woke up at 830 and decided to "work."

I cashed in the sunday million on Sunday. Out of 8800 people I finished in 340th. The buy in is 215 so this ended up cashing for about $1000+. Sounds great but in reality I was already stuck about 500 so it's not an amazing feat.

Anyhow this rejuvenated by poker bankroll and I pretty much played all day today. I ended up giving back about 175 but thought I played well throughout the entire session which consisted of about 50 tournies.

If you don't have any money in equities than I honestly envy your approach. Whether your oblivious to the financial world or just don't participate, you are living a stress free life that I'm really starting to questions why I'm partaking in this. I keep telling myself I'm young and it will all work out but this is getting scary. We are hitting levels that were hit 10+ years ago. I'm not the most frugal person but times like these are causing me to take a step back and reevaluate how I want to invest my cash.

I went to the gym and did 4 miles in 25 minutes. Averaged to about 615 pace which is decent but I'll get down further once I start running outside. The stereotypes from my gym post are still prevalent as 2 fat ass broads are hogging machines oblivious to anyone else.

I watched Flight on Sunday which I thought wasn't very good. I watched Rock of Love Bus which is starting to turn me off. Plus I watched 24 today which is getting out of hand. I don't really see any need for analysis other than 24 is too much and I hope our gov't and fbi isn't taking any pointers from these clowns. Seriously if this is how shit gets done its no wonder our world is collapsing. Chloe and Janine Garofalo are easily the worst duo of actresses in history. Hard to watch.

That's all I got. I know this post was weak but I figure it's better than nothing. I'll do better next time.