I'm afraid I've lost my will to blog.
It's been almost a week and I'm really just writing because of the tremendous guilt surrounding the fact that I almost never write any of the insipid rantings/ramblings rolling around in my half-empty head (it has been draining steadily since the semester ended). Yet I see that someone has looked at my blog 35 times this week so far, despite no new postings, and I feel some responsibility to hold up my end of the deal. As Pete Campbell would say: give 'em what they want.
Don't get me wrong... I've had things to write about. Things are happening. I'm doing stuff. I just can't convince myself to write about it. Or it seems like the time could be used for something more useful, like watching the remaining few episodes of "Six Feet Under: Season Five" (which I was more disappointed with than I can really express. I mean, fine, you sort of know they're really finished and everything, but I almost couldn't even watch the last couple of episodes and would rather have breathed through my nose than bawled my eyes out) or cooking stuff (like chicken tetrazzini, which is probably better with fresh parmesan than the stuff you can buy in bags that is likely saltier and less like cheese than the block of it, but the wholegrain spaghetti probably makes up for it). Time away from the computer is probably healthy. And that means blogging got put on hold.
Until today. A rare appearance.
The rambling... it starts.
My poker playing doesn't seem to be getting better. Last week we had a home game at my house and I broke even (actually, I made $1.35), but lost a few hands that I probably shouldn't have. Then yesterday at class I had a couple of bad beats and lost my stack to my classmate who can't remember which direction to start dealing in. They left, but then my coach came back later to go over some things I was angry about in the game. We played heads-up and I wound up taking his stack, but I'm not entirely sure he was trying as hard as he could have. When it's just him and me I can think about what I'm doing, but with additional people I forget everything. This is probably not the way to win at poker. Sigh.
Tonight I went to "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" at the Media Club and it was pretty great. Both the singers were amazing and I didn't mind the tomato smell towards the end. It's been held over, so we didn't have to buy tickets when we were drunk last Friday night. It's a good thing I didn't drink more before or during the performance because there wasn't an intermission and there were a few times that the guy berated those who dared go to the bathroom during the performance. But seriously, if you sell beer and expect people to drink it and watch something for a couple hours... You've got to expect trips to the bathroom during a dramatic part.
This evening I also discussed a possible work experience at the CBC, so I'm stoked. Just have to figure out what sorts of things I could do there and write up a proposal. This is the only sort of schoolwork I am OK with doing right now. In theory, I could start it this summer to free up some extra time in the fall to work too much, but will have to organise this soon to make that possible. Would be fun to work there.
This weekend I have both the Peter Bjorn & John show on Saturday and "The Beales of Grey Garden" on Sunday at the Cinematheque. And our resumed cheesecake meetings will start again on Friday after work. And my poker coach might be in a fairly substantial poker tournament on Saturday where, if he wins, I may get a 3% cut if he's feeling as generous as he was yesterday. It looks to be one of the best weekends this month.
I know I have more I could tell you, but I'm a bit sleepy.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stupid music listening generator to pull up I'm From Barcelona? Fucking hard. I blame that fucking fucker Tom.
Oh, I'm walking in the Walk for Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter on May 27th, so if you care to sponsor me... Donations $20+ get a tax receipt. I would very much appreciate it and it's for a good cause. Keep it in mind.
Currently listening :
Let Me Introduce My Friends
By I'm from Barcelona
Release date: 20 March, 2007
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