Back in the saddle soon...

Well it looks like I will FINALLY get to ride. When the new owners took over the hotels I work at they took all vacation away. (started anew) Now for the last 18 months I have put less then 7000 miles on my bike. I know for some posers out there that is a life time of ridding but for me that is a long weekend. (ok maybe a week) Well I looks like I will be attending meetings in Las Vegas and yes I am pumped about playing poker wile I am there the thing that I'm smoking on the most is the ride there and back. My plan is to leave around 6am on Saturday and ride to Eastern Utah. Then spend Sunday flowing through the national Parks in Southern Utah and finishing the day in the St George area. On Monday I have to be at the hotel and cleaned up for a cocktail party at 6pm on Monday but I think I will have enough time to ride past LV and hit Death Valley in the morning. That would be about a 500 or so miles so no big deal. Not real sure what my route will be coming home. I might hit the Grand Canyon the scoot most of the way back so I can be into work Friday AM or I might just hoof it back all in one day. With out the Grand Canyon detour it would only be 1000 miles. 16-18 hours. I hope to have a kick ass ride report and photos to post here when I get back.

Not as bad as......

Well I have had a bitch of a month as some of you know that might be reading this....BUT.. I was reminded that things could be worse. You see there is a friend of mine that is not doing so well medically. He has in the last few days let us know what is up and it makes my problems seem like hamster poop. Every problem that has been thrown at me can and will be over come. Why? Because I can. There are things in life that can not and I should stop my girly boy whining about my piss ant problems.

And to my friend, Yes I relay do miss our talks in the morning over donuts and coffee......

Anyone out there???

I was telling someone about my blog and they asked if anyone was reading it.... Well Im realy only doing it for me but if someone does read it then that is fine. How about shooting a comment to let me know others are reading this... *if any*

RAZZ, Las Vegas and Motorcycles

First I have not been posting anything. The last 2 weeks have been the shits. Someday I may write about it but for now I just want to forget....

Well I have found a new poker LOVE…. RAZZ. It is more or less 7 card stud LOW. I don’t know if I am good or the people that play are that bad but I have been doing very well in $5 sit n goes on Full Tilt Poker. Out of 12+ SNG’s I have cashed out in all but 4. One of those was a tourney I forgot I had signed up for and it popped up as I was going to bed so I was not really in to it. J I just busted out of the RAZZ tourney that was giving away a seat at the World Series of Poker next month. Finished mid pack with only 3 brain farts. Feel it was a good showing for me. Got in on a $26 token I had won in a $4 sng last night. (First token SNG I have won) I may make a go at it next week.

Las Vegas…. Well I found out yesterday that I will be attending the Best Western District meeting in LV in a few weeks. That is good news/bad news for me. I have wanted to go to LV but 1. Faith will not be able to go 2. Matt has his odyssey of the minds event in Bolder on Sat-Tue that same time. So I will miss the last 2 days of his competition. I am planning on ridding my bike to Denver and leaving of LV on Sunday night from there. My bank roll is low right now so I will not have much to loose at the poker table…. I feel I will have enough to get a feel for what is going on according to some of the people on fulltiltforum.com.

Motorcycles….next week is the Iron Butt Associations National Meet in Omaha NE. I have been looking forward to going to this for months. When Trinity bought the hotels my motorcycle ridding gook a massive hit. This has been something that has been bringing me down this last 18 months. It is hard to explain but I feel if I did not have “obligations” it would be real easy for me to just jump on the bike and get home sometime around the end of September. It is really not the act of sitting on the bike that I love so much but the places I have been and still have to go. The people I have met, the sites the smells and sounds. Someday I may get around to posting my Ride Report on my Montana ride back in Aug of 03. Then maybe some will have a better understanding of why I love and need this in my life…..

Now for the best part of the LV trip. I’m planning on ridding out to LV and back. I will have to make the Denver-LV leg in one day so it will more then likely be interstate all the way BUT on the way home I'm going to explore. I have been fascinated with the National Parks in southern Utah and will finally have a chance to at least flow through them. Not sure what my time frame will be but I hope I can take and extra day or so of vacation for the trip back.

Sahara.....Great Movie

For years I have been a big fan of Clive Cussler books. Especially his Dirk Pitt series. They finally got around to making a movie out of one of his books. Sahara is the one they picked. I was nervous about the transition from book to big screen. I was not sure with Matthew McConaughey being picked for Dirk Pitt. Well.....I was wrong...He IS Dirk Pitt. I will not go into details but if you like Raiders of the Lost Ark then I think you will really like this. Also a great sound track to go along with it.

http://www.saharamovie.com/

First Day Driving

Ok..Poker has been suck out city and I'm tired of crying about it so....
LETS TALK ABOUT ALEX!!! He got his learners permit today. Now I really do feel old. I took him down to an industrial area that I knew would not have any traffic tonight. He did fine. First time he tried to take off he spun the wheels on Faiths mini van...LOL Zach was in back giggling his ass off. He did a good job...A bit jerky. He did comment that the gas was a little more touchy then he thought it would be. I did have him pull into a dirt parking lot to turn around. There was a little bit of water in the entrance that he had to driver through. We thought it was not deep but we where wrong. :) WATER went everywhere. I was afraid water was going to start coming in through the doors LOLOL..... We did stop by Jerry Sullivians shop to see his 78 2 door Lincoln. Alex loves the car. I may talk to Jerry and see if I can work something out. I know Alex does not need a car yet but it is only $500.00 and I could drive it when it is raining because Fugly is not doing so good right now.....

NOW!!!! I'm feeling old.....

I know it is not like a mid life crises but yesterday my oldest son turned 14. Ok it is not like he is off to collage or I'm got my application for AARP in the mail. It is just one of those times in life that a new door has opened. He is going to start driving. Ya Ya Ya he has to be with an adult or only on his moms 50cc scooter but still. It is that first step of independence for him. He will soon not "need" me. The one thing that makes me feel better is he has a good head on his shoulders. Still does that dumb shit that all kids his age do but I don't worry about him going over the edge. (at least not that much) So Alex...Welcome to the bigger world and have fun exploring it.

Now when his 5 year old brother gets to be his age....aww shit I'm in trouble...

So So Sunday......

Well I played 2 sng.........$5 buy ins......NEVER AGAIN!!!!! Oh my what type of crap they play with. Bumped 5xbb (500) and a guy with 950 or so calles. I have A K. Flop comes K 9 3. The guy goes all in. Ok the way things have been going I'm thinking PP giving him a set or A x paired or not paired but I have him covered by over 1200 and call. MF has 9 3 not even soooooted and it holds. Then one of the stupidest things I have ever heard (seen typed) came up. "I was BB and pot commeted" How in the hell can I keep playing this way. I realy need to work on getting my bank roll up to a level I feel good about and start playing higher limits. I dont seem to get that kind of beat. Or at least not as often. Well after that I just felt like fuck it and was out a few hands later when I went all in with 77. Guy with K 3 calls and catches a 3 on the flop and a 3 on the river......
Yes I know it will turn and there is somthing here for me to learn. Talking to some of the people on Fulltiltforum.com, Im starting to find this is getting more prevelent on all the lower limit tables, not just the dime tables. Good thing is I am even for the day from the ring games. Well to night is Bonseyes and I's home game. Been up every time I have played so I feel good about tonight. More later.........