back to blogging with new ideas

I think I'm going to try and blog some more in 2010. but less poker and more other stuff. I'll gladly post about poker if someone asks or if something truly exciting happens, but for the most part I don't feel like what I'm saying is all that interesting.

however the point of the blog was to keep a record of things that were happening in my life so that I could reflect on them and have written memories of not only events but my outlook in the past. I'm always surprised by the growth and change that happens to myself over time, and it's nice to have a way of getting an honest look at ones past self assessment.

in that vein I've got two goals for this blog this year. The first goal is that I'm going to try and post several neat pictures that I have taken with my camera each week (every day if I get on a roll). I think it will be a great way for me to get more familiar with the camera and to encourage me to take more pictures which I always enjoy. The second goal is to try and tell more interesting stories that happen to me mostly due to my association with some hilarious characters (ie my friends). This will be a much more challenging goal as I consider my prose to be boring and uninteresting. I often start to write things and then find myself just scrapping or deleting them because I feel there is no value added in my words. But maybe practice will improve this, and if nothing else I think it's a good exercise to keep my mind sharp.

that's all for now.

pic of the day taken in the grand canyon last may:

end of the year graph

might blog more details at a later date.

couple updates about this year

baseball - had an arm injury and had to shut it down half way through the year. Aggravated my rotator cuff when I threw about 175 pitches in a 10 inning game (yeah I know it was stupid). the team really had a terrible year and none of us were proud of our showing or the results. I'll be back and ready for next year though. I've been working out pretty frequently but I'm planning on cutting back on my nov-feb throwing and instead focusing on really cranking it up the final 3 months before the season.

poker - I'm not sure how much info I really want to go into in terms of my final tally for the year. I'll think about this and post more around the end of the month. I've become a little reluctant to post graphs because I'd rather not people think I'm bragging when often I believe I am just running hot. However it would probably make sense to post an end of the year graph just to see how things turned out.

life - I just got engaged although anyone who knows me well won't be surprised. We've been dating for about 9 years and already had begun planning the wedding a few months ago. getting married next october when finally my income won't be taken into account in her financial aid as a med student. I gave her the engagement ring this weekend while we were celebrating our dating-anniversary, and she seems really really ecstatic with it. I was glad it turned out so well because I spent a lot of time searching for the right diamond and in the end the found just a fantastic stone. The guy that helped me out is a jeweler in NY that was unbelievably helpful and really made the whole process much much easier. If anyone is looking for a diamond, an engagement ring, or whatever let me know and I'll put you in touch with him. His name is Josh Kadet and he works for Kadella in NYC.

so there's a little more detailed update for anyone still following along.

later

jim

still playing still doing well

somebody posted a comment. I'm stil mass tabling 2/4-5/10 FR. Have had a lot of great success and I can't complain about how I'm running (thanks poker gods).

not much else happened this fall. I've thought about starting to update the blog again but I'm not sure there is enough poker stuff to talk about to make it worthwhile.

we'll see.

happy holidays

Jim