Facets (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/805506-Facets Two and a have years ago I started writing this journal with a goal in mind...to write an increasing amount of words everyday for at least three month. I never achieved this goal. At two points I decided that I was going to make a goal to complete all the entries by the end of the year. I failed at those as well. Have no fear, this journals complet...[Read Full Post] Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:13:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/441395 I commented on a friend's journal entry and in her response she asked me what kind of a boy/man I was because she said that I seemed to have turned out to be a decent man. Many of you probably won't believe me when I say that I wasn't a bad kid; I wasn't always an angel or a saint but I won't be considered the only hell my mother e...[Read Full Post] Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:59:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/441164 The title of this entry is a little misleading since I have won a couple of Sit & Go's before but those where at 6 or 9 man tables. Tonight's win was my first multiple table win. As for the card playing it was a gamblers dream. I won the first three hands, two because of the cards and the third because I think I scared the other players at m...[Read Full Post] Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:00:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/440897 Sounds like a great title for a poem... if only I could waken up my muse to write it with me. I spent most of the day at my parents house working on my Creative Auction donation, which is where the sawdust comes from. If you wondering what I made from a scrap piece of cherry, well you should've signed up for the convention, but I will say it'...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:19:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/440825 Yesterday was quite an interesting day... The first thing was my physical for the Department of Transportation paid for by my new company, Schneider International. I went to this building near the shores of Lake Erie. There was no view of the water, it was all blocked by a much larger hospital (the actual hospital I was born at). This building, upo...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:54:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/440612 I remember a family trip where upon hunger and starvation, my dad pulled our green Ford Fairlane 500 Station Wagon into a truck stop. It was early evening and the parking lot was filled with other family cars and large road warrior tractor trailers. One of these rigs was bright red with a painted mural on three sides. It was a sunset over some kin...[Read Full Post] Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:02:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/440037 Sure I like watching things shot into the sky but after you've seen things like a nighttime space shuttle launch and Mt. Etna spew lava 300 or so feet into the air, watching someone's pyrotechnic uncle Ed throw what amounts to colorful sparklers into the air it is hard to get more than a little excited. I've also spent a few Indpendence Da...[Read Full Post] Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:58:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/438502 I was going to write a passage on how much I love our freedom but I couldn't find the right words other than I know I have the freedom to not only to have my opinion but I have the freedom to write it down for more than just myself to read it. Today we all have the right to fill up on hamburgers, hot dogs and macaroni salad, go see fireworks and w...[Read Full Post] Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:11:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/438163 A couple of days ago I went to the doctor's office for the itching in my ears (again). While I was there they took my vitals and they noticed that my blood pressure was a little high. After rechecking it it was still high so the doctor prescribed some medication for me to take. Now during this whole time with the doctor she spent more time looki...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:36:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/435647 This is the second week of a twelve week season and after a sketchy first week I finally won my second tournament. Last week I had to hear my brother brag that he had won two tournaments in three days, spent 8 out of ten tournaments on the final table. I knew my time was coming and it couldn't have been sweeter when it was down to two people...my b...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:04:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/434808 Am I a faggot (actual word used by my elderly, disgruntled neighbor during an altercation)? Yep, the next door neighbor and I had a verbal confrontation where he made all of the threats and I made things worse by opening my mouth and telling the old coot what I thought of his pool, his gardening and his childish pranks on my back steps. I also used h...[Read Full Post] Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:59:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/434807 I was watching my brother and seven year old nephew this weekend. They don't have a lot of quality time together due to my brother's divorce and his son living in an neighboring state. FOr most of the weekend, my nephew was well behaved and snuggled up to his father until the word "No" was uttered and then one would think that World War...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:12:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/434458 After my last tirade in my journal and forum for Moderators I was near the point of forgetting all about my neighbors and their antics of putting dog shit on my back steps. I cleaned up the back yard from the waste and I picked a new spot for him to go that was out of the beated path. Tonight I came home and there was another pile of it on my back st...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:27:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/433758 I like to watch a lot of the poker shows on television and a couple of nights ago I heard one person say that you usually will remember all of your bad beats in a tournament, and very few of the hands that you won. I guess this goes a long with the saying that people won't soon remember the good that you've done, only the bad. I prefer to try a...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:43:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/433108 I'm about to snap, which is totally out of my character to do so. I work third shift now so I don't get to see a lot of daylight. I take my dog out to do his business in the backyard that my brother and I rent. We have an agreement to clean up the backyard of dog waste. We share this backyard, which I thought meant that each part of the h...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:10:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/433079 I'm sure that this has happened to everyone of this at least a thousand times in our lives but I want to be one of the first to write a journal entry about it. Twice this week alone I had walked away from dinner with something stuck in between my teeth. This piece of meat was lodged just above the gum and in the back of my teeth, so luckily it wa...[Read Full Post] Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:20:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/432900 My brother and I went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch today and I made a few observations. 1) Chinese restaurants usually employ only Asians. I mean any nationality can make a pizza, a burger, or battered chicken but it seems like the only people who can put rice into the mix are the Chinese. 2) School, for the most part, is out for the summer...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:05:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/432286 this is a pretty popular expression in poker games and tonight it held true to me. Before I start with my narrative of tonight's poker hands I just wanted to say that I no longer have to wait to see if I'll qualify for the World Tavern Poker Regionals at the end of the month because tonight I finished third, winning a nice set of Tiki drink glas...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:38:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/432112 New job and a whole new slew of people for me to get to know and then pick on. Living around me can be difficult at times (lol) This guy wears a balding mullet, in other words he has a receeding hairline plus has long hair in the back. His favorite sweatshirt sports the helmet of a football team that has been to the Super Bowl 4 times (in a row) and...[Read Full Post] Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:25:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/431938 I did recieve my invitation to the bar championship, which could lead me straight to the regionals at the 23rd of this month. Because I started working third shift I had to drop out of the second nightly tournaments which caused me to finish 12th in the bar. Like I've written before, you can only qualify for the regionals from one bar and with ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:39:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/431516 I was playing a game of online poker, while in the background my brother was watching television. I heard the "Bad boys, bad boys whatcha' going to do" song and continued on with my game. I don't need to look at the people that are on that show because, as stereotypical as this may sound, they all look to be of the criminal element (unw...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:50:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/430922 Tonight was the last night to qualify for the bar championships and for regionals for the World Tavern Poker Tournament. The top 30 from each bar are invited to a bar championship and the top ten are invited to the regionals. Before tonight I was qualified in 9th place with three people tied for tenth. Since each one of us can play at more than on...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:17:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/430234 I was watching CNN Headline News when a Viagra commercial came on. It showed a man sitting on the sofa rooting for his favorite baseball team when his good looking wife was feeling a little amorous. The announcer said that there was only room for one great passion... unless one was creative. He got a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye as he re...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:56:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/429963 My brother and I went to play poker tonight at one of the local taverns and since it is a holiday weekend I didn't expect there'd be a lot of people there to play. There was the same amount of players but a lot of different faces and many of them had other things on their mind than trying to play smart poker. I happened to be sandwiched betwe...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 May 2006 06:22:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/429456 For the last month or so I've been writing questions in a notebook that I've either seen before in other questionaires or wanted someone to ask me. Here are 11 questions and my answers. 1. What fresh vegetable are you most likely to eat raw? Since the summer months are quickly approaching us I impatiently...[Read Full Post] Mon, 29 May 2006 11:26:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/429271