An Update From the Front Lines of the Continual Struggle for Self-Improvement
If anyone ever said blogging was easy, they're either delusional or gifted. Anytime I go 7-10 days without an entry, I get this little voice in my head that's like, "you should make an entry." But then I'm like, "but I don't have anything to say!" And then there's just an awkward stand-off within my own mind.
The "you should make an entry" voice won the battle tonight.
I've been laying low recently and trying to drum-up a general sense of order in my life in the weeks leading up to the WSOP (which I am really excited about; it's one of the few things I think I am capable of attaining a childlike sense of excitement about anymore). As of late, I've been taking Bikram Yoga classes very regularly. Bikram Yoga is a 90 minute series of poses done in a room heated to 105 degrees. It's an awesome exercise which is perfect for me in a lot of ways. When it comes to pain and super-intense exercise, I'm too much of a wimp to stay committed to any type of regimen. The beauty of Bikram is that it maintains a very consistent level of moderate intensity for a full 90 minutes. In a way, the class kind of circumnavigates my wimp-radar since it's never intolerable at any one point in time, but the sum total of the class is a very intense exercise.
In addition to yoga, I've also cut out alcohol consumption almost entirely. Not to say that I'm a teetotaler or anything, I've got no problem going out for drinks with the right company, it's just that lately I've lost the appetite for alcohol and its effects. I think the time has come and gone where I'm thrilled about regularly ingesting something that impairs my senses and loosens the control I have over my own thoughts. Additionally, my friend shaniac put it very bluntly to me recently and it has kind of stuck with me: (paraphrasing) "alcohol is just a smelly, disgusting substance that turns people into bumbling idiots."
So my health and fitness is on pace to be at a peak right around the start of the WSOP, which I'm really happy about. I'm hoping to luckbox my way into being able to say the same about my finances. On Wednesday night, I took 3rd in the $10 rebuy on Stars for $6.5k. Today, I final tabled the $10 rebuy again, this time settling for 8th and like $1.6k. I also finished 9th in a $75 6-max on Full Tilt where, like the $10 rebuy, I lost a big flip at the end to dash my hopes of taking it down. Regardless, these scores were nice and hopefully can lead to some larger scores and opportunities. If not, it might be kind of a lean series for me in terms of participation unless my efforts to arrange a conglomeration of investors are successful.
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One enjoyment of mine is armchair quarterbacking various forms of marketing. A couple years ago, I actually switched car insurance providers to Geico solely because of how much their commercials entertained me.
Another business that seems to always have stellar marketing is Jack in the Box. Recently, they've outdone themselves with their 'Mini Sirloin Burgers' campaign. I have the jingle from this commercial stuck in my head constantly, and I love it. Think about how effective that is. They have managed to get me singing over and over again in my head "yippie ay yay, mini sirloin burgers!" I can't go an hour without thinking about their new product line. I love this commercial. Just when you think this commercial couldn't get any better... BAM! There's a midget cowboy playing guitar right in your face!
Good luck getting that unstuck from your head!
The "you should make an entry" voice won the battle tonight.
I've been laying low recently and trying to drum-up a general sense of order in my life in the weeks leading up to the WSOP (which I am really excited about; it's one of the few things I think I am capable of attaining a childlike sense of excitement about anymore). As of late, I've been taking Bikram Yoga classes very regularly. Bikram Yoga is a 90 minute series of poses done in a room heated to 105 degrees. It's an awesome exercise which is perfect for me in a lot of ways. When it comes to pain and super-intense exercise, I'm too much of a wimp to stay committed to any type of regimen. The beauty of Bikram is that it maintains a very consistent level of moderate intensity for a full 90 minutes. In a way, the class kind of circumnavigates my wimp-radar since it's never intolerable at any one point in time, but the sum total of the class is a very intense exercise.
In addition to yoga, I've also cut out alcohol consumption almost entirely. Not to say that I'm a teetotaler or anything, I've got no problem going out for drinks with the right company, it's just that lately I've lost the appetite for alcohol and its effects. I think the time has come and gone where I'm thrilled about regularly ingesting something that impairs my senses and loosens the control I have over my own thoughts. Additionally, my friend shaniac put it very bluntly to me recently and it has kind of stuck with me: (paraphrasing) "alcohol is just a smelly, disgusting substance that turns people into bumbling idiots."
So my health and fitness is on pace to be at a peak right around the start of the WSOP, which I'm really happy about. I'm hoping to luckbox my way into being able to say the same about my finances. On Wednesday night, I took 3rd in the $10 rebuy on Stars for $6.5k. Today, I final tabled the $10 rebuy again, this time settling for 8th and like $1.6k. I also finished 9th in a $75 6-max on Full Tilt where, like the $10 rebuy, I lost a big flip at the end to dash my hopes of taking it down. Regardless, these scores were nice and hopefully can lead to some larger scores and opportunities. If not, it might be kind of a lean series for me in terms of participation unless my efforts to arrange a conglomeration of investors are successful.
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One enjoyment of mine is armchair quarterbacking various forms of marketing. A couple years ago, I actually switched car insurance providers to Geico solely because of how much their commercials entertained me.
Another business that seems to always have stellar marketing is Jack in the Box. Recently, they've outdone themselves with their 'Mini Sirloin Burgers' campaign. I have the jingle from this commercial stuck in my head constantly, and I love it. Think about how effective that is. They have managed to get me singing over and over again in my head "yippie ay yay, mini sirloin burgers!" I can't go an hour without thinking about their new product line. I love this commercial. Just when you think this commercial couldn't get any better... BAM! There's a midget cowboy playing guitar right in your face!
Good luck getting that unstuck from your head!
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