Omaha Highs / Lows

Random stuff:

-I really miss being able to turn on the tube at 7:00 to watch the Sox. However, as one of the premier franchises in baseball, they get their fair share of national coverage. I scheduled all of their national tv games into my phone's calendar. Because of the time difference, I woke up at 9:30 last Saturday morning, eager to catch the Fox game against the Phillies. Of course, since it's Saturday morning here in California, they aired cartoons instead. Fucking little kids.

On the flipside, I get to see the Dodgers everyday. Actually, I don't really give a shit about the Dodgers right now, but it warms my heart to see Nomar hitting line drives into the gap again. Derek Lowe's doing well. Grady Little can still go to hell.

That crazy bat speed is back.

Speaking of the National League, nothing like the Senior Circuit to get a nice eight game winning streak going.

-Saturday night I went to my first Hollywood bar -- the Three of Clubs. It's one of the bars featured in 'Swingers' ("This place is dead anyway"). The place is trendy enough that it doesn't need a proper sign out front, just a little neon lettering that says 'Cocktails' and a nondescript black door. Inside it's disorientingly dark, loud and cramped. Being the crazy party guy that I am, I left after an hour.

-The job hunt goes slowly. I signed up with a temp agency the other day, but so far no calls. With so much free time, I've been playing a lot of online poker. I used to exclusively play Hold 'Em cash games, but recently I expanded my game to include tournaments and Omaha. The beginning of the week started out fantastically. I placed 2nd and 3rd in two freerolls (that is, free tournaments that give out cash prizes), winning about $60, made a little money off Hold 'Em, and turned a cautious $5 buy-in at an Omaha table into $60. I started feeling pretty good about my game, until yesterday. Suddenly I couldn't win anything. Hands wouldn't hold up on the river, my draws stopped hitting. Just when I thought I had this game figured out...