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January 15, 2005
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So I finally make the big time, and I have nothing notable to write about. I'm such a disappointment. (Again, need that "hangs head in shame" smiley)
I will have something soon though. I have the house to myself this weekend, and in addition to doing some serious thinking (do I want to remain American Airlines or go back to being Big Slick? [Prior to being married, my initials were AK]) I plan on playing some serious poker. I haven't played in a College Poker Championship tournament in months (they start at 3pm on Sundays - horrible timing for someone who is obsessed with NFL football) so I plan on taking advantage of those this weekend. Plus I have my bankroll to nurse back to health. I just need to keep my head straight and actually think before I do things. Or, as John suggested on many occasions, actually talk it out before taking action in the hand.
School starts on Tuesday...at 9:30 in the morning. Yep, another 9:30 class for me. Cause the one I had last semester went so well! (That was sarcasm...) This one is a little different, it's not Astronomy which I sucked at, this one is Government, my major. It's The Politics of Hollywood, and it's supposed to be a great class. It better be, cause it's my only class that day, soo...I have a tendency to say screw it and blow things off. However it helps when it's your major, and you're in upper-division classes now, so the field is starting to thin, and people are going to actually remember your face and name and all that, so really...ya gotta make a good showing. I ordered my books yesterday and nearly died when I discovered that my other Government class, Presidental Electoral Politics, has FIVE books for it. FIVE. *Gulp* But I'm good enough, and smart enough, and...
I still haven't made it through Iggy's latest post. 3rd time will be the charm! And man, my blog roll is growing by the day...soon it's going to take over this site and have little blog rolls of its own or something. I check every site every day...and then I wonder where the hours have gone. So many excellent writers out there. And I never even checked my own stats until I read BG's latest post...it kinda got me wondering. And damn...I gots me some visitors! So thanks y'all who stop by, and thanks y'all who comment. I don't get anyone from the CIA...but I did get someone from the USPS...and various other foreign countries I've never even heard of. Which leads me to the announcment that soon I'm going to have to turn on the little doo hickey where you have to type in a number if you want to comment here...like Bill does on his site. I'm getting comment spam daily, and this appears to be the best way to combat it. I hate to do it, but...if you love me, you'll key in 6 digits to leave a comment. :D
Speaking of new blogs, shout-out to another poker-playing, Wil Wheaton-loving April (is that freaky or what?? I totally want to meet her!!) at Feeding The Addiction. Also, Shelly at Hella Hold'em (love that name)...I won't be jealous that she apparently gets on the right hand list in record time...*sniff, sniff* ;) And last but certainly not least, Swimming with the Sharks - just love his writing style. Anywho...of course Iggy has the full list of all the new ones, these are just the ones that I felt like spotlighting (that does seem to be the rage these days). And of course everything on the roll is poker goodness.
I think that's it for now. I will be back later with real poker content and let's hope it's profitable. :)
Posted by April at January 15, 2005 02:14 PM
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Awwww thanks for the linkage and for your keen appreciation of my blog name! :) "Hella" actually comes from the title/chorus of a No Doubt song ("Hella Good") - I'm no dancer, but that word is just hella cool!
A blog techie question - since you aren't using Blogspot (this looks like Movable Type maybe?), I'm guessing they must have the site stats built into MT. Is that how you check your site stats? I had to sign up with some free stat service for my Blogspot based site, cuz they have no built in stat tracking.
Posted by: Shelly at January 15, 2005 04:00 PM
Awww yea baby...I'm a No Doubt fan from way back (well...not way back enough to claim appreciation before they hit the big time...but it's been awhile still! Since I was one of few girls in a big group of music-obsessed guys that made up my "gang" in high school, "Just a Girl" was kinda my theme song there for a while)
Yes, I am using MT. As for how you get your stats when you use it, it's all between you and the server host. I'm lucky in that my host is my husband's company, and he's the network admin, so I get pretty prompt service for a report! The log files just come out as raw data and then there are various free programs you can grab all over the web to make sense of the data...he of course already had one. You might want to ask Al which service he uses, I know he's got a cool one, cause he knew when he was getting hits from Otis in the Bahamas...may not be free though.
Posted by: April at January 15, 2005 04:29 PM
Lol. I got people fighting over my Bloglist now! I have made it to the Bigtime! heh. No Doubt Rocks too!
Posted by: SirFWALGMan at January 16, 2005 01:26 AM
Oh not just people...women!! And you know you love it... :twisted:
Posted by: April at January 16, 2005 02:36 AM
....and goshdarnit, I like your blog!
Posted by: Human Head at January 16, 2005 10:05 AM
Wow....thanks for the kind words April! You've encouraged me to keep writing my silly poker stories.
Love your blog, btw......as soon as I figure out how to add my list of links, yours will be at the top;)
Posted by: GW at January 18, 2005 08:16 AM
Awww....thanks HH!! Right back at ya babe! ;)
And you're welcome GW! And thanks! :)
Posted by: April at January 18, 2005 02:05 PM