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sorry i for not updating this in forever, just got done moving and been pretty busy setting up the new house.

heading out to vegas on the first for 7 weeks.
i’ll be playing a bunch of wsop events and also appearing as a reoccuring character on a poker reality/drama called 2months2million.

i did some work on the pilot episode that was shot last summer and altho i was hesitant at first to do any kind of tv show (in general i detest reality shows) i got a really good vibe from the crew and i thought the overall product came out really well so i agreed to come back for the full time show.

its going to air sometime next year on G4 and if you want to learn more about it you can read about it on krantz’s blog (dangerlion).

the 4 main characters are all really good buddies of mine and i think its going to be a blast.

i have been running pretty horribly lately so hopefully im saving all my run good for the wsop.

prolly won’t blog much while i’m out there, however if i get deep in any of the tournaments i’ll let ya’ll know.

holla.

as im sure you all know republican senator arlen spector has switched parties and become a democrat (after 29 years as a republican senator).
the reason he gave was that he didn’t think he had a good enough chance to win the republican primary, and he thought his chances of being re-elected as a democrat were much higher.

it would have been soooooo sweet if the democratic party woulda just been like “no thanks” when he told them he was planning on joining them.

pretty sure that woulda been way more epic then gaining one more vote in the legislature.

i mean i can sorta understand how yankee fans can welcome roger clemens and johnny damon to the team, but you would think that after 3 decades of  hearing someone degrade you and everything you stand  for, you might not be so eager to help them get relected…..

i just want to remind all you guys to stay inside at all costs.
under no circumstances should you leave the house or you will most certainly die.

godamn pigs.

this is an extremely dangerous situation we are facing, quite possibly a pandemic, and i am just grateful that all the major media outlets understand the gravity of the situation, and are dealing with it in such a responsible manner.

i was listening to NPR and they had the director of the CDC on and i’m pretty sure he was auditioning for the next “THE WORLD IS ENDING OMG DISASTER IS UNAVOIDABLE” movie.
it was pretty hilarious listening to him warn of the impeding collapse of the civilized world due to the unstoppable pandemic that is swine flu.

nevermind the fact that less then 200 people have died in the united states (and roughly 36,000 people die every year from seasonal flu), and nevermind the fact that in nearly every reported case of swine flu in the US the symptoms have been identical to normal seasonal flu’s, the esteemed director of the CDC feels its important to let every american know just how much danger they are in.

the best part was when he tried to hammer home the seriousness of the threat by comparing it to the bird flu and sars, which as we all remember caused untold damage and destruction and cost the lives of millions of americans………

thank god we don’t live in a society which takes every opportunity to cultivate fear in its citizenry.

i honestly don’t remember a week long stretch in the past 8 years where there hasn’t been some impdeding calamity threatening our way of life and even our very existence.

thankfully not leaving the house for extended periods of time is something i’ve been practicing extensively in preparation of such an outbreak.

so as many of you probably noticed i have been significantly less
prolific in the past few weeks, this is the direct result of my recent
obtaining of a prescription for ambien.

before this i was a raging insomniac and would often find myself
inspired to write/rant as the misery of watching another sunrise
through partially open eyes, trying to process it to a sleep deprived
brain, overwhelmed me.

turned out complete mental and physical exhaustion was a great
motivator for me to write, and now that i have found the most wonderous
of sleep aids i have lost that nutural catalyst to produce.

on the plus side for the first time in as long as i can remember i
am going to sleep at a reasonable hour (3:30ish) and waking up about
10hrs later feeling decently refreshed and ready to fish all day…errrrr… seize the fish….errrr…. seize the day.

in general that seizing consists of lounging around the
house, taking tucker out on walks, and putting in anywhere from 0-18hrsat the poker tables.

the one thing i don’t seem to be able to do during the day, besides
excercise and contribute to the  social good, is write in my
blog.

for reasons that elude me i am unable to write anything while the sun is up.

i got so desperate for material i called up blue shield customer
service, figuring that would fire me up, but alas they were polite and
helpful.

gee thanks guys, way to come thru for me.

clearly there is a glitch in the matrix.

now some of you might say the obvious answer to my writing block is
to kick the sleeping habit and welcome back the raging insomnia that
has plagued me for the past few years out of a devotion to creativity,
which i can understand.

but you have to look at it from my perspective, i LOOOOVE to sleep,
and my bed is SUPPPPPER comfortable, and you have no idea how nice it
is to fall asleep when the moon is still ruling the sky.

not to mention you never really feel refreshed when you don’t fall
asleep until your body is so physically exhausted that it  just gives up on you,  and wake up sometime later with no recollection of having passed out.

so the ambien stays for now, but maybe if i really can’t get
anything good down, i’ll skip my dose one night a week and return to my
sleep-deprived madness, and blog like a half-crazed meth addict
jonesing for a fix.