THE AMAZING FUN INFINATE LOOP CHASE OF GETTING INTERNET
So far, I'm close to completing this game, an appointment has been booked but I'm preparing my brain to handle the emotional tossing around that I pessimistically expect to happen. How British!! Here's how the game has gone so far;
1. We decide to get Sky coz they offer shorter 1 year contract, and we can get tv too as part of the deal.
2. Address is not registered with Post Office, as its a new build. (Are they even allowed to move people in without registering a property??? wtfff)
3. Register address with Post Office ourselves.
4. Wait for confirmation.
5. Call Sky. They offer us HD channels for 10 quid extra and free installation.
6. Sky emails HD channels for 25 quid, and installation fee of 30 quid.
7. We cancel order with Sky. We are forwarded about 15 times to different "sections" to handle the cancellation
8. we go fuckit and go for BT instead.
9. BT arranges engineer to come and activate.
10. We find out that the estate agent has given us the wrong post code. We also find out that the sockets are fine and doesn't need any engineer at all.
[1-10 = 1 month!!!]
However, in saying that, its not all bad. I mean I am on the net right now using my flatmate's other phone tethering which he has convinced me that its unlimited. If he comes up with a 500 quid bill don't look at me mate! lolz
But I can play, although I'm pretty nervous about doing it coz it will randomly disconnect. But my patience for this thing they call "wi-fi" is gone and I'm literally in a fuckit mood so I'm just gonna play. Probably like 1/2 amount I want to when my proper one rolls in. I guess some ppl could say I'm making excuses... it sure is worrying to me how little I've played since I've moved here...
NEwayyyyys
What can I say about moving to Manchester?
Honestly, I couldn't be more content. Things have really turned out well and I'm really appreciative of it. My flatmate is cool, we're both clean and relaxed. The place is nice and central, and I'm socialising a lot and meeting many new people.
[Central] Manchester is like a mini London all walking distance. That's what I love. I'm walking everywhere, whether it be my friend's house, bars and restaurants, shopping mall, casino, snooker, breakdancing practice... its great!
Next week I'm going to a big breakdance event in Rotterdam, Holland and its gonna be great. I've been wanting to check it out for a few years and now I can go. This is one of the reasons why I do what I do, and moved up here.
I dunno how exactly I'm gonna plan my work when I finally get the wifi. I really do wanna push myself really hard though, planning on trying a big volumed month. If I make $10k in a month I am going straight to the Apple Store and buying myself a Macbook. It will be a challenge seeing as I've only had $3.5k as my highest... but I'm pretty sure I can do it.
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| It will be MINE!! Mwahahaha... erm Yeah!! |
Live vs Online Poker
As the World Series of Poker Main Event rolls on... I am totally not really following much of it probably until like the last 100 or something.
My ozzy friend loves watching live shows of the WSOP, The Big Game, Poker After Dark, and High Stakes Poker. I really find those shows really "meh"... I mean honestly the commentators talk shit and are as annoying as hell. What is the point of them as well if they are literally saying out the board, when you can clearly see it lol.
Since moving here, I've been to the casino once. Its not even a bad one, there's a lot of emphasis on poker actually, which is kinda cool. There are regular live tournaments and cash games... I think one of the events of the GUPKT was held there... but I'm just so not bothered about going.
There are just a load of things that I hate about live poker really. I mean, not hate, but honestly I love poker, but I'm seriously not going outta my way to play these games. I probably will tho, I mean for edge's sake I really should lol.
My other mate reckons live poker and online poker are different things, and that live poker is easier. But I really do think that its an illusion. Online poker is like 6 times faster then live poker, so since everything happens so quickly it seems that you get bad beat more or lose your money quicker. Live poker fishes are so terrible too, and they make it seem that live is better, but like on the flipside coz its so slow and they're so terrible, and the sessions are longer they seem easier. But in reality your playing hardly any hands for your longer hours of realizing that this fish is a walking ATM machine.
Main reasons live poker is very meh for me;
- Its so god damn slow it makes my brain hurt.
- People who think their good, that are terrible, who are not businessmen/casual players, are the most annoying and most common players in these live tournaments. They make my brain hurt.
- One tabling is really boring. It makes my brain hurt.
- People are confused by the rules as well. Sometimes the dealer too. I once went to one where the dealer was making players post the blinds for joining the table like in a cash game... but for a tournament wtfff. That made my brain hurt.
- Variance of a one table match is in slow motion. Brain hurtin'
- Over emphasis on live tells, which are almost non existent instead of betting patterns.
- My brain hurts...
RANDOM POKERSTARS USERNAME OF THE DAY
Congrats to "jijijijijj*" who must have wanted to play poker so friggin fast that he literally spend half a millisecond on his username. Notice that J, I and * are all directly align with each other on the keyboard... no time wasted eh?
Riiiiiiight, that's enough bloggin' for now... my brain is hurtin from talking about live poker haha. I'm off to watch Day9 since it coincides so well with my vampire sleeping schedule these days! FUNDAY MONDAY!! :D
GL@TT!
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