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Wow... you can definitely waste hours and hours of your time looking at absolutely nothing on the Internet. I've been looking at people's Myspaces for the last 30 minutes or so. They're interesting blogs. I think they're a little more accessible in both content and graphics (which I suppose is the appeal) but the accessible nature of Myspaces strikes me as derivative. Myspaces certainly aren't blogs of sophistication. But perhaps I'm biased. In any case, one area I think Myspace beats livejournal is the way in which a reader can get a good sense who the blogger is, through the blogger's interests, details, schools, companies, etc. In livejournal, you get no such info that's concretely on the main page. Anyway... I came across the Myspace of a junior who I miss. It's a shame, really.
I strongly dislike condescending people who give off a sense of smug superiority. I'm not a saint by any means, but I'd like to think that I'm rarely if ever condescending. Hanging out at the beach today was fun, but the presence of one person and how she carried herself just really bothered me.
While chilling at the beach, I was still acutely aware of the existence of social bubbles, which I thought would dissipate after school got out. I don't like feeling like I'm being prioritized, but it's not like I can criticize others for doing so because I know I prioritize too. I don't like the fact that people act differently around different people, but that's just one of the truths of life. I guess all I can do is try to be open and friendly to everyone. In any case, I felt a little awkward there. It's weird, though. Aside from Cameron and perhaps Becca, I personally knew more people/socialized with others more than everyone else, but I felt really out of place. Things are just strange. I feel more like I'm a part of something when I'm with the crew, but even then, there's tensions.
I hung out and talked with Alex for a while at the beach. I remember before we even met her, we'd rag Croft about how her sister was smoking hot and talked about how we did really wrong things to her the night before. He got pretty pissed, which we all got a kick out of. Looking back on it, the whole thing was extremely immature, but it was hilarious at the time. It still makes me chuckle. In any case, I didn't expect her to be hot, but she's really cute. I remember when one of me and Croft's friends had a thing for her. Some people didn't understand what the guy was thinking. I understood, though. A girl like that can drive certain guys crazy. Just ask Nate Boguez, lol!
I played basketball today for the first time in about a week. My left hand shooting has gotten so good. (I'm being so modest!) I've just improved so much this summer, though. My shooting in general has exponentially improved. All this Frisbee and basketball has gotten my hand/eye coordination to an all-time peak. I think my vert has gotten higher as well. I might have gotten taller too. I played with Linders today and our height difference wasn't as big as I remembered. While I'm talking about Linders, he's definitely a beast. He's tall, built and coordinated. He's pretty hard to stop. Before he came, I pretty much did all the scoring for my teams. However, once he came, I just kept feeding him the ball. The trick of winning when he's on your team is just stepping back and letting him do all the dirty work. But I digress. Improvement's great.
I need to get a job. My parents are getting on my back about it. Rightfully so, though. It's all the spending money I'll have for next year. I want a comfortable amount. I'm not an excessive spender by any means, but I'm definitely going to need a fair amount of money to get by next year in St. Louis. I'm getting so much mail from Wash. U... I have a bunch of paperwork to fill out. It's so overwhelming. Man...
Speaking of money, I'm currently on one of the biggest losing streaks in my poker career. But right before this, I won two games and netted $40+. My losing streak has hit a little over $40, so the winning and losing has pretty much balanced out. The losing streak started off with two really horribly played games in which I lost a total of $20, but ever since then, I've felt that I've been playing really well. I just haven't been getting the cards; variance can be a bitch. I played yesterday and felt like my reads were on. I thought I only made one big mistake all game. I know I probably made much more than that because I'm not anywhere near world-class by any means, but for my current level, I think I only made one big mistake. And it was when I bet the turn after I sensed that Kevin had me beat with the turn card. I had him beat before that, though! Anyway, it came down to me losing two coinflips yesterday. The first coinflip I lost wasn't ideally played by the other player. Ironically, the ideal play would've gotten him less money because I could've gotten away from my hand after the flop. So perhaps it was ideal after all, huh? The second coinflip I lost was unfortunate, because the pot odds was offering the right money for Greg to call with AJo against my pocket 4's. I don't know if pushing pre-flop with that hand was a great play, but I was really short stacked compared to the blinds so I pretty much had to do so. I was steaming after I lost that coinflip though. I felt that I was playing a really solid game and if I had won either one of those coinflips, I would've been able to claw my way back into the game. Oh well.
Geez, I'm glad I've been able to sort out my thoughts. Writing's so therapeutic!
I strongly dislike condescending people who give off a sense of smug superiority. I'm not a saint by any means, but I'd like to think that I'm rarely if ever condescending. Hanging out at the beach today was fun, but the presence of one person and how she carried herself just really bothered me.
While chilling at the beach, I was still acutely aware of the existence of social bubbles, which I thought would dissipate after school got out. I don't like feeling like I'm being prioritized, but it's not like I can criticize others for doing so because I know I prioritize too. I don't like the fact that people act differently around different people, but that's just one of the truths of life. I guess all I can do is try to be open and friendly to everyone. In any case, I felt a little awkward there. It's weird, though. Aside from Cameron and perhaps Becca, I personally knew more people/socialized with others more than everyone else, but I felt really out of place. Things are just strange. I feel more like I'm a part of something when I'm with the crew, but even then, there's tensions.
I hung out and talked with Alex for a while at the beach. I remember before we even met her, we'd rag Croft about how her sister was smoking hot and talked about how we did really wrong things to her the night before. He got pretty pissed, which we all got a kick out of. Looking back on it, the whole thing was extremely immature, but it was hilarious at the time. It still makes me chuckle. In any case, I didn't expect her to be hot, but she's really cute. I remember when one of me and Croft's friends had a thing for her. Some people didn't understand what the guy was thinking. I understood, though. A girl like that can drive certain guys crazy. Just ask Nate Boguez, lol!
I played basketball today for the first time in about a week. My left hand shooting has gotten so good. (I'm being so modest!) I've just improved so much this summer, though. My shooting in general has exponentially improved. All this Frisbee and basketball has gotten my hand/eye coordination to an all-time peak. I think my vert has gotten higher as well. I might have gotten taller too. I played with Linders today and our height difference wasn't as big as I remembered. While I'm talking about Linders, he's definitely a beast. He's tall, built and coordinated. He's pretty hard to stop. Before he came, I pretty much did all the scoring for my teams. However, once he came, I just kept feeding him the ball. The trick of winning when he's on your team is just stepping back and letting him do all the dirty work. But I digress. Improvement's great.
I need to get a job. My parents are getting on my back about it. Rightfully so, though. It's all the spending money I'll have for next year. I want a comfortable amount. I'm not an excessive spender by any means, but I'm definitely going to need a fair amount of money to get by next year in St. Louis. I'm getting so much mail from Wash. U... I have a bunch of paperwork to fill out. It's so overwhelming. Man...
Speaking of money, I'm currently on one of the biggest losing streaks in my poker career. But right before this, I won two games and netted $40+. My losing streak has hit a little over $40, so the winning and losing has pretty much balanced out. The losing streak started off with two really horribly played games in which I lost a total of $20, but ever since then, I've felt that I've been playing really well. I just haven't been getting the cards; variance can be a bitch. I played yesterday and felt like my reads were on. I thought I only made one big mistake all game. I know I probably made much more than that because I'm not anywhere near world-class by any means, but for my current level, I think I only made one big mistake. And it was when I bet the turn after I sensed that Kevin had me beat with the turn card. I had him beat before that, though! Anyway, it came down to me losing two coinflips yesterday. The first coinflip I lost wasn't ideally played by the other player. Ironically, the ideal play would've gotten him less money because I could've gotten away from my hand after the flop. So perhaps it was ideal after all, huh? The second coinflip I lost was unfortunate, because the pot odds was offering the right money for Greg to call with AJo against my pocket 4's. I don't know if pushing pre-flop with that hand was a great play, but I was really short stacked compared to the blinds so I pretty much had to do so. I was steaming after I lost that coinflip though. I felt that I was playing a really solid game and if I had won either one of those coinflips, I would've been able to claw my way back into the game. Oh well.
Geez, I'm glad I've been able to sort out my thoughts. Writing's so therapeutic!