man i'm bored as all hell right now...all friends are in lincoln right now so i've just been a fuckin bum today. i should have really gone to the gym or something/done something productive but instead i decided to just sit on my ass.
i suppose that is one of the joys of summer... sitting on your ass and enjoying free time. this is a time that is slowly slipping away for many of us, as many of my friends are preparing to go into the real world where summers are nonexistent. i still have to do that last semester unfortunately and still have a year or two yet before a job is there.
I plan on playing poker as long as I can. I've already realized I don't have it in me to really grind out shpanko style every month, that much is clear. I've always been content with playing like 10k hands or so a month, meh.
I'm more happy with the opportunities that poker has given me. Happiness is something I've always strived for...I don't really care as much about the money, but that could be because either a) I have enough of it for now, at least in my current situation or b) I haven't felt the real grind of true expenses like house/etc. I'm sure things would be different if I never played and never made any money.
here is a good post by martox that pretty much voices my sentiments. I fully agree that people should open up, strive to find new activites that bring happiness and purpose. We as poker players are often confined to a pretty set/boring schedule (sit around, watch porn, play a few hours of poker, rinse watch repeat). Finding new hobbies and activites can not only help your poker playing but your general happiness.
For me, I've found rock climbing to be a great outlet. I don't lift as much anymore (in terms of frequency), but when I was in the prime of my rock climbing, I could lift as much or more as I was previously. Fantastic exercise and loads of fun...I haven't found a real consistent place to climb in Omaha yet so blah.
I'd like to get better at cooking...I'm pretty horrid right now, and I fail in alot of areas. I think cooking would be pretty great for alot of reasons, other than me just loving food in general. Scuba diving is another hobby that I've gotten into (recently certified, yay), and I'm hoping that I'll be able to go to different places and see some cool dive sites.
I have no idea what this future holds for me. Hobbies and stuff we like change all the time. I've said this stuff many many times (for anyone reading this pathetic blog), I'm not preachy- I just think that people waste so much opportunity to do other stuff (re- poker players). We're all young, rich (relative), and have a ton of opportunity to do so much.
Anyways, I'm bored as all hell. Football season is about 2 months or so away and I can't wait. I'm actually watching the TTU/Ole miss game now, pretty great game.
UF should look pretty solid this year...I don't want to hold expectations ridiculously high (USC style) but I think that all the tools are in place for at least a BCS bowl...anything less than that will be tremendously disappointing...I would NOT be tremendously surprised if UF played for another national title either. The Defense will be among the best in the nation, with everyone returning. The D alone will give UF a chance in most every game.
UF still misses one piece on D- a line busting DT. The DEs are fantastic in Dunlap and Cunningham (both will probably play in the NFL next year, barring something disastrous). But two UF DTs have transferred in the off season, both five star rivals recruits. Ugh...Our current starters have been serviceable and underrated (and don't get me wrong, I'm happy with their performances)...but we have yet to see someone like a Ray Mcdonald or Marcus Thomas here.
I think the biggest challenge for UF is LSU. I wouldn't be surprised if someone crept up on us either, someone like Georgia. While the UGA/UF series has been a monumental joke the last 15 years (UF has owned UGA the past decade), 2007 was a nice example of a team sortve 'creeping up' on UF...UGA got smeared by UTenn that year and noone really gave them a chance.
With that said, at Death Valley in a night game with almost 100,000 drunk cajuns doesn't sound very appealing to me. LSU has recruited as well as anyone the past 4 years and they should see alot of improvement from last year. Jefferson looked pretty promising in that last game vs. GTech. LSUs defense was pretty fucking pathetic last year, but I think youth and a bad DC (gone now, Chavis is there now) were two big factors.
The obvious contenders next year are still there. UT/tOSU/OU/USC/UF/etc. I think that there will be some surprise teams this year, as always.
I'm going to say that Arky improves a ton...I'm going to also say that Cal comes back to national prominence and the same with UMiami. We'll see how these three teams go next season, this prediction could be a major bust. I guess neither of those teams are totally off the national radar but meh.
Ugh, getting hungry...my diet has been a pretty big fail lately. I'm too lazy to cook myself so I've been going out. While I'm not really eating mcdonalds when I go out, it's still probably less than optimal. Huhot, culvers (pretty bad for you), sandwhiches from hyvee, ugh.
Anyways, gl. hope noone is as bored as I am.
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This is TJ Eckleburg12 from 2p2.
I'm an unreasonably optimistic UGA fan... and even I think we're at least a year away from making noise again in the SEC. We just lost too much on offense.
AJ Green is still gonna be great... and I think the RB we have (King, Samuel) are capable players, but they won't be game-changers like Knowshon was. I think Joe Cox will be better at QB than people think, and Richt will give him the whole year because he feels like he owes him. But I don't think he has a DJ Shockley-esque run in him.
And the elephant in the room is the defense. There are serious rumblings about D-coordinator Willie Martinez in Bulldog Nation. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I know many don't like him.
We had a huge drop-off at DE last year and that was the root cause of all our problems. Whenever we're great it's because of our defense, and primarily because of the strength of our D-Line. Martinez did it with Van Gorder's players when we were good, and if the D-Line is below SEC-average bad again, then Martinez is gone.
We tend to recruit well on D-line though, so we'll see. I think 9-3 is unreasonably optimistic, and we can't be disappointed if we get 8-4, considering what we've lost.
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