Xmas shopping sucks. There is nothing further to add and nothing anyone can say that will sway my opinion on this. In fact, it isn't even my opinion; I am stating it as fact.
People just wander round like gormless twats. It has gotten to the point where I swear they are doing it on purpose. Like their sole purpose for being out on a particular day or even being placed on this planet is to get on my fucking nerves.
I am 6'3" and I am not a small guy. Anyone who has met me will confirm this. So why on earth do people insist on walking at me instead of around me? Do I look like a stairwell or a carpet? Am I fucking invisible? No. Walk fucking round me.
Oh, and when you are stood in front of me and I am CLEARLY attempting to go past you, the best way to facilitate this is not to slow to the point where you have virtually stopped altogether and THEN start walking fast again when I am just to the point when I am going past you. Neither is suddenly making an unforeseen veer to the left/right to look at some dogshit tat on the shelf / in the window. GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY.
I am seriously looking at investing in one of those alarms that zaps electric current into people (kinda like a cattle prod) and taking it shopping when I have to go.
So, after my week in Manchester with work and my Xmas shopping expedition, I have also played a bit of poker this weekend.
Here's how I got on on the poker front....
Overall my stats seem pretty consistent.
VP$IP% remains in the low 20's
PFR% in the mid-teens
Blind Defence and Blind Steal seem pretty static.
I am working on trying to get that aggression factor up. Sometimes I feel myself calling when I should be raising. I am going to have a proper review in the next few days and try and pick out the precise situations where I could / should have raised.
I'm hoping that, despite the small sample size (just under 10k hands) I still stand in good stead for advancing to 50NL and then 100NL. I can artificially boost my BR when I get back from Australia which will help, but I would prefer to know that I can hold my own there.
Speaking of Australia - I am going to meet up with Taipan168 when I get out there. He lives in Sydney. I am really looking forward to it.
Also when I get back, I am going to start to look to play a bit more live. Anyone living in or around London should PM me if they are interested.
TTFN
-Staresy
People just wander round like gormless twats. It has gotten to the point where I swear they are doing it on purpose. Like their sole purpose for being out on a particular day or even being placed on this planet is to get on my fucking nerves.
I am 6'3" and I am not a small guy. Anyone who has met me will confirm this. So why on earth do people insist on walking at me instead of around me? Do I look like a stairwell or a carpet? Am I fucking invisible? No. Walk fucking round me.
Oh, and when you are stood in front of me and I am CLEARLY attempting to go past you, the best way to facilitate this is not to slow to the point where you have virtually stopped altogether and THEN start walking fast again when I am just to the point when I am going past you. Neither is suddenly making an unforeseen veer to the left/right to look at some dogshit tat on the shelf / in the window. GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY.
I am seriously looking at investing in one of those alarms that zaps electric current into people (kinda like a cattle prod) and taking it shopping when I have to go.
So, after my week in Manchester with work and my Xmas shopping expedition, I have also played a bit of poker this weekend.
Here's how I got on on the poker front....
Overall my stats seem pretty consistent.
VP$IP% remains in the low 20's
PFR% in the mid-teens
Blind Defence and Blind Steal seem pretty static.
I am working on trying to get that aggression factor up. Sometimes I feel myself calling when I should be raising. I am going to have a proper review in the next few days and try and pick out the precise situations where I could / should have raised.
I'm hoping that, despite the small sample size (just under 10k hands) I still stand in good stead for advancing to 50NL and then 100NL. I can artificially boost my BR when I get back from Australia which will help, but I would prefer to know that I can hold my own there.
Speaking of Australia - I am going to meet up with Taipan168 when I get out there. He lives in Sydney. I am really looking forward to it.
Also when I get back, I am going to start to look to play a bit more live. Anyone living in or around London should PM me if they are interested.
TTFN
-Staresy
on June 15, 2007, 6:43 am
Reply to this comment