Short Break

I know it's been a few weeks since I posted a blog but I have thought about getting back into it. My life has changed just a bit since my last post and I plan on detailing the small changes that have occurred in my life. Wait for blog..... soon

Dave

Trying new things

Finals are here and my life is unbelievably hectic.

I think I am going to try to start some affiliate programs on all the major poker sites. The newest site, Cake Poker is probably going to be the best one to use. I will probably start a couple of websites, some offering rakeback and others not. If anyone wants to sign up on Cake Poker for rakeback, email me at joey_pistone@hotmail.com and I will give you as good of a deal as I can.

Other thank that not a lot is going on, I have been playing some poker lately. I killed HU limit hold-em on Full Tilt last month. I really must have ran disgustingly good because I was averaging like 30BB/100Hands. I have been playing some SNG's and HU when I have time but there isn't a lot of it.

Update

I figured I could update since I have some free time on this lazy Saturday.

My life is pretty hectic right now. This week I was in class or teacher aiding for 25 hours and doing homework for another 25. I have only had to do this much homework one other time in my life. I think it is good for me though, I need to learn how to organize and finish my work, especially when there is a lot of it.

Spring Break was last week and my friend Alex and I went on a "basketball road-trip". We went down to Oklahoma City for the Big XII championship, swung down to Texas and spent a couple days at South Padre Island, then drove up to New Orleans for the 1st and 2nd rounds of the NCAA tournament. We had awful tickets for all the games, but we ended up sneaking down to the lower levels for most of them and even sat front row a few times, which was awesome. Watching basketball live is such an experience, these guys are so much bigger and faster up close. It makes me want to get court side seats for an NBA game sometime.

In other news, on the encouragement of my girlfriend, I got a job at a summer camp from June - August this summer. It's a really, really nice camp in Southern Maine called Camp Takajo and I will be the head basketball instructor for boys age 8-10. I am really excited about it because it is an actual summer long camp that the kids come to for two straight months. Apparently it is ran fantastically and they have a 96% retention rate from year to year. I am really excited about the opportunity.

I should also mention that I am dating a girl named Rebecca who I have dated a couple times before. She occupies a lot of my free time, the little that I have, and I couldn't be happier.

It looks like everything should be on track for me to student teach next semester and then graduate (again) with my teaching degree next December. I am really ready to get out in the classroom and have an opportunity to influence other people's lives. It's such a huge responsibility, but I can't imagine a more rewarding profession for myself.

Alright, that's all, thanks for keeping up and God bless.

Thanks for still checking

Only the most hard core readers of my blog still even check it anymore. I haven't posted in over a month so I don't blame anyone for losing interest. The thing is that I am just sooooo busy right now with school that I am not even playing any poker at all really. I have probably played two or three days this month.

School is going great, I am having a little trouble keeping up with my 19 hours but I should be alright. I am doing some teacher aiding at the Seward Middle School which is pretty fun. I have been spending most of my free time with a really amazing girl who I just started dating, which I feel is really good for me.

I am playing in the $1,500 buy-in tourney at the WSOP Circuit event in Council Bluffs. It is pretty much the only tourney that I will be able to play at this Circuit event because of all my school.

I don't think I will be posting on here very often, unless something drastic changes, so if you only check once a week it might still be to much :)

My life is good.

Moving

I got back to Lincoln yesterday afternoon and spent most of the day apartment/house hunting in Seward. It's not as easy as I thought it would be. I am trying to find a fairly nice two bedroom place somewhere fairly close to campus, but there just aren't a lot of options. It seems like there are only two types of apartments to get.

1) Old, run-down, two bedroom $400 - $500 a month
2) Nice, new, four bedroom duplexes $900- $1,200 a month

I can't see how anyone would get the older apartments if they had more than two people. The difference in quality is quite decisive.

There is one apartment complex that is significantly nicer than all the others, so I set up a walk through today at 6:00. If everything works out I will probably rent it and get everything moved to Seward this weekend.

That's my news for the day :)

Finally

My unbelievable trip is finally almost to a close. However, it did get even more bizarre before I got to Lincoln. I'll write a full ridiculous report after the holidays. Through everything though, if I had to do it again, I'd say that I'd be about 20:1 to make it home for Christmas. Everything just BARELY worked out.

Right now I am going to take off to go to Burlington, Colorado and spend the Holidays with my Dad's side of the family. I will post again after the weekend, until then everyone have a very Merry Christmas. Also thanks for stilling keeping up with the blog, even through these uneventful poker-less months. I am looking forward to '07 where I already have some big things planned.

another night across the pond

At least I made it to London today, but my flight was delayed 5 hours out of Dusseldorf, so I missed my connection to Chicago and am currently at the Marriot in London. In other good news, I have to rent a car to get from Chicago to Omaha because all flights are booked till Christmas. I am looking forward to the 11+ hours of Driving from Chicago to Colorado in the blizzard that is forecasted. At the moment I will consider myself lucky to get to my family before Christmas Eve. sigh........