Aftermath.

OK, so got back from my Mercy interview. I think it went OK...was really nervous and there was only me and this other girl, instead of the 3 person group interview. talk about pressure and competition. they asked 6 questions, 2 PT related, 2 Mercy related and 2 personal questions. the last question was a group question that the she and i had to collaborate on what are 3 of the most important qualities of a successful Mercy PT student. that was pretty easy...i picked 2 of the 3 and stated our rationale for each. then i asked 3-4 questions and then we were out. i started to loosen up right about the end and definitely was in the zone for the group question and for the Q/A...really showed my interest and showed that i did my research.

now the waiting...

i still have much to do...i have a student starting on monday...who i will try not to fail and i have a presentation on wednesday that i hope will have time for. i'm currently on LI at my dad's retirement party. he's leaving thursday for good to the philippines, where he'll live like a Marcos...minus the obssessive shoe collection. it also means that i will get that lean, mean chick magnet...a 1988 nissan pulsar. yep...i know you're jealous.

ok...so poker tonite methinks, too bad it will probably be limit poker...i have to learn how to control m'self playing that...so many chasers, my mom's friends, you would think i'd be able to clean up...but i feel luck figures much more in limit poker than no-limit...especially w/ less novices than m'self...they're playing to get lucky...while us seasoned folk play the percentages.

well, wish me luck...on the interview thing...not the poker thing.

A hat-trick of mini-reviews or how i'm just not in the mood to write but feel obligated to because nobody else seems to be updating.

OK, let's start w/ the Matador

Pierce Brosnan, a treat to watch who had more hooker metaphors than a....ummm...hooker who...ummm...had....a Master's in English...or Poetry...or something, where i'm just trying to say that Pierce Brosnan's character was liberal w/ his use of hookers.

Overall, an enjoyable experience...had a nice twist. All I can say is that Richard Shepard, the director of this film...wish he was Wes Anderson.

Go see it.

Next! Match Point, Woody Allen's latest...

What a great movie! had paced itself so well that the sexy N and I were bracing each other in suspense of what was coming next. she liked it a lot more than me, b/c scarlett johannsen annoys her b/c SJ looks like jessica biel, who annoys her even more. plus, i've realized that i may like jonathan rhys meyers b/c i've seen like almost all his movies.

Woody, wants to be Hitchcock and Adrian Lyne...and it works.

See this one too.

Lastly, Underworld: Evolution...got a sneak peek of this a couple o' hours ago thanks to the villagevoice

Man, to say this is a far superior movie to the first one, isn't saying much. in fact, i down right hated this movie when i saw it at the local multiplex. but it drew me in once it hit HBO, for some reason, i started to enjoy it and was quite entertained the 9-10 times i've seen it.

but this sequel, wow how entertaining was it? i didn't pay for it, so i enjoyed it 10-fold...half nudie shots of kate beckinsdale helps...and lots of blood, guts and dismemberments to whet the senses.

OK, so a glimpse of the director's, Len Wiseman, research for the sequel...

DAY 1:...watched Blade, the Matrices, The Hunger, the Kill Bills, Black Hawk Down, Alien(s), that Van Helsing movie wifey was in, and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula plus bits and pieces of every werewolf and vampire movie ever made.

DAY 2: Shooting starts. Got me wife (Kate B.) into that skin tight leather outfit (which got more mileage after the first movie...if you knowwotimean, wink, wink...) and the tanker truck filled with fake blood accidentally spilled onto my Saab...no problem, always bound to be setbacks.

DAY 15: That guy who plays Kraven, i know he looks like Jason Patric in lost boys but the acting lessons are getting no where, and he's more like Jason Patric in Speed 2...thank god, he's not gonna be here that long.

ok, nitey nite.

Finally our profession gets immortalized!!!


From the Onion:

Freudian Physical Therapist Convinced Dream Actually About Knee

January 17, 2006 | Issue 42•03

WESTPORT, CT—Cal Eddards, a physical therapist who treats injuries through Freudian dream analysis, said her patient's dream of isolation and disorientation was about his torn ACL. "Patient A dreamed that his house had several new, ominous rooms—clearly a subconscious manifestation of ruptured tendon," Eddards wrote in the PT Bulletin Online. "The unstable knee, coupled with his normal fears of castration, have caused a state of repressed emotionality that, if left untreated, could contribute to bursitis later in life."

Bodies: The Discounted Exhibition!

As per the Voice, if you want to check it out now...at %15 less!!

Presenting: Jubei, Fancy Boy Numero Uno!!

yeah, so the jubster got a haircut today. he's got a cocker spaniel cut...such a little girly boy now.

The Original Tetris Commercial. Watch it and laugh

man, I'm Old!!

Ah the 1980's a time when there were two world superpowers, Family Ties was the #2 show in the country , and gaming was two dimensional. You might just have to watch this twice for a double blast from the past.

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Just because i think it's funny...

KOOL-AID MAN

The Triboro Poker Open 2006

Just change the engraving to Astoria, Queens and change WSOP to TPO and we'll be all set.




No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Results ($10 buy-in, 1000 chips), 8 players, 7 in games 2/3

Game 1: 1st place: Me! 2nd: G.
Game 2: 1st place: G. 2nd: MS.
Game 3. 1st place: Me! 2nd: K

Highlights:

early in the game, me and player A. went all in with pocket rockets (A,A) a piece...split pot of course. at least 3 split pots occurred all evening. Player R. holding a flush loses to the boat of Player M. In game 2, the first hand of the game!!!! player M. calls an all in by Player A.****Player A. holds cowboys (K,K) whilst M. holds american airlines (A,A) and loses via M. completing her set (3 o' kind) on the turn...A. goes out in the first hand, plays dealer for the remainder!! I went out midgame game two with a bad beat holding 2 pair (A's over 9's) to a diamond flush on the river.

notables:

sexy nan held herself quite well, holding her own on 4 all-in attempts until going bust on the 5th attempt...must of been the sunglasses. we'll be seeing her again in the future.

player A. proves that he is not a cheater by busting out all 3 games.

Player K., took a beating being the big stack through most of game 3, losing to me who was short stacked during most of the game, coming up slowly and steadily robbing blinds and successful semi-bluffs. last hand of the evening, blinds at 300/600. all in pre-flop w/ A/6 diamonds vs. player K.'s K/9--i win w/ a diamond flush on the river!

Player MS. played crazy loose aggressive all 3 games and held her own through all three but fatigue set in by the end of game 2.

The Poker Oscar goes to Player M with her spectacular performance of hating every hand she had...A/K, K/K, A/10 etc.

overall, fun time had by all...we were distracted through game 2 when a collision occurred right outside...luckily, no one was hurt and Astoria's finest responded in record time---12 minutes!!! good going boys.

this posting is for you rick!! we miss you, your crazy loose super aggressive playing style...and of course, you're money.