It's been a long time since I've updated my blog. I really enjoy reading my blog months and even years later so I value my own quality blog posts with pictures and lots of detail - good and bad.

So here we go.

Poker: Haven't been playing much since coming back from Vegas. The times I have been playing have not been great. My tilt is on full blast and it is unwarranted. Small losses tilt me to the point that I can't even continue playing. I have tried various things to improve my play but getting tilt under control has to be my top priority. I have been playing on quite a few different sites which has been good for game selection. Rakeback deals are really good at some of them and I think if I can get my tilt factor under control I could make some decent money again.

TV/Movies: I finally broke down and started watching Breaking Bad. Excellent show. Probably top 5 or 10 for me all time. I'm on episode 2 of season 3 and it has been fantastic so far.

I got caught up with Community but wont be continuing. I think they got all they could out of that show. The original episodes were great. The "Modern Warfare" episode of season 1 was just epic television and I'm not sure why, but an old dude being extremely racist is still extremely funny.

Homeland is good although there are some things that just don't seem to be natural. It almost seems scripted. JK. TOO scripted is probably a better way to describe it.

Saw Moneyball this weekend and thought it was good. Being from the Bay, I remember all that stuff happening and reading about Billy Beane and wondering what exactly was "moneyball". Now I know.

Haven't seen a decent movie other than that in quite some time and it doesn't look like anything decent is coming out in the near future.

Recent Visitors

Had a roomate for about 5 weeks named TJ who is a fairly well known 2+2er from San Diego. I helped him get set up here in Mexico with his bank accounts, FM3, Neteller, Moneybookers and the whole 9. We had a good time here. He was surprisingly fun in the club once a few drinks got in him. TJ was a heads up beast playing around 6-8 hours per day and sometimes epic 12-14 hour sessions...all with the track pad. Not sure how anyone doesn't use a mouse these days.

TJ in beast mode cooking a steak while trackpadding HU on his lappy.



Matt, Vince, TJ and I booked a fishing trip. It was a pretty epic sweat as we caught nothing for 5 or 6 hours then crushed the very end of the day pulling in 2 decent sized Dorado (i think they are known as mahi-mahi in the states) in the last 15 minutes.

Some pics of that:






We brought them to a restaurant and watched MNF and had them prepare our fish 3 different ways. It was god damn delicious.

Reefy, Matt, Vince and I booked a trip to Guadalajara. We met Austin there and Austin was going to come back to La Paz to stay with me when TJ left.

At dinner on night one. Love this restaurant called La Tequila:



Typical Austin:



This dinner was epic because I bet Austin and TJ that Barry Bonds was the all-time home run leader. Both insta booked action that he was not. They were both so confident that Reefy and Matt booked against me and they know nothing about baseball. Austin offered any amount I wanted. This is a tough call because it is almost like stealing for me. We booked a decent amount though and of course I won the bet from all 4. I then flipped Austin for his winnings. I won 3 flips in a row
against him and he wound up owing me a lot of money after dinner. My Neteller Card finally lost CCR though and I owed a lot for this bill so it evened out in the end.

Austin, Vince and I caught an Atlas game. That was fun:



Had some really good clubbing times there too:




I had a blast in Guadalajara. It was difficult though with 5 guys to plan stuff and then acually do it. You can only move as fast as the slowest guy and it took a while to get everyone in agreement on what to do, where to eat, which club, when to start drinking, etc.


Back to Life: Austin and I returned to La Paz. It has been fairly chill here over the last few weeks. I sprained my ankle extremely bad though. It was literally the last second of a game that I really went ballistic in. I was 6-7 on threes and one 2 pointer where my foot was on the line. I had 20 of our 56 points and I just couldnt miss. On the last play though I jumped for a rebound and landed on a foot and rolled it. I knew I would be out for at least 2 months right when I landed. I limped around and even had crutches for a few days but I'm not limping anymore and it feels better.



Austin and I went to my girl's restaurant (that she is interning at) and watched the Marquez v Pacman fight. Austin gave me 8 to 1 on Marquez so you can imagine my disappointing in the end. Rigged. Clearly.

We have had some pretty fun nights out these last couple of weeks. There is a bar that charges around 5 dollars for cover and then it is 20 cents per beer or shot. Pretty lol at the pricing scheme but whatever. We got hammered and had a real good time. An American also opened a restaurant here. He is from Texas and it is, I would say, a kind of BBQ based menu. It's so funny how different minded Americans are from Mexicans when it comes to business. The restaurant is called "The Shack" and it is already doing really well. The food is excellent and the pricing is right. They had a few problems one day getting our orders out on time and they more than made up for the hassle and we have been back 4 or 5 times since. There is literally zero thought on compensation for errors in every other restaurant I've been to here so it was nice to deal with someone who has the forsight to think, "hey, if we treat them right, they will return".

Halloween: Had a good time. I was in a weird spot because I wanted to go out with my boys and show them that Halloween is a really good time here in La Paz. However, I hate dressing up because I'm an adult. I did not, however, want to be the ONLY guy in the club not dressed up. I decided to go as a footballer. Easy, inexpensive and legit.

Here I am with Deadmau5




Sports: Extremely excited to watch the 49ers this year. Patrick Willis and Bowman as the linebackers makes defense extremely fun to watch. If Alex smith can work Vernon Davis into the offense just a bit more, I think they will be real, legit competition come playoff time. Right now though, still feels a bit flukie and run-goody.

Extremely disappointed in the festering mob of greed that is the NBA. Players, Owners, Lawyers, Union Reps, etc etc. Shame on you.

Man U looked great at the beginning. They have just been down sliding ever since I think and the Man City ass whipping said it all. Man City just looks unbeatable right now. I think this 19 year old Phil Jones will be an absolute football super star though and I'm still excited to watch every game.

Future: Im getting extremely excited to head to the US for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's gonna be hectic though with a TON of driving as we are going to go San Diego to Phoenix, to Lake Havasu to San Diego to LA to Yosemite, to Bay Area. Probably do Lake Tahoe shortly after that too. My girl and Vince are coming with me in the beginning and then it will be just Vince and me for the Bay Area trip, then just me through Christmas. Still looking for a place to stay though. I plan on grinding, enjoying some cold weather, working out in a huge american gym, eating a lot of fast food and cheescake factory and seeing some decent movies. I have the NFL package here in Mexico and I see the American commercials for various fast food chains and some of it looks quite appealing.

I've been doing great weight wise and exercise wise. I've lost 50 lbs or so and it is staying off. I've been lifting regularly over the last 2 months but not in the last week or so. I just cant force my self to go. I can't explain it. Sometimes I just hate lifting. I want to get back to lifting 225 20 times and being able to do 20 dead hang pull ups. Am currently at 18 and these last 2 have been extremely tough to accomplish. I can bench 135 31 times and I am ready to add that extra plate and start building up. Im assuming I will only be able to hit 225 10 times or so but hopefully by the end of December I'll be at 15.

If anyone is interested in coming to Mexico in January or after let me know. I know it will be cold in Canada by then so if you are looking to get some sun, meet some cute girls, eat some good food and drink some cheap beer, hit me up.