Fucking rain.

This weather is seriously getting me down. It doesn't help that the markets have gone to rat shit either. Wifey's pretty worried about the retail market here, as it's pretty much tanked and nobody's buying anything and is seriously affecting her business. Canadians are generally a pretty thrifty people, and when there's financial issues, they tend to get even more so.

I'm the opposite though, when things get out of whack like they are now (thanks for buying those houses you couldn't afford, America), I do my best to keep spending. I'm not sure if it helps, but I hope it does, even if in some minor way.

I was supposed to go to the gym today, but I just couldn't do it. I feel pretty crappy, as I'm pretty sure I got the cough going around the office. Sucks.

Played three tournaments last night, busto in all three. I was doing so well, but all it takes is one mistake and you're pooched.

Ah, that feels better!

For those that don't know, Potomophobia is an intense fear of rivers. You guessed it, I'm a poker player. It's not my job, but I still take it pretty seriously. I've read a ton of books on the subject and I'm always trying to improve. It's been four solid years since I started playing. I usually find that I do better when I've set a goal for myself. Otherwise I tend to just blow my money in stupid, stupid ways.

Right now, my only goal is to beat one of my online buddies in a prop bet that we set up. I have to place higher than him in the $30k Guaranteed $10+1 multi-table tournaments that Pokerstars runs twice a day. Since the bet started last week (bet runs for a year) my best finish is a staggering 390th of 3438. I'm still in the lead with those abysmal numbers because Gene hasn't started playing yet. I'm at a slight disadvantage if history has anything to do with it. He's finished as high as 15th (but it was before we started this bet) and I think he could easily do that well again.

I've been reading a lot of other people's blogs to get the courage to start writing my own. I hope that I can keep this up. I'm already finding it to be quite therapeutic.

I should mention that this WILL NOT be just a poker blog. There's plenty of those out there, that will be much more interesting than this one.