The weekend and, yes, some poker blog

Awesome weekend.

Friday night was a flashback as I went to a house party. It was fun, but unfortunately I found the couch early at around 2 AM with an unfinished text message in-hand. I'm just glad I didn't wake up with permanent marker on my face or something like that...

Saturday I woke up on that couch and went outside and found $20 on the ground, sweet. My car was on Grand Ave. in St. Paul and we were in Minneapolis so we decided to hike it. On the way there we stopped for breakfast at Baker's Square, and while we were eating I realized that I had a dentist appointment at noon! This was at about 10:45. So near the end of breakfast I called a cab to take me to Grand so I could race back to White Bear to make my appointment. But not before playing the stuffed animal crane thing, I can't help myself. As I was playing it, my friends were waiting on the bench and were asked by a couple walking in if they were waiting to be seated, to which they replied, "No we're just waiting for our friend to quit playing video games." At the same time a cute girl walked by and smiled... she watched as I was playing my last game so I asked her if I was good from the side (if you've played the crane game you know what I'm talking about). She smiled and said yes, but unfortunately I didn't get the Twins bear I was going for :( and she was with her dad so I didn't feel right doing any more flirting, but maybe I should have.

Anyways, I made my dentist appointment a few minutes late, which was fine... until the drilling started. I decided to be a tough guy and get my teeth drilled without novacaine. These weren't cavities, but were very prone to be soon so they had to drill away some decay and put in sealants. Believe me, the freakin' pain from that drilling will make me think about my oral hygiene a little more (not that it's bad! it's not!).

After the dentist I went home to the 'rents house as it was only a few miles away, and I made a chicken and corn on the cob lunch on the grill. Mmm.

The night consisted of Great Moments in Kung Fu Theatre History, to which I laughed my ass off. The streetfighter skit was awesome, I must say. I didn't know Tiny Tim knew how to fight. After that we went to Barfly, which I found to be wayy different that the bars I'm used to going to as this was upscale and not a college-student infested beer hall. Drinks, dancing, and girls on poles made it an awesome night :)

Now for what happened on Sunday. I woke up around 1 pm after being up until around 5 am, and went to see if there were any online tournaments to my liking. I saw a free tournament (actually it cost player points, but basically free) where the top five finishers would win a seat in The World Series of Poker main event with $1000 spending money and free hotel. In a nutshell, there were 1237 players, and I finished in the top five. So I'm going to the World Series of Poker. I can't believe it, and I won't believe it for awhile. A $10,000 seat in the biggest tournament in the world. And $1000 spending money and 10 days and nine nights in a hotel, all paid for. My roommates have already planned to take off work to get out there and live it up with me. Anyone else that wants to come, please do! I don't expect to beat the best players in the world, but if I somehow place at all I'll win a life-changing amount of money. I'm just happy to be there, not just the World Series, but in Vegas for 10 days, possibly my favorite place in the world. I leave July 27th. 52 days and counting...