A Gamblin Fool

Okay, you might be concerned, and you have every right to be, but I say I'm not a gamblin fool. I've been visiting casinos for the past few weeks to get the "look and feel" of them so that I don't freeze up on the blackjack tables in vegas. Call me crazy, plan an intervention, but I say I am sane.

I have an idea that my friends will use this blog post against me to say, "See, he was a crazed gamblin fool!"

I sometimes go to sleep thinking about a large jackpot I'll win down in Vegas. Sometimes it's as small as a few thousand dollars, and other times it is as much as US$200,000. My plans for this money include boring things, like saving it.

I do plan to park myself at a $5 blackjack table and play until they kick me out, or until I run out of money (or make a few thousand dollars).

The vegas marketing machine has got to me. They've got me to set aside a gambling budget and be happy to part with it. In 6 weeks, I'll be back and I'll tell you for sure. (The blog post will start, "Okay, I know I said I'd win big, but..."

Uhl is a God

Not to be blasphemous, but some third world countries classify me as a God. Must be the coke bottle in my hand, or sumfin.

If you read the Urban Dictionary, I can also be defined as a piece of shit, or one who shits on the toilet. How very odd.

One who fucks couches on a regular basis.

One who shits on the toilet seat when he sits to take a #2.

One who likes carrots up the penor hole.
Man... Mark is such an Uhl.

Sask Squash Tournament

Struck out and lost three matches without winning a single game.

Even though I didn't win a match, the experience was quite fun. I got a dry weave t-shirt, a few meals, and a beer.

After Brandon and I got our assess handed to us, we started to drown our sorrows with some beer. We headed to the casino about 11:00 and played some blackjack. Casino Regina gets quite busy on a Saturday night.

I didn't win more than I lost, and ended up a few dollars lighter.

There's another tournament in Saskatoon in April so I'll be in training for the next few weeks.

6 Weeks to Vegas

I booked a hotel and air tickets last night to Las Vegas for my brother, Devo, and me. I'm sitting on the smelly laptop drinking a Corona (with lime) and reading everything I can about vegas.

Two Down, Three to go

I won my first two squash games. The first was 9-10, 9-7, 9-1. The second was something like 9-1, 9-1. Wish me luck for tomorrow's match, it starts about 10:30.

Laptop... maybe later

If I buy a laptop it'll have to be something like a T43 from IBM. But, nothing has convinced me to buy a laptop. Why do I need a laptop?

Stole a Mac

Ok, well, I didn't steal it, but just borrowed it for an extended amount of time.

It's an iBook something or other. It smells like geek. I'm serious, it's like an episode of Seinfeld. It's not BO, it's BBO! More on the mac later.

Las Vegas, Day 5

Ok, I finnally got off my lazy ass and posted the final day of the Aug 2004 trip to Las Vegas. We had gone to the Hoover Dam, which sounds more impressive than it actually is. The engineering and scale are amazing, but it's not worth the car ride from Vegas.

Vegas, Here We Come

A weekend trip to Vegas at the end of April is near the final stages of planning. If all goes well, we'll be staying at the New York, New York, and taking in a few shows: NIN and Coldplay.

Regina Squash Tourney

We'll see how well I do in Regina in a few weekends. March 18th through 20th.

Local Squash Tourney

I'm gunna play in a local squash tournament at the PAC. It's on March 11 and 12th. Wish me luck.