I had a very unspicy burrito last night.
The good news is, my girlfriend is cool. D’awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Hi
life
Day-to-day events and activities.
New stuff
So, I’ve been back in the big smoke working at Viru for the past few weeks. Folding bedsheets is tranquil; going to Diletantide Avantgarde (or however it’s spelt) was bad this time, but we snuck in so it wasn’t extra disappointing; Christmas was fun and small but involved a lot of vodka and a visit from Santa; learning Estonian from my exercise book began well and is becoming more challenging; Avatar was pretty but boring; New Year’s was full of fish at a wedding and a late attempt to see fireworks; the last few days has seen my old faithful laptop of the last 3 years fall over on itself.
Now I have a new one.
I have a lot of shit to re-setup. Fun.
Activistism
Today I paid my membership fees to the Pirate Party of Australia and sent an email to Senator Conroy about the government’s proposed mandatory Internet filtering.
It feels good. Like I’m back in university but actually doing something apart from complain about asylum seekers being imprisoned.
I did a protest march through the streets once. It was pretty cool but kind of retarded. I don’t even remember what we were protesting about. Then again, that seems to be the standard university experience. Well, Sydney University anyway.
Today everyone is eating blood sausage and cabbage. I’ve opted out. I might try a Krooks burger later tonight. First I will need a shower and a good hard scrub under my arms.
Also, poker.
Train day
Heading back to Tallinn in a little while. It’s only 4pm and it’s pitch black here. Unfortunately there is no snow.
I just had a shower and I can feel small drops of water remaining in my ears. Bastards.
My phone is out of credit so I can’t call anyone this weekend, sorry.
I wish I had more convenient headphones, as the travel ones I have are a pain in the arse generally.
Damn, I have to pack.
Boring update with bragging
Hello. I’m going to a concert tonight. Today was fairly bland apart from having a big heater in my short poker session. Below the break are all hand histories against the same player.
I’m currently drinking a 33cL beer of A. Le Coq premium export, purchased from Selver a few days ago. In a 24 pack.
Progress!
I have been invited into the Google Wave beta. It’d be a lot better if I had a reason to use it. Still, it’s fun to toy with.
I’ve moved up to 5NL tables in poker and finally unlocked my deposit bonus from July. It took a lot of grinding but I made it with 2 days to spare. Unfortunately, I think I’m about to receive another $100 bonus that only lasts for December, so I doubt I’ll actually get all of it. Some of it would be good, though.
My poker game is getting more confident. Now that I’m not feeling the pressure of getting my bonus money I think I’ll cut back on tables and concentrate on playing better rather than just pounding out hands for points. I’m still in the nanos but progress is progress, right?
Mr and Mrs Jones came to visit last week. It was nice to catch up with them for the first time in years. I think they enjoyed their stay here. I should really work out the tally for how many friends/school buddies have come to visit me since I got here. It should be quite a decent score, I think.
Marika and I are feeling pretty bored at the moment. We’ve been playing Turakas, the card game, now and then. It’s a bit tricky when it’s 1v1 but we don’t have much else to do. I’m very tempted to purchase some sort of board game but they’re all fairly pricey and I’ve not heard of any of them, apart from Monopoly and Risk, yet I don’t see Marika enjoying them that much and I don’t think they handle 1v1 too well. Maybe we can find some friends to play.
Today we’re going to the 4D cinema. I don’t know what that means. They play a film that runs for all of 5 minutes. I suspect we’ll watch that then walk around Lõunakeskus for a few minutes before stocking up at Rimi. What a life.
There’s no snow here. It’s just wet and miserable. I’m too lazy to even bother going to the shop to buy alcohol for myself as a means to pass the time.
Since I can’t use torrents on the apartment Internet connection here I’ve ordered a seedbox. Unfortunately the guy hasn’t set it up yet and it’s been about 2 weeks. Something’s gone wrong on his end but he has the order, so hopefully we’ll get there eventually and I can actually enjoy… things… again.
Oh, one last thing: I need a haircut.
Last night in my flat.
Tomorrow I’m moving out! Boohoo.
I’m not looking forward to cleaning it.
This is the story.
I’ve had about 10 days to myself. I’ve not done a lot – mainly playing games, poker and atrophying. It’s been a cheap week.
My mum sent a care package so I have more sugary and chocolately goodness to engorge myself with. I’ve been too tight to go to the shops for the last few days so licorice and tim tams have been my main diet. Healthy, indeed.
Today I had a nice variational poker day. Again, I managed to perform the 0.93% feat of failing to flop a set with 35 pocket pairs. I really do hope my calculations make sense there. I’m sure they do. :S
Regardless, I feel I’m getting a lot better with all the grinding I’ve been doing. I’ve tried to play a bit more courageously in order to kill off being weak/tight. When I do it correctly it seems to play out quite well. Unfortunately I still misread a few situations but usually the mistake isn’t too costly. I’ve been consistently grinding out a positive bankroll, albeit a bit slowly for what I would like.
Soon I’m moving to Tartu. Not long after that I have to come back to Tallinn to catch up with my school friends. School friends who are now married. Daw. They have been for a long time, actually, which is nice. I remember their wedding. I don’t remember what year it was but it was a nice day. Goody.
Tim is back from the motherland some time today, via Riga. I wonder how he’s feeling. Probably fat and happy. For once.
P.S. I ate so much pumpkin soup I got really sick and don’t want to touch it again for a long time.
Hi.
Quick update:
- Practically finished the new hostel website. Now we’re just waiting for the domain registration to transfer and for then for the DNS servers to update…
- I have been listening to live Estonian Idol rehearsals all week.
- I’ve spent more time in Tartu than in my soon-to-be-moved-out-from flat in the past month-and-a-half.
- I feel particularly frail and lazy.
- I need to rob a bank.
- I’ve had my hair trimmed.
- I fixed my beard trimmer.
- Marika is eating a banana.
Plicka plicka
Ever wondered what Rammstein are up to lately? [NSFW] Probably not. Still, I felt like sharing it.
I just got back from Tartu, again. Another week down. It’s not too bad a place to chill out and it’s going to be cheaper to rent there for 6 months than it is to rent in Tallinn for 1 month. Yep.
I’m not really sure what to write about. I haven’t done much except avoid exercise. I drove Marika’s car a little bit. It was fun to be behind the wheel again. Unfortunately I barely fit behind it, but I think I’ll manage if I ever need to pop down to the shops for… vegetables?
My hair is growing back at a slightly disturbing rate. It’s time to have it cut again in order to tidy it up. The hair on the sides of my head tends to grow up and outward, like an eagle spreading its wings. You could even compare my nose to its beak.
Currently I’m redesigning the hostel website. It’s coming along quite nicely. Unfortunately I don’t have any other web work to do. I hope to soon otherwise I’ll be poor and sad. I really should be doing more work pimping out this poker software as this month has been very lax. Perhaps I’ll grind out a few hours each day for the rest of the week. I guess I do need the money after all. Woe is me.
I like this apartment but damn it’s ripped the arse out of my wallet. :( In fact, my wallet is so empty these days that I actually carry it around again!
the knob blog 