Can money bring you happiness?

The question is often debated with interesting points from both sides of the spectrum. I think the answer is different for every person. Many of my friends reply with "look at the fucking smile on my face, ear to fucking ear baby" which is the cliche Ben Affleck quote from Boiler Room. Money does bring my happiness. My friends are all basically under 25 and have been very fortunate in life to earn fantastic income so young. I have a little more maturity than some with handling large sums of money.

I'm curious because I just watched the new show on Fox called Moment of Truth. The lady being asked the questions was maybe 27, appeared like a slut from lower class (trailer park obv), and seemed like a dishonest person. These were my stereotypes before the first question was asked.

Question: Do you take your wedding ring off to appear like you're single?
Answer: Yes

Question: Were you still in love with an old bf on the day of your wedding?
Answer: Yes

Question: Do you think you should be married to your exbf Frank?
Answer: Yes

Question: Have you had sexual relations with anyone besides your husband since you've been married?
Answer: Yes

You can take the girl out the trailer but you can't take the trailer out the girl.

This woman is obv. pure trash. She was 2 questions away from $200,000 when asked

Question: Do you think you're a good person?
Answer: Yes

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR sorry Mrs. White Trash that answer is false. The bitch ended up with nothing but a divorce, probably debt as she appears to be a career waitress, her old bf Frank who didn't even wear a belt with black pants and a tucked in dress shirt. Nice job. While waiting for her answer her father was saying you're a good person and shaking his head yes. How can one say another is morally a good person when they cheated on her husband? He is obv. the King of The Trailer Park and holds the Trailer Park record for most Milwaukee's Best Ice's drank in a day. He probably drives a 4 color 1982 Camaro and has the 1983 Camaro V8 engine on the side of the trailer waiting to drop it in.

Why do people get married if they don't want to? Lawyers LOVE June and July because that usually makes the 1 year mark of most marriages where divorce occurs.

I've been ice fishing almost everyday and have had some good days.

Last Thursday I caught 32 Perch and kept 13.
Last Friday I caught 32 Perch and kept 19, two jumbos in the pics above.
Sunday we caught around 60 Perch (with the help of Aissa, her second time out and she loves it) and kept 27. Also caught 2 small Rock Bass.
Today my Dad and I caught 32 perch, he caught 1 small mouth bass (very nice size) and kept 10 Perch.

32 seems like my lucky number I don't know what it is. Hoping to fish a lot the rest of the month and into March.

I have only played a few hours of poker and all that was heads up which I won 3 buyins. In March I do plan to play much more because sadly the ice will leave most likely.

Ohh we bought a Fish Tv which a camera to put in the hole to see whats going on underneath the ice. Best $100 spent, the picture and quality is amazing. No need to spend $350-500 on an Aquavu camera, this is made by Aquavu is awesome. Perch were in our holes constantly today (first chance to use it).

Where do I start

I again allowed myself to neglect the blog which is something I don't like doing but at times find it difficult to create the time.

Valentines Day was good, the day before my Uvula (thing that hangs in the back of your throat) was very swollen and I felt like shit. I stopped at Lakeside Mall and picked up an expensive box of Godiva Chocolate for the lady. I was next in one line when a woman that works there decides were creating one massive line at which point I'm now 5th in line (one family; a mom, mother in law, two strollers one with 3 kids and one with 2 kids). I was standing basically in the entrance way rather than to the side because I'd be damned if anyone else got in front of me. The 60 something woman that works there said in a cunt voice "Sir you can't leave the store without paying for the candy." With a massive fever and feeling very sick (stayed out way too long on the ice on the 13th in a blizzard and brutal wind that was cold even inside the shanty). I generally stick up for the little people and feel bad for people humping crappy jobs (standing outside holding a sign in 10 degree weather), but this cunt gave me an excuse to brag and sound like top 5% of American income earners per year that I am. I'm humble for the most part and don't brag about my income but I felt it necessary to "clap back" at this mumbling old cunt. I make more a month in rakeback than she does working lol. It shows how much I care about Aissa to wait sick in line, treated like a second class citizen for a stupid box of IMO over priced candy. We didn't gamble at all and were both beat (probably a bad idea to get a room on a Thursday, she needed to get up early.

Ice fishing has been going rough until Saturday where my Dad and I managed to catch 40 Perch. For some reason this winter I've been having trouble finding quantity fish. Spots in the past that I've been able to catch 30-50 from in a morning have produced 5 fish at best. I of course have some hot spots but they seem dull this winter (have produced great for the past 6 years). The lake is frozen and there is basically 8-12" of ice everywhere (although yesterdays rain didn't help anything). We fished Anchor Bay from about 7"30-1pm and caught around 40 and kept 25. I forgot to take pictures of the fish. We very nicely moved our vehicle over a little in the parking lot for 2 black guys (very odd to see black people ice fish, brothers hate the cold), and they thanked some other people, very fucking odd but they're stupid nigs.

I've been slacking on playing poker and need to find a good balance between fishing and playing. IMO last ice is only a couple weeks away so I want to fish a lot but I need to log some hours. I'll see what I can do.

My Birthday was just fine (spent it ice fishing on Saturday with my Dad). Multiple dinners in the past week with family, great gifts, etc. My gf bought me a really nice high quality down comforter for my bed and a shirt from Eddie Bauer, cash from family.

The pictures are from our Valentines Day balla suite at Motor City Casino and ice fishing on my B-Day. I promise to get some good fish photos up soon, I forgot to take some of fish on the ice and we cleaned them quickly when we got home.

More fishing, cleaning my room and handling neglected things while I fished, and playing some poker in my horizons. Sorry for poor quality in hotel pictures. I took the pictures in the morning with no lights on practically.

Please read and VOTE

but I've been so busy praying for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his minister. What a crock of shit all this is. The guy is a crook but black Detroit loves him in the same manner they loved Colman Young. A black male is doing what white males (have wrongfully done for decades) so they love it. I believe he had the stripper killed to cover his ass. This investigation and lawsuits have cost $9 million. He shoved Steve Wilson from channel 7 getting out of his car on the way to do his first re-election speech (he's not sorry and will 100% run again next term).

While reading the Poker Players Alliance website to gain some candidate information for the upcoming Presidential Election I was shocked to see that Obama considers himself "a great poker player" but will vote against any legislation attempting to legalize poker in the United States. I personally feel most Democrats are retarded on this issue. Hillary Clinton says "a study will be conducted to determine if poker is a game of skill and the social impact of online gaming in the U.S. The U.S. is pissed because they are getting butt fucked with no lube on taxing poker (same reason pot is illegal). Of course all Republicans except McCain are against online poker and will veto any legislation attempting to legalize it. McCain remains open and hasn't discussed it much. I find it hard to admit but I'm rooting for Hillary to win for the Dems and McCain to win for the Republicans. I wrote Senator Levin (who is considered a Political genius) regarding his voting for the UIGEA. In his response (his bitch who types letters) seemed confused and thought I was asking for him to vote against supporting tightening our borders (UIGEA was snuck into this bill last minute by Republican douche Bill Frist, former Senator Majority Leader from Tennessee). I asked Senator Levin to consider the economic impact that poker is creating for the U.S. and to consider voting in favor of legalizing online gaming. Why are the Democrats so against this issue? Obviously the Christian Conservatives hate gambling because they are such Holy people yet most hate gays, blacks, ethnic groups, etc. I don't like black people but I never act like a follower of God and run around like I'm at a rave while attending Church because the Lord is touching me.

My Patriots lost. I don't really know what else to say. A new Coke commerical shows Bill Frist (douche who started the banning of online poker) and political analyst James something (I think) running around having a good time. I was quite pissed to see this asshole on TV. Bill Frist killed cats while in College to study their heart and practice heart surgery (so you cat lovers should hate him). He's a weird fuck and a Jesus freak. Again, I'm Republican but hate the Conservative Christians. My beliefs except religion are mostly Republican.

I've been hearing that Party Poker may start to allow U.S. players once again. I'm still quite pissed at them for acting like pussies and closing down to the U.S. market. I will continue to play at Full Tilt and Stars (unless the games get as good as they once were at Party, which they won't because the idiots have all started playing on Full Tilt and Stars).

I booked a room for the lady and me on Valentines Day at Motor City Casino Downtown. We have a spectacular suite. We will enjoy a fantastic dinner and bottle of Dom Perignon. The night will be spent gambling, having sex, and enjoying fantastic Champagne.

My Birthday is coming up pretty soon (16th) (also her Aunt's B-Day) so I will be busy with celebrating with my family, her, her Aunt's B-Day. I'm hoping the weather stays nasty cold so ice will reform on the Lake. Sunday is suppose to be a high of 13 degrees so I'm happy.

I'm way overdue for a haircut with my new stylist Liz. I've been slacking on anything and everything except for work. I need to take a few hours and get some running around done. Work has been going very well this month after the roller coaster month of January (although a solid winning month) the swings were quite gross. I've been playing about 3,000 hands per day this week and things are going very well. I'm usually 6-8 tabling for 5 hours or so per day.

I would like to take a minute and thank my readers (both readers of my blog and my blog cross posted) for reading and hopefully enjoying my writing. If you are a Michigan reader then I would really appreciate voting for this, if you live out of state or would like still like to vote for Michigan (or any vote) that's awesome as well. The link I will post in a minute is for a new Children's fun center at a hospital. It's very important that sick kids have a great time. Some of you may dislike me, read to expect failure, like me, find me amusing, etc. but Children's Charity is something I'm a big fan of. I know Poker Players are some of the most generous people around and donate (2+2 and Barry Greenstein have done wonderful things for Childrens charities.
1. So vote Detroit if your city is not up there
2.You can vote everyday so vote everyday
3.I takes about 15 seconds to improve a childs life and is free
4. You have no excuse
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When I was about 6 I was hospitalized for Croup and caught Pneumonia while in the hospital and I was in a breathing tent for about a week (3 weeks total hospital stay). One night while my Mom was visiting (Dad was working afternoons) I sat straight up gasping for air and was blue. They did a code blue and basically saved my life. A code blue is where they bring the table in with everything they could possibly use to save ones life. I never really mention this because truthfully it's scary to think how I could have easily died before my life really began, the things I would miss out on experiencing. Children charity has a very special spot in my heart.

If anything can go wrong it will

What a day it was, filled with bad ju ju from the start. I decided to go ice fishing instead of work today. The old saying is that your worst day fishing is better than your best day working, I'm not a believer anymore. First off, I wanted to fish Beacon Cove, I made the 1 mile walk (forgot my chains for my boots), since there is no snow on the ice it's like walking on an ice rink. I watched a guy cross over where the ice was bad before attempting it myself, he hit the spud into the ice and it went right through indicating horrible ice, even too dangerous to quickly cross over (only a 10 foot area of ice). So I couldn't fish where I wanted to. I made roughly 5 moves with horrible luck. I have fished and ice fished for 18 years on Lake St. Claire, I know where and how to fish. I then somehow managed to hook my two rod lines in the water together resulting in one fuck of a mess of line. The one hook managed to get caught on the ice at the bottom of the whole, I tried the ice scooper first, no luck, then had to stick my hand in the water to free it. Another rod created a bird nest of line knots which after 20 minutes I said fuck it, I'll put fresh line on at home. In 3 hours with horrible weather, bad ju ju, and fishing mediocre at best fishing spots I left. While backing in the driveway in my Dad's Commander I some the fuck how managed to scrape the side of my truck with the vehicle I was driving. Lack of attention, being tired, upset, etc.? I honestly have no fucking clue how this happened. Luckily the damage is only a small scrape on my Commanders back bumper and no damage (a very minor chip on the side) of my parents Commander which looks like a rock flew up and hit the upper fender. My bumper may even be able to be buffed out. I probably walked 3 miles on slippery ice with a mess of problems. January has been a bad month for me so I'm excited it's ending in 1:10 minutes.

Who the fuck knows where we will be able to fish on Saturday. I'm planning on taking Aissa but with this heavy snow (6-10") I heard, shitty fishing and ice recovering from 44 degree weather with 50mph wind and rain, who knows. I thread the needle sometimes on the ice but sadly the opening to Beacon Cove was just that bad, the ice is probably 6" inside the marina but the entrance is where the problem lies. No fish is worth a life. For Saturday I will put safe ice in priority over fish. I'm not the guy fishing 30 feet from open water but I'm not the guy fishing the boat basin when the lake is frozen. I have no problem fishing on 3 inches of ice. I'm looking for 6 inches on Saturday. I really think the fish are in tight to shore, 6 feet of water, etc. or they are out really far (2 mile +). The weather fucks up their thinking about where to go and time of year.

Ice fishing and the auto show

Corvette ZR1
Baby Blue - Silver ish Ferrari (very sharp IMO)
New Commander sticker price
Even sharper in person

We finally have some more good ice that extends several miles onto the lake. I went out Saturday for about 2.5 hours with my Dad and made the long walk to Beacon Cove Marina from the DNR access ramp. We were both shocked that the ice is 4 wheeler safe. We caught about 11 decent Perch in a last minute fishing trip.

Sunday I went to the auto show Downtown with my gf and her family while my Dad returned to Beacon Cove via 4 wheeler, he caught about 15 Perch and 1 Pike. The auto show is always fun for me, I enjoy looking at the nice cars and some more practical ones. Ferrari and Lamborghini both had cars that were a baby blue - silver and very sharp. I was shocked to see the sticker price on the 2008 Jeep Commander read $39,000 for the Limited one, the base one which is a step below my current Commander was $33,000 and the hemi top of the line Commander was $43,000. My lease is up in September so I was checking out some possible replacements. 2008 is the last year they are making the Commander for some reason, which isn't sales related. 38k seems a bit much to me for a Jeep. The interior is upgraded though and the seats are much much nicer. In my 07 Commander basic water will leave water marks on the seat.

The new Corvette ZR1 is 682hp and is a beast. I was very impressed with the car. The new Cadillac CTS V is very nice also, sticker price is 70k ( I think). Of course we saw the Bentleys, RR, Maybach, etc.

Monday I went ice fishing with my Dad again. We arrived at the DNR access ramp about 9am, unloaded the 4 wheeler, shanty, etc. and realized the seats from the shanty were gone. We loaded everything back up and retraced our drive and eventually found them on the side of the road on 16 mile between Gratiot and Harper. We went back to the access ramp and unloaded again and headed out fishing in Beacon Cove again. We caught about 28 Perch. We took a break from Perch fishing and set up 4 tip ups for Pike and within 30 minutes a flag went up. Pike take fish or your bait and swim with it, then they decide if they are going to eat it, well sadly this Pike took out only a few feet of line and dropped the bait.

I wanted the fucking pictures down here but ohh well. I'm going to play 3 hours or so today and tomorrow and prepare for a big February. The goal is to play a lot of poker and fish several times a week if the ice continues to be good. The rain melted much of the snow but since the temp is suppose to drop to 19 tonight I think little damage to the ice will be done.

Saturday I'm planning on taking Aissa with me fishing (her first time ice fishing). I hope the temp stays cold so we can drive wherever via 4 wheeler on the lake. I guarantee I will put us on some fish if the ice is good. I'm just going to show her the ropes and let her catch most of the fish and also teach her how to drive a 4 wheeler ( Asian car drivers will now be on the ice driving ahahahaa). Driving 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, etc, is like riding a bike to me cause I've been doing it forever. Perhaps if the weather is cold on Thursday I will scout a few areas for Saturday.

The Westboro Baptist Church and Politics

I'm sure you have heard of the group of protesters outside of military funerals that hold signs that say "God hates fags", "Thank God for 911", "Thank God for IED's", etc. They protest outside military persons funerals because gay people are in the military. The founder Fred Phelps has protested outside Holocaust memorials. The Phelps family that makes up about 80% of this small church and protest group are pure evil. They claim 911 is God's way to punish fags. I personally hope these people rot in hell and if I were a juror on a trial for a family member of a dead military person that assaulted a member of this uninformed group I would vote not guilty. A funeral is not a time of protest but rather ones last remains on earth and a time for remembrance. I guess even myself that feels the world is full of uneducated scum didn't really think that people could stoop so low. It makes me ill to believe people celebrate the death of the brave men and women that defend this Country and allow these people to have free speech.

I personally was raised Catholic but I'm not a religious person. It's been 6 years plus since I've been to Church. I attended Sunday School but honestly couldn't tell you a paragraph out of the Bible. I'm also sick of these small Church's in the South (as depicted in the Borat movie) that have people in a state of hypnosis running around because the Lord is touching them. Sadly being a Republican forms opinions that I'm a Jesus freak and that all Republicans are this way. Many people vote a certain way based on issues that are important to them. Most avid hunters and gun enthusiasts vote Republican, most gays vote Democratic, most minorities vote Democratic (income), many people are split voters and base there decision on the candidates themselves.

I really need to spend some time educating myself about the current possible Presidents for 2008. I personally like Ron Paul the Republican but he stands a slim chance of even representing the Republican Party because of some racist comment made years ago regarding blacks. Internet Regulation is my only topic of interest personally this year, I will need to vote based on this rather than other opinions I have regarding same sex marriage, the war, abortion, etc. Internet regulations could impose further gambling problems for myself since the Bill Frist era. In the end it means I will probably be voting for a Democrat and I have two fantastic choices in Obama and Clinton. I personally hate both for various reasons. I hate Hillary Clinton, she is monotone and boring and personally I don't want a woman for a President. I feel men are much better in Business than women because men don't have as much emotion as women. Search any valid study from a top University and the evidence will back my personal conclusion.

I also don't want a black male to be President. I personally don't see any way white America will let this happen. I'm sure black America feels he is an Uncle Tom but I have no doubt they will vote for him based on race alone which is why I feel the need to vote for anyone white.

Poker Bustouts

This enchanting DVD is a documentary interviews degenerate poker players. Some had big bankrolls at one point in time, others are always scraping, some are broke and thousands in debt. It's sad but the game needs losers, I prey on idiots, thats how I earn my money. I don't play to chase some fucking pipe dream of winning the W.S.O.P. main event, I play for fucking cash. These people grind out 1bb/hr at a 10/20 limit game, for 50 years. I want to be retired at age 40, 2 million dollars in investments, play high stakes for fun and also to earn income. By retired I mean maybe play poker for 20 hours per week. People are stupid with there money. I have read thousands of stories of people owing thousands to hundreds of thousands, people never getting paid back, etc. I've heard the sob stories.

I've blogged about never lending poker players money (people in general). I was part of a team bankroll aimed to play nosebleed stakes online with pooled money. When soft spots arrived the best player available at the time played (I've played the nosebleed O8 games). I've won and felt like I fucked the prom queen, I've lost and felt like a 43 year old alcoholic changing oil for a living feeding 3 trailer park kids and a fat couch potato of a wife. I've seen the highs and lows. I never went broke, we made calculated decisions, game selection, and were quite successful (not going to mention any amount won). Everyone worked together fine, for the 8 of us to get along so well and for the trust to be there with the account (obv. everyone knew the password). I will mention one player we will play against (even though the group is kinda done, we didn't play that often) and that player is Guy Liabrate (sp check) he is a billionaire and owns Cirque de sole. Sadly, he doesn't play as often and not heads up anymore (he lost about 3 million playing heads up, not to us) overall we are up about $60,000 on him but have obv. had some bad sessions).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that in any profession there we be scum. Some lawyers are severe cocaine addicts, the doctor with the hooker fetish, the everyday family man that cheats on his wife, the stock broker that steals money from his clients, the athlete that takes steroids, and so on. This scum doesn't get noticed because they are considered professionals but they have problems. Yes, these people are scum but it's stereotyping an occupation. I actually laughed while watching it and it served reminder on my worst losing days just how lucky I am. I have skills you don't have, you may not have them at all or you might not know you have them. Less than 1% of people that try to accomplish my job make it. I don't disagree that many players have gambling problems (pit games and sports betting). I can awake in the morning happy knowing I don't have to play a 18 hour session at the Bellagio at 3/6 limit stakes.

I would advise you tubing the video if your interested and type in poker bustouts. Yes the people are morons, douches, etc, just like any other profession in the world there will always be assholes. I will never let anything distract me from my ultimate goal. I have never shot off large at craps, blackjack, roulette or sports betting. To be perfectly honest, I'm to smart of a person to do something so idiotic. If you can tell me I will not be successful (well off financially) then I will say you're a liar.

I've been having a difficult time coming up with topics to blog about. I want to write more but often have difficulty finding something entertaining, exciting, something I feel knowledgeable writing, etc. I watched the video today after 3 horrible days of poker (one of which was a top 5 losing day) to cheer me up.

My next blog update will include an interesting prop bet and my offer to all.