WOW a lot has happened...

Wow there has been a lot going on since my last post, some good and some bad. Lets start with the bad and get it out of the way. I had been talking with this car lot about a used 2005 Altima, it had a lot of miles on it but seemed in pretty good condition. The best thing was that they were going to finance me without a cosigner which was pretty cool. I faxed in all this info and they said come on in and we will get you taken care of, but the guy never mentioned anything about payments. I figured this was good because it would give me some leverage once I was there.

The car lot is in Carrolton which is about an hour away, I took my friend Chad because he is knowledgeable with cars and I had not driven a standard in a few years. I am not very good with driving in Dallas so I get a little turned around but no big deal. The lot is right off the high way but we miss the exit and figure there has to be a back way to get to it, well there wasn't so we wasted a bunch of time trying to find a way before turning around and taking the highway down one exit. I make a U turn at the light and am going up the access road and I get pulled over for going 58 in a 40. I asked the cop, "No chance of a warning sir?" and he replies "Not going that fast." I then ask "What if I cry?" and he replies "That will just get you another ticket." So other than being a cop not a bad guy.

I get to the lot and the guy I had been working with wasn't even there, I had to deal with some other guy who was wearing slacks a button up shirt and a Texas longhorns hat. Yea thats right a hat. Anyway, Chad and I are looking at the car and it seems OK. The center console is really kind of scratched up and there were some other small cosmetic stuff as well. Then we go to test drive it and the passenger seatbelt doesn't work unless you press on the release button as your trying to attach it. I pointed this out to the guy saying I want that fixed and he says to me, "That is why it's called Preowned brother." This guy didn't really seem to give a shit about the sale. They wanted $380 per month and that was a little bit more than I was looking to pay and after driving the car I had a bad feeling so I backed out and left. So I didn't get the car and wasted a full day and got a ticket.

So I am going to stay with my truck for a bit. Save up some money then trade it in and put money down. I am irritated that it didn't go as well as I had hoped. My mom made the whole scenario worse so I am kind of glad it didn't go as was planned. I should know by now that entering into financial situations with my family is always a bad idea.

My friend Matt from Kung-Fu has been in town this week so we have been hanging out a lot so I skipped class on Monday and today. I will be paying for it next week but its all good. I am not in any hurry to finish the system its all about the journey, not the finish.

Now on to poker. I finished OK for the month considering all the money I lost by taking shots at 25NL in the beginning of the month. If you look at my graph and take out the shots at 25nl it isn't bad at all. I will post links for my graphs with and without 25nl and my pokertracker shot for the month. I played a session today and I really didn't run very well at all and still managed to win 4 buy ins. Honestly though it should have been more like 9 buy ins. Here are links to some sick hands today.

AA preflop and guy calls off all his money.
This hand was pretty sick but I knew I was beat once the turn hit.
This one is pretty marginal, but hard to lay down.
Flop a set and still lose.

This next hand is weird because it was just me and this guy at this table and he was playing a very straight forward semi aggressive game. He was raising his button most of the time and seemed to know what he was doing. When he completed on the button I raised with AK and then he re-raised. It was totally weird because I can see a lot of people doing that with AA or KK. Here is how the hand went down.

Well, I am tired and am going to sit on the couch for a bit and then head to bed. I am working on being more consistent but it has been a busy week. I have some big things happening soon and don't want to talk about them yet but its keeping me pretty occupied.

Here is a link to my graph with out the 25nl.
Here is my total graph including 25nl.
Here is my Poker tracker shot.

Later.