Myspace pics

So today is Saturday and I am working again. I am not sure if its the weather or what but I REALLY do not want to be here today. My patience is already very thin with customers and store associates and I have only been here for an hour. It might be time to turn the job search up a notch, I would kill for a job with weekends off. I haven't mentioned this too much but I have been looking for new employment opportunities. I even went and bought a suit, that equals dedication in my book. Kevin was showing me how to revamp my resume to get into the field that I am interested in. I am looking into sales because they are more likely to over look my lacking college degree.

I put my resume up and have been getting good responses and have had interviews and even received job offers. The first interview I had was with this insurance sales company and it was 100% commission and I am just not really into it. I prefer to sell a product instead of a service and I am not ready for the 100% commission pay plan. I am looking for a decent base, around 30K, plus commission. I received an offer from this company up in the alliance area. It was with a staffing company but it seems to me that its more like telemarketing and I am not wanting to do that either. I would like to work with people face to face not out of a call center. They told me that most people there make over 100K a year but the parking lot is filled with Hondas and other cars that people who make 100K a year don't buy. It seemed a little fishy so I skipped on that one as well.

I didn't go to sparring last night since I missed class all week. I have been thinking about my training and how to make it more effective. I think that what it comes down to is mindset. I think I need to dedicate myself to my art and really work at the small things to get to the level that I want to be at. I am really not sure how to do this but I am going to start going to more Friday night classes and once I get a new job I will go on Saturday mornings as well. I am really going to start working my forms every day because there is so much in those forms that will drill small stuff.

Poker last night didn't go as well as it did earlier this week, but I think that is partially my fault. I had my 6 NLH tables open and 2 PLO tables and I think that mixing them is really bad. I found myself playing very weak-tight on the NLH tables. My percentage of hands that I won when I saw the flop was much lower than it usually is. I wound up at one point down 3 buy-ins but fought my way back to profit half a buy in for the evening. It was not a great session by any stretch but better than losing. I was missing a lot of flops and people who were paying off really lightly most of the time were snap folding when I had the goods.

I am going to continue at my current level until my lifetime stats are in the green. I need to make about 5 buy-ins to hit that mark. That will also put me at a bankroll that is sufficient for the next level up. I am eager to take a shot but I am forcing myself to slow down and maintain discipline. I might take a shot here and there, but I am not going to play permanently until I have both of those goals accomplished.

Enough about all that, it is time to talk about the reason that I am posting. I was cruising myspace, looking for friends from old jobs that I haven't spoken to in awhile. I keep seeing these photos on myspace of people smoking pot. Anyone who knows me knows that I don't do that and never have. I think its stupid to put photos of yourself on a publicly accessed site of you doing something illegal. Sure nothing is going to come of it, you are not going to get in trouble, but why are you putting it out there for everyone to see? My cousin has photos of himself smoking and it is just ridiculous. How can you not even think about how that might come back in get you in trouble?

I saw one caption for a picture of this girl that I used to work with that said, "doing what I do." She had the obligatory glassy eyes and glass pipe in her mouth. Is that really what you want to be known for?
"Sure you know (insert name here) she smokes a lot of pot and is really good at it." Not really how I want to be described, just as I wouldn't want to be described as the guy who drinks a lot. I am sure that there are pictures of me drinking a beer, or sitting in a bar but it is different. First of all, there is no caption that says something "clever" about how much a drink or how good I am at it. Second, alcohol is legal unlike pot. I am not going to discuss the pot vs alcohol topic because since I have never smoked I am not the best qualified.

My cousin is always telling the family that he doesn't smoke pot. It is probably not the smartest idea to put pictures of yourself doing it on a website that is so popular that most people with computer access know of it. Don't worry Adam I am not going to rat you out. Your useless enough as it is and everyone knows that your smoking pot anyway, there would be no point.

I dont hate people who smoke pot, if that is your thing then whatever, just keep it to yourself.

That is all for now.

Until later.