Pokerless Update

So, if you read my last post, you know I have not had the opportunity to play poker because I had to take all my $ offline. Yea, so, def sux but shit happens. I'm happy I am taking a year off before college, though I will be taking a few classes as part of a deal with my parents at the local community college. As far as poker goes, I'm still looking for a backer and a live game. I am def low on cash since I bought my laptop in cash, so if I do find a live game, I'll need money on the finger (the people that would hook me up with a live game would know I'm respectable and would vouch for me). I'm still living at home unfortunately, so my affairs, especially online poker (which my parents are growing increasingly-weary of) are somewhat public. My room is fairly messy, and I'm definitely looking forward to dorm life where I can hopefully be forced to stick to the bare necessities. The problem is I have many electronics, and well, I'm fairly untrusting, so I might have to hide them from my roomate/lock them up. It sounds ridic paranoid, but seriously, that's sorta my personality as far as my valueables go. It will give me peace of mind when locking up $1500+ in valueables, especially in college when everyone's pretty much broke. Hopefully I can start up havin a roll before dorm life!!

Random thoughts:

• No particularly good movies out, so I have not seen any. I was really looking forward to Balls of Fury, though after hearing the pretty bad reviews, my interests in that movie have sizzled down exponentially.
• Halo 3 comes out September 25, so I'm for sure getting a copy of that. Bought Crackdown a while ago merely for the Beta test; found out Crackdown was actually quite fun so it was not a waste of $ at all, though a fairly short campaign... :-( But amusing all the same, with elements of GTA3, an Action-Adventure Game, a Shooter, and some nice character upgrading with MANY powerups and challenges located across the virtual world. Halo 3 beta was pretty fun, but disappointing. Playing 3 levels was quite dull, especially without all the vehicles/weapons available, though very good at satisfying the itch to try out the new Halo.
• Been enjoying playing Piano quite a bit. Being at home, we have a pretty nice Yamaha upright, and I reall like the feel of it. I'm quite satisfied that the Piano has come back to me since I took 3 years of lessons but that was when I was like 8 to 11 years old. Hopefully I'll have a nice keyboard to take to college, and perhaps even record some of my shit with my laptop and a little music recording software...?
• Quite soon I really plan on joining a gym and going 3 or 4x/week, followed by a nutrition supplement or two (like whey protein available at GNC) with perhaps a pre and post-workout nutrition plan. A healthy body ensues a healthy mind, so I am told, so we'll c what happens. However, with this plan, I'll prob need to get to sleep earlier.
• I'm quite excited because I get my WII in the mail soon! I'm still deciding on whether or not to get that digital camera or not from Stars with the points, still deciding. I still have 24k FTP points to use, but I'd say Stars bar-none has the best FPP store available. Full Tilt's selection is a bit limited for the mid point ranges, but once you get up into the 100k+ point ranges, their selection is pretty decent. I'm really only interested in electronics.

So just been having fun lately, driving my car, playin with some gadges, enjoyin my music, hanging out with friends, eating some tasty food, etc etc. Unfortunately am about to start some work for some of those classes I was mentioning. Seriously the hardest part for me is the motivation to START. Once I've sat down and started I really pretty much am motivated ENOUGH to finish. Ne recommendations on helping me to start hw, please let me know, as well as study. Studying is seriously my downfall.

Goals (in no particular order)

• Have effective homework/study system ready and focus on grades
• Lift 3-4x a week and improve at least one kind of lift every week, as well as having workout plan and nutrition plan set up and implemented
• Get my stake and get into a live game (while having some cash ready to play with)
• Have a steady schedule of school, lifting, relaxation like video games and chillin w/ friends, and poker (all in balance and harmony)

Thank you for listening to this wonderful rant. The goals are all laid out for the world to see in cyberspace. Please wish me luck in my goals for this year- these are both short-term and long-term goals TBH, but by this summer, hopefully I will have everything laid out and just slowly achieve my view of success via these means. I will now go grab a nice Sunkist soda, which though is caffeine free, will hopefully give me a bit of a taste and energy buzz to help me begin my tedious grind of hw/projects that must be done.