As you may recall from a previous post, I have a lot of plants at work, and I like taking care of them. (One of my coworkers recently got fired, pretty much out of the blue, and I managed to grab a plant of hers that I really like before someone else got to it. It’s a dog eat dog world, baby.)

Here’s a picture of a group of plants I got years ago, when I first started working at this job.

(Notice cute picture of me and PSB! Awwwwwww, cute! Not as cute as otters. But close.)

I took this picture because I was looking at my plants the other day, when I noticed something. Can you see it?

LITTLE FLOWERS!!!!! I tried to get a close up picture, but it didn’t come out very well:

They’re tiny white/pink flower clusters.

I don’t even know what kind of plant it is. . .

In other picture news, I put up a page (upper left hand corner) dedicated to Marilyn with a little photo collage. Enjoy.

The key moment here is at 1:18, when it goes from being merely cute into Proof That There Is Essential Good In The World.

No, really.

No amount of cookies, cigarettes, or things wrapped in bacon could save the world today. I was given a postcard for my 21st birthday. I still have it but can’t find it right now. Its a picture of two exit signs on the LIE. One says ” Would push a button to put an end to it all” and the other “Potheads”. Today I just might ride that steel horse to Armageddon ( I was there once in the valley of Armageddon, its farmland with a highway running on one side, but thats another story) or as usual get distracted along the way. By choice ultimately, I find myself to nice to end the world on us all.
Let me just pack a bowl here and climb back up to my mountain. I think I miss my hair today, really thats what it is. Really. I am not really blogging about something completely else.
And let us say:
Hence the Irony.

Here’s two lovely suckouts from last night’s session. The first, I have a read on the other player. He’s very loose and makes big bets at pots with nothing. I know I have him obliterated, and then. . .

Full Tilt Poker Game #2076954562: Table Florentine - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold’em - 21:15:23 ET - 2007/03/26
Seat 1: whaledog ($41.50)
Seat 2: track900 ($54.75)
Seat 3: h3rn ($42.25)
Seat 4: wrk2hrd1 ($28)
Seat 5: Frank Vook ($25.30)
Seat 6: GregELon ($48.20)
Seat 7: DoctorSuckout ($49.60)
Seat 8: macropoxy ($55.15)
Seat 9: catch016 ($48.05)
macropoxy posts the small blind of $0.25
macropoxy: n21
catch016 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoctorSuckout [8h 8s]
whaledog calls $0.50
track900 folds
h3rn folds
wrk2hrd1 folds
Frank Vook folds
GregELon folds
DoctorSuckout calls $0.50
macropoxy: i almost raised ya
whaledog: ty
macropoxy calls $0.25
catch016 checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 5h 8c]
macropoxy bets $1
catch016 calls $1
whaledog calls $1
DoctorSuckout raises to $5
macropoxy calls $4
catch016 folds
whaledog folds
*** TURN *** [7d 5h 8c] [Jc]
macropoxy bets $12.50
DoctorSuckout raises to $44.10, and is all in
macropoxy: oh boy
macropoxy calls $31.60
DoctorSuckout shows [8h 8s]
macropoxy shows [Jd 6c]
*** RIVER *** [7d 5h 8c Jc] [9s]
DoctorSuckout shows three of a kind, Eights
macropoxy shows a straight, Nine high
macropoxy wins the pot ($99.20) with a straight, Nine high
DoctorSuckout is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $102.20 | Rake $3
Board: [7d 5h 8c Jc 9s]
Seat 1: whaledog folded on the Flop
Seat 2: track900 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: h3rn didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: wrk2hrd1 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: Frank Vook didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: GregELon didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 7: DoctorSuckout (button) showed [8h 8s] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: macropoxy (small blind) showed [Jd 6c] and won ($99.20) with a straight, Nine high
Seat 9: catch016 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Fine. He got very lucky. I bitch for a minute and get back to work.

And then this happens:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2077202395: Table Florentine - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold’em - 21:46:06 ET - 2007/03/26
Seat 1: whaledog ($36.90)
Seat 2: track900 ($55.90)
Seat 3: Ever Sky ($50)
Seat 4: wrk2hrd1 ($20.50)
Seat 5: Frank Vook ($9.20)
Seat 6: lali2546 ($46.40)
Seat 7: DoctorSuckout ($30.25)
Seat 8: JPasky ($50)
Seat 9: catch016 ($75.40)
Frank Vook posts the small blind of $0.25
lali2546 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoctorSuckout [Kh Ks]
DoctorSuckout raises to $2
JPasky folds
catch016 folds
whaledog folds
track900 calls $2
Ever Sky folds
wrk2hrd1 folds
catch016: we want you back
Frank Vook folds
macropoxy (Observer): lol
lali2546 folds
*** FLOP *** [2c Qd Kc]
catch016: we’re not going anywhere
DoctorSuckout checks
macropoxy (Observer): im heading to bed
track900 bets $4
catch016: casual hit and runner
DoctorSuckout raises to $10
macropoxy (Observer): i get up at 4am for work
Frank Vook: I want me some of that 800 you got to lose!
track900 has 15 seconds left to act
macropoxy (Observer): i dont have to lose anything
track900 raises to $34.75
DoctorSuckout calls $18.25, and is all in
track900 shows [Ah Ac]
DoctorSuckout shows [Kh Ks]
Uncalled bet of $6.50 returned to track900
*** TURN *** [2c Qd Kc] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [2c Qd Kc Ad] [As]
track900 shows four of a kind, Aces
DoctorSuckout shows a full house, Kings full of Aces
track900 wins the pot ($58.25) with four of a kind, Aces
catch016: oh but you will lol
macropoxy (Observer): lmao
DoctorSuckout is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $61.25 | Rake $3
Board: [2c Qd Kc Ad As]
Seat 1: whaledog didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: track900 showed [Ah Ac] and won ($58.25) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: Ever Sky didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: wrk2hrd1 (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: Frank Vook (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: lali2546 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: DoctorSuckout showed [Kh Ks] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 8: JPasky didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 9: catch016 didn’t bet (folded)

Now, sure, I’m behind preflop, but I had no idea. And I FLOPPED TOP SET, AGAIN!!!! I’m 86% to win!!!!!!!!!!!! And I LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!

The number of hands over the past week and a half where I am favored to win by 70% or more and then end up losing has been ASTOUNDING.

This is amazing. I hope they get a Pickle Surprise!

In other news, I am way too busy to ever post to the P-blog. Sorry. Staying up for 28 hours straight makes one tired the next day. People are weird, especially when they try to run a party and don’t communicate with each other at all. We have a solution to our upstairs neighbors’ excessive noisemaking. It involves a sheet of mylar, a large plank of wood, and a 5000 lumen video projector.

that I can’t reach through the internet and choke the ever loving shit out of them for the amount of nonsense they’ve pulled on me today.

Fucking stupid bullshit hands and bullshit play when I have good hands or great hands, and I keep getting outdrawn.

Fucking bad beat bullshit by a bunch of stupid fucking IDIOTS WHO SHOULD DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks. I feel better now.

It’s Princess Sugar Britches’ birthday today!!!

HOORAY!!!

Happy birthday honey!

A little work nonsense from this week.

From: Twin C’s boss
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:05 PM
To: Twin C
Subject:

Twin C,

could you please put these in the form of slides and send back to me? You can use the (department) slide template.

Thanks,

Boss

(document attached)

I take the document and change it into slides, placed on the proper template, and send it to her.

From: Boss
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:37 PM
To: C
Subject: RE: powerpoint presentation on monthly reports

could you move the title up to the Title section at the top of each slide? I think that would give more room for text on the center.

Thanks.

Not a problem. I do this and immediately send it back.

This morning, I get this:

From: Bossy
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 9:37 AM
To: C
Subject: FW: powerpoint presentation on monthly reports

Oh beloved slave of mine (note: embellished slightly),

could you clean these up a bit so they look better? I would like you to change some of the numbers to bullets, adjust the font and make the slides look nicer for a presentation rather than just paste from the word document I sent you. Please work on it today and send back to me as soon as possible. call if you need clarification.

Thanks

Boss

Is it just me, or does it sound like I did it incorrectly? I did exactly what she told me to do each time - she never said “make it look nice”.

But I did, and sent it back, and now she’s happy. For the time being.

I had lunch with a friend today who is currently temping here (today might be her last day for a bit). This was her receipt.

Photoshop smudging of work name by me, not the Dark Lord.