Friday, May 19, 2006
Summer Time
Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas. Indeed, Cachaulo and I set out for Vegas on Tuesday and it has been really … well … fabulous. Everyday has been a journey with new adventures and outrageous characters along the way. It is already Friday and this has been my first opportunity to sit for a minute and write anything down. I have played about 30 hours of poker in the last three days. Cachaulo and I are about to break from poker and do other Vegas activities with the Theta Xi guys coming in this weekend. It is Weapon’s 21st birthday tonight at midnight. Weapon, his dad, Pearlman, Alicia, Preacher, and Austin will all be in town staying at the Tropicana. Cachaulo and I will move in with them for the weekend and be back on the strip.
I have been really bad on updating my journal so I will use this as an opportunity to write some of the things I have done since the conference on world affairs. The fraternity had a trip to Sand Dunes national monument in southern Colorado. This is a very unique and special place with mountains in the background, a river on the edge, and a desert in the middle. Words cannot describe this place with justice so here is a link to a good pic of the dunes (http://photo.net/photo/pcd0738/great-sand-dune-hills-dark-16.4.jpg). We camped out on the dunes and I celebrated Passover by walking the desert and eating free Matzo the Synagogue sent me.
The following weekend I returned home for my cousin Alex’s Bar Mitzvah. It was great timing because Brad was also in town for a wedding and Eric was in town because he never leaves. We went to Sarki’s, basically it was awesome. Charlie and I got hammered at the Bar Mitzvah and then went to Teddy O’s for a couple drinks and to check out the Highwood scene. When I return to Teddy’s again it will be to fulfill Brad’s dream on his 21st birthday, to get drunk in Highwood and walk home. I also spent one night in Chicago to see Charlie’s place and party with Depaul kids (lame). Going out with Eric is pretty funny though, he calls practically every girl that he has a chance with that night and asks to see them, half say they can’t, but invariably more than one can and he finds himself in a little situation. He meets up with them and dismisses all but the best and works it. I played wingman and distracted the friend while he got it on. Hilariously, she facebook friended me and stalked my pics. She wrote on my wall that she is into Pearlman. Overall, the trip was great, I had to miss formal which was a big bummer, but I got to see family and friends and have some good times.
At school we wrapped up championships in Intramural dodge ball and soccer. Soccer was fun because we got to play the semis and finals on the same day and we dominated. I was pretty bad in the semis but in the finals I played really well and had a goal and two assists. I had a very relaxing finals week. I made pretty good grades an A,A,A-, and B-. The B- was the lowest grade I have gotten in school but It was close to a B and it was in nutrition. Overall though, my GPA is back on the rise and I will probably finish above a 3.5. That will be my goal.
Speaking of goals, I have established some plans for the summer and also some goals. My plans, which have already began, include being in Las Vegas until our rent is up on the 5th of June. I will be home for Charlie and Brad’s birthdays. I will be home from then until the 4th of July (minus a weekend in New York). For the fourth of July and for the following month I will be in Madison, WI. I will live in Brad’s frat house and live the Madison life. I came up with this plan when I couldn’t decide where to be this summer and I decided to do it all, four summers in one.
As far as goals for money, my low-end goal of the summer is to make enough money playing online and live poker this summer to support all of my expenses for the summer which I will track pretty meticulously. My high-end goal is to make all of that plus $2,000 which I can use to supplement my living until I graduate next May. Other things that I want to establish this summer is a lot of guitar playing, a good work out regiment., and learning to cook and prepare food for myself for an extended period time, something I consider a valuable life skill. While I am in Vegas most of these goals will be put on hold. I will try to post at least every other day and report my wins, loses, and expenses.
I have been really bad on updating my journal so I will use this as an opportunity to write some of the things I have done since the conference on world affairs. The fraternity had a trip to Sand Dunes national monument in southern Colorado. This is a very unique and special place with mountains in the background, a river on the edge, and a desert in the middle. Words cannot describe this place with justice so here is a link to a good pic of the dunes (http://photo.net/photo/pcd0738/great-sand-dune-hills-dark-16.4.jpg). We camped out on the dunes and I celebrated Passover by walking the desert and eating free Matzo the Synagogue sent me.
The following weekend I returned home for my cousin Alex’s Bar Mitzvah. It was great timing because Brad was also in town for a wedding and Eric was in town because he never leaves. We went to Sarki’s, basically it was awesome. Charlie and I got hammered at the Bar Mitzvah and then went to Teddy O’s for a couple drinks and to check out the Highwood scene. When I return to Teddy’s again it will be to fulfill Brad’s dream on his 21st birthday, to get drunk in Highwood and walk home. I also spent one night in Chicago to see Charlie’s place and party with Depaul kids (lame). Going out with Eric is pretty funny though, he calls practically every girl that he has a chance with that night and asks to see them, half say they can’t, but invariably more than one can and he finds himself in a little situation. He meets up with them and dismisses all but the best and works it. I played wingman and distracted the friend while he got it on. Hilariously, she facebook friended me and stalked my pics. She wrote on my wall that she is into Pearlman. Overall, the trip was great, I had to miss formal which was a big bummer, but I got to see family and friends and have some good times.
At school we wrapped up championships in Intramural dodge ball and soccer. Soccer was fun because we got to play the semis and finals on the same day and we dominated. I was pretty bad in the semis but in the finals I played really well and had a goal and two assists. I had a very relaxing finals week. I made pretty good grades an A,A,A-, and B-. The B- was the lowest grade I have gotten in school but It was close to a B and it was in nutrition. Overall though, my GPA is back on the rise and I will probably finish above a 3.5. That will be my goal.
Speaking of goals, I have established some plans for the summer and also some goals. My plans, which have already began, include being in Las Vegas until our rent is up on the 5th of June. I will be home for Charlie and Brad’s birthdays. I will be home from then until the 4th of July (minus a weekend in New York). For the fourth of July and for the following month I will be in Madison, WI. I will live in Brad’s frat house and live the Madison life. I came up with this plan when I couldn’t decide where to be this summer and I decided to do it all, four summers in one.
As far as goals for money, my low-end goal of the summer is to make enough money playing online and live poker this summer to support all of my expenses for the summer which I will track pretty meticulously. My high-end goal is to make all of that plus $2,000 which I can use to supplement my living until I graduate next May. Other things that I want to establish this summer is a lot of guitar playing, a good work out regiment., and learning to cook and prepare food for myself for an extended period time, something I consider a valuable life skill. While I am in Vegas most of these goals will be put on hold. I will try to post at least every other day and report my wins, loses, and expenses.
