Date:	2009-04-03 17:51
Subject:	Hired
Security:	Public
Mood:	cheerful
Music:	New Order - Guilt is an Useless Emotion

HIRED

I'm writing this on a crappy Internet terminal, so I'll be brief. Having a good time here in LA. Jeff, sorry for not contacting you, but I forgot to write down your number anywhere I could access it on the trip. Adventure holiday? Bungee jumping or white water rafting? Fuck you. I've driven though LA trafffic.

Many of the people on my friends list are into Role Playing Games and Customisable card games. One of them recently posted that he "needed a do-at-home income-booster." I had the thought that your dungeon crawling and CCG playing may have earned you the skills needed for just such a thing.

For the past year, I have successfully topped my income by playing online poker. There are several poker players that have a background in Magic: The Gathering. One example is Scott Fischman, who won two World Series of Poker events in one year. Another is David Williams, who won two million dollars for a second place finish in the 2005 WSOP, and won another WSOP event this year.

What you have already learned is to play to crush. This is a skill that well carries over to playing poker.

Playing good poker is a matter of two things.

1. Finding out when you have the advantage.
   
2. If you have it, pressing it.
   

Just got back from the US. Here are my OctaCon photos!

Mazinja is our Guitar Hero!

Ben-san wields the mighty PS2 controller.

Group shot!

Eating at the Greek pizza place where degreeabsolute works, part 1.

Pizza, part 2.

Karaoke!

More karaoke!

Yet more karaoke!

Wings of Love breaks Christian before he reads the first sentence.

Playing Cosimc Encounters in the lobby.

Date:	2006-01-15 14:22
Subject:	The boast post
Security:	Public
Mood:	accomplished

This point has absolutely no point whatsoever other than to show off my new userpic. Oh, and I've won $1100 on poker this year so far, though that's no reliable indicator of how the rest of the year will be.

Date:	2005-12-17 00:07
Subject:	LJ meme answers.
Security:	Public
Mood:	numb
Music:	Rod Stewart - Young Turks

OK, I will not keep you on the coals any longer.

( The solutions for my 20 fandoms meme )

Date:	2005-12-14 22:37
Subject:	Bandwagons West!
Security:	Public
Mood:	dorky
Music:	New Order - Regret

1. Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/etc. that you've had an obsessive fannish love of at some time in your life
2. Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each item
3. Post in your own journal.

1. Animaniacs (The Brain - solved by imperatorr)
2. Babylon 5
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers (Gadget Hackwrench - solved by imperatorr)
5. Chrono Trigger (Frog - solved by kouaidou)
6. Final Fantasy VII
7. Futurama (Fry - solved by colley)
8. Ghostbusters (Real / Movies) (Egon Spengler - solved by kouaidou)
9. Harry Potter (Severus Snape - solved by bensanaz)
10. Hikaru no Go
11. Inu-Yasha
12. Invader ZIM (Dib - solved by degreeabsolute)
13. Mystery Science Theater 3000
14. Neon Genesis Evangelion
15. Red Dwarf (Kryten - solved by kouaidou)
16. Star Wars (Han Solo - Solved by scooterbird)
17. The Lion King
18. The Secret of Monkey Island (sequels included)
19. Watchmen (Nite Owl the Younger - solved by bensanaz)
20. World Poker Tour

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me. It can be anything you want—good or bad—BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

Date:	2005-08-03 04:13
Subject:	SVAMCon 2k5
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused
Music:	Musto & Bones - All I Want is to Get Away

While I'm uploading the con videos to the top secret location, please enjoy a teaser in the form of a picture taken at the con:

( Push the button, Frank. )

Date:	2005-07-24 11:45
Subject:	Round 2! FIGHT!
Security:	Public
Mood:	awake
Music:	Level 42 - Lessons in Love

1. Comment and I'll pick two of your LJ interests and draw you a picture, using the mighty MS Paint GIMP.
   
2. You have no say in what I draw you! Or in how much it will suck! (And believe me, it will!)
   
3. Put this in your journal. And the pic someone drew for you.

Date:	2005-05-30 14:26
Subject:	The second worst day of my life.
Security:	Public
Mood:	enraged
Music:	Coldcut - Stop This Crazy Thing

Today was officially the second worst day of life.

This past week I've been preparing to move into a new rental flat, packing up my life into cardboard boxes.

Thursday I was informed that the wallpaper in my new home needed to be replaced, and I got to pick new wallpaper.

Today, lifting everything I own into a rented car trailer, I try to unload only to find that the flat is still being prepared for work by the carpenters. All the walls were filled with putty and all electrical outlets were removed, so we were not able to place any furniture. In the end, most of the furniture had to be put on the balcony with a tarp on top. The rest of my worldly possessions had to be squeezed into a 32 square foot storage space.

Until this gets sorted out, I'm back to living with my mom and with all my clothes packed up out of reach.

Date:	2005-05-05 01:33
Subject:	Babelfished song meme:
Security:	Public
Mood:	bored
Music:	Erasure - Breath of Life

From a lot of people on my friends list:

Take the refrain of a well-known song. Put it through Babelfish in the following manner, then post the results in your LJ for people to guess: English -> German, German -> French, French -> Portuguese, Portuguese -> English.

In order to compensate for the mostly easy songs, I'm using the verses rather than the refrain. OK, 4 and 5 are tough.

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   (Solved by afeldspar)
2. To the times, a metal ring in your hand is deaths is distant there better and them shows on your head that thinks that is to make a step furieux and too much unstable in the chairs and for softly pictures they run more for softly under land the policy there framment in a restaurant, an end of the called west urban, fou a staff plongement in end of the west a city
   (Solved by scooterbird)
3. is each time if I do not think it to the vocês that I believe to the right of TIR with a bolt vissage of the Blaus, problem mine I am however, I am to it an alive problem not there me not direcção in the explanation me, the intelligence of a vocês imbecile freely, this goes and is it that nobody does not know, while my clutter creates each day
   (Solved by scooterbird)
4. I received a letter from the government the other day that April me and I read it it said that they were a Sauger it me for the army had desired, or to the which illustration me one you swear that it gives of the I never did not say
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Snagged from eibii:

Ever wanted to see something about my life? I have a digital camera, so REQUEST A PICTURE. You can request anything you want--a picture of something in my house, in my life, at my school, in my neighborhood, ANYTHING. I will either post a picture that I already have, or I will take a new one.

Date:	2005-02-11 13:37
Subject:	Meme. Just Meme.
Security:	Public
Mood:	apathetic
Music:	The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

From most of my friendslist:

If you read this, even if I don't speak to you often, post a memory of me. It can be anything you want, so long as it happened. (Even online-happened.)

Then post this to your journal (if you like). See what people remember about you.

Date:	2005-02-02 00:20
Subject:	Red hot poker!
Security:	Public
Mood:	jubilant
Music:	Madness - House Of Fun

As a Swede, I am hesitant to brag. However, I figured if there's ever a place for mindless self indulgence, it's Livejournal, so here goes.

Today, I won $250 playing poker online.

Yes, there was a lot of luck involved. I caught some breaks in hands where I was an underdog. That's not to say poker is all luck - otherwise there wouldn't be professional poker players. What probably helped me more than luck was patience. The World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker TV shows are quite misleading when it comes to how the game is really played. The shows are edited for excitement, so you only get to see the big hands. You miss the routine 95% of hands that you end up playing 95% of the time.

Another thing that makes poker on TV misrepresent the game is how the shows are focused on the final parts of the game. When you are at the final table, play is quite different from earlier in the tournament. You know you're pretty much guaranteed to make money, which changes the play. There are fewer people at the table, which changes the play significantly. When there are ten people at the table, you need hands. It's a rare occurrence at a ten-handed table that someone doesn't have a great hand. In circumstances like that, bluffing is suicide. When you're down to the last final few, play gets more aggressive. And, of course, playing in a tournament is an altogether different beast from normal games when you sit down at a table.

When I play, I throw 75 - 80% of all hands I get away without betting at all. You have to have the discipline to resist seeing those extra cards. You need to have a feel for when your good cards are not good enough. If you play poker as the game of testosterone most people think it is, you won't last very long.

1. Comment and I'll pick two of your LJ interests and draw you a picture, using the mighty MS Paint GIMP.
2. You have no say in what I draw you! Or in how much it will suck! (And believe me, it will!)
3. Put this in your journal. And the pic someone drew for you.

Date:	2004-07-27 18:57
Subject:	TryCon photos
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired
Music:	Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader

Here are some photos I took at TryCon, click for a larger image.

People have gathered in the lobby. [113 K]

The parade of robots. [118 K]

The karaoke prices. [125 K]

A dramatisation of "Agony in Pink." [142 K]

The Christiansburg crew arrive. [106 K]

Some snacks. [154 K]

Playing Chrononauts: Early Americans. [98 K]

Not sure what this was. [115 K]

The karaoke. [103 K]

Karaoke, continued. [117 K]

Yet more karaoke. [106 K]

The final songlist for the karaoke. [109 K]

The Argoning game. [118 K]

More pictures of our daring Argonauts. [110 K]

the tell of shadow [105 K]

Steven Savage starts a new trend in headwear. [114 K]

Everyone follows suit.[118 K]

Date:	2004-07-20 12:46
Subject:	TryCon preparations
Security:	Public
Mood:	sore
Music:	Farely "Jackmaster" Funk - Love Can't Turn Around

It seems like my TryCon troubles will start even before taking off this year. I was playing DDR on my home pad setup and accidentally hit one foot on the big toe of the other. This hurt a bit, but I didn't think much of it until I noticed this:

(click for full image (143 K))

I had almost pried the toenail on my big toe loose. I hope this isn't more serious than a few days of soreness, but I may not be able to play any DDR at TryCon. This is a bit of a downer, since I was planning to show off the Para Para Mecha Max DDR steps and my M4D SKILLZ at Doubles - I had passed Sakura Doubles Heavy earlier in this session,

Date:	2004-03-20 20:26
Subject:	Further DDR progress
Security:	Public
Mood:	energetic
Music:	Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

While I'm waiting for spare parts for my metal DDR pad, I've been taping down two softpads and trying double mode. There are also two insane guys about an hour and a half away from Stockholm where I live who bought their own DDR machine. While they do want money for playing, the machine is on Joint Premium (that is, you can play Doubles for 1 credit). To sum it up, I've been playing Double a lot lately, and I'm at the point where I've passed my first 9 footers!

Doubles catas passed:

• PARANOiA (180)
• PARANOiA Dirty Mix
• R3
• The Legend of Max (Standard) - This is much more deserving of a nine than LoM Standard on Single.
• Sakura (Challenge)
• Dance Dance Revolution (Challenge)
• V for Extreme (Challenge)

The good news is, I'm finally moving out from my parents. The bad news is, this means, well, moving the totality of my possessions from place A to place B...