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Archive for March, 2006

Foiled again!

I played online poker tonight (again). Entry fee was $15; I also bought an add-on after 1 hour for another $15. Top 5 won prizes. 41 people entered.
I finished 7th. I only feel like I played one hand in the entire round badly, and it was early on (I chased with an AK in the [...]

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AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Oookay… so I’ve been playing a lot of online poker in the past few days. I’ve discovered that they hold no-limit hold’em tournaments every day online, which is… well… exciting! Hold’em is quite addictive and I love playing.
I’ve entered 4 tournaments in the past 2 days, with entry fees ranging from $0 to $40. (All [...]

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I have to laugh…

First of all, a quick health update: I am feeling better, slowly but surely. Each day gets a bit better than the last. I’m hoping I’ll be OK in another 2-3 days.
I’ve been having a lot of late-night AIM conversations with a new friend of mine. Let’s see, he needs an initial, and I’ve [...]

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No. (Surprise!)

I went to the doctor today. I do not have mono. Or, rather, I did not test positively for mono. That doesn’t completely rule out mono, but it makes it unlikely that I have it.
So what do I have? Well, the doctor isn’t sure. He says I might have a complication of a regular viral [...]

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Nooooooo…

Okay. This is really frustrating. I had this awful bacterial infection a couple of weeks ago, and I went off the antibiotics on 3/4. On 3/5 I became really sick again, with a sore throat, hacking cough, fever that lasted 3 days, and pure freakin’ exhaustion. (Oh, and I remember commenting to my parents that [...]

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