As I walked out of my local supermarket today, I was living the dream! Wearing my full PokerStars tracksuit, a smile on my face and looking forward to a wonderful weekend, life couldn’t have gotten much better. Little did I know, my world was about to be rocked.

The car park doesn’t provide a lot of breathing room at the best of times, but then just as I was about to reverse out some idiot decided to snuggle their car right up next to me leaving only a few inch gap. Traffic is meant to flow one way and I had no room to back out that way, I was trapped.

Being quite busy, I had to sit there for about 10 minutes waiting for a backlog of cars to clear and look for an opening to quickly sneak out the other direction. My opening arrived, I could successfully duck around a corner without impacting on any traffic and no one would care… or so I thought.

Out of nowhere streams this crazy old Italian lady, waving her walking stick in the air and pointing in the opposite direction and yelling what I can only imagine were some colourful words. At this point I’m sure a lot of you would have honked at her incessantly or lowered your window and told the crazy bitch where to get off. I’m a pretty chill driver though and I just chose to ignore her and try to slowly creep past her.

She didn’t take a liking to that! BANG BANG BANG! She took her walking stick to my window and as I tried to get past, still yelling things at the top of her voice. It was at that point that it struck me that it was Friday the 13th and the only logical conclusion was that this lady was putting some kind of hex on me. Once I was clear I sped off, sweating profusely and feeling like my whole world was crumbling.

I burst through my front door, threw my groceries on the ground, rushed to my computer and pulled up a few tables. If I was to be cursed for all eternity, I wanted know right away! 5 minutes in, I sucked out on someone for a stack, my heart rate slowed and everything felt good again. I will however, always be looking over my shoulder in fear of that crazy old lady every time I go grocery shopping.

Playing good and running good.

2+2 forums server going down and also breaking my resistance tube.

POKER
- 2,000 Hands $100nl @ PokerStars
- Railbird session with Rohan
- Hand analysis on forums

SPORTS BETTING
- Major League Baseball Bets
- Tennis: Round 2 WTA and ATP Tournaments

OTHER
Sit-Ups: 25/25/25/25
Push-Ups: 25/25/25/25
Chin-Ups: 6/6/7

Song of the Day: Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor

- Late Night with Conan O’Brien
- The Colbert Report
- Richard Dawkins – The Root of All Evil part 1 and 2

Feeling like I learned a few things today.

My running is starting to take its toll on my feet.

POKER
- 3,500 Hands $100nl @ PokerStars
- Hand analysis on forums

SPORTS BETTING
- Major League Baseball Bets
- Indian Premier League Bets
- Tennis: Round 1 WTA and ATP Tournaments
- Web site update

CARDIO
- 2km Run

WEIGHTS
Bicep Curl: 11kg/11kg/11kg/11kg/12kg
Vertical Row: 5kg/10kg/15kg/20kg/25kg
Deep Squats: 10kg/10kg/15kg/15kg/25kg
Low Bench Press: 15kg/20kg/25kg/30kg/35kg

Song of the Day: Foo Fighters – The Pretender

- Late Night with Conan O’Brien
- Kitchen Nightmares
- The Office
- Scrubs

Basking in the glory of the Lions win in the morning newspaper.

Running bad at poker.

POKER
- 4,000 Hands $100nl @ PokerStars
- Hand analysis on forums

SPORTS BETTING
- Major League Baseball Bets
- European Soccer Bets
- Tennis: Davis Cup Bets

TV - Australian Rules: Hawthorn Hawks vs. Adelaide Crows
TV - Australian Rules: Richmond Tigers vs. Fremantle Dockers

CARDIO
- 8 Laps (approx. 3.2km) – 16 min 0 secs <- New Personal Best

WEIGHTS
Bicep Curl: 10kg/10kg/10kg/10kg/10kg
Vertical Row: 5kg/10kg/15kg/20kg/25kg
Deep Squats: 5kg/10kg/15kg/15kg/25kg
Low Bench Press: 10kg/15kg/20kg/25kg/30kg

Song of the Day: Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee

- Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Going for a run on such a beautiful day. EDIT!!! BRISBANE LIONS COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY!!!!

Goal umpires decision to award a goal to Port Adelaide when the ball hit him, when clearly it was going to hit the post.

POKER
- 5,000 Hands $100nl @ PokerStars
- Hand analysis on forums

SPORTS BETTING
- AFL Round 4 Bets
- NRL Round 5 Bets
- Super 14 Round 9 Bets
- Tennis: Davis Cup Bets & WTA Bets
- Major League Baseball Bets

The AFL’s arm chopping a pushing in the back rule interpretations really need to be looked at. I am seriously starting to think that I am watching a game of netball sometimes. There needs to be a clear line drawn between deliberate obstruction of an opponent and incidental contact. It’s a contact sport, but if we keep going the way we are going people are going to turn away because the contests they once loved watching are gone.

“You’ll notice, I didn’t have anybody being Arab. I thought that would be too explosive, uh, no pun intended. But I just thought, “too soon” for Arabs, maybe next year. You know, the ball’s in their court. “ – Michael Scott (The Office)

TV - Australian Rules: Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions
TV - Australian Rules: North Melbourne vs. Melbourne

CARDIO
- 8 Laps (approx. 3.2km) – 16 min 51 secs

OTHER
Chin-Ups: 6/7/8
Push-Ups: 20/25/25/25

Song of the Day: British India – Run The Red Light

- Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- The Colbert Report
- SNL: The Best of Dana Carvey

Waking up in my own bed for the first time in weeks.

Having to book my car in to be repaired after only one month of ownership.

POKER
- 1,500 Hands $100nl @ PokerStars
- Hand analysis on forums

SPORTS BETTING
- AFL Round 4 Bets
- NRL Round 5 Bets
- Super 14 Round 9 Bets
- Tennis: Davis Cup Bets
- Major League Baseball Bets

WEB SITES
- Created graphics for ‘My Day’ blogs

The used car I bought a month ago revealed numerous faults on my 4000km road trip. I have to take it to have numerous problems fixed just a month into my ownership. I’m not sure which items will be covered under warranty, but the brakes are squeaking, the car squeaks when it turns, the LCD display console fades in an out of working, the back door seal is broken and my lock remote has died. To go along with all that some bastard at Brisbane airport has grazed my front bumper chipping off some paint.

“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” – Ronald Reagan (1986)

Attended - Rugby League: Melbourne Storm vs Manly Sea Eagles @ Olympic Park

CARDIO
- 2.5km Run

WEIGHTS
Bicep Curl: 10kg/10kg/10kg/10kg/10kg
Vertical Row: 5kg/10kg/15kg/20kg/25kg
Deep Squats: 5kg/10kg/15kg/15kg/20kg
Low Bench Press: 10kg/15kg/20kg/25kg/30kg

Song of the Day: Santogold – LES Artistes

Catching up on things I recorded while I was away. I’ve lots of Daily Show, Colbert Report and Late Night with Conan O’Brien episodes to get through.