Ok, I don't want to get all TMI or anything, but tonight was fantastic, and I need to let you in on a detail or two you can see exactly why.

I'm a little broke right now. Like, really broke. It's no big thing, Don't cry for me Argentina, been here before, this is what happens when you quit your job to join a rock band. Obviously, I have a lot of faith in the band I am helping to build, so I don't believe this is a permanent situation, but for now... YO NO TENGO DINERO.

When Riss left for New York, I asked her to give me 30 bucks so I could go play poker - a monthly home NLHE tourney run by a nice guy named Brian M. and his girlfriend Debra. I have played his tournaments for almost a year now, and only cashed once - I came in 5th or 6th and made my $30 dollar buy-in back. Whoopie. It probably seems pretty careless, getting some precious cash and using it for poker instead of food and gas, and that would probably be the case...
IF I DIDN'T WIN TONIGHT!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

That's right, just when Steve needed them most, the Poker Gods shined down and got him to first place out of 28 players. I took home 415 bucks, and everything is okay. I did have a feeling that tonight was the night I shouldn't miss Brian's game.

(Listening to "Pretty (Ugly Before)": Elliott Smith "From a Basement on a Hill")

I just think it's funny, every once in a while ya get lucky at the exact perfect time.