Very Josie

okay 10:20pm and only a little buxxed.  Hmmm I will continue to not fix my typos to see where i am.  I've had about 3ish glasses of wine and about to start on champagne.  oh and my kindle is working and i've already bought too books!  yay!  I'll be back in an hour.... 11:20pm - having champagne with gary and tootsie....i knda wanna be antisocial and read my kindle but you now, thatd be bad.  fuuuck. maybe they'll leave soon.  :) on glass #2 of champagne - not all that drunk yet.  :) cranky, I was just talking bout how we are going to a sox game this year!  do not disappoint me - that would be bad for you.  lol  an d whaddaya mean ur going to bed?  no effing way.  stay up! 11;25pm ad getting drunker by the mnute.  def gonna lose some money fon black chippy poker tonight - jus twaitng wfor gary 2 leave = he says he wants me to do something fun.  hmmmmm shat whousld i do? 1am, gary and tootsie just left....

okay 10:20pm and only a little buxxed.  Hmmm I will continue to not fix my typos to see where i am.  I've had about 3ish glasses of wine and about to start on champagne.  I'll be back in an hour....

All the friends that I have met here Oh my goodness, there's been a lot Some were crazy, all were lovely In my heart, you've found a spot Caring, sweet and helpful people Who I've loved and fought, along the way I've shown the warts and some things better Yet somehow, you've always stayed Perhaps it's just that you don't really know me I expose a bit, but not it all I smile and attempt to rise above it But as you know, I sometimes fall I often stop and think about it In my life, I love you all. Wishing you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012. Josie

Even though it's still 2011 I'm thinking about my New Year's resolutions.  They aren't resolutions so much as goals for the new year, and I always like to start out with a goal. Goals for 2012 Make exercise a priority. (it could happen!) Play in wsop event.  (it could totally happen.) Net 50K in poker winnings for the year. (failed goal from last year, i'm not quitting you!) Buy lots of books for my kindle fire. (*sigh* I cannot wait to start on this goal) Call my mother more. (I have a major aversion to phones) Be nicer to others.  Everyone is struggling with something and a little nice goes a long way. Swear less. (I've already started trying.  Have you noticed?) Not finish work projects up at the last minute. (Why do I do this?) Spend more time with Sugar Bear. (Whether he likes it or not.  Heh.) Set up Blogger football league on cbs.com for 2012.  Based on my points this year you should be dying to play against me.  On...

I only smile like this when I'm at Fenway. Ahhhh This was taken at Fenway Park in June 2011.  The guy in the picture has been a friend of mine for over twenty years and has Red Sox season tickets.  Noooo, that isn't the ONLY reason he's my friend but it surely doesn't hurt.  Every year he takes me to a game for my birthday, which is in the summer.  And every year, I'd start in June saying "it's my birthday...." hoping to get a free ticket.  (my birthday is actually in August)  The problem is he doesn't believe me anymore.  Heh. So why am I writing about going to a Red Sox game?  Because I aim to please!  A gentleman <--- term used loosely here from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, UK has asked in the comments section of my previous post that I not write about poker, so I've decided to indulge him for the afternoon.  Why not, right?  He seems like...well...like he could use a little indulgement once in a while.  Enjoy my d...

Hello my dears, Not a lot of time to post, so please bear with me. First and foremost I have another follower.  Yes. I. Do.  Not only that but his name is BigBootyDaddy.  Man, did he come to the right place. Trust me on this. Second, my Red Sox have a new (and awesome) closer!  Woot!  Andrew Bailey formerly of the A's.  He's cute, and the guy know's how to save games.  Last year he successfully closed 24 of his 26 attempts.  Mama likie.  I have a tentative but HUGE (bigger than my booty) bet on the red sox this year, that I haven't 100% committed to yet.  Now that we have a closer in place, I think it's time to cement the deal. Third, I played on Black Chip Poker again last night.  That's 3 nights in a row, and it was my first losing night.  I played (2) $2 games and lost both.  One was a 10 peep game and the other a 45 peep game.  I pretty much threw them away.  Had nice early big stacks in both an...

Apropos of nothing, let's say a person bought many purchases in a large chain store.  The sales person rang up her many purchases and the total was lower than expected.  On the way out she checks her receipt to find that one item was never rung in.  She grins happily and is on her way to wrap said purchases, never once actually contemplating returning to the store to rectify the mistake. Is that stealing? The more I think about it, the more I believe it is. Hmmmm Josie

I haven't felt this way in a long time.  Sure I've been tired before, but it's been a while since I stayed up too late playing online poker even though I knew I had to get in work early the next day.  Ugh. I started out playing a $2 (10) person one table.  It took forever.  We probably played 3 handed for almost an hour but in the end I won 1st place.  When that was done, I found Tony at a Omaha H/L .25-.50 cash table, joined his waiting list and finally got in. I probably played 3 hands the entire time I was there but won or split them all so I made about $4 at that table.  And then, onto those Double or Nothing tables. I'm not really sure I like the double or nothng game.  It does go pretty quickly as once you are down to 5 peeps it's game over. I was playing one of the DoN games with Tony at my table.  And of course it was this game that I lost and early too.  I called a standard raise with A-J and the flo...

If you've been following TBC's Blog  like I've been, you may have seen a really long post with IM's back and forth between Tony and a young woman.  Were they interesting?  Sure they were.  I read most of them, and I remember thinking that posting her words was probably not a good idea.  Worse still, Tony accidentally posted her ID, which is totally not good because he has so many readers. Did he do this intentionally?  Hell, no.  He made a mistake, that's all.  To fix his mistake he deleted the post, which I applaud.  Easy fix and no harm done. He was right to do this.  No one wants their private words stuck in a public blog.  Lord knows Britni isn't around these days, but if she were I'd know this would upset her, so he did the right thing in deleting it. What pisses me off is Tony does the right thing in deleting it but people just can't leave well enough alone.  Yes, I'm talking about YOU Lester.  Tony fixes his ...

Holy Shiat!  That's 45 followers and about 6 gazillion peeps that don't follow.  This makes me happy in my pants.  (other stuff does that too, but I won't go there)  Thank you Doufous! (you're not a doofus to me!) And yes, my number of followers has just exceeded my age.  but um, my sister is 50!  Perhaps we should shoot for that?  Yes? Thank you to all of you who stop by daily to read whatever my little fingers tap away at.  It humbles me, and um, not much else does.  Grazie. Play smart. Josie

Someone's a bad influence and I am not talking about me....erm....at least not in this particular instance.  If you've read my blog, you most likely have heard me bitch and moan about my money being seized on Full Tilt Poker.  April 15, 2011 was the last I played online poker.  I like to learn from my mistakes and having my funds in Full Tilt seized was lesson enough for me.  I decided to not deposit another penny into any online playing and I've found that I haven't missed it all that much.  And then............. I was reading about Tony playing on Black Chip Poker and decided I wanted to watch him play, which meant I'd have to download the software.  But then what?  I am not one of the types who likes to play for 'Play money".  Puhlease.  Do I look like I have that kind of fucking time to waste?  Besides, I wouldn't play correctly if it weren't for some sort of money.  So I did th...

I spent my Thursday at Foxwoods because I'd been itching to play a tournament. The plan was to play the 11am $120 tourney, with 10K in starting chips.  Before the tourney started I played 5-10 Omaha and left pretty much break even, which would be my theme for the day.   By the way, James Woods wasn't in the poker room and believe me I looked.  But back to the tourney....  There were about 80 peeps in my tourney and though I lasted almost 5 hours I didn't cash, which sucks.  I'm sad to say, I'm starting to believe that maybe I should just stick to the cash game.  Blah.  I dunno - Cash games are money makers and tourneys just haven't been money makers for me lately.  Ugh. I went into the tourney with the idea not to limp into many pots - I'd play my usual aggressive way, and come in raising, but only with big cards.  That was the game plan but ironically, my beginning play was nothing like that.  I folded the first 5 or so hands ...

Remember the ugly menorah Christmas Tree?  It does look better decorated.  See below. Just decorated and wating for presents. In case you forgot how hideous it was As you can see I got some of my wrapping done, but still have a long ways to go. I collect christmas tree ornaments.  Each one of mine are unique and different.  No boxes of the same factory ornaments here.  If I find an ornament I love, I buy one of them and cherish it.  Alot of them are gifts as people know I collect unique ones, and probably half of them are hand made be me of course.  Below are some of my faves. Es bonita,no? To the left of the pretty ornament you can see another one with Evan's pic on it and above it is a very pricey owl, made of cloissone. Close up of a handmade Evan ornament - that picture was from his first Christmas.  Cutest baby ever!  He won't dress like that any more for his mama. *sigh* Guess why I like this one. Ornament that looks like Lightn...

I'm back from Foxwoods!  Big poker recap to follow, but for today, a few housekeeping items to take care of. 1.  I had no idea Mr. Mojo Risin' was an anagram for Jim Morrison.  I also didn't know Axl Rose was an anagram and I even named my cat, Axl, after him.  I haven't figured out the anagram yet, but I will, and not by googling it. 2. I'm already kicking butt this week in football because I put only a 5 on the Giants, unlike just about everyone else.  I rock! 3.  Who do you think will go further in the post season this year?  The Boston Red Sox, or The Detroit Tigers?  No brainer, right?  It's the sox.  Fortunately, Mr. Mojo Risin' wants to bet on this.  Heh.  I know my boys won't let me down, especially with their new skipper, Valentine.  BIG bet with Mojo Risin' that I shall win.  Maybe he's thinking bout how the sox choked at the end of the season and he's forgotten bout how well they did prior to that....

Hello my dears, Time to do a little fishing at Foxwoods, but that doesn't mean I'd leave you high and dry without a post!  First a little bidness, and then a little bit of fun. Bidness is football and it ain't pretty.  I had such a bad week last week with all the upsets that I think I lost what little grasp I had on first place in my cbs.com league and there's not enough time to make it up. This will be the first time in 4 years that I haven't won first place for the year. Fuuuuuuck.  The only slim chance of doing something significant is to go with a few longshots, which I have done.  I will go down fighting!  I like to keep my picks the same, both here in our little league and in the bigger league, so here we go.  Baltimore 16 , opponent Cleveland Pats 15 , opponent Miami Green Bay 14, opponent Chicago Tennessee 13 , opponent Jacksonville Dallas 12, opponent I dunno New Orleans 11 , opponent Atlanta Washington 10 , opponent Minn ...

Alright Biatches!  Let's get back to poker, shall we? I am hitting Foxwoods tomorrow and I mean hitting it hard.  The sucky thing is the only tournament that fits into my schedule is the 11am tournament that has a measley $120 entry.  Blah.  I guess beggars can't be choosers though. Here is the TOURNEY SCHEDULE. There's also a 6pm deepstack tourney that has a $180 buyin but fuck that.  I need to get home at a decent time as I have so much more prep to do for Christmas. Oh and I'm going solo on this excursion.  None of my poker boys can go.  Fuck'em I say!  Hoyazo, Gary and Waffles said no.  Yes, I was desperate enough to even ask Waffles.  :)  No, you guys don't get links because you said no to moi.   Very, very bad.  There is one other pussy   GUY though and he's on vacation this week too.  I wonder if wants to meet me in Foxwoods!  Prolly too afraid to meet me in person, I think!  Oh Po...

I got a lot of much needed sleep last night and woke up with intentions of writing a very funny story but plans have changed my friends. I just read Tony's Latest Post and I'm too worried or upset to write about anything so frivolous.  I think many of his readers just see him as an interesting story, and not a person.  I see the person, who I was trying so very hard to steer away from a train wreck, but it didn't work.  In fact, the part that scares me the most is maybe I, with my good intentions, pushed him further off the cliff.  Maybe I put too much pressure on him to avoid the machines - too much pressure about something he is unable to control.  I need to shut the fuck up and stop giving out unsolicited advice, which most likely will not happen.  I cannot express how badly I feel about this. I was only trying to help because sometimes when you're in the eye of the hurricane you don't have the entire picture, at least not a...

Below is a hilarious clip of "The Real Housewives of South Boston".  Funny, funny stuff sent to me by a guy who used to blog.  Remember Miami Don? I'd link him up, but he took his blog down for the moment. He's alive and kicking and doing well in Florida.  Don was kind enough to send me holiday wishes and this clip.  I'm hoping he sent it because I live in Boston and he knows I like funny shiat like this and not because one of these women reminded him of me!  Doh! LOL  Play smart. Josie

That's right baby!  Even Tim Tebow couldn't stop Tom Terrific and The Patriots!  AFC East Champs, which means they're in a great position to gain a first round playoff bye or even home field advantage in the AFC.  Better even still because Houston lost to Carolina.  OMFG, there were some upsets yesterday.  It should be noted I had my WORST week of the season this week and it was the the first Sunday of the season I didn't see one game.  Conicidence?  Prolly not.  :) But still! I was out all afternoon/early evening because my niece, nephew and great niece were in town!  I haven't seen them in years - so this was the best Christmas present of all.  Everyone looked great but I'm worried about my nephew.  :(  A sweet, wonderful and smart kid, but......I dunno.  He's not working, which would get anyone down.  He's always had a hard time focusing, and had been on medication fo...

A post on Saturday? Practically unheard of! Excuse the extreme close of my boss and me.  That was at last year's holiday party, and yes, we'd had a few too many at that point.  I totally forgot to charge my phone so I wasn't able to take any pictures yesterday, but plenty of other people were, so stay tuned.  I was sporting a black Bruins santa hat at yesterday's party.  No one seemed to see the bruins logo in front though and kept asking me if I was bad Santa. Heh. The party was a big success even though it started out shaky.  I called the caterer at 9:30am to confirm the time of delivery which was 12:30.  She said "Oh yes, delivery between 12:15 and 12:30".  Perfect.  Except they arrived at 11:35am.  What.  The.  Fuck.  I kinda freaked out on the poor delivery guy, who was just doing his job, so I reigned it in and accepted it.  Keeping beef, fish and lamb on heaters is only going to overcook it and dry it out...

Holiday party was today and i am soooo effing drunk.  leaving office soon, and supposedly going to bar to drink more. here's hoping i gget home later in one or more pieces.  :) the party was a big success and um, i'll tellya all about it when imma soberish. tata for now. drunk as skik - i9 mean skunk.

Have I mentioned that I like reality TV?  :)  Well, I do.  I watch the Real Houswives of New Jersey (love it!) although I don't dig those Atlanta and West Coast wives.  meh.  My fave reality shows though, are the competitive ones like Top Chef and Survivor.  Anyway, I recently stumbled on a "new to me" poker blog that feels like reality TV mixed with poker and blogging.  Sign me up! (to read it, not live it) The blogger is a grinder who lives in Vegas and is trying to build up his bankroll and just quite frankly, survive, living out of rooms at the IP or wherever, as he has to move every five days or so.  Imagine living out of a hotel room long term.  Doing laundry or getting a haircut isn't as matter of fact when you're living out of the IP. So of course the blog is about his trials and tribulations at the poker table (which I obv love) but it's also about his personal struggles.  He's autistic, he's trying to find a girl friend, ...

I spent 2 1/2 hrs at the high school last night for another Christmas concert, one which I was struggling to stay awake through.  It was too warm and too long. Not only was the high school band performing but also the chorus, some sort of barber shop quartets, some old guy (!) that was singing in the chorus and then was granted a solo.  Not only that but the old lady music director says that she's in a new group and they're having their competition soon so they'll be up next. OMFG.  Seriously.  I assume Sugar Bear did great, but I couldn't see him as he was without a doubt the shortest "high schooler" in the crowd.  I never saw him and he never saw me, unlike the night before.  Darn it!  I didn't even take any photos. Holiday party is tomorrow and I still have to get a Secret Santa gift, a gift card, decorations and 30 champagne flutes.  Ohhhh and did I tell you the receptionist extraordinare is leaving?  Yep.  So we're doing a sli...

I was thinking, that I might write today Just to disprove, all the things that YOU say It doesn't take a talent to be MEAN Your words can crush things that are unseen So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive And I'd like to stay that way YOU always tell me that it's impossible To be respected, in this blogger world Why's it gotta be so complicated Why you gotta tell me if I'm hated So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive And I'd like to stay that way I have this theory, that if we're told we're bad Then that's the only, idea we'll ever have 'Cause anyone rude can start a conflict it's harder yet to disregard it I'd rather see the world from another angle Don't you know I'm an everyday angel Be careful with me 'cause I'd like to stay that way

On strike! I'm posting to tell you that I am not posting today.  :)  I'm taking the day off.....from posting, not from work. But before I go.... Last night was Evan's middle school Christmas concert, which was grades 6,7, & 8.  Oh my aching ears....except for Evan of course.  Sugar Bear had a small solo and was perfecto!  Tonight is his high school concert.  Yep, two nights in a row.  And then Monday night is his Jazz band concert.  That's three, help me Jesus.  The jazz band concert is supposed to have a "coffee house" feel, so they're serving refreshments.  Mybe that's cuz there are only 6-8 peeps in the jazz band. I took pictures last night of Evan on stage. (i also got a picture of our menorah christmas tree)  I'll take more photos of my baby tonight and post them all by the weekend.  Yes, pictures of my baby boy...exciting, huh? Okay, NOW I'm not posting today.  :) Take care, Josie

Our holiday party is Friday and I'm freaking out a bit.  I still don't have my Secret Santa gift which is totally unlike me. For Secret Santa, you pick a name out of a hat and buy a gift for whoever you picked.  Gift must be $10 value and should be creative, funny, and a bit humiliating is always nice.  :)  Also, whatever you get, you must use right there.  If it's booze, open up and drink.  If it's an article of clothing, you must wear it.  etc.  In the past, Adam got a spiked dog collars (which he had to wear) because at the time he was an architect's bitch.  The receptionist got a sombrero, with a dozen wine glasses hanging from it....you get the idea. I picked this guy....Uri, who is Jewish and he's not the average kind of Jewish.  He's the type who has to be home by sun down on Fridays.  He can't use the phone during sabbath, and he certainly has never eaten a morsel of food in the office that he didn't bring from home....

Listen, Little Monsters, It's Okay Tuesday.  That means I may be getting some visitors from Airing My Dirty Laundry , so I expect you all to be on your best behavior in the comments.  I'm looking at YOU Waffles! Let's see, what is there to be okay about? It's Okay..... That when I checked the stats on my blog visitors the stats went through the roof.  A huge spike like that can only mean.... POKER GRUMP !  Uh, oh!  He only posts bad shit (cannot swear on Tuesdays in case I get visitors!) stuff about me, so I got a feeling of dread in my belly.  Yep, sure enough he has a post about how incredibly badly I messed up my math geeks post.  And um, I get paid to do math for a living.  I dunno if this is actually okay, but there you are.  Grumpy, someday I want a post on your blog about something positive, like " My pal Very Josie has an awesome new haircut.  Go check it out." Which reminds me...It's Okay.... That I cut my hair myse...

Most of you know what a respectable starting hand is in Texas Holdem; two high cards, pocket pairs or suited connectors. These are great starting hands preflop but what you do with these cards after the flop makes all the difference. Many factors go into determining your play post flop, post turn and of course on the river. Today’s post will discuss the mathematical side of poker. Calculating odds gives you information that will help you determine whether or not to continue with a hand, and remember, information is power! Making decisions based on mathematical odds will be lucrative long term. Whether I’m playing either an MTT or a cash game, once a flop hits I automatically calculate the odds of hitting my hand. It’s become second nature to me and soon enough it will be like second nature to you too. Why? Because it’s so easy to do! I’m an accountant and business manager so without a doubt I am a numbers person but you do not need to be one to become proficient at this. Let’s look a...

Ah, never mind.  You'd never guess correctly.  My niece and nephew are coming in for a quick visit!  Yippee! Have I not mentioned them before? They are the son and daughter of my brother who passed away.  I haven't seem them in at least five years.  They moved to Florida with their mother and then my niece Gina had a baby...who is the most frigging adorable little girl evar! (yes duggle, i *know* how to really spell ever so do not send me an email) Okay, these photos are about 5 years old but here they are: That's my girl Gina at about 15-16 yrs old.  She's 22 now My boy Joe C.  (yes, that's really his frigging name) Other than Evan, these are the most special kids in the world to me.  Before they moved away from Brockton (ugh south shore) they would spend two weekends a month at our house.  They just loved it and so did we. Notice Joe is wearing a red sox shirt?  Once....just once...he showed up at my house for...