Very Josie

Dude in a Very Josie Costume...and, um...Waffles (I crack myself up) Happy Halloween.......but sad football.  :(  Booooo!!!  Where shall we start?  How bout the worst part of the weekend?  Worst part is I'm out of Ducky's football pool.  Even though Waffles kept telling me I should pick the Giants for the Ducky pool, I disagreed and went with New Orleans.  OMFG.  As you can only use a team once, his very valid argument was that the Giants were playing sucky Miami so they're an easy pick and I could save NO for when I really needed them.  In the end, I wanted to go with the sure thing, and not mess around.  Of course that bit me in the ass because the "sure thing" lost.  OMFG. In other football news, I think I sucked up the place everywhere.  But wait a minute.....can you fucking believe the Rams beat the Saints?  What is up with that?  And it wasn't even close.  OMFG. Okay, NOW in other football news..... I think.... *Bayne kicked all of our asses. well

What an incredible night for baseball.  One of the most exciting game endings I've ever seen.  Okay I only saw part of the game but I saw the good parts!!!!! Amazing the St. Louis Cardinals were down to their last strike TWICE but came back to win Game 6 of the World Series.  Both teams played amazingly well each taking turns scoring run after run.  And this is in October, after playing hundreds of games.  David Freese led the Cards' amazing comeback with a well timed triple and  the game winning home run.  OMG What an exciting game.  While I was watching it unfold I was thinking of Mojo and how thrilled he must be.  GG! As I said I only saw part of the game; the latter part.  I had a busynight.  I stopped at my mother's after work, while Evan was at band practice.  He got home a little before eight and reminded me Nick, the kid next door wanted to come over for homework help again.  Well that's good.  I'm happy to help. Every week the math teacher gives the k

Can you believe how rude SOME PEOPLE can be? If you don't know what I'm referring to, simply check out the first comment on my last post.  Hmfph!  It's truly amazing that he still has two good legs to walk on.  LOL  I suppose I open myself up for these comments by having a blog on the internet so it's truly no big deal.  But if a man said that to me in person it would not end well. <---- That thought alone got me thinking about a rude comment I got repeatedly at the poker table at Foxwoods.  Once again, I suppose I set myself up for such comments with the way I play, yet I am never rude myself.  Do I tease and instigate?  I surely do, so perhaps that's why men feel free to let loose. I do have one bit of free advice for Waffles though ----> 'Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. I

Yes, I'm talking about me.  Can you imagine?  :)  I've been called that, along with arrogant, big headed and egotistical more times than I can count.  As Popeye would say, I yam what I yam, and highly doubt I'll be changing any time soon.  I've been thinking on a particular hand of poker I played a while ago, and in that particular hand, I believe "cockiness' was my undoing.  Although as I said, I have no desire to change. I was playing 1-2 NL and quickly amassed a wall of red chips.  I was in the zone.  My reads were spot on, my cards were good, I was connecting with flops and things were going great.  My stack was just slightly below $1,000. Enter cockiness. I had pocket 10s and raised it up big preflop.  A young man, named Tom* called me.  I knew he was a very good player and hadn't seem him lose many chips. Flop was Q-4-3 with two diamonds.  I check and he makes a weak bet, and I raise it up.  He's hemming and hawing and finally calls.  I KN

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I stole found this idea from Whispering Writer and I like it. She writes about all the things it is to be "okay" about. It's okay...... That I watched DWTS instead of the World Series (I think). Besides I did see the Rangers hit a solo home run to tie the game at 2.  Alas I did not see them win. That I didn't correct my mother when she said  'prenatural' this weekend.  As in, "I hope she has a prenatural agreement".  It's 'prenuptual' but it's not worth the time or effort.  I found that out when I tried to convince my mother that she tripped on the 'curb' not the 'curve'. That I couldn't figure out why our 401(k) provider's website wouldn't accept my username as an administrator.  It took me 10 minutes to realize I logged on as 'veryjosie'.  omfg That I've never seen Lucky You, and it's a poker movie!  How could I have missed it?  NetFlix or On Demand should be able to remedy

My friend Lynne, her wife, and a bunch of their friends originally were heading down to Foxwoods as a group to play in the Ladies Event.  I was waffling about whether or not to play and after I decided not to....I got an email from Lynne.  There was alot of stuff going on with the other female couples and her and she didn't want to go with them....her wife couldn't go with her....she didn't want to go alone....she really wanted to go, but only if I went with her. If you put it that way...... She and I headed up for the Ladies Event, after she pulled an all nighter working for Fed Ex....loading planes!  I shiat you not. I decided to put the poker uniform away for this tourney, as it certainly couldn't help me out here, and instead I thought I'd dress a little "butch".  lol  Boy was I wrong!  I was the least looking butch person in that tourney!  I mean I knew there'd be alot of gay women playing, but holy moly!  The truth is, a good half of the p

The new Mr. October? Well sports fans, even though the Patriots had a bye week it was a good weekend for sports.  First and foremost I must mention Albert Pujols, who hit THREE homeruns in a single world series game for the Cards.  WTG Pujols!  This has only been done twice before, by The Bambino and Mr. October.  Unless you live under a rock, you know I'm referring to Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson.  That's some mighty fine company to be in.  Tonight is Game 5 and it's anyone's game!  Tonight do I watch Game 5 or Dancing With The Stars?  Ugh, that's a tough choice.  My guess is there will be a lot of clicking back and forth. If Pujols read this blog, I'd use my mighty feminine wiles jedi mind tricks to get him to sign with the Red Sox.  And if that didn't work, don't forget we have fried chicken and beer in Boston!  But seriously, we could get him.  I'm already focused on next season and I'd like that bat in the starting rotation.  Footb

Poker baby.  This is going to be all about poker.  I played in the $300 bounty tournament at Foxwoods last Wednesday and it was one of the worst showings that I can remember.  Perhaps that's why it took so long to write about. :)  15K in starting chips.  My modus operandi was to try to see alot of flops on the cheap and early.  My guideline for these cheap flops was that I had to hit better than one pair to keep going otherwise muck after the flop.  I'd won a couple of early hands and then I was dealt J-10 of hearts.  Bing! As much as I wanted to raise, I limped in to see the flop on the cheap.  The flop had 2 hearts.  I checked, villian bet 200 and I called.  I know I'm not supposed to chase flushes but it was  only 200!  no heart on the turn so I checked again, and so did he.  heh.  Had he bet, the mighty jack ten would've been hitting the muck, but he checked too. I hit my flush on the river and bet 600 and he called with tpck (top pair, crappy kicker).  As that

I love Borgata.  Yeah, maybe that makes me fickle, but a woman is entitled to change her mind. Remember how Borgata kindly offered me a free room and dinner whenever I wanted?  Well I was preparing for my trip to AC in November and emailed Joanna at Borgata to use the free room.  Then I asked her if I could please have two free nights instead of one.  She said she'd be able to do that, but not dinner as well.  That's okay!  So I have two free nights at Borgata!  Mind you I've never given them a penny of business....yet, nor do I even have a players card with them.  lol Below is the email I just received. Josie- I will be happy to make the accommodations for November 16 and 17; and you are very welcome. Despite our best intentions, from time to time we understand that we fail to meet our customers’ expectations and we are always grateful for the opportunity to redeem ourselves in their eyes. We appreciate this chance to make it right in your instance, or at least t

I went home last night thinking about going to bed as soon as I got in the door, as the night before I'd gotten about 3 hours sleep at the most.  I am not one of those type of people who can function on so little sleep, so I was dragging.  Yet it was not to be.  Sugar Bear had band rehearsal with the high school and as he was leaving he said "I need your help with something.  I need to write a 5 paragraph story for honors english". Okay sure, when is it due? Tomorrow. Awesome. Oh and um, Nick was wondering if he could come over after band.  He needs help with his math quiz. Now, I'd turn down Sugar Bear before I'd turn down Nick (and you know I wouldn't really do that). Nick spent all of last summer in summer school so he wouldn't stay back again .  I'd helped him with math last week and he got a 90%, so I think he was hoping for more of the same.  Only problem was I was so damned tired.  So much so that when I asked Evan what he wanted f

Thank you all for the kind thoughts and wishes I found in the comments of my last post.  After headhunting for half the night, it was a welcome sight. Did I say half the night? Yes. I got home at 4:00am (omfg) and got into work by 8:00am.  I'm esxhausted and not feeling great so there won't be any prolific post from me today about the tournament.  That is to come when I can do it properly. In the mean time, I can sum it up in two words.  I lost.  :( And quickly too.  I started out great but by the third hour I was down to 80 BB, not terribly short, but definitely not where I like to be, so when one person raised to 3xbb and everyone else folded I jammed all in with 4-4.  Can you believe he called me with K-K?  LOL I supposed he's never read the blog called How to Fold KK.  Anyway, from there on in it was the cash game!  Lots and lots of  ups and downs......but that's for the later post. Oh, but I did learn something at Foxwoods yesterday.  If I post where I

Well kiddos, I'll be in Foxwoods today for a tournament that starts at 11am.  I'll tell you all about it tomorrow....or the next day.  And as Matchbox Twenty would say.... Reach down your hand in your pocket Pull out some hope for me It's gonna be a long day, always Ain't that right? Pull out some hope for me and think good thoughts please!  I have an incentive to win this THAT I WANT.  Actually, I only have to make it to the final table.  Only, right? Play smart and send me good vibes. Josie

It was 80's week on Dancing with the Stars!  OMG It was 80's music and 80's hairstyles/dress on one of my fave shows!  Does it get any better than that? No. I was so excited to see last night's episode even though was two hours long.  that's just too long people.  They should totally cut half the BS from the show and just show us the dancing.  That could easily be done in one hour.  Come on people! Unfortunately Sugar Bear is not a fan.  Not only that,but he wanted to watch a hockey game on Versus.  Blah!  Not even a Bruins hockey game!  WTF is up with that?  It wasn't a problem though as I happily took my leave to watch DWTS in my room. All snug in my bed. Mmmmmmm I was loving the 80s music and styles.  They had The Bangles playing live!  And then.......... Yup, I fell asleep which means I missed the last hour, including Chaz's dance.  Booo!!!!  I'll catch the recap tonight though, assuming I can stay awake for it. I should've known.

They say that they don't know me Never saw my face And if they've never been there Can they be sure there's such a place? They think if they don't call me The world will pass them by But there's a fire in their kitchen And the water's three feet high and rising Someone's shouting at me You're all going to hell! Must not be too far away Sometimes I can never tell My shoes are still as empty A mile they've never walked They'll send me their donation And they never have to talk again I just want to show them who I am I just want to show them what I can do There's not much use to curse the damned And there's power in nothing to lose Someone's spitting blood Facedown in the dirt Someone's thinking about a gun To try to stop the hurt Someone drew conclusions On the wall of destiny Someone's getting louder And that someone would be ME. You think if you don't call me The world will pass you by B

Okay, so I could get up, but still.  I fell. And it couldn't have happened in front of more people, or been more embarrassing, if I'd been trying for that outcome. Quick recap: Every year our liability insurance provider gives us the opportunity to get a 10% discount on our annual premium if we hold an educational seminar on something.....applicable.  To get this year's discount I had to get all of our architects as well as all of our architectural staff (non-registered architects) to read and take a test on site visits, and then attend a lunch seminar, which was today. Let me tell you, trying to get 25 architects in one room at the same time is like trying to herd cats.  Not easy or fun, but a 10% discount is worth about 18-20K so I got it done.  Woot! (stay with me, I fall down very soon!) So I had lunch catered for everyone, including me, natch.  And as I go to toss out my lunch containers I dropped the salad dressing container, which was still more than h

Guess who's on top this week?  *Photo courtesy of Lightning36 's dreams blog. My picks held up this week.  I got every pick correct, except my 1, 5 & 7, which means I have 69 points so far.   I'm ahead of SirFWalgman  by 10 points at the moment and when if the Jets win tomorrow night, I'll have beaten Waffles by 15 points.  That's a big week.  I was trailing him for the year by 18 points before this week, so I couldn't be happier. As far as JMan (Waffles' son), I must say his picks were pretty darn good, although he did a bit worse, as he's got 49 points, with only 2 left for MNF.  I thought his Indy pick was going to bite me in the butt, but Cinncy came through.  And who knows if JMan really made these picks.  Maybe Waffles decided he needed two chances to try to beat me.  Well both chances didn't work out.  Perhaps the wife will make an attempt next week?  Heh.\ As for Lucki Duck's Pick the winner contest, there are six of us remaini

The bus ride home really pissed me off, but before we get to that, it's 3am and I just woke up.  WTF?  There were 3 teenage boys in my house when I got home from work and after dinner Evan said to me "Mom, go  upstairs!  We want to have a war!" Their "war" involves shooting each other with the many nerf guns around the house as well as popping each other with hand grenades (ping pong balls).  Of course war isn't war unless all the lights are turned off and it's pitch black, so I was more than happy to head upstairs to watch a little TV, but I didn't see much of that.  I must've fallen asleep almost immediately and now it's 3am.  Wow.  Where did the night go? The bus ride...... I was seated in my usual seat at the very back of the bus in the corner, reading my book.  I never chat or socialize on the bus although the faces are always the same.  I just like to read my book in peace and quiet.  So we are like halfway home and the bus stops

Waffles and son Must.  Annihilate.  Both. Yes, very soon I will be the coolest chick that Baby Waffles knows.  Ah....he may as well figure this out sooner rather than later.  I am much cooler than his au pairs.  Perhaps not as cool as his sister though.  If she were playing this game, I might be worried.  She seems like a tough chick. In any case.....here are my picks and they're poetry baby!  Poetry in motion. Green Bay 13 Pittsburgh 12 Baltimore 11 (Carmen Sin City is from Baltimore!) New Eng 10 (Go Tom Terrific!) Jets 9 (lost to the Pats last week.  lol) Cinncy 8 Detroit 7 (undefeated baby!) Oakland 6 New Orl 5 Atlanta 4 NY Giants 3 Chicago 2 (Hi light!) Washington 1 (cuz I'd rather stick a fork in my eye than put points on Philly) You can hear about the annihilation on Monday. Play smart and teach the kids a lesson!  Whap! Josie

I meant to post yesterday but I didn't because there is too much going on in work and I was feeling pretty yucky as well.  That means there's alot to talk about today.  You might want to get yourself a cup of coffee (I did!) and settle in. First of all the casino bill passed in Massachusetts!  Woot!  That means there are going to be three casinos in separate locations in Mass.  I have a feeling they won't be anywhere near Boston, but hopefully they'll be a bit closer to me than Seabrook New Hampshire. Second....has anyone been watching Survivor this season?  I LOOOOOOOOOOVE Survivor and have been watching it for like a decade.  No wonder, I won Survive Donkey Island!  Heh.  Anyway, of all the hundreds of episodes I've watched, this week's was the grossest.  And that's saying something!  There were two teams and each had a whole roasted pig on a spit.  The teams had their hands tied behind their backs and the challenge was to rip the meat off with their

Heh. Josie

Patience.  That something would be patience.  I don't have any.  I know I don't have any so you'd think I could overcompensate with something I have an abundance of, like common sense, but no it just doesn't work that way.  I try not to let my impatience show, but eventually it busts peeks through.  In work, when I've requested something and have to wait endlessly.....more than I should, I seethe quietly inside.  If you call me on the phone, I'll answer your question but I just don't quite get the "stay on the phone and chat about nothing" thing.  Instead, once information has passed through the phone lines and the mission is accomplished, "Bye!" I'm gone.  Gary isn't  the only one who complains about this.  He's standing in a long line and my mom is at the head. For my mother, I'll stay on the phone for 45-60 minutes.  REALLY.  That's like saying a claustrophobic man willingly got into a suitcase for a week.  Th