Rough Week

It's been a yo-yo week for me. In the last 2 days I made so many 2nd best hands that it was almost unbelievable. Hell, I just called down with AK on an AQx board and my bad feeling was right when the villain turned over AA. However, tournament wise I've been running well. I think I've won 80+% of my Headsup matches and done well in the SNGs. I also cleared my bonus on Stars, so I've been hurt, but no where near out. Of course, I withdrew almost half of my bankroll last weekend to pay for rent (Damn you Bay Area cost of living) so that hurt as well. I just need to be cautious.

Last night was a lot of fun for me. I saw a good friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a year and a half and we went out drinking with other friends. Man that was awesome, but it also reminded me of all of my friends that have left. I really miss them (though, oddly enough, almost all of them live in LA) and while my new friends are good guys, they just seem...inferior, I dunno. It's really tough because my one of my best and closest friends is in El Salvador (check out the blog link) and I will most likely not see him for 2 years when he's done with Peace Corp. I thought about doing PC for a bit, but I don't think I would like to be isolated like that from my friends and family. Of course I would make new friends, but it just wouldn't be the same.

I've moved around a lot in my life and I've been able to adapt to new situations fairly well and make new friends, but whenever I move, my old friends fall by the wayside. To be fair, a lot of this was before email had caught on, but I haven't talked to anyone from my highschool since I graduated...5 years ago. The friends I've made in Berkeley, however, I have been the closest to me and I just wish that we could all just drop what we were doing, and go grab a few pitchers again.