the yin and yang



i ran into a strange combination of flavors which i found really interesting. i had a cranberry bagle and some jalepeno cream cheese. now, you would never think they would go well together but to my surprise was a great combination. the bitterness of the cranberry was complemented by the sourness of the sour cream, and the spicyness of the jalepeno was complemented by the sweetness of the cranberries. very interesting indeed.



just like i had predicted on american idol (other than george leaving earlier than expected), it came down to fantasia and La Toya much much earlier than people expected. And La Toya got the boot just like I said she would. I saw it coming a mile away. Man, I hope that idiot, Elton John, doesn't make any stupid anti-racist remarks again. With La Toya gone, a lot of La Toya's fans will be voting for Fantasia, and she'll cruise to victory as long as she keeps performing. I was never a big fan of hers. Especially since she is Chris Tucker in disguise. But I think she deserves to win this competition. I think next one gone will be Jasmine Trias. She got so many unnecessary pity votes from Hawaii that there will be a backlash this week. What's ironic is if she blows everyone away next week, she'll probably get less votes.



so i played at another tournament at viejas on sunday. I was doing spectacular, cruising to my 40th place, then I get handed 78 off suit in the Big Blind. The small blind calls. The flop is 3 7 8. My flop is 2 pair. Since its just me and him, I figured I had him beat. I raise $1000, he quickly calls. a 6 falls. I go all in because I don't want someone sucking me out on the river. And he calls. he has just about $1500 more in chips than me. We are the 2 big stacks at the table. he turns over 9 10, a nut straight. The river does not give me the full house, and the tourney is over for me. what sucks is that I could have eliminated him a few hands before when I had my pocket 10's and he had pocket 6's. Of course he made his set on the flop, and mine came on the river...too late I had already folded. If I just made it through that hand, it would have been pretty easy to win in the money. Oh well, i'll get him next time.