So back from Cali, waves were pretty flat but still had a lot of fun. Found a big heavy shorebreak by Windansea and had my skimboard with me which was nice. Anyways, I'm back and feeling re-energized; I hadn't had a vacation for awhile.
While away I spent the nights reading a lot of the old trip reports and 'poker goals' threads on here and they got me pretty pumped up as well as inspired me to define some solid goals on a monthly basis that I will grade myself on at the conclusion of each month. I think doing so will help me push myself harder because I can be a very driven person in pursuit of goals/achievements within definable perimeters.
Reflecting on the last few years here I'm also aware that I have made little progress in terms of skill and bankroll outside of the obvious cumulative live play experience. The $ I have is basically still a remnant of online poker and I've merely covered most of my expenses while enjoying living in this city. I don't think there is any problem with that but I am now undeniably feeling the itch to push things. The whole goals thing will be in keeping with this attitude of moving forward.
I'll post my goals for August later but will be keeping it short and to the point seeing as I still want to focus more on LVL in the thread. On that note lets lighten things up in here; I'm going to go ahead and pitch this 'Photo Challenge' idea I've been playing around in my head with...
LVL PHOTO CHALLENGE, AUGUST:
Ok so here is the basics...I'm going to allow anyone interested to post in this thread topics/subjects for the photo challenge, from the accumulated responses I will chose one that meets the criteria of
1: Offers an interesting, entertaining, and challenging (it is called a challenge it shouldn't be too easy, that said it does have to be at least marginally practical/possible) subject material.
2: Is relatively low risk/safe for myself and the poor denizens/tourists of Las Vegas. and
3. Keep it PG13(ish) for the sake of the thread/forum...something like asking chicks to sit on my face seems perfectly reasonable but doing lines of blow off their asses is a nono you see?
To give an example of possible topics to illustrate the nature of the challenge here are a few sample topics: 1. Pics of lifting midgets over my head. 2. Pics of tequila shots out of randoms' tits. 3. Pics trolling strip cops (ok this one is probably a poor idea) 4. Pics of trying to haggle hookers with 1$ bills (on second thought also a bad idea since I suppose this could be considered soliciting haha) 5.Tourists passed out in there own puke...anyways you get the point
The photo challenge will be carried out along the strip and in various casinos/clubs/bars over the month of August, keep in mind this will be even more challenging in that I have to find both the subject and someone to take the pic should it be a topic requiring my physical involvement . At the end of the month I will post a photo thread/post in here with all the qualifying pics I am able to accumulate. Being a challenge I think even a few would be decent but closer to 10+ should be considered a major success. And the point of the challenge?...well none really, I think it will be entertaining and will remind me to lighten up/relax down on the strip while encouraging me to socialize a bit.
Ok so fire away with the Challenge topic/subject suggestions...I think it will be more challenging/fun to go with someone else's suggestion rather than one I come up with.