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07-11-2018 , 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by blakkman08
Sad for Belgium, Mbappe is such a piece of trash really undeserving guy to make the final despite his talent and skill.
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07-11-2018 , 09:12 AM
well Mbappe is learning from die beste :

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07-29-2018 , 09:28 PM
Hi there

So basically last couple weeks have been a shtshow given the grand announcement of getting back into a rhythm and sorting myself back out into a decent form work wise. I did have a trip to Poland for a wedding that turned into a pretty tilting affair which stuck with me for a good chunk of the first week and then missed this Sunday just now out of basically lack of motivation plus a medium hangover. Something that normally would have never seen me take the entire session off.

Sorry for the following ramblings I just gotta get this out of my system.

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so basically during the wedding after about two days of not wearing my arm cast I experienced ridiculous levels of pain I hadn’t felt since basically week one of post surgery- right in the middle of the fkn reception being in the first row next to the groom’s grandmother / mother (was drunk didn’t exactly know plus she was 80+) who was standing up and I couldn’t keep it together so had to sit down. While on the surface this sounds silly it just made it tons worse especially bc I had such high hopes for getting on with the recovery.

That fkd my mood obviously and transitioned into me learning that a bad frame of mind leads to alcohol not exactly working properly upon intake. Basically this was my first time drinking since early may and like third time max getting drunk year to date and I def woulda failed all inhaler test if pulled over yet my feeling just remained sober and sad throughout the afternoon and then later all the way until 2am. This all got worsened by a convo I had with a chick who turned out to be a physio therapist who basically said my therapist at home was spewing nonsense and that my/our approach to the exercises I do was wrong and I m doing nowhere near enough and then (both she and I with rather high blood alcohol levels mind you) proceeded to pretty much rip my arm out trying to show what I should be doing instead. It was dreadful and depressing and fkn painful and obv didn’t help my already tilted self at not getting drunk enough to let loose. And then to make conversations even more annoying that chick proceeded to hit on me while my gf was next to me with me being a sad depressed fk lol. Me being my dumb self obv realizing way too late that she was doing so (I m not the most perceptive guy as weird as that sounds)

So ya great weekend in Poland that required about 6 hours travel each way. That went over a Sunday so I got back on Tuesday and missed a bunch of sessions, I think I played once and then the following Sunday, both times not exactly being able to get into it and being tired and preferring Pokémon go over poker most days - this has gotten worse over the last couple weeks.

And then this weekend I went to a friends bday party and actually managed to get drunk and did enjoy myself somewhat but woke up with the worst of hangovers and just basically decided I m gonna do nothing to improve that and be a bum on the couch.


So that’s a rather long winded account of the last two weeks.

Cliffs are :

Little to no poker (despite feedback being immer enjoying it when I did play and playing well)

Too much Pokémon go

One and a half fails at letting loose in social situations

And all of this has finally caught up with my formerly optimistic and happy self to make me feel quite “meh” recently. The only thing that has gotten me above hibernation levels is advancing in a game that’s got nothing to do with me actually progressing in life, ignoring my job and that needs to change. But timing is a bthch and I fly home tomorrow and then when I get back I fly straight to Greece with the family of my gf so basically I have little to no time left to actively prepare for September which is pretty terrible considering the one constant thing in all of the few sessions I have played since my surgery has been my unwillingness to play a high abi bc I have had no faith in my skill or focus being where it was pre surgery despite my play proving the opposite.

So ya basically I m in somewhat of a meh spot where the upcoming travels make it hard to actively do sth to get out of said spot. I guess I ll try and do strat more actively while abroad and maybe crank up my physio work despite having to miss five sessions due to travel and try and just be active and try to make poker more of a priority again but it’s going to be tough the next few weeks and updates likely will be scarce because of that.

Again sorry for the lack of updates I just really needed to get rid of at least some of the bs in my head.

Nice summer people!
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07-29-2018 , 11:15 PM
Cliffs: Therapist wanted the d

standard.
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07-30-2018 , 12:03 AM
Are you doing some type of cardio!? Seems like youre stressed out*... it would deff be std under the circumstances...
Using a stationary bike(or w/e) 30 min here and there would help you a lot. You gotta get those toxins out somehow
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07-30-2018 , 09:43 AM
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Cliffs: tehRAPIST wanted the d

standard.
FYP!


if i'd be you for once i wouldnt jew it up and really INVEST a decent chunk of money for an absolute specialist which comes highly recommended. and no im not kidding your health is more important than anything else
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07-30-2018 , 10:35 AM
Keep the head up buddy! We all go through wee phases like this, you'll be back to your two-shouldered self in no time
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07-30-2018 , 04:54 PM
Oh it probably came across wrong. The idiot chick in Poland was talking complete nonsense and the one I have in Vienna was recommended to me by top doctors and I ve been very happy with her work. The issue is drunk and tilted me didn’t know the difference so ya rip.

In other news I arrived home today only to have to see my granny in hospital where she has been for over a week, having pain nobody knows the source of and being pale and unable to speak or think coherently. Will make a hospital stint every day that I am here but it’s just sad to see how she really doesn’t even want attention as she s that type of person that is uncomfortable weighing on others not realizing that doing that actually weighs heavier than letting them help you. Oh well there s no changing the 80 year old mind so she ll just have to cope
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07-30-2018 , 04:57 PM
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Are you doing some type of cardio!? Seems like youre stressed out*... it would deff be std under the circumstances...
Using a stationary bike(or w/e) 30 min here and there would help you a lot. You gotta get those toxins out somehow


I ve probably walked something like 50-60 km weekly for sth like four weeks straight now which I guess counts but since my shoulder issues are fairly prohibitive to continuous exhaustive movement I ve seen no way of actually doing cardio other than stand still bike at the gym (which is so m boring i never considered that tbh) I ve been doing some walking which has definitely helped tho
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07-31-2018 , 10:00 AM
Walking is great and for sure it counts.
yeah the stand still bike is boring, but you get pass that when you focus on the greater good, that the small sessions will add up. The even worse part is you wont notice results in the short term, but you gotta trust the process and that small work in the day to day pays off.

what I do is watch a game rolling, or while watching an episode of the series Im on, etc. just trying to get the passive times, active, if that makes sense. fwiw a friend of mine did a marathon while training only on one of those bikes, so it deff works
GL dude
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07-31-2018 , 11:15 AM
Fwiw you def have a point and that’s actually what I was planning on doing post surgery but def let it slip once I realized how long I m actually going to be restricted from exercise that I want to do. I m on a couple weeks mostly vacation so won’t have the ability to get on one of them bikes but I ll make an effort approaching wcoop to get back on a somewhat stable exercise schedule
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08-04-2018 , 09:10 AM
My grandma died on Tuesday night from advanced ovarian cancer that was incurable and which even if it had been she wouldn’t have gone through the procedure of doing so.

She was probably the family member I ve been closest to in my life due to stories that would be too long to tell, but I m sure it’s even documented in my threads as my 2012 thread started out with me living at her place (was there for two years total) and most of my flights back home have always been due to her bc she was in bad health for a very long time and had not many people in her life to give help or comfort.

I won’t lie given her situation I ve given not just one thought to how “good” it would be for her if it all were to end as she has gone through a ton of terrible things but when it actually happened those thoughs haunted me. I guess it’s just human or humane to wish her not to suffer but still.

These spots turn out to be ones where it’d be nice to believe in some sort of higher power or afterlife but me being very much non believer I find myself here simply trying to come to terms that the person that has always been my grandma, who thought me 90% of all the recipes I know, who has always been there for me despite her lack of acceptance of poker as a job etc has simply ceased to exist. She ll always be on my memory of course but that feels like nothing really

My mom is on vacation so o decided to help sorting out the funeral arrangements, which will be on 17.8 for which I ll fly back (I left yesterday). I guess sorting all that in some perverse way has helped me to not dwell and be down, twice in quieter moments I lost it and cried like I haven’t in quite a while. When my granddad died it took until his funeral, this bubble popped much faster.

Oh well, guess that’s it for this update, hope you all are having a better summer and a better year. Stay healthy and keep in touch with your loved ones guys, make some memories that you can cherish

Peace
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08-04-2018 , 09:29 AM
Very sorry for your loss, may she rest in peace.
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08-04-2018 , 10:56 AM
Sorry for your loss bud.
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08-04-2018 , 02:44 PM
Sorry for your loss brother. I do remember how close you were with your grandma.
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08-04-2018 , 04:08 PM
So sorry for your loss man, hope you're okay

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08-04-2018 , 05:20 PM
Rough stuff man, wish you the best in dealing with it
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08-04-2018 , 05:23 PM
sorry for your loss - be strong
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08-05-2018 , 03:07 AM
Have lost my grandpa 3 years ago and my grandma last year (family/childhood dog in the middle for extra fun!).

It’s rough man and so sorry to hear about your loss. Glad your grandma was so supportive of your endeavors, never forget that.


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08-05-2018 , 04:56 AM
Big ❤️ blakk - been a few rough breaks for you this year!
Looks like I’m losing my last living grandparent this week, so feeling for you pal


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08-05-2018 , 05:49 AM
Deepest condolonces. It will always hurt but, in time, I promise you that you'll be able to look back and dwell on the good times rather than the awful times you're going through now.
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08-05-2018 , 05:43 PM
Sorry for your loss buddy, always tough when you're close to them.
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08-05-2018 , 07:20 PM
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My grandma died on Tuesday night from advanced ovarian cancer that was incurable and which even if it had been she wouldn’t have gone through the procedure of doing so.

She was probably the family member I ve been closest to in my life due to stories that would be too long to tell, but I m sure it’s even documented in my threads as my 2012 thread started out with me living at her place (was there for two years total) and most of my flights back home have always been due to her bc she was in bad health for a very long time and had not many people in her life to give help or comfort.

I won’t lie given her situation I ve given not just one thought to how “good” it would be for her if it all were to end as she has gone through a ton of terrible things but when it actually happened those thoughs haunted me. I guess it’s just human or humane to wish her not to suffer but still.

These spots turn out to be ones where it’d be nice to believe in some sort of higher power or afterlife but me being very much non believer I find myself here simply trying to come to terms that the person that has always been my grandma, who thought me 90% of all the recipes I know, who has always been there for me despite her lack of acceptance of poker as a job etc has simply ceased to exist. She ll always be on my memory of course but that feels like nothing really

My mom is on vacation so o decided to help sorting out the funeral arrangements, which will be on 17.8 for which I ll fly back (I left yesterday). I guess sorting all that in some perverse way has helped me to not dwell and be down, twice in quieter moments I lost it and cried like I haven’t in quite a while. When my granddad died it took until his funeral, this bubble popped much faster.

Oh well, guess that’s it for this update, hope you all are having a better summer and a better year. Stay healthy and keep in touch with your loved ones guys, make some memories that you can cherish

Peace
https://qz.com/975030/a-google-execu...-losing-a-son/

This may be a dreadful article as I quickly googled but when I originally read it I agreed so much at the point I was with at life. This is from someone who wasted years of their life due to death of loved ones and realised it should have as little impact on me as possible.

I really hope this doesn't come across negatively but only as a positive suggestion, by no means am I trying to ignore your loss.
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08-11-2018 , 12:56 PM
sorry for your loss dude
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