We can get into the deets later, I have two very famous ancestors that were amazing writers. I can really ramble, and I guess this is the place for me to start. I've been told before I should start a blog. I've been told I should write a book.
I've lived through a father who was a mentally abusive alcoholic, an older brother that was psychotic drug addict and also abusive. Sometimes physically. Always claimed it was to toughen me up. A distant mother (can't blame her, love her a lot), followed by divorce. Then some normal times. I was in college, my brother was going back as well and my dad was sober. I moved to NYC after graduation with dreams of being an artist. Yeah, that is all about who's d!ck you are willing to suck, and I was not cool with that, so ... star artist in HS, advanced computer knowledge building websites since 96. Spent $500 of my income in 1997 on AAPL. $17 a share. Had a friend on Wall Street that thought I was a chump. He denies this today, but I remember him saying to me, "Apple is not a tech company." He actually got me cleared to buy options, and I invested heavily in Apple calls. We'll get to that later.
I was going over it in my head last night ... as I have insomnia. Substance abuse, divorce, physical and mental abuse as a child and I still grew up to be OK. But there was more stuff down the road.
9/11 which I witnessed first hand, and a few years later my brother's suicide, followed by me moving to Seattle, to try and rebuild my career and unable to find work in the recent recession, fell back on cards. Can't find work. Was denied for disability, have a focked up back and 3 college degrees.
Family is rich. So that helps, kinda. Not directly. I'm good with money. I don't need much to survive. I'm not very ambitious. My rent is covered, I live on a nice 5 acre ranch, zoned for horses. Parents (mom and step dad) live next door. I help them out as much as I can on the property and in return I have a place to stay. Of course they will also hire me to do extra work on the side for some spending money. My Mom has a business that is really struggling in this economy. That's a whole story all by itself.
Anyway, I see all these posts by young kids trying to figure out what they are going to do "after poker" and I provide a different perspective. I did the college thing, followed by a career ... and I find myself in my mid 40's, playing cards for a living. Up $12k this year. Own 2 classic cars. Life is good .... but I know how quickly it can turn. Sometimes, it feels like the entire universe is just conspiring against me. I played some poker yesterday, even though my local room is bad, and I made $100, but i still lost with AA against AQs and A5s against 10,3 on a 5,5, 10 flop. The good news is I knew he hit the 2 outer on the river and folded.
Been running bad all summer. But how's that for tl:dr?
I'm not sure how often I will be here to update this blog, unless people like it. Maybe follow me on Flickr?
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