I Don't Work Much

A theme from the latter half of last year through the present you may have noticed on this blog is a pretty significant reduction in volume. I've talked about how this partially can be blamed on game quality. In 2009, it was trivial to get 24 decent tables of 100NL open on Pokerstars at just about any time. That is no longer case. With that being said, it also has a lot to do with me simply not putting in the hours. I'm not saying this is a bad thing - I am quite happy with the balance in my life currently, but the fact is on average I only tend to work around 25 hours/week. I really should make a point of not taking for granted how great this lifestyle is as it is really easy to get used to.

Poker this weekend was very good on Friday and pretty mediocre today. I can't seem to find much in the way of interesting hands, which I blame on full ring being full ring!

A few days ago I finished the fan translated version of Mother 3 which I jumped through hoops to be able to play on my DS. It was a good game, but not great like its predecessor Earthbound. It was lacking some in length (too short, took me under 20 hours), had a pretty lackluster ending, and while it absolutely possessed the quirkiness of Earthbound it seemed focused too much on the very linear story to create the type of vibrant world which made the original fantastic.

The highlight of the game was most definitely when the dog, Boney, starts standing on his hind legs while wearing a shirt and cap so he can avoid being bounced at the door of a nightclub. Fortunately for him it isn't long before he's able to go back to being a normal dog on all fours.