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Taylor Caby: Poker Blog

December 19, 2008

During my substantial downtime yesterday, I spent some time reading my blog archives. It was pretty funny reading some of my posts from may/june 2006. First of all, damn, I can't believe I've been blogging for that long. I'm not even sure it was "cool" to be a blogger back then. It's so cool now. But I was reading some posts and laughing at my idea of variance, and also thinking about how I'm a much better player now but I'm not playing nearly as high stakes. It was great to go out and grind a few hours of 50-100nlhe whenever I felt like it, make 6-7bb/100, and move on with my day. Oh well, times are different right now, but I'm happy with the way things have turned out for me. What also surprised me about reading my old blogs was that I had totally forgotten about half of the fun stuff I did.

I'm not trying to act like some hotshot, but I really do get to do a lot of fun stuff. When you're living life, I really do feel like everything just sort of blends together if you aren't careful. There are so many fun and interesting parts of the day that you'll probably never give a second thought to unless you write them down. Looking back on some fun times I had with friends over the few months directly after graduation was really nostalgic for me. For example, I casually referenced sleeping till noon quite a few times. I can't even sleep till freaking 8:30 now, damn job. I also made a point to emphasize how it was weird that my friends and I got together to watch basketball on a Thusday night, as if it was shocking that we weren't out at a bar drinking. It's practically a special occasion just to see other people on a Thursday night these days. I'm also lucky to get to the bars two times a week, much less the 3+ that I was doing on a regular basis just 2.5 years ago. Man, if only I had kept a blog during my college years, now THOSE are some times I really wish I could relive, blog style.

So anyway, I'm going to becomea better blogger. Maybe it's just my insatiable desire to compete (read: I want that top CR blog position!), but I'm going to give more frequent and more thorough blog updates now that I can stand the appearance of my blog.

Overall, I am starting to feel better this morning.  I was still sweating like crazy all day yesterday and into the middle of the night, but after my change of clothes at 3am, I slept through the rest of the night and woke up bone dry. Go me, i'm BACK. This morning I just feel groggy and a little grumpy, but I think I should be back to full strength by the end of the weekend.

I'm going to rest all day, try to get in a little bit of work, and then get a good night's sleep tonight. If I'm feeling better tomorrow, I'm going to try to go out and do some Christmas shopping, or at least look online for stuff and see if my mom or dad will pick up some stuff for me at stores back in the suburbs (it's really hard to get around in the city today with all the snow, especially considering my car is broken).  I've got tickets to the Bears Packers Monday Night game on Monday, but I'm thinking I might not want to spend 6 hours out in the cold after being sick all week. I don't know what I'm going to do though, because two of my best friends that moved away are going with me to the game, and I hardly ever get to see those guys. I feel like this is one of those times where I should probably just suck it up and go, but I am geniunely afraid of a flu relapse.

I've got some good material coming up in the next few days.  I'll have a 2008 recap, 2009 goals post (obligatory), and the much anticipated by those in the know "my views on online dating" blog as well.

Enjoy the weekend,
Taylor

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Dec 19, 08 11:54:29

he's BACK!

Stinger885

Dec 19, 08 12:07:18

sure every1 has subscriptions, but people still struggle with basics and do as they see on the videos and not why they do it...

maslalo

Dec 19, 08 19:02:23

the online dating blog will be epic. really looking forward to it.

SlevinKalevra

Dec 19, 08 23:20:28

I'm still on the fence about online dating... lotta weirdos out there.

RodeoBlue

Dec 20, 08 18:02:08

Hmm, this is really interesting to me...

This is tl;dr. For me. Right now. I'm fucking tired.

Still, an interesting idea. Reading your blog always gives me ideas.

Thanks for trying to keep us 'up to date.' Or.. something like that.

Dec 21, 08 00:50:14

Can't wait for the online dating blog too. If you really want to get to the top of the views list, I think additional 'issue' blogs would help accomplish your goal.

Hawkeye563

Dec 21, 08 03:41:51

haha, now that I bothered to look at your profile pic...

Is that Joe Sebok? On the far left (my left) of you?

"I'm not trying to act like some hotshot, but I really do get to do a lot of fun stuff."

Hanging out with Joe Seebok would probably be a lot of fun... if that's actually him, I can't really tell. Anyway, his radio show kicks ass.

Ahh, with further reading/thinking, I can clarify what I meant, I think.

You always strike me as a very GENUINE person, dude.

That is rare. Especially because of the remarkable consistency of that feeling. Even in the interviews of you that I've heard. Your blog is by far my favorite one. That I bother to read... anywhere.

You are also humble. I can't imagine a single spot in life where that is not +EV for happiness. At least on my personal rating scale.