weekend cliff notes
Friday Night
Had a busy evening. Started with my first 501 class improv show. I was awful. Easily my worst show. I don't know what it was but something was off. Probably because I haven't performed an improv show in quite sometime so I felt really really lost. (On a side note, I had a makeup class this evening and while I may have again not been funny, I did not feel "stuck" like I did on Friday night. Things were coming out of my mouth and I was actually talking...) And we're back. After the show, I picked up a sausage and pepper from a street fair. That made me mildly happier. It's nice to see street fair season coming back. Spring/Summer is coming, yay.
After that, I took the train to my buddy Steve's house to play some poker. That made me happier too. It was either the poker or the beers/cherry vodka I was drinking. Either way, I was making jokes - no doubt overcompensating for my hide-the-children disaster from earlier in the evening - and was actually kinda funny. It was about 1am when I finally figured out that we weren't playing a tournament but a cash game... I was kickin some major ass with some risky gambles because I was like, whatever, it's just tournament money - not knowing I could just cash out at anytime. duh. so much for ivy league education.
Saturday
Pretty lazy day. I was supposed to do laundry but I didn't. I just sat home and caught up with episodes of Eyes. Eyes is a nice fun joyride. Lots of witty banter, pretty solid storylines, and good character development going on. It's not heavily character-driven, like Lost, but it does have its moments. Tim Daly is a funny, cynical that I will pattern my life after. Except for the probably will eventually sleep with Laura Leighton thing. Which would be terrible for my marriage.
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Bet on the Kentucky Derby and lost by two horses. The most ridiculous thing was the winners and the payouts. I mean, someone out there just WANTS me to gamble because this year's Kentucky Derby, I think the one Kentucky Derby I've watched and put money on, yielded some of the most ridiculous payouts in history. With two longshots coming in first and second and another longshot coming in fourth, picking the top 4 winners yielded a payout of over $800,000 for a $1 bet. Here's the payout - unreal:
Giacomo's $102.60 return for a $2 win wager...
A $2 exacta paid $9,814.80 for those in the crowd of 156,435, the second largest in Derby history, fortunate enough to correctly predict the top two finishers.
The trio of Giacomo, Closing Argument and Afleet Alex rewarded $2 bettors with $133,134.80. Seven bettors had those three plus 29-1 Don't Get Mad in fourth place. That $1 superfecta was worth $864,253.50.
Saturday evening, I went up to my dad's house and had dinner there. Hung out with the family and my little nephew. Dang, he's cute. Like a cuddly koala bear. But not Australian.
Sunday
Had a lovely Mother's day with my mother. Took her out to a Chinese restaurant in Westchester and then went food shopping. We hung out at home again with the family and had some good quality time together.
That was the weekend. Today - found the old clip of Triumph the Comic Insult Dog just murdering Star Wars fans. Too damn funny. Enjoy it here - http://www.sickjokes.net/media/conan-sketch-triumphstarwars.wmv