Friday, January 15, 2010

Putting life into perspective

So I haven't made a lot of time to play cards lately but this evening I got into a couple of little tourneys.  At the exact same time I got dealt AA on both tables.  Not to get hung up on the math, the odds of that happening are about 1 in 50,000.  I managed to get both players to get all their chips in preflop.  Of course I'm stoked about this when I see the 22 on one table  and the 67 on the other.  the 67 turns into a straight on the river and the 2 spikes on the flop on the other hand.  I lost both.  I understand the math and I can't even figure out the odds of that happening.  So, this got me thinking back and looking at my latest run of tournaments.  Luckily I keep detailed stats of my play and the hands that beat me in a tourney and realized that it really sucks to be me.  The only phrase that comes to mind when I think of poker lately is 'FML'.  Sidenote, as I'm writing this I just got all-in 3 times.  Ace-Queen vs Queen-King to be chipleader...K on the turn.  Then Ace-Jack vs 10-10.   That's a coinflip so it's OK if I lose sometimes (would be nice to not lose EVERY time though).  Then theres Ace-Queen vs JJ.   A jack comes on the flop.  Again, I'm not gonna get into odds but the phrase is FML. 

As I do when things go as south as they have w/ poker I started thinking about people who really have a reason to use that phrase, and although I've gone through some tough stuff in my life I don't deserve to use those three little letters that have become so popular to throw around lately (e.g.  I got a pimple...FML).  Then I found a site that is just awesome.  It allows people to add stories that only happen if you have the luck of someone who was Hitler in a past life.  People then vote on whether the poster deserved what they got or if their life truly sucks.  Although I think everyone should check it out: http://www.fmylife.com/, here are a couple of my favorites so far.  It really puts the day to day into perspective.

"Today, I was outside, peeing on a cactus. Then all of a sudden my dog jumped on my back, knocking me into the cactus. FML"
That one is obviously fake but seriously funny.
"Today, I used the new expensive hair conditioner that one of my friends gave me at my bachelorette party the night before. Apparently, they all thought it would be hilarious to put Nair in the conditioner bottle, so now I am completely bald. I am getting married in 4 days. FML"
Today, I said to my roommate, "I know what you're doing, and I want it to stop.". She responded, "I'm so sorry, it was just once and we were both so drunk." I was talking about her stealing my toothpaste, she was talking about making out with my boyfriend. FML

Then there is this one.  Priceless.  I can relate to this one but not w/ the blue pill, Ally instead.  If that was true... it would be my first time really saying FML.
Today, I found out that my dad hides his Viagra from my mom by keeping it in an Aspirin container. Now I have a terrible headache and a boner. FML
So, bottom line, keep things in perspective.

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