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SeanBam . Jun 25 2009 14:37. Posts 953 | | |
Well, it has been close to 2 years since I have actually updated this blog and probably close to a year and a half since I have touched poker. A lot has gone on in my life and if you're bored and feel like reading please keep going.
So 2 years ago I was grinding 0.5/.10 NL 6 Max. I just graduated from college with a B.S in Kinesiology / Exercise Science from SUNY Cortland. I had no idea what I wanted to do, my degree basically enables me to become a glorified personal trainer. Other than that, I needed to go to Graduate School for something along the lines of Physical Therapy or Nursing. Not being sure what the hell I wanted to do and going through a hard time after the break up with my girlfriend I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone. I joined a program called Americorps*NCCC, it's basically like the Peace Corps only done in America. I got accepted and in February 2008 I flew out to Denver, Colorado from New York where I would be based.
The first month reminded me a lot of Freshmen year of College living in dorms and meeting new people and constantly partying. My first two months of Americorps I did Wildland Firefighting. It was the one of the best times of my life. I lived with 9 other Corps members in a firehouse 8500 feet up in the mountains in a little village called Nederland about 20 miles from Boulder. The training I absolutely enjoyed and even got called out on a dispatch to fight a fire along with real HotShots. After that I really thought that I wanted to be a HotShot at least for a few summers.
After I came back from those 2 months I got switched to a new Americorps team, I learned that I was going to Little Rock Arkansas to build a camp up. That is where I met my present girlfriend / wife (more to come on this) Jennie. I didn't like her at first actually we hated each other. I was reading a book called "One Bullet Away" about becoming a Marine Officer which I was looking to pursue after Americorps. She was a hippie from Maine and I looked like a stupid jock. Hated each other. But then after we got down to talking while mixing mortar and laying brick together we began to have a lot more in common than we both thought. Unfortunately, she was dating another kid in Americorps and I had a huge crush on this other girl as well. We both kind of thought that there was no point in starting anything at all and ruining what we had. But then one night Sailor Jerry did all the talking. We both got really drunk off Sailor Jerry and made a bonfire, then Jennie almost burned down the whole woods when she found a gas can and it lit on fire and I had to tackle it to put it out. That night, we kissed and then everything changed.
The day after that night we got called out to Parkersburg, Iowa to help with tornado relief. The damage was insane with only the foundation being left on most houses. We worked 12 hours a day 5 days a week mucking out houses and the such. At this point Jennie and I were getting close having sex all the time and getting extremely serious. We would always joke that we would get married in Vegas and made lists of the top 100 things we wanted to accomplish before we died.
When we got back to Denver it was weird. I had all these friends who were just basically meatheads and had that girl that I had a little something with and she had her old boyfriend to deal with. It was a very tough time, and then we learned that we were going to be separated. So, we had 5 days off and I got the idea of taking a road trip and renting a car and just going west. It was awesome, we went to the Moab desert, the Grand Canyon, and then finally Vegas. In Vegas we only had $100 between the both of us, so I sat down at Let It Ride instead of boring her at the 1/2 poker tables. Needless to say I got a fullhouse and won 400 bucks. On that we got really drunk and had a great night in Vegas on the 4th of July. Then the next day we had to go back and as we were leaving she said, " I can't believe we came to Vegas and never got married." Within two seconds I whipped the car around and went right to the courthouse. The whole ordeal took 45 minutes and before we knew it we were married. On the way back home about 30 minutes after we left we stopped at a gas station and both puked our brains up. We were like WTF did we just do??!! we have to get this annulled. Too bad annullments cost $750!!!! we were fucked. 2 weeks later the marriage certificate was sent to my mothers house, and I got a voicemail saying, "Sean this is your Mom, did you get married? call me back".
The next few months were rough I was building houses in Mississippi and she was on another disaster relief in Texas. we fought constantly being away from each other and insecure. When we got back the fighting didn't stop and yet again we were separated for another two months, I went to New Orleans and she went to Texas again. By the end of Americorps we didn't know what to do if I went back to NY and she went to Maine we would break up. So, I decided to move to Bangor, Maine with her and live with her family and get a job. We decided we wanted to backpack through Europe right before summer began for a few months and needed to save up money.
So we both got jobs working at a cell phone company as a customer service rep. It sucked, but we did it for a month or so, and then moved to New York because my Aunt and Uncle said that they were going to FLorida and wanted us to sit the house. FUCKING SWEET RIGHT? Well yes and no. We got a job working as a canvasser for environmental organization knocking on peoples doors and asking for donations. Also, my bum of a friend from college came to live with us who turned out to be a total asshole, who ripped us off. Then we got kicked out of the house because my cousin came to visit and said that we demolished the place, even though it was spotless. And 2 weeks ago I just got a court order for $1500 for damage to their floors because of rain damage. Which, occurred after we were kicked out, good things I took pictures of the place before we left, because I knew they were going to pull some shit.
On April 1st, we left for Barcelona Spain. We hooked up with a program called Helpx.net where we had the opportunity to volunteer working on farms for free room and board. We were on a budget of $3,000 after paying for flights and an 8 day eurail pass. We lived very poor eating bread and cheese constantly, and sleeping in Hostels, trains, and airports. We loved every bit of traveling but I won't go into it too much because this is already so long. But we went to Spain, Portugal, and Italy, and we just got back a couple of weeks ago.
Now, I am in New York and her in Maine looking for jobs. It has been terrible with this this economy. I have no money and put 25 bucks on today and was trying to grind out 9 man SNG's lol. So, that's where I am right now. If you got this far, I hope you enjoyed it. Hopefully I'll see some of you low stake grinders at the table.
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Achoo Canada. Jun 25 2009 14:46. Posts 1454 | | |
nice read, sick story bro kinda frightening also ! :D Good luck in your future |
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Bejamin1 Canada. Jun 25 2009 14:56. Posts 7042 | | |
That's what I call a life experience. Fun ride  . |
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Kilay Netherlands. Jun 25 2009 14:56. Posts 1960 | | |
Good read. Btw, what kind of fucked up relatives you got for having you sit their house and try to scam you out of 1.5k after you did them a favor ?! |
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Sicks Macks United States. Jun 25 2009 15:24. Posts 3929 | | | |
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[sK] United States. Jun 25 2009 17:27. Posts 174 | | |
imo thats an amazing 2 yrs spent. gl @ the tables, u definitely deserve it |
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SeanBam . Jun 25 2009 18:40. Posts 953 | | |
well it's kind of a side story, but my Aunt and Uncle got sued by my Dad because my Dad was in the car when my Uncle made an illegal U-Turn and got crushed by a taxi. My Dad's eye was permanently damaged, so he had to sue my uncle in order to get his eye taken care of. Hence, why I knew there was something fishy going on. |
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Good read, europe is a ton of fun! Lame about the uncle though, GL at the tables.... |
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Silver_nz New Zealand. Jun 25 2009 22:06. Posts 5647 | | |
crazy life :o sounds pretty good except for the having no money part... bankroll management! |
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SeanBam . Jun 26 2009 00:56. Posts 953 | | |
Wow silver, I remember when you were playing 10NL with me, I think I saw a hand history of you playing 200nl now??? |
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