February 7, 2006

• Ever have one of those days where everything just turns to gold for
  you? Well, sometimes, when you are hot, you are hot and lately my
  friends, I have been SMOKIN'!!!! Friday, I won playing cards. Saturday,
  I got my big screen tv. Sunday, I took 3rd in a 21 person Hold 'Em
  tournament. I also won 2 quarters in Mark's Super Bowl Squares. Today,
  they told us at work we would be getting an additional bonus on top of
  the bonus we are already going to be getting. I got the extra bonus
  today, this happened about 1:45ish. Right about 5 in the PM, my boss
  tells me that there has been a rate adjustment on level of the position
  I'm on. Now, I just got bumped up to this level on Jan 16, which I
  already knew about. My boss told me today that this latest rate
  increase, which is about 35 cents more an hour, is retro to Jan 16 and
  on my next check I will get retro pay dating back to Jan 16. Since
  November, my pay has gone up by, get this people, $3.72/hr! Now, as if
  that wasn't good enough, 5 minutes after I get back to my desk, a
  co-worker comes up to me and hands me $50 which, I had unknowingly won
  in a Super Bowl strip card over the weekend. There is really only one
  thing to do when one is this hot: PAR-LAY!!!! You gotta parlay that
  shit.

  I was going to work OT tonight, but instead decided that this was an
  official casino emergency. I got home and instantly called Dave. Of
  course, he didn't answer. I did a few things and headed first to the
  gas station to pick up some lotto tickets and then to the Empress. I
  used to go to the casino about once a month, but since the boys and I
  "broke up" and they have started charging to get into the casino, I
  have stopped going. They have, however, recently stopped charging to
  get in, which was cool. I gave my coat to the coat check and quickly
  headed into the casino. I went straight to my mom's favorite slot
  machines, the Blazing 7's. I've said it before and I will say it again:
  I wonder if they have Blazing 7's where my mom is?Anywho, my mom always
  said to bet 3 each spin (which, normally I don't do on every spin, but
  today was different) which I did, but to no avail. Finally, I got down
  to one last chip and spun. It hit on 3 7's, which, had I bet at least
  2, would have gotten me $100. Since I bet one, though, it got me jack
  shit. Oh, cruel fate. I always seem to have something like that happen
  when playing her machines.

  Next, I went to play roulette. It has been, I think, almost 3 years
  since I last played roulette. I bet all the numbers I used to bet, 0
  and 00, 2 and 1 for my mom's b-day, 10 and 7 for mine, 6 for Dave's and
  just for old time's sake, 28 for Jt's b-day. I also threw 8&9 into
  the mix for Addison's b-day. I won on all of those numbers except the
  zeros and the 8&9. Now, I know in roulette, you should try to avoid
  getting married to one number, but I always manage to get stuck on one
  number and tonight, that number was 34, over and over and over. The
  more it didn't hit, the more I would put on 34 and around 34. Towards
  the end of the night, the ball rolled, stopped for a split second on
  34, and continued on, gently stopping 2 motherfucking, cocksucking
  numbers away!!! I was so frustrated, it was almost like that time in
  Vegas, which none of you know about. I played a couple of more times
  and I was out of the money that I had planned on spending, and fresh
  plumb out of luck.

  On the way out to the coat check, there were a bunch of people coming
  in from some sort of Joliet Jackhammers (local minor league baseball
  team) thing going on. There was a guy standing there waiting for the
  valet with an autographed ball. For a second, I thought about asking
  him if he wanted me to sign the ball, but passed on the idea of saying
  it.

  When I got home, I found out that I did manage to win $5 on the scratch
  off that I had purchased. Tomorrow is the pick 6, maybe I can get lucky
  again. I'm telling you, I have been on the roll of my life over the
  course of the last couple of months. I really should take some of this
  money and give it back, you know like give to charity or something like
  that.

  • 10:56 pm
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