Recently a bunch of friends have been hooked on to Texas Hold' Em. For the clueless, read more about it here. Simply put, it's poker. Gambling. Money on the table and Lady Fate smiling at you (or not) from a deck of cards. They keep bugging me to play it but I resist. Here's why:

I'm not into putting my hard-earned money on the table only to have someone else win it because of a set of cards or to be dealt a shit hand. I don't even understand why people gamble, with the delusion of doubling or tripling the amount that they put into the pool. I'd rather give my money to commercialized establishments (read: shops, fashion boutiques, tech stores) where I'll be happy with my purchase because I get to wear it/play with it/fool around and do things with it. Like my Nintendo DS Lite and my PSP.

So guys, sorry. I won't be joining your late-night poker shindigs for a long time to come.

Had a fair amount of random encounters in the past few days. When I'm that bored I'll tell you bout it. In the meantime, gotta devour How To Talk To Anyone by Leil Lowndes. I confess, I don't know how to make small talk. But the few pages that I've glanced and that I've observed of people (and actually put some to use), have turned out to be very informative and fruitful.

Final note, think it's about time I brought the cans of tuna to work. I'm d-e-a-d broke. Boo.

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