See ya, 2008!! What a year you were.
I started the year traveling to Tuscaloosa, Alabama on the 2nd of January. Going there to start the first job of the year. The pic on the right is from that jobsite. This year encapsulated travels to Tuscaloosa, Arlington VA, Harleyville SC, Orlando FL, and ended here in Gainesville FL at the campus of the Florida Gators. It's been a good year for work for myself and the crews I work with. With the economy the way it is, it's an absolute blessing to be working everyday. Didn't take any sort of vacation this year. Mainly because Tracy(my wife) was off work for about 6 months and actually spent a very large amount of time with me away from home. I can't tell you how much of a pleasure that was for me. We don't get to see a lot of each other as it is during a years time, so this was another blessing for the year. The year held many of it's usual events. There were the births of new children and the passing of some of the older generations. There was pain as well as joy and yet the sun came up daily. What a wonderful thing, the passing of another year.
I won my first MTT this year. Actually won three total in the same weekend. I guess that could be called a nice run. I learned the rudimentary basics to sngs and found them to be profitable. I discovered the interesting sub-culture of the on-line poker player and what a vast and interesting world that is! A place undivided by space or time. Sitting alone with your laptop yet conversing with multiple people around the globe about a subject as subtle as the breeze that pulls the hair from a child's face. Hundreds of thousands of people playing a game of 52 cards that have millions of possible outcomes. All in the name of having a good time for most. For some, mainly the degenerates, a world of finding money that others don't care to have anymore. The latter is the home of whiz kids and math gurus, all longing for that life changing fall of cards in their favor. The opportunity to say good-bye to the normal struggles of the average Joe and be slung handsomely into the world of high-buyin poker. A sweet sound to those with the ears to hear.
I learned parts of a new game called Omaha. A lady both profitable and excruciatingly painful. I could learn to love her if I had the monies to ride her train. Maybe someday. The wide open world of variance and the non-committed world of the fishes/donks. They call down with J3o and hit on the river, asking how you could wager so much with just pocket kings. The constant barrage of insults coming from the professor that can only play the top 3%. Somehow, through it all, being happy with a positive ROI after thousands of hands played. I have read of the anguish of the micro limit grinders and the excitement of watching relative unknowns make it to the WSOPME Final Table. So many hopes crushed yet just as many dreams fulfilled. Again, what a wonderful year it was!!
What more can be said about 2008. America voted for it's first black president. The world outside is full of torment and misunderstanding. A world on the edge of a precipice that not many see. Always starting a new year with hopes for the best, but wary of the possible outcomes that may be. In hindsight, all is as the world should be. We make happen what is possible only by striving for what we believe is right. We all hold different views of what that might mean and somewhere down the od bye 08' and good luck to all in 09'.
Rodney
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