Daniel - Poker Journal
Breathe Again
22 Jul 2005
Many of you won’t get the Toni Braxton reference I guess, since she has nothing to do with this edition of the blog. It’s more a song she wrote called, “Breathe Again.” It just popped into my head when thinking about the last few days of catching my breath.
After canceling several appointments last week it’s been a relatively slow week for me. I’ve done a few interviews and have a couple scheduled for tomorrow, but other than that I have no “adult” responsibilities tomorrow. The only real plans I have tomorrow are a dinner with friends and then hitting a comedy show.
I was a part of something today that felt really good. I can’t share any details, because it’s a private matter, but it was basically a group of people coming together to do a selfless act for another. I drove around for a while doing this and that, and in the end everything worked out great.
The other night I saw Wedding Crashers. Man, Vince Vaughn is a funny dude. I really like his comedic personality in every movie I’ve seen him in. Ever since Swingers I’ve always looked for films that he was in and this one met the hype IMO. A funny, and at times disturbing film about a couple of guys that look to take advantage of single women at weddings. A horribly shallow topic, but in the context of the film it worked. I didn’t feel dirty after watching it.
Other than that I’ve spent a little time with Lori and her best friend Amy who is out here to help with wedding stuff. We are less than a month away now. Wow, that’s weird. Just writing that is weird. Less than a month?
As far as work goes, I tried playing a sit n’ go online last night just for the fun of it. As soon as I sat down to play I got a phone call from a buddy of mine who knows my screen name, “Hey, what you up to?” he asked.
“Oh not much. Just lookin’ to play a little freeze out right now,” I told him.
“I know. You’re playin’ me you donkey!” he replied.
It was pretty funny actually. I totally forgot his screen name.
I have several new inquiries about Challenge Matches, but don’t have any scheduled for a few days which gives me some time to catch up on some writing. Now that I’m not only writing for Card Player, but am also writing a syndicated column for several newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, it’s doubled my workload in that department.
I got one monkey off my back two nights ago and was working on the second monkey last night. The two columns are so different and each present their own unique challenges. My Card Player column basically rehashes interesting hands I’ve played recently and shares my though process throughout the hand. The newspaper column allows me to veer from that and discuss a broader spectrum of topics.
The Card Player column is more about me and poker, while the newspaper column is more about poker in general. The blog? Well, that’s often just random thoughts that go through my brain that for some reason I feel the need to share with perfect strangers! Dude, I just realized… I do a lot of writing??
All that, and I have a book and DVD project to get to. The good news is, I feel like I can “breathe again“. I have a nice little stretch here where I’ll be home in Vegas and I’m looking forward to it. I even did all my laundry AND bought groceries! Check me out huh? 
(for a full list of items that Daniel bought today along with their prices go to the General Forum at www.fullcontactpoker.com.)
****Just kidding. Last time I did that everybody freaked ****
