haha yaaah I should rejuvenate. Haven't posted in a while.
This was the first post of this blog:

Quote Originally Posted by griffey24
Goals for this year:

-200k (or 300k) in 2009 (and consequently, call some sort of tax lawyer and figure out this whole grey area of paying taxes in Canada)
-I'm sick of the Raptors games not being on cable, so I need to get raptorsTV
-Along those lines, I need a new flat screen tv
-I'd like to go to the gym on average 3 times a week (and potentially gain like 15-20 lbs of muscle)
-Perhaps most importantly: Finish writing my thesis and defend my masters, so I can get on with things
-Once I'm done school, travel a lottt (which may hinder the monetary goals but we'll see)
In terms of the goals outlined, this year has been both very good and very meh.

The biggest accomplishment was finishing my thesis/masters. I'm pretty happy about that, but that consequently sucked out a lot of playing time for the year. Probably the lowest hand volume in several yrs.

The monetary goals are waaaay off. The move from interpoker to stars has been rocky and swingy, and not having the interpoker bonuses/rakeback to fall back on in rough times sucks pretty hard. I'm hoping to close out this month strong (~$20k) and end the year at a reasonable $75kish. Not near my goal, but acceptable given that I've been working full time this yr on school/work.

I got raptorstv and TSN2 a few weeks ago, so I can finally watch most/all the raptors games! So that's goood.

I spoke to a tax lawyer, though it wasn't overly conclusive.

I haven't done the travelling that I wanted to do yet, but I'm going to Sri Lanka for two weeks in Dec, so that should be good!

And last but not least, gym 3 times a week is mega faillll. But I bought a set of these:
http://www.powerblock.com/Sport5.0.htm
Which have been pretty useful while I'm slacking on actually GOING to the gym.

Sooo yah.. most of the goals are quasi accomplished. Let's finish this yr strongggg.