Partial Pay-Down Success

I took the morning off work to await the arrival of our 46" of LED awesomeness, and decided to sit down with my coffee to a multi-entry, rush poker tournament of 519 entrants. It only cost $1.10 to enter and I had some time to kill and a hangover to nurse, thanks to last night's all-you-can-drink and all-you-can-eat sushi special.

To my surprise, I made it to the final table, and came in 5th place out of 519. Which is awesome in terms of my staying power, but relatively anticlimactic in terms of the payout. But, I made $33.74, minus the $1.10 to enter, bringing the total TV pay-down winnings to $32.64 and bringing me to ultimate household glory in the race to gamble ourselves to financial freedom.

Of course, I also paid $50 yesterday to see Michael Stipe and Mike Mills play with a cast of all-star mucisans covering Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers album at Baruch on Saturday. But that's neither here nor there. http://www.jambands.com/news/2011/03/23/michael-stipe-to-play-big-star-s-third-sister-lovers-tribute-show



Anyhow, here's a picture of yours truly ruling the final table until it all fell apart. So far, my choice of gambling has proven more financially rewarding than Hern's (BURN!), but hey, you never know. According to his correction, the TV was actually $970, and after breaking even with Lotto, and my stellar poker showmanship, we only have $937.36 left to pay off, most of which will be made up in the cancellation of cable, the price of which went up this month, just in time to give TWC the finger.

Time to call those FedEx assholes and find out if our TV has finally departed Jamaica, Queens.