Well I said this was gonna also be a personal journal for me so we'll start off with a brief introduction to the life of me.
I graduated highschool about a month ago, have been playing poker for about 4 years. Have won a good ammount of tournaments since then, always staked, but never really planned on building a roll. I play guitar a lot, both electric and classical. I'm a bit of metal head but listen to a lot of other stuff, like 90's alternative, ska, classical, and some occasional blues.
My plan up until a few months ago was to go to the local college (UNCG) and study classical guitar. But sadly there was only one spot in the entire guitar program and that went to a transfer student. I just got my letter today confirming that I got into appalachian state university. My parents and guitar teacher are strongly pushing that I go there. I really didn't like it up there when I went to the guitar festival, but oh well. As it is I'm probably going to go there for a semester/year and try to get a transfer to a better school. I'm going to need at least some poker money to be able to afford some of the schools I'm thinking of (florida state and furman in partictular). I got into berklee school of music but can't even begin to pay for that, lol.
It's nearly impossible to get a job around here with no experience so I'm going to be playing poker for spending money in college. I don't really plan on withdrawing much, maybe 2-300 a month tops. If I ever get to the point where I can make over 100k a year I will probably drop out of college after that semester.College really isn't for me. I hated school very much. I just wanna play music
If none of this works out I will probably join the Air Force for a few years... not really sure why. Probably for a big bankroll more than anything
If I can afford it by next summer, I would like to play in a EPT event. My forte is tournaments and I honestly believe that I would be equal to even some of the best tournament players.
I'm in a very crappy band right now which consists of me and one of my best friends. We aren't really that crappy, we have some songs that I believe are GREAT, and I'm extremely critical. We just can't seem to catch a break in regards to finding members.
My social life is pretty non-existant right now, other than the occasional show. I really find NO interest in anything non poker or music. And none of my friends play poker
Hopefully college will help me find people more like me in that regard.
I'm semi-buddhist. I believe in Kharma, and I meditate daily. The whole reincarnation thing is a bit difficult for me to get into, but there are actually tons of documented cases where a kid remembers in perfect detail who they were in a previous life and how they died, and then turn out to be correct. Parapsychology is pretty cool with stuff like that.
Anyway, that's about it. Thanks for reading!