SO..with the reconstruction of the CR page, down went my blog. No idea what happened but glad they got it back. Site looks great, haven't gotten a chance to really navigate and get used to it yet but seems a lot better. Thanks to Jeff Miller for his timely replies while I was freaking out about a lost blog like a mother would about losing her child at a walmart!

Ummm...haven't played much poker. Really wanted to take time away from grinding mtt's. The fact that it was around the FTOPS and SCOOPS was as bad timing as can be but I felt like I needed to spend some time studying. Making the transition from live cash to mtt's has not been easy. Although I ran like dog shit at key times, I feel like my play was nothing special. I definitely found some major leaks and am working hard to solve them and figure out how not to let it keep happening. So, been watching a ton of videos and generally just stuyding up and thinking about tournament poker. The fields, as large as they are, just contain too many fish for me not to committ myself to gaining a significant edge over. While I've taken time off from mtt's, I've been smashing low limit SNG's for the past week. Showing a profit for the week with ROI of 33% and made about 22 buy-ins. Gonna try and put in a ton of volume for the rest of the month. Really want to move up the SNG ladder as well. As I tweak this year's goals/plans, I am becoming more and more comitted to diversifying my range of games, both ring and tournament. Really think I will be able to show good profit in the SNG world. With some work, I am sure that I will make significant strides in my MTT play as well. Mostly, I'm excited that my car will be arriving in Toronto within the next 5 days or so. This will finally enable me to hit up casinos and underground clubs so that I can get back to live cash games, my true poker love! With that said, a regiment of MTT's, SNG's, and Live Ring Games should keep me pretty damn busy this year. Finally, I feel like I'm done with my transition period in Toronto and I'm ready to tear it up this year!

On the non poker front, my Lakers are 2-0 in the second round against the Jazz. While they have managed to win, they clearly have some areas to make improvements considering they are in Utah for games 3 and 4. Also, the fact that Ron Artest did not make either of the NBA All-Defense Teams is complete bullshit. Lot of the players on those teams are great but there is no question that Artest should have been on there as well. Yes, I have a HUGE bias towards the Lakers. I grew up with them. If Satan wore purple and gold, I would love Satan. Speaking of Satan, how is the horned woman in True Blood Season 2 not Satan. I really wanted that to be Satan. Instead, she's some stupid shit called a Maenad? Wtf! Sorry, just watched both seasons this week.

I should mention that Eskal, my roomie, is not addicted to heads up Tetris online! He's been smashing and getting smashed by 14 year olds from all over the world. Right now, I went into the living room to grab a smoke and he was watching tetris videos! Fukkin serious? Says he's gonna watch some strategy videos later. Honestly, give poker players some money in their pocket to pay our bills and buy useless shit and we could all just live our lives in constant competition with ourselves and one another.

Don't have much going on this weekend so I'll be studying and grinding a ton of SNG's as well as watching the NBA Playoffs. Hope you guys have a great weekend and remember its Mother's day on Sunday! Do something special for your mothers. Sucks being so far away from mine. She's the best! I love you Mama , enjoy your vacation. You deserve it!

Here's a pic I did on Facebook Graffiti this week.10 Points for anyone that can interpret this image as I intended it to be!