WINNINGHAND....."maybe that's why my mom says I look 20 years older than I am"
Obviously by that statement you are not Dick Clark or Jane Fonda.....
Personally I haven't drank in about 12 years.....didn't have any problems with alcohol....got drunk at times and just didn't like the feeling the next day. Can't chance a DWI, found I got more money when I'm not leaving it all at the bar....
Frankly speaking I don't believe women think the same way about non-drinkers as they do about drinkers.....most people in general got this look or expression or attitude that I just graduated in the top 1% from Wuss University....
Speaking of Wuss U....don't smoke, either. Smokers don't bother me, I am in a lot of situations where I'm around them.....unless it's like fog thick with smoke and even the smokers eyes are watering, then....
I know plenty of guys who smoke a pack or two a day and spend three times a week at the bar.....over the course of a year this all adds up to easily over 5k if they spend almost anything at all.
My habits? I gamble and at times I swear....sometimes at the same time....but overall the wins and the losses don't mean that much to me anymore....it all seems like an always fluctuating account balance.....if I win theres a larger number for the account balance, if I lose, ok then I just went back to last Tuesday or Wednesday of last week when I had that same number in the account.
Seems like the bad beats don't hurt as much....maybe now I'm just taking them more in stride and moving on to the next day's hopefuls.....also maybe seeing all those times that a last second 3 pointer saved my ass or someone got loose and scored the touchdown that covered for me....didn't see them as much before......I realize more and more that the longer you spend gambling on sporting events the more that the rolls and breaks even out.....that last score that saved my ass last week kicked my ass 3 weeks before.....
I still think about weekends where if I had just like 10 points to spread around....say that parlay lost by one team by a half point, another game would have covered with another 2 points, some hockey game one more goal was scored.....the football game where they missed a field goal....add them up and somehow with a magical 10 points you could go from like 2-4 to undefeated....at least one more winner to just lose the juice. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had thoughts along those lines....
Overall, the highs don't get too high and the lows don't get too low. I'm almost 40....maybe maturity is setting in a little deeper, along with old age and a growing penchant for spending quality time with my recliner.....Single, by the looks of things the government will in all likelyhood determine my final resting place when the grim reaper taps me on the shoulder and says "please come with me."
At one time it used to bother me being single, now I'm rather indifferent about it if not becoming ever more guarding of my independence and freedom. That and the no drama lifestyle where I don't have to be somewhere or do this or do that and added expenses and responsibilities. I haven't needed an aspirin in years.
Most people would say I have no life, or boring at best. I would probably agree with that.....predictability and stability are becoming more and more sought after as I get older....never was much of the party type...
But enough petty ramblings.....time for some shut-eye...
Good luck guys, tomorrow is another day of gambling here on planet earth.......
