Casino as a community?
Man, for some reason I am so tired, and have been so hungry.
Yesterday and today I have been instructing in the hearing. Not sure if it's because of all the mental energy required to focus, or if it's because I'm missing out on the usual muesli bars I'd eat throughout the day, but it makes me really really hungry by the end of the day, even though I get to have lunch.
Anyway, yesterday I read an article here about this dude getting killed. I could've sworn I saw him or someone similar at the casino within the last week. When exactly, I don't know. I just recall seeing someone like him betting from table to table at roulette. I started wondering if they'd get the CCTV footage from the casino for some reason, and if it'd somehow make its way into a brief, where I'd be recognised by fellow lawyers. Not that I'm doing anything wrong, but you know, best to steer clear of stuff like that.
Last night we played FPB and nearly got into a fight. Jun stoke the ball off a dude, the guy couldn't hack it and chased him down to push him. A foul was called, then Jun threw the ball at his legs, some words exchanged, then the guy punched Jun in the face. I was on the bench and ran onto the court as soon as it happened. The guy got suspended for six months lol. And we won haha.
Today after work I went to the casino. I went with a really weird funny. It was similar to that feeling of not wanting to go but going anyway, but this time it was like, not only did I not want to go, but I didn't want to lose, you know? I had made a lot back and didn't want to lose it all back.
To add to my disappointment, when I got there, there was no one I recognised. Why was I disappointed about that? Was it because I felt I had become part of a community? Did I feel sad that I didn't see my 'friends' there?
I found a table with one guy playing and bought in $800 worth of chips. I soon found myself up about $500. Then a dealer change, to the Chinese guy who spins it really slow. At first I wasn't talking to him, but on one bet I thought I had on red and middle column, but he said it was third column and swiped it away (landed on 32). So we talked about that and I realised I must've been out of it. I realised later that I had bet a split on 13-14 instead of 14-17, something I never do. I wasn't fully concentrating, and that was dangerous.
So I told him I was just tired and stressed, and he asked me what work I did. I told him I was a lawyer, and he delved further. I told him I was in crime, and stupidly later told him I was in government and a prosecutor when asked. Then, another dealer change. Paranoia told me the casino had scooped him away to get info from him about who I was. He had only been dealing for about 10 minutes, so the change made me suspicious.
Anyway, I was up $540 and figured that was plenty, even though I had to pay a $400 traffic infringement fine for my dad and wanted to win more.
I went back to the office to change, and then went to the gym.
Yesterday and today I have been instructing in the hearing. Not sure if it's because of all the mental energy required to focus, or if it's because I'm missing out on the usual muesli bars I'd eat throughout the day, but it makes me really really hungry by the end of the day, even though I get to have lunch.
Anyway, yesterday I read an article here about this dude getting killed. I could've sworn I saw him or someone similar at the casino within the last week. When exactly, I don't know. I just recall seeing someone like him betting from table to table at roulette. I started wondering if they'd get the CCTV footage from the casino for some reason, and if it'd somehow make its way into a brief, where I'd be recognised by fellow lawyers. Not that I'm doing anything wrong, but you know, best to steer clear of stuff like that.
Last night we played FPB and nearly got into a fight. Jun stoke the ball off a dude, the guy couldn't hack it and chased him down to push him. A foul was called, then Jun threw the ball at his legs, some words exchanged, then the guy punched Jun in the face. I was on the bench and ran onto the court as soon as it happened. The guy got suspended for six months lol. And we won haha.
Today after work I went to the casino. I went with a really weird funny. It was similar to that feeling of not wanting to go but going anyway, but this time it was like, not only did I not want to go, but I didn't want to lose, you know? I had made a lot back and didn't want to lose it all back.
To add to my disappointment, when I got there, there was no one I recognised. Why was I disappointed about that? Was it because I felt I had become part of a community? Did I feel sad that I didn't see my 'friends' there?
I found a table with one guy playing and bought in $800 worth of chips. I soon found myself up about $500. Then a dealer change, to the Chinese guy who spins it really slow. At first I wasn't talking to him, but on one bet I thought I had on red and middle column, but he said it was third column and swiped it away (landed on 32). So we talked about that and I realised I must've been out of it. I realised later that I had bet a split on 13-14 instead of 14-17, something I never do. I wasn't fully concentrating, and that was dangerous.
So I told him I was just tired and stressed, and he asked me what work I did. I told him I was a lawyer, and he delved further. I told him I was in crime, and stupidly later told him I was in government and a prosecutor when asked. Then, another dealer change. Paranoia told me the casino had scooped him away to get info from him about who I was. He had only been dealing for about 10 minutes, so the change made me suspicious.
Anyway, I was up $540 and figured that was plenty, even though I had to pay a $400 traffic infringement fine for my dad and wanted to win more.
I went back to the office to change, and then went to the gym.
posted by toey | 22:06
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