Well, here we go...
I've been procrastinating over starting a pre holiday weight loss blog for almost as long as I've been putting off quitting the takeaways...
I've finally gotten around to it, but unfortunately run out of time before my trip, and will therefore just use it to keep track of my trip
Considering it was initially going to be about weight loss, I wasn't going to bother at all, however, I've convinced a friend of mine that he should split his trip between the strip and Fremont St.
He has been training whilst over there, so I'm going to try and throw some dumbbells about with him in the mornings before I head off and donate my $$.
(Thanks to Joe Cross for the shamelessly stolen title)
Moi...Some here have the misfortune of knowing me 'IRL' so to speak, some only have been unfortunate enough to cross paths of me here, and the lucky ones won't have a danny who I am.
Truth be told, there isn't a great deal exciting to know, but I'll endeavour to add a little background, although I'll have to be careful not to drive everyone away right off the bat!
My name is Mark, I'm 33 years old, and I live in Dorset. An area that I've always thought was one of the nicest in the country, but then I met Claypole, and my view became rather conflicted
I actually live in a small town called Dorchester, which is the county town, and I would guess quite a small one at a population of 20,000 a few years ago. I doubt that includes surrounding villages, which would probably bring it up to about 25,000. I've lived here most of my life, bar about 18 months in London, and 4 years in the Navy. I was actually brought up with card games from an early age, and was taught several forms of poker as a child, but the only card games in Dad's club were Pontoon, 3 card brag, and Nap.
I never actually player Holdem until after I left the Navy in 2003. I noticed my old man playing a game on his PC one evening, in his office while he was 'working late', and obviously wanted to know the coup. He explained it to me, and I then started splashing around myself during lunchbreaks at work too.
Been playing ever since, with the odd few quid coming my way when the deck smacks me in the face. Don't play so much now, purely because I'm lazy, and find it easier watching/betting sports, whilst eating 'insert random takeaway'
I did play a lot for a while, but in 2009 I was diagnosed with MS, and my Neurologist suggested finding myself something less stressful to do would be in my interests. At this time my father was working for Badbeat, and they were just about to start recruiting more staff to work as 'remote managers'. Lucky timing for me, and that was what I did for the next 4 years.
Unfortunately it was a case of SNLR after 4 years there, and I went back to working for my Dad who had gone back into the mortgage business. Bit of a paycut, but it's ideal for me, as I can work from home, and am never too far from the kettle or the bathroom
Anyway, I'm off tomorrow morning, and will use this to blog the trip. Hopefully there will be some training sessions, there will definitely be some drinking sessions, and with a bit of luck I might even win some money!
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