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New Artist Discovered ~

Audrey Kawasaki 

 

Christina Perri - Arms

seen on LA INK (at least something good came from that show)

not sure which artist i like more but they seem to go together well -

Loose if Hurt - Crissy, Lucy & Jay Z

Up On Melancholy Hill ~ ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫

A Couple of Remixes of Melancholy Hill by the GoriLLaZ

TranZed out Mix -AN21 & Max Vangelli

Dubstep Mix -HyGrade

Countdown to Busto, High Stakes Blackjack & preparations for Vegas

Being Felted (going bust,broke) is considered by some in the poker world to be a badge of honor. Like a Battle Scar even when you lose the fight it toughens you up for the inevitable Wars ahead. After months and most likely years of sustaining your income with nothing else but playing poker, this is an unfortunate absolute occurance. (especially early in your career as a PPP) -- After long sessions, days turning into night turning into day, grueling tournaments of 2-3K ppl, dealing with drunks, morons & other unsavory characters that are a regular occurance in the business - the ritual of going bust is like being "shot in the gut" a wound that doesnt kill you at first but in time eventually will. (without medical attention of course) Going busto you kinda sense the end is near before it happens and when it finally does happen it feels like Armageddon. Especially if its been awhile since the last bust. Post Busto is a time of reflections on battles won & lost. The time interval between felted sessions usual determines the ratio of won/loss battles with the more time its been since u been felted the more successful you've been.

Mostly though it is a badge of shame. There is a reason why your felted and mine is no glory session. A bad series of chain linked events led to this wondrous Felt. (just like in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button) --= Missed Partie(s) plural FFS, lead to bad decisions at the table cuz i was already pissed which lead to tilt decisions which lead to even worse decisions all complied by playing in the Pit which is a major leak for any PPP (which stands for Professional Poker Player in case you havn't figured that out yet). "The Pit" is the area of the casino where they play the other games besides Poker. Blackjack, Roulette, Craps etc. The reason why its called the pit is bcuz ur money falls in and never comes out. (at least thats why i think its called that -very fitting huh) = so after my crappy poker play i go play  High Stakes Blackjack $300-$400 a hand (high stakes to me maybe not to u if u reading this blog in your Bently Limo while Alfred pours you a Mimosa) do they even have Bently limos? nvrmind - after a 2 day session I was stuck a pretty good amount on the 1st day but the 2nd day a mere $40 dollars but after playing 15 hours straight on the 2nd day I was exhausted and decided to make up the $40 in Blackjack. After losing like 4 hands in a row I was betting $400 a hand and being dealt 20 to a dealers 21. FFS ****** after that mega tilt kicks in and I bet my last $400 and get dealt AA. = sick joke the gambling Gods are playing on me for this is a great hand in the game i just played for 15 hours and only saw that hand once here I am being dealt it on my 5th hand in and now I don't have enough to double down. Of course Picture Picture comes up i get 22 and had I been able to split those aces I would've got two Blackjacks or 21 which I couldn't because that was the last of my roll. I would've been boosted right back up there with $1600. sigh

Well PPP's are notoriously resourceful and Im sure I'll make my way back to the felt somehow with some way of buying in. All this too as i am preparing to move back to Las Vegas. Although after some reflection i think this was a good testing field bcuz if i cant make it here, dealing with emotions, bet control, bankroll management and controlling vices, leaks and temptations how the Fuck am I gonna make it in Sin City. Actually not worried about it to much though because I can pretty much deal cards blindfolded and that's a pretty useful skill to have in that town. So I guess I'm on a mini vacation while I sort this out and browse websites and apply for various jobs on the Strip. - I wonder if the "Thunder Down Under" show is still up... maybe they're hiring...

Also these Micros episode are really tripping me out with how relevant they are to my actual roll. When the first episode came out and Chase won that Tournament by spiking the King of Diamonds on the River was the same week I won that MiniFTOPS HORSE event. But as I said in a previous blog, strange occurrences like that are now the norm for me even though once in awhile they still spook me out a bit... (Twilight Zone theme playing...)

 WizDrW on FT...Fuck forget about it.

Can We Live Forever? -- Artificial Intelligence & Technology surpassing Human Biology

Recently I watched a couple documentaries about extending human life. One was called Transcendent Man about Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil who invented the first text speech recognition technology enabling the blind to be able to read books and many other interesting things. He also teaches the idea of Singularity. Meaning a time in which Technology will surpass the complexity of the human brain. He vows this time is drawing closer and if we are to live a mere 15 years longer we will come upon an age in which our life expectancy will add by one year every year (meaning science would advance at such a rate it would give us another year to live each year) and technology will surpass Human Biology meaning we could in theory "Live Forever".  He also spoke of discovering the gene which makes us age and by altering this gene in worms he was able to extend their life expectancy and make them more vigorous.

 I also watched another documentary about how they were using peoples own cells to rebuild human organs for future transplant should our own organs fail us. They even grew a human ear on the back of a lab rat to be cut away later and be transplanted back on a human. This technology is very interesting to me and I assume very interesting to everyone else living during these times.

 We are coming across an age where we could in theory "Live Forever". The question I ask is would this be fair to possible new generations as overpopulation would no doubt limit the amount of new humans being born and a type of spade and neutering process would most likely occur much like that of China today where overpopulation limits people there to having only one child as far as I know. There would eventually be a point where there would be no more room on Earth for new humans to be born. On the other hand had Einstein been allowed to "Live Forever" my God what could he have discovered.

These breakthroughs in medical science correlate with the advancement of robotics and microchips becoming ever increasingly smaller. Small enough to flow right along side our blood cells directly in our veins. The advancement of microchip technology eventually will lead us to AI - Artificial Intelligence, machines that can think for themselves (or more importantly, out-think us). I have an electronic chessboard in my closet that can defeat 98% of the population of the world on its highest setting Level 8, and I can't even get past Level 4 last time I tried and I am just under Grandmaster status on a chessboard. I for one welcome the technology although the idea of robots smarter than us is frightfully scary. Much like we don't care about any random bugs we may squash in our daily lives considering them far inferior, the Terminator machines may feel the exact same way about us.

They say it could even be the start of WW3 with half of the humans siding with bringing on Singularity almost as a new religion and devotion to our new Robot Gods and the other half trying to halt this process and save whats left of humanity as we still know it. I for one welcome our future Robot Rulers. I also graciously ask them to consider to spare me arduous indentured servitude in exchange for all the years I've listened to Electronic Techno Music.

 Vive Las Dioses Roboticos!

Hellmuth, Lebron - Rings, Bracelets Championships & missed Glory

Not really a basketball or sports fan for that matter - but what Lebron said about ppl judging him "reigns" true to me = “All the people that was rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that."LJ -- I don't know much about basketball and by reading the articles about it I guess he didn't preform at the top of his expectations but I do know he is a great basketball player recently being compared to Jordan for all time great. Although growing up watching MJ play I don't even know how this is a topic for discussion.

Lebron failing to win his Ring is very similar to the Great Phil Hellmuth failing to win his 12th bracelet last Sunday in the 2011 WSOP 2-7 Lowball vs John Juanda who earned his 5th bracelet. That's right i said Great Phil Hellmuth. While he is a whiny arrogant shit talkin Fuck of a Poker Player, he does have the most gold bracelets with 11,  the most WSOP final tables with 41 and most WSOP cashes with 80 (both including this latest final table). He won his World Championship bracelet besting Johnny Chan who was on his 3rd run at the World Championship. Not to mention he is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.  Anyone who says Hellmuth can't play or is a whack or dated player don't know jack shit about poker or is just jealous.

I've noticed jealous people always try to bring down the guy at the top when they realize he's better than them to make themselves feel better that they've smeared the champ somehow.  This would happen when I would play high limit razz and go on sick runs. People would start to call me out calling me a horrible player saying I play like shit, this and that when it was obvious I was playing my best game optimal strategy. I was like what is the basis for your shit talking?

I've always said about Hellmuth I respect him and think he's fuckin sick. 11 bracelets and ppl want to talk shit about him. Damn thats like deadly fire I would put all them bracelets on a baseball bat and carry it with me to the table  - Yea he could probably handle himself with more class but with the whole sport gunning for your throne you have to give the guy some slack for being a little on edge. You try dominating a sport and see how well you handle it. If you were the best in the world at something (NL Hold-em tourns) God forbid your only human and you would probably talk shit about everyone else too. (especially idiots from northern Europe)

That's why I think Lebrons quote above is so awesome. He's pretty much saying Fuck the Haters I got what I got continue to hate. Anyhoo I'm guessing LJ will eventually win a ring, Hellmuth will undoubtly in my opinion win another bracelet, and more shmucks, and jellybean lowlifes will continue to hate on these great athletes / competetors.

Go for the glory, play for the gusto, shun all the haters and try to make it to the top in whatever venture you pursue. This is coming from someone with 0 bracelets but the drive, determination and the skill to hopefully compete and win Poker's ultimate prize one day. I know I'm good enough to sit at that table and I know for Fucks sake Imma Get rich or Die trying.

# 1 of all Time

I was once asked many years ago by a friend what my favorite Tranz track of all time was, with literally thousands of tracks to choose from obviously not an easy decision - I remember thinking about it and answering with certainty - Airwave = my friend looked at me,  nodded his head and said yea I can see that being your favorite song, he understood the scene just as much as I did and taught me alot about it actually - (some ppl are just Mavericks like that...)

Anyways here is a remix version of that song I mentioned so many years ago. 6,7,8 who knows how many years ago I was asked that question - The years are all just a blur of flashing lights, massive bass, city streets, far out deserts, polo fields, auditoriums, arenas, colosseums, venues & warehouses, God-like DJ's, beautiful girls, awesome people, mind trips, candy flips and free love - "Have you ever seen Music as Colors in the Midnight Air?"

I just realized rereading this blog that the artist of this track is Rank 1. True that's about right.. Shocking coincedences like that are now the norm of my life. Rank the song 1 on my Tranz playlist and the artist of the track is Rank 1. I guess that's why I'm Taoist. Ying Yang chitty bang bang. The artist name had no push whatsoever in me rating it at the top. That's just how it works I guess in WizWorld.
 
cued @ 1:30 - 10 years of electricity runs through my veins, my brain, and my heart pumps once again to the beat of TranZ Music... 10 years of the scene all come back in one song. close to 50 raves i think ive been to - 3 Audiotistics, 3 How Sweets, 3 Nocturnal Wonderlands, 3 Electric Daisys, Animania, 2 Nations, 3 Together As Ones, Fox Arena, 2 Monster Massives, 3 Love Fest,  5 Masterdomes, Wake and Bake, and an unknown number of underground raves with names I've long since forgotten...

Christopher Lawrence - Electric Daisy 2007

I once heard that all things with a beginning have an end... yea obviously thats true - and when I look around me and see no one from my past still dancing beside me to the music I love - I wonder if its time to hang up the black bandana and call it a good run....

AAHHHHH FUCK THAT - ONE MORE TIME = TRANZFORMERS - TRANZ FORM AND ROLL OUT !!!!!

FUCK YEA

peace to the old crew - peace to the scene now and the younger generation = just keep in mind if you see a black rag on the arm of this raver out there - clear the fuckin dancefloor = cuz we about to tear shit up - One.. More... Time.... -= In The STreeTS We GonNa RocK RiGhT =-

PLUR
Peace, Love, Unity & Respect ~

Wiz

Everyday Junglist / Techno Rocker