I miss Vegas...aka Wish I Was There...aka New Guy Blues
In months of changing diapers and pining for a return to my former glory I overlooked one small fact.
This job can blow.
I’m sorry I’m not in Vegas.
As vain as I am, I’m still not vain enough to think anyone went to Vegas specifically to hang with me. Nonetheless, the reason it was on my agenda was to hang with our crew, wash away the worst of the last few months and get revved up for the days to come. Most of that boils down to dehydrating with the lot of you and dominating the bloggah MTT. It did not work out that way and I am truly down about it.
I don’t care about the wasted ticket or hotel, but I’ve had a rough time these last few days at work [short version – not off to a great start] and a Vegas vacation would’ve been a welcome change of pace. Hospital politics for the New Guy made that impossible. I think I seriously underestimated how much my arrival would raise the ire of the established guns in town. To say one of them is going out his way to make my life difficult is putting it pretty mildly.
If it turns out anyone is annoyed at me for my last minute bail – I understand, you’re entitled, and in due course I’ll try tah make it up to you.
This job can blow.
I’m sorry I’m not in Vegas.
As vain as I am, I’m still not vain enough to think anyone went to Vegas specifically to hang with me. Nonetheless, the reason it was on my agenda was to hang with our crew, wash away the worst of the last few months and get revved up for the days to come. Most of that boils down to dehydrating with the lot of you and dominating the bloggah MTT. It did not work out that way and I am truly down about it.
I don’t care about the wasted ticket or hotel, but I’ve had a rough time these last few days at work [short version – not off to a great start] and a Vegas vacation would’ve been a welcome change of pace. Hospital politics for the New Guy made that impossible. I think I seriously underestimated how much my arrival would raise the ire of the established guns in town. To say one of them is going out his way to make my life difficult is putting it pretty mildly.
If it turns out anyone is annoyed at me for my last minute bail – I understand, you’re entitled, and in due course I’ll try tah make it up to you.
posted by Iakaris aka I.A.K. at 2:02 PM
24 Comments:
Think I fucked up my comments section, but thanks to Fluxer it should be fixed now.
Sucks you weren't able to make it to Vegas and sorry to hear the first week in town was no fun.
Why didn't you drop the "do you know who I am and how many blogger/25K tourneys I have destroyed?" line on him ?
You were missed.
too bad you couldn't make it. your bankroll...uh i mean you were missed.
and I was just thinking in the airport today "I didn't see Iak all weekend, how did I miss somebody that pretty?" Sorry you couldn't make it, buddy.
Sorry to hear that work is intruding on the important things in life. My new job seems cool enough that they would let me cut out during the week to hit a tourney, so long as my projects were being done...it's just after 6 long months of no income, a trip to Vegas for anything just wasn't gonna happen. Summertime, Iak. We're there!
I have a compulsion to comment on this, despite already sending Iak an email.
comments +1
Sucks about work. You'd think that your peers would have some sort of higher level of professionalism due to the position you guys hold down in society, but the asshole/immaturity factor may actually be higher than in other types of work.
I made a last minute decision to go out there, so you backing out and me sliding in helped keep the cosmos in order.
1. Glad it was a technical glich, I paid 10k to waffles to findout how I could become a "team member" to comment here.
2. Your plight makes me think "were not in Kansas anymore Toto". Not that Cleveland is Kansas, or Buffalo is Oz. Wait a minute here, dude, you have to pick your living quarters better. Oh wait again, I live in New Jersey, never mind....Now I'm depressed, how did I end of in New Jersey.
doh! you were missed fer sure.
I commented on missing you in my post.. I hot chatted with your wife last night too! Woo hoo! She seems like a sweetie!
Your header is fixed.
And we both missed Vegas so the next one, we will storm that muthafucka.
Madness will ensue.
Heck, I guessed I talked to some guy who wasn't you for two hours then...
I only went to see you. Couldn't even play in the tourney cause you weren't there.
Enough guilt trip? You were definitely missed. See you in Eh?Vegas for sure.
I will put it plain and simple, Robby Benson, you are fag for not showing. Derek and I were on emailing talking about you know showing and we both decided to call you "Pretty Boy" from now on. I guess that is better than StB's title of: Sore Loser.
lol.
who am i to argue with tha Rooster?
i get internet access in my apt. next week and then i am back in bidness...
p.s. tx trip... gotta say I loves me mah bannah...
You were definnitely missed Iak. Was looking forward to meeting and hanging with you, next time for sure.
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you were more fun when you didn't have a job. Work sucks.
We definitely missed you - but unfortunately work comes first and I'm sure everyone completely understood. I guess this means you have to plan a trip to come out here in the next month or two to visit me and Lucy and Don and whoever else is out here.
hey Casper. when's the wrecking ball scheduled to take this blog down?
Make sure you make the next one.
Doctor's orders. :)
Where the fuck did you go??...AKA...get back on line...AKA...fart
COME BACK!!!
my dictionary has been sitting dormant for the past few weeks.....
Hey, didn't you used to be Iakaris, famed internet poker player and writer extraordinaire
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