tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136772662024-03-07T20:44:57.488-08:00constant crises"the real world is just inundated with constant crises..."Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-30432809478193136842006-12-13T22:13:00.000-08:002006-12-13T22:24:08.990-08:00Blog moved for the last timei swear, this is the last time. if you're seeing this it's cuz you're on the old atom feed for your reader. click on this and all your problems will be solved: http://feeds.feedburner.com/smallchouJack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-12641690269074644642006-12-12T12:30:00.000-08:002006-12-12T12:34:01.474-08:00Fantasy Football Pain
Fantasy football... Sometimes you win and sometimes you get into the playoffs as the number three seed only to see your pretty-boy quarterback do absolutely nothing for you and then your star wide receiver on monday goes nuts for 2 td's but you still lose by less than a point because your opponent had steven jackson and he caught two balls in a garbage time last-minute drive. And then you feel Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-75933416166392401582006-12-06T00:31:00.000-08:002006-12-06T00:49:02.995-08:00You can't NOT root for Ladainian Tomlinsoni don't spend too much time criticizing the bad behavior of professional athletes. i never considered them role models, even when i was young. i always had my grandfather for that.
as a result, i always find myself pleasantly surprised when a star athlete is actually all of the qualities that you would want to impress upon your children: confident, humble, gracious, kind, and pleasant.
i just Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-35505357765420999692006-12-03T00:44:00.000-08:002006-12-03T01:17:51.012-08:00Florida...bear in mind, i don't have allegiances to any of these teams involved (except for loving the fact that usc and notre dame both missed out on the national title game. i'm entirely excited to see their fan bases lose out), but unless you went to michigan or are related to charles woodson, you have to know that florida deserves to play in the national title game. i think mark schlabach makes the Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-60502990295336519342006-11-30T21:17:00.000-08:002006-11-30T21:19:22.712-08:00Awesome!the best way to finish up the longest work day you've ever had? DEFINITELY getting out to your car and seeing that you have a flat, because the thing you really want to do at 9pm is put your spare on.
yay!Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-28854078870224244512006-11-29T00:19:00.000-08:002006-11-29T00:26:59.204-08:00Many paths...i was plugging away on the treadmill at work just now, watching a little wsop coverage on espn. they were showing phil hellmuth at the featured table of the first day of the main event, when i saw some young kid in seat seven squeeze four chips into the pot in the MOST familiar way. when i saw his last name pop up next to his cards i did a double-take: he's a guy that i played with in a bunch of Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-33105664940814607202006-11-24T17:46:00.000-08:002006-11-24T18:00:44.125-08:00How YOU can prevent traffic jams...back when i was working at oracle, i used to have a real commute (note: i say that because i do not have a real commute now, as 1.9 miles doesn't count). after working at oracle for a few weeks, and making the drive back up to san francisco, i started noticing something funny about the traffic: as i approached oracle from the north, there would be a horrific traffic backup every day at the Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-38771970219856782172006-11-23T15:31:00.000-08:002006-11-23T15:50:57.145-08:00Sharing reader links on my blog...as a good google employee, i've decided to stick my google reader "shared items" in a clip on my blog (over on the write. look!).
i use google reader to subscribe to a dizzying variety of blogs, including: a random law school student in chicago, a myspace blog for a poker radio show, a well-read web 2.0 blog, a wine blog, and countless sportswriters. if you haven't tried out an rss reader, go Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-62998463764472708952006-11-23T01:20:00.000-08:002006-11-23T01:44:55.720-08:00Why you should look before you speak...so just got back from booking a nice win at garden city. i arrived around 8:30pm and found a ridiculous list on every game but 6-12, so i was quickly sitting at (seriously) one of the BEST limit hold'em tables i've ever seen. anyhow, rather than regale you with silly stories of donkey players, i'll just recount one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me at a poker table (good story, Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-11230598825982841602006-11-18T11:22:00.000-08:002006-11-18T11:25:11.906-08:00Michigan vs. Ohio Statethe truth of the matter is that games billed this large (with their own ESPN pages, in fact) rarely ever live up to the hype. that doesn't stop sports fans from getting excited though.
i've got no allegiances today, so i'm just hoping for a good game. still, i wish i DID have some allegiances. anyone who has ever been watching a game of that magnitude while rooting for one of the teams knows howJack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-18753137899566187412006-11-14T23:07:00.000-08:002006-11-15T00:21:01.641-08:00Ship It!of all the heinous things to say at a poker table, by FAR the most obnoxious/asshole-like is the phrase: "ship it!"
for those of you that have never sat at a live poker table (and don't realize how mean-spirited this phrase is), let me explain:
literally, the phrase "ship it!" is an order to an opponent and/or the dealer to 'ship' the chips in the player's direction. seems pretty harmless, Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-47020800793593004502006-11-13T23:36:00.000-08:002006-11-13T23:58:30.954-08:00Sports writingone of the those strange things that you can only ponder after 11pm on a weekday, but i wonder why i never got into sportswriting. or sports writing.
when i was a freshman in college, i was deadset on taking some time to figure out what program i wanted to major in. my first quarter i took math, ihum (humanities course), econ 1, and a class called 'the jet engine' because it sounded fucking Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-43680362321554701462006-11-09T22:25:00.000-08:002006-11-09T22:42:18.789-08:00The Suburbs = The New Awesomeso first my oakland a's decide it's time to hang out in fremont [editor's note: FREMONT?!], and now my 49ers have decided to run from famous candlestick point to the glorious urban center of santa clara? what a week for bay area sports!
in all seriousness though, what the HELL is going on? as much as i enjoy both of my favorite professional sports teams moving closer to me geographically, i'm Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-90336458913230639512006-11-06T22:59:00.000-08:002006-11-06T23:05:16.399-08:00Fried Chicken
i just watched an entire one-hour show on the food channel about fried chicken. now i didn't really watch and listen to the whole thing, but it was on tv while i was been sitting here doing other things. they showed plate after plate of delicious-looking, golden brown poultry that left me actually hungry. i now have a ridiculous craving for some good fried chicken, but i really can't think of a Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-20886722513430278852006-11-04T20:06:00.000-08:002006-11-04T20:47:45.216-08:00embarrassingi just returned home after the usc-stanford drubbing at stanford stadium. it was, as all stanford games have been this year, an extremely sobering experience.
there was a time when we were actually competitive on the field. stanford fans today now refer to the tyrone willingham years as "the good years". we may have lost some games back then, but we NEVER got embarrassed. but these years under Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-14993525626424784792006-10-30T22:54:00.000-08:002006-10-31T23:19:24.780-08:00High Fidelityi finished up the book high fidelity while i was on the plane last night. it's actually rather remarkable that i had never read the novel, considering how i've had many people (who know me pretty well) over the years tell me how much i would enjoy nick hornby's work. so high fidelity was number two on my list of hornby novels, the first being about a boy.
first of all, i'll start by saying that Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-8092742634409119002006-10-20T10:50:00.001-07:002006-10-20T10:55:47.390-07:00This just in: George Will is smart...Prohibition II: Good Grief
When government restricts Americans' choices, ostensibly for their own good, someone is going to profit from the paternalism.
By George F. Will Newsweek Oct. 23, 2006 issue -
Perhaps Prohibition II is being launched because Prohibition I worked so well at getting rid of gin. Or maybe the point is to reassure social conservatives that Republicans remain resolved to Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-4776014103559628292006-10-16T23:16:00.000-07:002006-10-16T23:41:24.631-07:00Being 'In Motion'my name is jack. i have a blog that, like, ten of my friends read. i almost forgot about it
anyhow, sorry for the lack of updates lately. things have been moving fast and it feels good. one of the underrated experiences in the world is being busy and booked enough to feel full. i think that's a good way to say it. for some reason i was never the type of person to feel stressed about things. it Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1160296555961882962006-10-08T01:02:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:12.174-07:00Why we watch sports...i always get the sense that sports non-fans have trouble understanding why we sports fans care so much. in fact, sometimes i even forget why we care so much. but occasionally, a sports moment is so special that you immediately remember what it is that we love so much about sports.
i was at old pro (we're gonna start calling it OP from now) this afternoon, watching the end of the detroit and new Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1159862329073720932006-10-03T00:46:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:12.091-07:00Goodbye online poker?so sad day for the online poker world today. apparently the us senate decided to stick a little provision into the defense bill that aims to stop online gambling. it is yet to be seen how this will actually affect online poker, but one the world's largest online poker site (party poker) has already said that they'll stop operations if/when bush signs the bill into law. full tilt published a Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1159609514665727942006-09-30T02:39:00.000-07:002006-11-14T23:05:59.837-08:00Shake and BakeOriginally uploaded by poisoniivy.oh yeah, forgot this... enjoyJack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1159609400253887552006-09-30T01:57:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:11.922-07:00Back!whew! i'm back. it took two weeks, but i feel like i really got a sense of what australia (specifically new south wales and queensland) has to offer. some things i learned about or while in australia:
:: sydney is most definitely a beautiful and mature international city. the harbor is gorgeous. it's clean and crisp and sophisticated. really unlike any harbor or wharf that i've ever seen in a Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1158587602592960412006-09-18T06:43:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:11.843-07:00talladega nights!so i had some interesting little tidbits to share from my trip so far, but they were all overshadowed by this story:
ivy and i were sitting in this old pub in The Rocks here in sydney. i decided to order another pint of guinness and, as i was finishing up the drink, i saw a couple of pretty big guys walking in on the other side of the bar. as i put my drink down, i couldn't help noticing that Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1158377165532846232006-09-15T20:26:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:11.727-07:00are there many things moreare there many things more exciting than sitting in an airport bar waiting to board your flight for a two-week international adventure?Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13677266.post-1158301574972383332006-09-14T23:07:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:57:11.638-07:00Investing in traveli'm excited because tomorrow i'm jumping on a long-ass plane flight Down Under. i don't really plan on having absurd adventures while i'm down there, but hey, you never know.
i think that when i'm at work and in the grind, i tend to lose focus on some of the more important aspects of being 24 with some financial freedom. for instance, i feel like seeing as much of the world as i can before i Jack Chouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206301002671240799noreply@blogger.com1