When I tell people that I play poker for a living, I get that same look that I used to get from people when I told them that I worked in a casino as a croupier. They had a vision of Monte Carlo, formal evening wear and James Bond……might be somewhere but sure as hell not in any place where I ever worked.
It is the same with poker, they see all of the exotic places on TV where the famous pro’s play and think that this is what I do….I wish. Stuck in a room staring at my computer monitor all day with my cat pestering me for food is hardly Las Vegas.
I am dependent on that little square screen in front of my face for my income and it pisses me off when it is not functioning properly…..like this week for instance. My computer continually started re-booting itself on some kind of crazy loop and my computer wizard that I have for these emergencies had a hard time finding the cause. Anyway, to cut a long and very upsetting and frustrating story for me short, he almost ended up entirely rebuilding my computer and it still went wonky.
So now it looks like it is the motherboard that has had it as it is the only thing left that has not been replaced. Strange how just a few short years ago I did not even own a PC and now I am entirely dependent on it for my living. I don’t get as frustrated as I used to and I seem to ride with it better these days and accept it as part of the job…..but its still crap!!
