So here's me...

...always running 5 minutes late, never taking notes in class, not really paying attention to the teacher, staying up late, waking up late, coasting through life on cruise control because its just that damn easy. I still haven't written my speech for tomorrow's class. Come to think of it, I wrote my last 2 speeches at the last minute too. Sure, I have time to blog, but I don't feel like writing a stupid speech right now. What does it all mean? It means that I don't apply myself, I do the bare minimum to get by, BUT the bare minimum has me carrying an A in my speech class(or a b+, depending on what those grades actually mean). Imagine what I would have if I actually applied myself, paid attention, did my homework, and put more than a solid 17 minutes into tomorrow's speech. I would have a better A, like an A+ or something like that.

In other news, the mohegan sun casino at pocono downs has opened. It is Pennsylvanias first official casino, and its 15 mintues away from me. Those who knew me throughout my "video poker problem" probably know how much of a bad thing it is to have a casino 15 minutes away from me. Texas hold em is fine and dandy, you play a 20$ game, it lasts 5 hours, if you win, great! If you loose, you're only out 20$ and you need to find another game to loose any more money. That's why hold'em isn't a problem for me, I can't blow tons of money in mere minutes. Video poker however is a bad bad thing. You drop a 20, you loose a 20, you drop another 20 because you really want to get your first 20 back, and now your down 40, so you drop another 20, hoping to get your 40 back and before you know it you don't have money to pay your car insurance. I'm pretty sure I have more self control than I did back then, and if not, at least I know that its a problem, and that I need to avoid it at all costs.

The saddest part is that when we went to look at the casino, it was filled with mostly old old people. You know, the kind of people that I don't ever want to be. They sit there and spend their entire social security checks hoping that they win big or whatever. These are the same poeple that can't afford the medication that they need to get by day to day. That is the negative effect of the casino. Sure, it will bring tons of money into the area, but at what cost? Wilkes-Barre is already a slum, so it can't get much worse....or can it?

I dunno, but I bet my property values are going to keep going up! Woohoo, can you say "double your money"?

Dammit, I've got to do that stupid speech now, or after I eat, and maybe play gears of war for a bit, and read the news, and maybe take a nap.

PS, gears of war is every bit as good as it looks. Terriffic, awesome game. Phenomenal. Loads of fun. Buy it.