Aces and Eights
Today, with my mother and father I went for dinner at my god-mother's home in Chelsea - although I have barely seen the lady in 20 odd years she is still technically my god-mother.
Nonetheless, after dinner we smoked cuban cigars and we played poker.
And my dad whooped mine and everybody elses fucking asses.
I did not get ONE single decent hand and he went on to ace nearly every single hand winning every chip on the table.
Still, dinner at a plush flat in a fantastic part of town was a splendid way to spend an evening. There is a lot of backstory to many people there and what led us there tonight, and a lot of interesting points that I cannot be arsed to explain - which is a shame.
But in short, money/success is fleeting and for those to whom it comes with no real effort can find themselves unstuck very easily.
Anyway, I consider life to be a game of poker, we have the hand we are dealt and from that we have to play. I wonder how different things would be for me if I was to be given a different hand?
Would I be better or worse? Would I be more successful or less? Would I be a nicer or nastier person?
The truth is, I don't know. And any pondering over this is fruitless - I have what I have and that is what I have to play with.
Lucky for me that I have my father's charm and my mother's good looks.
In other news, showreel blah blah blah. Sending it out. Not sending it out. Making calls. Not making calls.
I still do not have a job and I have no apparent leads over getting one soon either. I just need to keep on doing what I am doing.
Just do it more.
x
Nonetheless, after dinner we smoked cuban cigars and we played poker.
And my dad whooped mine and everybody elses fucking asses.
I did not get ONE single decent hand and he went on to ace nearly every single hand winning every chip on the table.
Still, dinner at a plush flat in a fantastic part of town was a splendid way to spend an evening. There is a lot of backstory to many people there and what led us there tonight, and a lot of interesting points that I cannot be arsed to explain - which is a shame.
But in short, money/success is fleeting and for those to whom it comes with no real effort can find themselves unstuck very easily.
Anyway, I consider life to be a game of poker, we have the hand we are dealt and from that we have to play. I wonder how different things would be for me if I was to be given a different hand?
Would I be better or worse? Would I be more successful or less? Would I be a nicer or nastier person?
The truth is, I don't know. And any pondering over this is fruitless - I have what I have and that is what I have to play with.
Lucky for me that I have my father's charm and my mother's good looks.
In other news, showreel blah blah blah. Sending it out. Not sending it out. Making calls. Not making calls.
I still do not have a job and I have no apparent leads over getting one soon either. I just need to keep on doing what I am doing.
Just do it more.
x
posted by Doom/Blondie at Friday, August 11, 2006
2 Comments:
You'll be exactly the same.
Just depressed and boring.
So no, not really the same...
You probably won't have ever discovered your love for movies.
Yes.
Everything will be different.
xox
I with you on the sending stuff out bit.It used to cost me a small fortune in postage, but now I have a Streamload.com accout and all I send are links in email. Total godsend, but it may be a little difficult for video.
By the way, have you seen "Why we fight"?
Superb docu-film thing!
Later tater!
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