So I planted the garden last weekend. We planted watermelon, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, and three varieties of tomatoes; and fenced the whole thing in with some chicken wire and a few posts. It was kind of fun to make something and all; and if I had to do it again, I'd make it bigger. However, there are some serious drawbacks.
Firstly, chickenwire is some incredibly dangerous shit. It comes in these tightly rolled bundles, secured by a thin wire. When you snip the binding wire, the twenty foot roll of fencing springs open and literally tries to kill you. It's like a reverse bear trap. If I knew building a fence with chicken wire was such a clustefuck, I would have laid brick or something.
Secondly, no one told me these shits take like three months to grow. We got the lettuce and 'maters as seedlings, but everything else we sowed. I'm going nuts staring at the dirt waiting for a seedling to poke through. Good Lord, how I hate waiting. No wonder people invented grocery stores; fucking waiting until June or July for a bloody watermelon is retarded.
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I'm going to Vegas again in June to meet some friends. Ended up getting a good deal on hotel and airfare for four nights. For someone who doesn't gamble, it's really odd that I keep finding myself there. I keep telling myself it might be worthwhile to take up a vice; it's just that there are many to choose from.
I mean, gambling seems the obvious one. But maybe I should take up philandering, substance abuse, or drug trafficking. I'm sure Vegas would be a great place to learn the craft of these and many other vices.
Anyone else want to go to Vegas this summer?
Word of warning:
You know that saying, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?"
Well, that's a load of shit.
As for gambling, well, I don't gamble, but I do take calculated, short-term risks. In the long term, you will lose at casino gambling. However, just like tossing a quarter into the air, in the short term, you can run five "heads" in a row. In the long run, it will always work out 50-50, but in the short term, anything goes.
I eschew odds-rigged games like slots, roulette, blackjack (excluding counting) etcetera. And while many people like blackjack because the rules are simple, it's a shitty game from a financial standpoint. Let's face it, the average person is not going to count cards. It's a pain in the ass and it's hard and most people like to drink and it all doesn't add up to profit in those circumstances. Besides, even if you win, the payoff sucks. You can sit there for a long time just going back and forth, back and forth.
I suggest craps. The odds bet gives the house only a very small advantage, something like .02%. Take a couple of passes and if you hit, you get paid real odds...not even money like blackjack. Plus, people make asses of themselves and that's fun to watch. And chicks with great big tits lean over the table, drunk, and toss the dice all over the floor and then jump up and down bouncing all around. What's not to like?