I had occasion today to reflect on just how out of control crime has gotten in my neighborhood.
I wasn't able to sleep this morning, so I ventured out into the cold, crisp winter air for a warm, soothing Starbucks coffee. On the way out, I found a note tacked to my door from the homeowners association. It seems that all of the sprinkler heads from every acre of the property had been stolen. Apparantly, brass sprinkler heads are worth a good bit of money as scrap metal. The ones stolen from our property alone will cost more than $10,000 to replace. I suppose that kind of cash will buy plenty of crack, or Mad Dog or whatever addiction these thieves needed to feed.
My own need for coffee now sated, I stopped by the local convenience store for some sundries on the way home from Starbucks. Pulling into the parking lot, I decided to sit there for a few moments, idly enjoying the warmth of the car and the Outkast song on the radio. No need to hurry out into the cold. Apparently one of my fellow men had no such compunction. A rather large man who appeared to be jogging... in his boxer shorts... ran into the store. "What a fruitcake," I thought.
Once the song ended, I bustled into the store. The cashier was on the phone notifying the police that there had just been a beer run. It seemed quite clear that the half-naked fruitcake jogger was the culprit. The police shouldn't have much trouble finding the guy: he was probably the most scantily clothed man in town on this wintry morning.
It's New Years Eve tonight, so I have been playing Old Scottish Air on my piano while reflecting on all of this. It seems to me that even above beer runs and sprinkler head thefts, the biggest crime in my neighborhood will occur tonight... if I don't get a New Year's Kiss.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Voyaged to the Local Psychic Bookshop Yesterday
Disturbed by recurring dreams I have, particularly involving grotesque and angry birds I set out to find out what my dreams may mean on the internet , where Every question in the universe has an answer.
So I took my dream to a dream interpratation forum sleeps.com where my dream was interpreted by a prophet of Iran who has interpreted over 5000 dreams.
I dreamed that this aquarium in Long Beach California had a new exhibit. It was a seabird sanctuary and it was made of glass on all four sides. On the opposite side ocean waves were crashing hard against the glass.
There was a large bird inside peacefully perched on a tree in the center of the aviary. Next to this bird were seagulls scaveging on the ground restlessly for food. On the other side of the peacefully bird were large beautiful white cranes with long necks and long legs and webbed orange feet jumping up and down about 10 feet high.
I turned to my father and said "look there at those beautiful cranes jumping up and down gracefully and without effort."Then he pointed out that I was mistaken, the cranes were not inside the aviary but rather they were a reflection in the glass. The seagulls were also only a reflection and these birds were really all around us. The only bird inside the aviary was the restful one on his perch surrounded by all the chaos of the other birds and crashing waves.
I noticed that I had also been mistaken that the tall birds were cranes. A closer look proved that they were really ugly geese with large ugly geese teeth and big adams apples in their necks. They were still jumping up and down in my dream with there long beaks turned up to the sky.
In my lucidity, i realized I was also capable of jumping up high and to humor the little children that were there on the beach, I also began jumping up and down like these birds. This really angered the geese, and they began chasing me. As they pursued me, I could feel one nipping at my neck, and I just remembered thinking that I would have to stand up to this bird or he would go after the children. So I turned and whacked the goose as hard as I could, and as the goose collapsed I woke up.
To Which the Dream Prophet replied:
"If one dreamt leapt from a place to another means his situation will be better, if his leap was long means will go to a travel.If dreamt leapt with a long stick or a lance means he will trust to a powerful man to help him for achieving a wish.If dreamt Jumped from a wall and rode a horse or an ass means there is a death danger.If dreamt leapt from a roof and the house collapsed under his feet but he didn't die means his wife will separate but will turn back.If dreamt when walking leapt into the sky and then saw himself in the Mecca or Medina means will go to Hadj pilgrimage.If dreamt leapt from an unknown house to another unknown house means there is a death danger.If dreamt was leaping and was overturned and somersaulted means his life will spoil.If dreamt leapt into the sky and took a bird means he will separate his wife for another woman.Crane is interpreted as a poor stranger man.If dreamt he hunted a crane means will get acquainted to an stranger unknown man and will have benefits.If dreamt had many cranes means will be director of many unknown people.If dreamt was riding a crane means will go to a travel.If dreamt had a crane egg means his wife will get poor.If one dreamt about ducks , means he/she will receive money as many ducks he dreamt specially if they were in his house.If dreamt many ducks were making noise in his house or his place means there will be a disaster at that place.If dreamt ducks were speaking to him means he will go to a travel for a rich woman and will have benefits.If dreamt he had a piece of duck means he will receive something froma rich person.White duck means a rich woman/man , or some money.If dreamt he killed a duck and had its meat , means he will receive some heritage and will spend it.Running away from some animal or bird means you will overcome someone with such charactristics.
__________________Dreams are scenes of daily day happenings in real life when interpreted will come and pass.This may happen in the near future in a few days to a month.Please let me know when something like that happened.People are asleep, when die they will wake up. "
I found this reply to be quite unsatisfactory and can recognize a Charlatan when I see one. It appeared as though a robot had replied to my post because this interpretation read like it was generated from a computer and I am quite sure that I would not be Pigramaging to Medina anytime soon!!!
I decided I would consult with a real professional here at a local psychic bookshop. I really believed I would find my true mystic here ,,, one with supersensory cerebral skills who would clear out my mental cobwebs.
Before employing my meta-physician his modest sum of only 99.00 I made inquiries trying to ascertain if he really had a psychogenic mind.
I presented the fradulants interpretation of my dream and he was also very dissapointed with its interpretation As to the symbology of the dream interpretation the psychic replied:
"Honestly nothing against the guy, But I think symbology is going to be different in dreams from place to place.. supposing it has any meaning at all."
"You are so wise ," I told him. "you must interpret its meaning for me".
He began ,, "My dear child, it is obvious that the seabird sanctuary represents you. The large bird in the middle represents your peaceful inner self.But I see an unrest in your spirit there it is in the form of the seagulls "
So far the clairvoyant seemed correct ,,,I don't know why I sought out help in internet forum when the answers were right around the corner from my house.
He continued : " The cranes represent your desires for your future and the ocean slapping against is just environemental factors. So, you've got the turmoil in the the seagulls and the future in the cranes.. And while they appear to be inside, part and parcel of you.. They're actually on the outside.. now disturbing the inner peaceful you.. At least they shouldn't be..They shouldn't be bothering your present peaceful self, since they aren't inside..Even though they appear so . So, once you go to look closer at your future (the cranes).. things turn ugly.. The future isn't coming as you envisioned it from afar....
So, you start trying to jump up and down looking, mimicking what you want for your future.. just like the cranes..
But the geese see you trying to pursue the vision of the future you had for yourself.. and come after you..
I don't really know what to make of the children, it is becoming fuzzy. exactly..
But you are able to protect both them and yourself from the seemingly inevitable future..with the smacking of the goose.. taking control back of your future.
The fact that the geese were male, with the adams apples?
Oh.... it is getting so fuzzzy I am getting a headache.....oh my head hurts.,,,,
I may for an extra 99.00 buy some aspirins next door at the convenience store,,,,rest my head and sort the rest of this out for you. "
It seemed as though my bad dream that had troubled me so much was now troubling this wise visionary.
I didn't want to trouble the good prophet any further.
"Tis Ok,,,I answered,,,, You have been so kind to me"
So I took my dream to a dream interpratation forum sleeps.com where my dream was interpreted by a prophet of Iran who has interpreted over 5000 dreams.
I dreamed that this aquarium in Long Beach California had a new exhibit. It was a seabird sanctuary and it was made of glass on all four sides. On the opposite side ocean waves were crashing hard against the glass.
There was a large bird inside peacefully perched on a tree in the center of the aviary. Next to this bird were seagulls scaveging on the ground restlessly for food. On the other side of the peacefully bird were large beautiful white cranes with long necks and long legs and webbed orange feet jumping up and down about 10 feet high.
I turned to my father and said "look there at those beautiful cranes jumping up and down gracefully and without effort."Then he pointed out that I was mistaken, the cranes were not inside the aviary but rather they were a reflection in the glass. The seagulls were also only a reflection and these birds were really all around us. The only bird inside the aviary was the restful one on his perch surrounded by all the chaos of the other birds and crashing waves.
I noticed that I had also been mistaken that the tall birds were cranes. A closer look proved that they were really ugly geese with large ugly geese teeth and big adams apples in their necks. They were still jumping up and down in my dream with there long beaks turned up to the sky.
In my lucidity, i realized I was also capable of jumping up high and to humor the little children that were there on the beach, I also began jumping up and down like these birds. This really angered the geese, and they began chasing me. As they pursued me, I could feel one nipping at my neck, and I just remembered thinking that I would have to stand up to this bird or he would go after the children. So I turned and whacked the goose as hard as I could, and as the goose collapsed I woke up.
To Which the Dream Prophet replied:
"If one dreamt leapt from a place to another means his situation will be better, if his leap was long means will go to a travel.If dreamt leapt with a long stick or a lance means he will trust to a powerful man to help him for achieving a wish.If dreamt Jumped from a wall and rode a horse or an ass means there is a death danger.If dreamt leapt from a roof and the house collapsed under his feet but he didn't die means his wife will separate but will turn back.If dreamt when walking leapt into the sky and then saw himself in the Mecca or Medina means will go to Hadj pilgrimage.If dreamt leapt from an unknown house to another unknown house means there is a death danger.If dreamt was leaping and was overturned and somersaulted means his life will spoil.If dreamt leapt into the sky and took a bird means he will separate his wife for another woman.Crane is interpreted as a poor stranger man.If dreamt he hunted a crane means will get acquainted to an stranger unknown man and will have benefits.If dreamt had many cranes means will be director of many unknown people.If dreamt was riding a crane means will go to a travel.If dreamt had a crane egg means his wife will get poor.If one dreamt about ducks , means he/she will receive money as many ducks he dreamt specially if they were in his house.If dreamt many ducks were making noise in his house or his place means there will be a disaster at that place.If dreamt ducks were speaking to him means he will go to a travel for a rich woman and will have benefits.If dreamt he had a piece of duck means he will receive something froma rich person.White duck means a rich woman/man , or some money.If dreamt he killed a duck and had its meat , means he will receive some heritage and will spend it.Running away from some animal or bird means you will overcome someone with such charactristics.
__________________Dreams are scenes of daily day happenings in real life when interpreted will come and pass.This may happen in the near future in a few days to a month.Please let me know when something like that happened.People are asleep, when die they will wake up. "
I found this reply to be quite unsatisfactory and can recognize a Charlatan when I see one. It appeared as though a robot had replied to my post because this interpretation read like it was generated from a computer and I am quite sure that I would not be Pigramaging to Medina anytime soon!!!
I decided I would consult with a real professional here at a local psychic bookshop. I really believed I would find my true mystic here ,,, one with supersensory cerebral skills who would clear out my mental cobwebs.
Before employing my meta-physician his modest sum of only 99.00 I made inquiries trying to ascertain if he really had a psychogenic mind.
I presented the fradulants interpretation of my dream and he was also very dissapointed with its interpretation As to the symbology of the dream interpretation the psychic replied:
"Honestly nothing against the guy, But I think symbology is going to be different in dreams from place to place.. supposing it has any meaning at all."
"You are so wise ," I told him. "you must interpret its meaning for me".
He began ,, "My dear child, it is obvious that the seabird sanctuary represents you. The large bird in the middle represents your peaceful inner self.But I see an unrest in your spirit there it is in the form of the seagulls "
So far the clairvoyant seemed correct ,,,I don't know why I sought out help in internet forum when the answers were right around the corner from my house.
He continued : " The cranes represent your desires for your future and the ocean slapping against is just environemental factors. So, you've got the turmoil in the the seagulls and the future in the cranes.. And while they appear to be inside, part and parcel of you.. They're actually on the outside.. now disturbing the inner peaceful you.. At least they shouldn't be..They shouldn't be bothering your present peaceful self, since they aren't inside..Even though they appear so . So, once you go to look closer at your future (the cranes).. things turn ugly.. The future isn't coming as you envisioned it from afar....
So, you start trying to jump up and down looking, mimicking what you want for your future.. just like the cranes..
But the geese see you trying to pursue the vision of the future you had for yourself.. and come after you..
I don't really know what to make of the children, it is becoming fuzzy. exactly..
But you are able to protect both them and yourself from the seemingly inevitable future..with the smacking of the goose.. taking control back of your future.
The fact that the geese were male, with the adams apples?
Oh.... it is getting so fuzzzy I am getting a headache.....oh my head hurts.,,,,
I may for an extra 99.00 buy some aspirins next door at the convenience store,,,,rest my head and sort the rest of this out for you. "
It seemed as though my bad dream that had troubled me so much was now troubling this wise visionary.
I didn't want to trouble the good prophet any further.
"Tis Ok,,,I answered,,,, You have been so kind to me"
Friday, December 21, 2007
It has been my experience that most poker players are very shallow and selfish people. Sometimes I wonder if I should even follow the path at all,,, what contributions will I make to the world. With the exception of /Barry Greenstein and mabye a few other Robin hooods of poker who have dedicated some of their winnings to worthy cause, most all poker players are just only out for themselves only.The more experience players pray on the innocent and vulnerable. They lurk about the card rooms w olves in sheeps clothing waiting to exploit their victims weaknesses. Sometimes thiss is done and necessary for their survival.. Other times you wonder why what they do was ever necessary at all.
You wonder why, when you have a legitamate hand(KK) the big blind (K5) had to call your raise at all. You wanted him to call, if it was favorable for you but not if the end result came to destruction. The flop comes 7 4 K and the raising affairs begin. He thinks his hand is the best and you think things are looking pretty promising. It looks really good. Turn is 8. . still what do you have to fear. The board is full of promises . You have top set,why should you lose? Then the river is a 6 and you get check raised. He was chasing you all along,,ready to snap your head off. You're thinking to your self.... why did he have to pursue me,, with those bad cards when he could have just folded. its his fault. He should have just left you alone, your plays were always strong,,,your raises always honest. His intentions were bad alll along,,, yet he happily takes the money with his case king ,,,, back door gutshot straight draw and has no regrets about stealing your pot. Right away you think of him as a bad poker player. It seems injust,,,it seems so evil. You show your cards, he can care less, in fact,, he takes joy in beating your good hand. He was thinking in his mind "I gave her the action she wanted" and all the while charming and entertaining while he did it.
Then you realize,,, as gamblers come to realize,,, that you ulimately are responsible for your own actions. And that you chose to gamble. Even if you played the game correctly,,,you stood to lose,,, and that you made that choice. You took a gamble. You like the game. And that while it may not be ethical for one to enjoy profiting off anothers losses,,, it was the loser's choice and theirs alone to risk that loss.,,,,,and that if you can't except those consequences,,then you shouldnt play the game.
PokerStars Game #13978802561: Hold'em Limit ($30/$60) - 2007/12/20 - 04:06:28 (ET)Table 'Piazzia' 6-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: gingery_baby ($1233 in chips) Seat 2: NYC99 ($1653 in chips) Seat 3: oj_pimpson ($1095 in chips) Seat 4: CRossiter ($1267 in chips) Seat 5: TWG8186 ($1077 in chips) Seat 6: Dr_Olson ($1759 in chips) NYC99: posts small blind $15oj_pimpson: posts big blind $30*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to gingery_baby [Ks Kc]CRossiter: folds TWG8186: folds Dr_Olson: folds gingery_baby: raises $30 to $60NYC99: folds oj_pimpson: calls $30*** FLOP *** [7h 4d Kh]oj_pimpson: checks gingery_baby: bets $30oj_pimpson: raises $30 to $60gingery_baby: calls $30*** TURN *** [7h 4d Kh] [6h]oj_pimpson: bets $60gingery_baby: raises $60 to $120oj_pimpson: calls $60*** RIVER *** [7h 4d Kh 6h] [8d]oj_pimpson: bets $60gingery_baby: calls $60*** SHOW DOWN ***oj_pimpson: shows [5d Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)gingery_baby: shows [Ks Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)oj_pimpson collected $612 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $615 Rake $3 Board [7h 4d Kh 6h 8d]Seat 1: gingery_baby (button) showed [Ks Kc] and lost with three of a kind, KingsSeat 2: NYC99 (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 3: oj_pimpson (big blind) showed [5d Kd] and won ($612) with a straight, Four to EightSeat 4: CRossiter folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: TWG8186 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: Dr_Olson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
My favorite Twilight Episode (which might be relevant to this blog)
The Fever
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“The Fever”
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.
Season 1Episode 17
Written by
Rod Serling
Directed by
Robert Florey
Guest stars
Everett Sloane : Franklin GibbsVivi Janiss : Flora Gibbs
Production no.
173-3627
Original airdate
January 29, 1960
Episode chronology
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"The Fever" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Contents[hide]
1 Rod Serling's opening narration
2 Synopsis
3 Rod Serling's closing narration
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links
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[edit] Rod Serling's opening narration
"Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gibbs, three days and two nights, all expenses paid, at a Las Vegas hotel, won by virtue of Mrs. Gibbs' knack with a phrase. But unbeknownst to either Mr. or Mrs. Gibbs is the fact that there's a prize in their package neither expected nor bargained for. In just a moment, one of them will succumb to an illness worse than any virus can produce, a most inoperative, deadly, life-shattering affliction known as The Fever."
[edit] Synopsis
Franklin and his wife Flora go to Las Vegas, Nevada because she won a competition. He detests gambling, but his wife is excited about their vacation. Franklin is given a coin by a drunk man at the casino, who makes Franklin use it in a slot machine. He wins and tells his wife that they should keep the money and not lose it back like the other people.
As they depart, Franklin believes he hears someone calling his name. He continues to hear his name being spoken as he tries to sleep. Disturbed, he decides he cannot keep "tainted" money, and that he is going to get rid of it by putting it back in the machine. Later, Flora goes to the casino and finds him playing the machine obsessively. Addicted, Franklin has lost a great deal of their money. When Flora tries to coax him to stop, Franklin declares that he has lost so much, that he has to try to win some of it back. He becomes enraged when she presses for him to leave, declaring that the machine is "inhuman", that it "teases you, sucks you in." Others observe that he has been playing the machine for hours.
Eventually, the slot machine takes his last dollar and breaks down. Franklin begins yelling and attacking the machine to give him back his "last dollar." He is taken out of the casino screaming. Later in bed, Franklin tells Flora that the machine was about to pay off, but deliberately broke down so that it wouldn't have to. He then hears the machine again calling his name. He sees it coming down the hallway to their room, "chasing" him, but Flora cannot see it and believes that he is going crazy. When the machine continues to follow him, repeating his name over and over, "Franklin, Franklin, Franklin!", he backs up towards the window, his hands over his ears, finally crashing through the glass and falling to his death. The police stand over his body, noting that his wife had stated that he had not slept in 24 hours. The last scene shows the slot machine rolling up to the dead body and spitting out Franklin's last dollar onto his dead hand.
[edit] Rod Serling's closing narration
"Mr. Franklin Gibbs, visitor to Las Vegas, who lost his money, his reason, and finally, his life to an inanimate metal machine variously described as a one-armed bandit, a slot machine, or in Mr. Franklin Gibbs' words, 'a monster with a will all its own'. For our purposes, we'll stick with the latter definition, because… we're in the Twilight Zone."
[edit] Trivia
Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.
"Serling celebrated the signing of his new show, The Twilight Zone by spending a weekend in Las Vegas. While Carol Serling was having good luck nearby, he became enslaved by a merciless one-armed bandit, an incident he would turn into one of his first Twilight Zone episodes, “The Fever”... —Gordon F. Sander, excerpt from Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man.
Serling wrote an expanded ending to this episode when he adapted it to short story form. The addition read:
Flora Gibbs flew back to Elgin, Kansas, to pick up the broken crockery of her life. She lived a silent, patient life from then on and gave no one any trouble. Only once did anything unusual happen and that was a year later. The church had a bazaar and someone brought in an old used one-armed bandit. It had taken three of her friends from the Women's Alliance to stop her screaming and get her back home to bed. It had cast rather a pall over the evening." —Excerpt from “The Fever”, published in Stories From the Twilight Zone in April 1960.
The "voice" of the slot machine was created by recording the sound of many quarters and dimes running down a metal chute. Then, small speakers playing the sound of the coins in the chute were attached to an actor's throat. The actor then whispered his dialog, making the words with his mouth and larynx...but the metallic sound of the clinking coins came out of his mouth.
In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Skill Crane", Mr. Krabs buys a crane game machine (in which you insert money to move a claw and get a prize). Squidward can't seem to win at it whereas SpongeBob does so easily, and the losing drives Squidward crazy; he even believes the creaking of the swinging claw is saying his name, much like the slot machine coin sound.
In Disney's The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's California Adventure, after leaving the elevator you are directed down a hall. In one of the areas before you get to the hall leading to the exit is the slot machine from this episode.
There is a scene in Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Requiem for a Dream which involves the character Sara Goldfarb being haunted by her refrigerator. The scene is very similar to one in this episode, when Franklin is haunted by his slot machine nemesis.
A music video from the band The Chemical Brothers features a man that is on the run from a machine from the car factory where he works. It chases him throughout the city where the picture finally scrolls away from him sitting in the middle of the road laughing and crying, obviously insane, as numerous machines surround him.
[edit] References
You wonder why, when you have a legitamate hand(KK) the big blind (K5) had to call your raise at all. You wanted him to call, if it was favorable for you but not if the end result came to destruction. The flop comes 7 4 K and the raising affairs begin. He thinks his hand is the best and you think things are looking pretty promising. It looks really good. Turn is 8. . still what do you have to fear. The board is full of promises . You have top set,why should you lose? Then the river is a 6 and you get check raised. He was chasing you all along,,ready to snap your head off. You're thinking to your self.... why did he have to pursue me,, with those bad cards when he could have just folded. its his fault. He should have just left you alone, your plays were always strong,,,your raises always honest. His intentions were bad alll along,,, yet he happily takes the money with his case king ,,,, back door gutshot straight draw and has no regrets about stealing your pot. Right away you think of him as a bad poker player. It seems injust,,,it seems so evil. You show your cards, he can care less, in fact,, he takes joy in beating your good hand. He was thinking in his mind "I gave her the action she wanted" and all the while charming and entertaining while he did it.
Then you realize,,, as gamblers come to realize,,, that you ulimately are responsible for your own actions. And that you chose to gamble. Even if you played the game correctly,,,you stood to lose,,, and that you made that choice. You took a gamble. You like the game. And that while it may not be ethical for one to enjoy profiting off anothers losses,,, it was the loser's choice and theirs alone to risk that loss.,,,,,and that if you can't except those consequences,,then you shouldnt play the game.
PokerStars Game #13978802561: Hold'em Limit ($30/$60) - 2007/12/20 - 04:06:28 (ET)Table 'Piazzia' 6-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: gingery_baby ($1233 in chips) Seat 2: NYC99 ($1653 in chips) Seat 3: oj_pimpson ($1095 in chips) Seat 4: CRossiter ($1267 in chips) Seat 5: TWG8186 ($1077 in chips) Seat 6: Dr_Olson ($1759 in chips) NYC99: posts small blind $15oj_pimpson: posts big blind $30*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to gingery_baby [Ks Kc]CRossiter: folds TWG8186: folds Dr_Olson: folds gingery_baby: raises $30 to $60NYC99: folds oj_pimpson: calls $30*** FLOP *** [7h 4d Kh]oj_pimpson: checks gingery_baby: bets $30oj_pimpson: raises $30 to $60gingery_baby: calls $30*** TURN *** [7h 4d Kh] [6h]oj_pimpson: bets $60gingery_baby: raises $60 to $120oj_pimpson: calls $60*** RIVER *** [7h 4d Kh 6h] [8d]oj_pimpson: bets $60gingery_baby: calls $60*** SHOW DOWN ***oj_pimpson: shows [5d Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)gingery_baby: shows [Ks Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)oj_pimpson collected $612 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $615 Rake $3 Board [7h 4d Kh 6h 8d]Seat 1: gingery_baby (button) showed [Ks Kc] and lost with three of a kind, KingsSeat 2: NYC99 (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 3: oj_pimpson (big blind) showed [5d Kd] and won ($612) with a straight, Four to EightSeat 4: CRossiter folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: TWG8186 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: Dr_Olson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
My favorite Twilight Episode (which might be relevant to this blog)
The Fever
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, please see Fever (disambiguation).
“The Fever”
The Twilight Zone episode
Episode no.
Season 1Episode 17
Written by
Rod Serling
Directed by
Robert Florey
Guest stars
Everett Sloane : Franklin GibbsVivi Janiss : Flora Gibbs
Production no.
173-3627
Original airdate
January 29, 1960
Episode chronology
← Previous
Next →
"The Hitch-Hiker"
"The Last Flight"
List of Twilight Zone episodes
"The Fever" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
Contents[hide]
1 Rod Serling's opening narration
2 Synopsis
3 Rod Serling's closing narration
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links
//
[edit] Rod Serling's opening narration
"Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Gibbs, three days and two nights, all expenses paid, at a Las Vegas hotel, won by virtue of Mrs. Gibbs' knack with a phrase. But unbeknownst to either Mr. or Mrs. Gibbs is the fact that there's a prize in their package neither expected nor bargained for. In just a moment, one of them will succumb to an illness worse than any virus can produce, a most inoperative, deadly, life-shattering affliction known as The Fever."
[edit] Synopsis
Franklin and his wife Flora go to Las Vegas, Nevada because she won a competition. He detests gambling, but his wife is excited about their vacation. Franklin is given a coin by a drunk man at the casino, who makes Franklin use it in a slot machine. He wins and tells his wife that they should keep the money and not lose it back like the other people.
As they depart, Franklin believes he hears someone calling his name. He continues to hear his name being spoken as he tries to sleep. Disturbed, he decides he cannot keep "tainted" money, and that he is going to get rid of it by putting it back in the machine. Later, Flora goes to the casino and finds him playing the machine obsessively. Addicted, Franklin has lost a great deal of their money. When Flora tries to coax him to stop, Franklin declares that he has lost so much, that he has to try to win some of it back. He becomes enraged when she presses for him to leave, declaring that the machine is "inhuman", that it "teases you, sucks you in." Others observe that he has been playing the machine for hours.
Eventually, the slot machine takes his last dollar and breaks down. Franklin begins yelling and attacking the machine to give him back his "last dollar." He is taken out of the casino screaming. Later in bed, Franklin tells Flora that the machine was about to pay off, but deliberately broke down so that it wouldn't have to. He then hears the machine again calling his name. He sees it coming down the hallway to their room, "chasing" him, but Flora cannot see it and believes that he is going crazy. When the machine continues to follow him, repeating his name over and over, "Franklin, Franklin, Franklin!", he backs up towards the window, his hands over his ears, finally crashing through the glass and falling to his death. The police stand over his body, noting that his wife had stated that he had not slept in 24 hours. The last scene shows the slot machine rolling up to the dead body and spitting out Franklin's last dollar onto his dead hand.
[edit] Rod Serling's closing narration
"Mr. Franklin Gibbs, visitor to Las Vegas, who lost his money, his reason, and finally, his life to an inanimate metal machine variously described as a one-armed bandit, a slot machine, or in Mr. Franklin Gibbs' words, 'a monster with a will all its own'. For our purposes, we'll stick with the latter definition, because… we're in the Twilight Zone."
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"Serling celebrated the signing of his new show, The Twilight Zone by spending a weekend in Las Vegas. While Carol Serling was having good luck nearby, he became enslaved by a merciless one-armed bandit, an incident he would turn into one of his first Twilight Zone episodes, “The Fever”... —Gordon F. Sander, excerpt from Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man.
Serling wrote an expanded ending to this episode when he adapted it to short story form. The addition read:
Flora Gibbs flew back to Elgin, Kansas, to pick up the broken crockery of her life. She lived a silent, patient life from then on and gave no one any trouble. Only once did anything unusual happen and that was a year later. The church had a bazaar and someone brought in an old used one-armed bandit. It had taken three of her friends from the Women's Alliance to stop her screaming and get her back home to bed. It had cast rather a pall over the evening." —Excerpt from “The Fever”, published in Stories From the Twilight Zone in April 1960.
The "voice" of the slot machine was created by recording the sound of many quarters and dimes running down a metal chute. Then, small speakers playing the sound of the coins in the chute were attached to an actor's throat. The actor then whispered his dialog, making the words with his mouth and larynx...but the metallic sound of the clinking coins came out of his mouth.
In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Skill Crane", Mr. Krabs buys a crane game machine (in which you insert money to move a claw and get a prize). Squidward can't seem to win at it whereas SpongeBob does so easily, and the losing drives Squidward crazy; he even believes the creaking of the swinging claw is saying his name, much like the slot machine coin sound.
In Disney's The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's California Adventure, after leaving the elevator you are directed down a hall. In one of the areas before you get to the hall leading to the exit is the slot machine from this episode.
There is a scene in Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Requiem for a Dream which involves the character Sara Goldfarb being haunted by her refrigerator. The scene is very similar to one in this episode, when Franklin is haunted by his slot machine nemesis.
A music video from the band The Chemical Brothers features a man that is on the run from a machine from the car factory where he works. It chases him throughout the city where the picture finally scrolls away from him sitting in the middle of the road laughing and crying, obviously insane, as numerous machines surround him.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Alls I want for christmas is a brand new wireless mouse
then maybe I will stop folding sets
PokerStars Game #13976339990: Hold'em Limit ($15/$30) - 2007/12/20 - 00:13:46 (ET)Table 'Henan' 6-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat
1: gingery_baby ($773 in chips)
Seat 2: patfitz111 ($397 in chips)
Seat 3: MrTile ($1578 in chips)
Seat 4: Keyser ($1086 in chips)
Seat 5: holleyspirt ($408 in chips)
Seat 6: mirri ($905 in chips)
MrTile: posts small blind $10
Keyser: posts big blind $15
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to gingery_baby [9s 9d]
holleyspirt: folds
mirri: folds
gingery_baby: raises $15 to $30
patfitz111: folds
MrTile: calls $20
Keyser: calls $15
*** FLOP *** [Jc As 9c]
MrTile: bets $15
Keyser: calls $15
gingery_baby: folds
*** TURN *** [Jc As 9c] [Qs]
MrTile: bets $30
Keyser: raises $30 to $60
MrTile: calls $30
*** RIVER *** [Jc As 9c Qs] [Kc]
MrTile: checks
Keyser: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrTile: shows [Jh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Keyser: shows [9h Ah] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Keyser collected $237 from pot*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $240 Rake $3 Board [Jc As 9c Qs Kc]
Seat 1: gingery_baby folded on the Flop
Seat 2: patfitz111 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MrTile (small blind) showed [Jh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 4: Keyser (big blind) showed [9h Ah] and won ($237) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 5: holleyspirt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mirri folded before Flop (didn't bet)
PokerStars Game #13976339990: Hold'em Limit ($15/$30) - 2007/12/20 - 00:13:46 (ET)Table 'Henan' 6-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat
1: gingery_baby ($773 in chips)
Seat 2: patfitz111 ($397 in chips)
Seat 3: MrTile ($1578 in chips)
Seat 4: Keyser ($1086 in chips)
Seat 5: holleyspirt ($408 in chips)
Seat 6: mirri ($905 in chips)
MrTile: posts small blind $10
Keyser: posts big blind $15
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to gingery_baby [9s 9d]
holleyspirt: folds
mirri: folds
gingery_baby: raises $15 to $30
patfitz111: folds
MrTile: calls $20
Keyser: calls $15
*** FLOP *** [Jc As 9c]
MrTile: bets $15
Keyser: calls $15
gingery_baby: folds
*** TURN *** [Jc As 9c] [Qs]
MrTile: bets $30
Keyser: raises $30 to $60
MrTile: calls $30
*** RIVER *** [Jc As 9c Qs] [Kc]
MrTile: checks
Keyser: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrTile: shows [Jh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Keyser: shows [9h Ah] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Keyser collected $237 from pot*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $240 Rake $3 Board [Jc As 9c Qs Kc]
Seat 1: gingery_baby folded on the Flop
Seat 2: patfitz111 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MrTile (small blind) showed [Jh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 4: Keyser (big blind) showed [9h Ah] and won ($237) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 5: holleyspirt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mirri folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Monday, November 5, 2007
Paradise Lost
THE BEGINNING
When I first really began to get serious about Poker playing I had huge ideals and dreams. Things were going well here in Las Vegas economically around 2003.
My love interest during this time , Sean, had won a substantial amount of money playing poker and in standard tax evading pattern had someone help him set up an account in the Bahamas to secure his money.
I had my real estate liscense, and we had agreed to buy a a condo partly an investment but thinking it would also bring us closer together living with each other.
We had talked seriously about having a future together.
With a diamond engagement Pendant He vowed that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.
Money is no object when you are in love. I happily gave everything I made to him trusting that he would take care of us. Perhaps foolishly,,,or maybe not. To help with the purchase of the condominium I gifted him 9,999 dollars December 31 and then 9,999 January 1st to help him towards the purchase.
He eventually brought his own money back into the States through a local casino.. and then he bought the condo for cash.
I was able to use my Real Estate knowledge to bargain the best deal. The market was so booming turnover was so high,,that he suggested we sell the condo BEFORE we were EVER even moved in for a substantial profit. There was never a better time in Vegas to buy a home then this time. It was extremely profitible and allowed us the means for bigger dreams and so we had a new plan.
THE NEW DEAL
We were going to live our dreams in Costa Rica,, an island paradise. We would buy a business there, a restaurant/nightclub. We took a little trip and while I enjoyed the fine island tropical paradise, He went around doing business dealings.
I went sightseeing around Beautiful Costa Rica Island while Sean was dealing with business. I went topless sunbathing at Manuel Antonio beach sipping Pina Coladas in the warm tropical sun. A young local tour guide named Juan Julius saw me there and showed me some sights . He told me about all the adventures of the Island, and I looked forward to returning to swim with dolphins, do a little deep sea diving and snorkling. I could enjoy the Latin Nightlife, Salsa dancing and Latin beats. He was willing to show Sean and I the hottest places.
My plans were to have Sean take me sailing, fishing, and for a hobby i would work on photographing native wildlife in the local rainforest and volcanic lands. We could go horseback riding on the beaches, surfing and take romantic walks on the beach in the evenings after we ate at the machu pichu. We could have fresh seafood and sushi daily. The good life.
Most evenings I would spend my time playing poker. Life was going to be easier,,in this paradise of earth there was Everything you could imagine to enjoy there.
Walking through the neightborhood of Gringo Gulch in San Jose Costa Rica on my way To the Horseshoe Casino and Card Room, I was flipping through my English- Spanish dictionary. I was considered how imperitive it was that I absorb myself into the language of this new land since this would be my future home.
I was not completely lost as many of the local residents spoke English well enough for me to understand,but I thought it wise to study .
My spanish was rusty, but I had studied it for about 5 years in high school and in college. The important thing was that I had many important words memorized: "sube" to raise and "paga" to call . And in the event that a pot that rightfully was mine was pushed in another direction: "desculpe senor, el dinero del juego de poker es mio".
Dream Becomes Nightmare.
We had a business dinner with a friend of Seans. Mostly I just listened,,I thought he was better at handling money matters .Sean said "I need to get the money there", " His friend, Arturo who works for an online sportsbook there, was eager to help for a nominal fee. "I do this kind of stuff all the time, let me help you get the account set up". So all of these things came to pass and the money was finally in the bank.
Eventually Sean needed to pay for the business, so he tried to get a certified check written for the payment.
Turns out the account is frozen. So, after much back and forth, with the banking management, he came to me " I have discovered that I'm suspected of laundering money."
Turns out that Seans 'friend' WAS laundering money for people.And he used the same banks/process to get all the money into the country. And, giventhe standard tax evading pattern, Sean couldn't prove the money was his and not drug-related. So the Costa Rican government was going to keep it. The moneywas under arrest, even though Sean had not been charged with a crime.
OUR PARADISE WAS LOST.
All appeals and such were exhausted.So, now, Sean was poor.Terribly Poor.appeals?? Mostly administrative hearings.In the end he did learn how to say '****sucker' in Spanish. So he said it was not a total loss.
However it was Sad. Devastating.I was not as devastated as I had not lost as much as Sean. He was so depressed that I didn't hear from him for 3 weeks. That is, until I heard through an aquaintance that He had just purchased a fine house in the northwest side of Las Vegas and had been going out partying nightly on those nights he had texted me how devastated and crushed he was that he was broke. Strange indeed. Where did his newfound money come from? I never could figure it out. HOw all of this happened. I didn't want to try to figure it out. I learned How to say **** sucker in Spanish. I had to cut my relationship off from Sean.
" Hope is still a Spectre in a ruin bare" . ---H cooleridge
I promised myself that in the future I could not ever give My Love to someone who would Not Embrace it. Never again could I give My Affections to one whose affection was not returned. I would not let the evil deeds of others prevent me from loving again.
Better to Love with A guarded Heart then not to love at all.
Live and learn they say,,,but there are mistakes which are so terrible,,,that the lesson seems unnecessarily cruel.
When I first really began to get serious about Poker playing I had huge ideals and dreams. Things were going well here in Las Vegas economically around 2003.
My love interest during this time , Sean, had won a substantial amount of money playing poker and in standard tax evading pattern had someone help him set up an account in the Bahamas to secure his money.
I had my real estate liscense, and we had agreed to buy a a condo partly an investment but thinking it would also bring us closer together living with each other.
We had talked seriously about having a future together.
With a diamond engagement Pendant He vowed that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.
Money is no object when you are in love. I happily gave everything I made to him trusting that he would take care of us. Perhaps foolishly,,,or maybe not. To help with the purchase of the condominium I gifted him 9,999 dollars December 31 and then 9,999 January 1st to help him towards the purchase.
He eventually brought his own money back into the States through a local casino.. and then he bought the condo for cash.
I was able to use my Real Estate knowledge to bargain the best deal. The market was so booming turnover was so high,,that he suggested we sell the condo BEFORE we were EVER even moved in for a substantial profit. There was never a better time in Vegas to buy a home then this time. It was extremely profitible and allowed us the means for bigger dreams and so we had a new plan.
THE NEW DEAL
We were going to live our dreams in Costa Rica,, an island paradise. We would buy a business there, a restaurant/nightclub. We took a little trip and while I enjoyed the fine island tropical paradise, He went around doing business dealings.
I went sightseeing around Beautiful Costa Rica Island while Sean was dealing with business. I went topless sunbathing at Manuel Antonio beach sipping Pina Coladas in the warm tropical sun. A young local tour guide named Juan Julius saw me there and showed me some sights . He told me about all the adventures of the Island, and I looked forward to returning to swim with dolphins, do a little deep sea diving and snorkling. I could enjoy the Latin Nightlife, Salsa dancing and Latin beats. He was willing to show Sean and I the hottest places.
My plans were to have Sean take me sailing, fishing, and for a hobby i would work on photographing native wildlife in the local rainforest and volcanic lands. We could go horseback riding on the beaches, surfing and take romantic walks on the beach in the evenings after we ate at the machu pichu. We could have fresh seafood and sushi daily. The good life.
Most evenings I would spend my time playing poker. Life was going to be easier,,in this paradise of earth there was Everything you could imagine to enjoy there.
Walking through the neightborhood of Gringo Gulch in San Jose Costa Rica on my way To the Horseshoe Casino and Card Room, I was flipping through my English- Spanish dictionary. I was considered how imperitive it was that I absorb myself into the language of this new land since this would be my future home.
I was not completely lost as many of the local residents spoke English well enough for me to understand,but I thought it wise to study .
My spanish was rusty, but I had studied it for about 5 years in high school and in college. The important thing was that I had many important words memorized: "sube" to raise and "paga" to call . And in the event that a pot that rightfully was mine was pushed in another direction: "desculpe senor, el dinero del juego de poker es mio".
Dream Becomes Nightmare.
We had a business dinner with a friend of Seans. Mostly I just listened,,I thought he was better at handling money matters .Sean said "I need to get the money there", " His friend, Arturo who works for an online sportsbook there, was eager to help for a nominal fee. "I do this kind of stuff all the time, let me help you get the account set up". So all of these things came to pass and the money was finally in the bank.
Eventually Sean needed to pay for the business, so he tried to get a certified check written for the payment.
Turns out the account is frozen. So, after much back and forth, with the banking management, he came to me " I have discovered that I'm suspected of laundering money."
Turns out that Seans 'friend' WAS laundering money for people.And he used the same banks/process to get all the money into the country. And, giventhe standard tax evading pattern, Sean couldn't prove the money was his and not drug-related. So the Costa Rican government was going to keep it. The moneywas under arrest, even though Sean had not been charged with a crime.
OUR PARADISE WAS LOST.
All appeals and such were exhausted.So, now, Sean was poor.Terribly Poor.appeals?? Mostly administrative hearings.In the end he did learn how to say '****sucker' in Spanish. So he said it was not a total loss.
However it was Sad. Devastating.I was not as devastated as I had not lost as much as Sean. He was so depressed that I didn't hear from him for 3 weeks. That is, until I heard through an aquaintance that He had just purchased a fine house in the northwest side of Las Vegas and had been going out partying nightly on those nights he had texted me how devastated and crushed he was that he was broke. Strange indeed. Where did his newfound money come from? I never could figure it out. HOw all of this happened. I didn't want to try to figure it out. I learned How to say **** sucker in Spanish. I had to cut my relationship off from Sean.
" Hope is still a Spectre in a ruin bare" . ---H cooleridge
I promised myself that in the future I could not ever give My Love to someone who would Not Embrace it. Never again could I give My Affections to one whose affection was not returned. I would not let the evil deeds of others prevent me from loving again.
Better to Love with A guarded Heart then not to love at all.
Live and learn they say,,,but there are mistakes which are so terrible,,,that the lesson seems unnecessarily cruel.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
A Prince Takes Me for A Ride on His Iron Horse
Monday, October 29, 2007
Prince Takes me for a ride On his Iron Horse.
Here in Las Vegas there is a unique place that caters to the vast Las Vegas gay and lesbian population.
I like to go there with a good friend of mine, at least once every 2 weeks.
Im not really a "fruit fly" as they say and I don't really go to hit on the girls, I go mainly because I am somewhat of an Adventurist and I enjoy the scenery.
There is this gigantic fish tank with dozens of large pirhana fish. They are not a very beautiful in the species of fish ,,,but interstingly,, they have a rather large appetite for meat and flesh. But other than the irking fishtank, the place is rather aesthetic,,and there is a lot to look at.
There is the club mascot, a Pirhana man who walks around with a tall green mohawk.They have good breadth of patio outside with a tranquil fountain, warm fireplaces and comfortable couches where all the people sit and socialize. The music is to my liking, there are two separate rooms one with a hip hop DJ and techno dance DJ.
I get really absorbed into watching the go -go boys dance, their moves are incomparable to all gogo dancing that i have ever seen.
The last few months, I have taken notice of this very handsome go go dancer named Philip,, He is quite a Prince.
I always make sure to take my money and put it right in the back of his tight white underwear making sure to get a close view of his really muscular butt cheeks.
On my last visit He bent down on one knee and whispered in my ear: "I've noticed you in here a few times,, you are very beautiful. What is your name?"
This got me very excited and hot,, I had been admiring him for quite sometime, was it possible that he liked women?
I ran back over to my friend Melissa and quickly told her what he had just said to me."He doesn't like you. He likes guys. He's Just Being Nice to you because he is hustling for tips." , she said, trying to make me believe that the dancers were only there to provide an illusion.
I ignored her. I rather see the bright side and possibility of things.I had to go back up there and find out. I would go up and give him more money in the hopes that he would speak to me again.. I like to show my appreciation when I am standing in front of beauty.
"Carpe Diem!!" I thought I better get up there soon,,,, the dancers rotation was changing soon.
Eagerly I charged back up to the stage with my dollars in hand . Phillip bent down smiling at me again.
I told him how much I appreciated him and he asked "May I speak to you after I get off work"My heart was beating very fast. For a moment I forgot how to speak. I returned to Melissa and we began dancing again. My eyes diverted to the stage.
"My God, Where Did he learn how to dance like that" said Mellissa"
You can only be born with it", I replied.
About 30 minutes later Phillip was walking toward me,, He was dressed now and Had a backpack strapped to his back. Even carrying a backpack, he still was a Prince to me,,,
I dutifully followed him outside.We engaged in a little small talk , got to know each other for a couple of minutes.
Then he pulled a shiny silver key out of his pocket. Like a cute little puppy wagging its tale I devotedly followed behind him to whereever he was going to.
A red street bike. He had some style. With the little key he unlocked the lock that secured his Helmet to the Motocycle.
"Do You want to go for a Ride?"
"Yes,, I would love to ride with you on your Iron Horse". Secretly, I was wondering who the extra helmet belonged to.
But at that moment,,,, it was mine.
"You had better hold on to me tight",,, Said Phillip.
Then, I knew I was in for a treat.
"First, I need to give you my Jacket." he said,
But what about you?
"I don't need one, I will be fine. It is just in case we have an accident"
"What a thoughtful Sacrifice" I replied. I put it on.
I wanted to rub on Philips exposed muscular arms and shoulders as I held on tightly to his waist.But I couldn't at that moment ,, becuase the bike was starting to accelarate to high speeds.
My hair was blowing in the wind and it was exhilarating.
"Faster, Faster" ,, I screamed. I wasn't sure if he could hear me for the roar of the iron horse was as tremendous as the vibrations of the seat.
" Are you gay?? Do you like guys ?" I yelled.
the odometer now read 70 mph. Phillip was an adventurist like me. The speed of the bike forced me to grab onto Philips waist tighter."No,, I do not like guys, but I like you"
Prince Takes me for a ride On his Iron Horse.
Here in Las Vegas there is a unique place that caters to the vast Las Vegas gay and lesbian population.
I like to go there with a good friend of mine, at least once every 2 weeks.
Im not really a "fruit fly" as they say and I don't really go to hit on the girls, I go mainly because I am somewhat of an Adventurist and I enjoy the scenery.
There is this gigantic fish tank with dozens of large pirhana fish. They are not a very beautiful in the species of fish ,,,but interstingly,, they have a rather large appetite for meat and flesh. But other than the irking fishtank, the place is rather aesthetic,,and there is a lot to look at.
There is the club mascot, a Pirhana man who walks around with a tall green mohawk.They have good breadth of patio outside with a tranquil fountain, warm fireplaces and comfortable couches where all the people sit and socialize. The music is to my liking, there are two separate rooms one with a hip hop DJ and techno dance DJ.
I get really absorbed into watching the go -go boys dance, their moves are incomparable to all gogo dancing that i have ever seen.
The last few months, I have taken notice of this very handsome go go dancer named Philip,, He is quite a Prince.
I always make sure to take my money and put it right in the back of his tight white underwear making sure to get a close view of his really muscular butt cheeks.
On my last visit He bent down on one knee and whispered in my ear: "I've noticed you in here a few times,, you are very beautiful. What is your name?"
This got me very excited and hot,, I had been admiring him for quite sometime, was it possible that he liked women?
I ran back over to my friend Melissa and quickly told her what he had just said to me."He doesn't like you. He likes guys. He's Just Being Nice to you because he is hustling for tips." , she said, trying to make me believe that the dancers were only there to provide an illusion.
I ignored her. I rather see the bright side and possibility of things.I had to go back up there and find out. I would go up and give him more money in the hopes that he would speak to me again.. I like to show my appreciation when I am standing in front of beauty.
"Carpe Diem!!" I thought I better get up there soon,,,, the dancers rotation was changing soon.
Eagerly I charged back up to the stage with my dollars in hand . Phillip bent down smiling at me again.
I told him how much I appreciated him and he asked "May I speak to you after I get off work"My heart was beating very fast. For a moment I forgot how to speak. I returned to Melissa and we began dancing again. My eyes diverted to the stage.
"My God, Where Did he learn how to dance like that" said Mellissa"
You can only be born with it", I replied.
About 30 minutes later Phillip was walking toward me,, He was dressed now and Had a backpack strapped to his back. Even carrying a backpack, he still was a Prince to me,,,
I dutifully followed him outside.We engaged in a little small talk , got to know each other for a couple of minutes.
Then he pulled a shiny silver key out of his pocket. Like a cute little puppy wagging its tale I devotedly followed behind him to whereever he was going to.
A red street bike. He had some style. With the little key he unlocked the lock that secured his Helmet to the Motocycle.
"Do You want to go for a Ride?"
"Yes,, I would love to ride with you on your Iron Horse". Secretly, I was wondering who the extra helmet belonged to.
But at that moment,,,, it was mine.
"You had better hold on to me tight",,, Said Phillip.
Then, I knew I was in for a treat.
"First, I need to give you my Jacket." he said,
But what about you?
"I don't need one, I will be fine. It is just in case we have an accident"
"What a thoughtful Sacrifice" I replied. I put it on.
I wanted to rub on Philips exposed muscular arms and shoulders as I held on tightly to his waist.But I couldn't at that moment ,, becuase the bike was starting to accelarate to high speeds.
My hair was blowing in the wind and it was exhilarating.
"Faster, Faster" ,, I screamed. I wasn't sure if he could hear me for the roar of the iron horse was as tremendous as the vibrations of the seat.
" Are you gay?? Do you like guys ?" I yelled.
the odometer now read 70 mph. Phillip was an adventurist like me. The speed of the bike forced me to grab onto Philips waist tighter."No,, I do not like guys, but I like you"
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Dancing with the Devil
Last night I was at a strip club that I frequent often. I shall not call it a gentlemans club for that would be improper, it is the type of caberet that can be for a womans or mans taste.
There sat a man at the bar who seemed to be in the Halloween spirit. He was wearing a shirt that said " I love witches" . Figuring he was up for a little Halloween festivity, I asked : " Do you love she devils too because there is a hot little dancer running around in a Red Devil Costume complete with horns, tail and pitchfork."
Of course he did.
I told him I had never had a lap dance from the devil,,, I wasn't even aware that Devils walked on Earth!!!!
This devilish woman was so hot my body was flushing and I was burning with desire to have a dance from her. He offered that I should try it and that he would pay the devils dues so long as he could watch the devil seduce me.
I approached the little shedevil named Jada, "Your devil suit looks amazing on you, Is that PRADA?". She laughed so sweetly, so I could tell that she wasn't a scary devil, rather she seemed playfully devilish.
I told her that I had become the devils advocate and requested her services for a dance. Temptation is the devils foreplay, and I was willing. However, I was bringing a subject into her private dungeon where the dance was going to take place and that he was merely a follower. This Dante coming along would not be participating and I suggested that we should treat him like he wasn't even present at all. The Devil should not be expected to treat visitors kindly.
The Devil unclothed herself but held onto her pitchfork tightly. There she stood, completely STripped.
It may not be wise to attribute good qualities to the devil, But I sat in awe of her comely body. I took notice of some of her beautiful qualities: her firm breasts and erect nipples, and gorgeous round ***. Her beautiful tan complexion, her lustrous hair, and her perfect muscle tones.
Unexpectedly, As Devils behave as they do, she began biting and snarling a little bit. She bit me on my breasts and in between my thighs. She was about to turn up the heat.
Becoming more and more agrressive, she said demonically : " You are going to sit there and let me have my way with you".
I was deeply aroused by her statement, eager to see how a heathen ruler rules.
She began poking me with her pitchfork, molesting me in all of my private places. Then she took the pointed pitchfork and starting at my chest scratched me with it all the way down to my ******. Then she poked some more. She flicked her tongue on my neck as a snake flicks its tongue and then bit me again. OUCH!
"You are so wicked" I said. How long could I stand to be tempted like this? Alas, I could stand the heat of this fallen angel no longer and I had succumb to all over her powers.
There sat a man at the bar who seemed to be in the Halloween spirit. He was wearing a shirt that said " I love witches" . Figuring he was up for a little Halloween festivity, I asked : " Do you love she devils too because there is a hot little dancer running around in a Red Devil Costume complete with horns, tail and pitchfork."
Of course he did.
I told him I had never had a lap dance from the devil,,, I wasn't even aware that Devils walked on Earth!!!!
This devilish woman was so hot my body was flushing and I was burning with desire to have a dance from her. He offered that I should try it and that he would pay the devils dues so long as he could watch the devil seduce me.
I approached the little shedevil named Jada, "Your devil suit looks amazing on you, Is that PRADA?". She laughed so sweetly, so I could tell that she wasn't a scary devil, rather she seemed playfully devilish.
I told her that I had become the devils advocate and requested her services for a dance. Temptation is the devils foreplay, and I was willing. However, I was bringing a subject into her private dungeon where the dance was going to take place and that he was merely a follower. This Dante coming along would not be participating and I suggested that we should treat him like he wasn't even present at all. The Devil should not be expected to treat visitors kindly.
The Devil unclothed herself but held onto her pitchfork tightly. There she stood, completely STripped.
It may not be wise to attribute good qualities to the devil, But I sat in awe of her comely body. I took notice of some of her beautiful qualities: her firm breasts and erect nipples, and gorgeous round ***. Her beautiful tan complexion, her lustrous hair, and her perfect muscle tones.
Unexpectedly, As Devils behave as they do, she began biting and snarling a little bit. She bit me on my breasts and in between my thighs. She was about to turn up the heat.
Becoming more and more agrressive, she said demonically : " You are going to sit there and let me have my way with you".
I was deeply aroused by her statement, eager to see how a heathen ruler rules.
She began poking me with her pitchfork, molesting me in all of my private places. Then she took the pointed pitchfork and starting at my chest scratched me with it all the way down to my ******. Then she poked some more. She flicked her tongue on my neck as a snake flicks its tongue and then bit me again. OUCH!
"You are so wicked" I said. How long could I stand to be tempted like this? Alas, I could stand the heat of this fallen angel no longer and I had succumb to all over her powers.
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