My Work situation

as some of you may have heard I encountered a situation at work, the good news is I am still employed...the bad news is I was transfered and demoted. For those that dont know the situation basically a little 18 year old punk took advantage of a situation that I allowed myself to get into and used it to try and get me fired. Luckily my boss was reasonable and while I am setback in advancing as quickly as I would like at least I still have my job. I am actually looking at this as positively as I can, the store I am going to doesnt have one of the strongest teams so by sending me there they are actually giving me a chance to look even better, My goal is to go in there and blow my new bosses away and become the stores top performer and I think I can do that fairly easily. So although I am disapointed I think I can use this as an oportunity to shine even brighter.

Follow Up On Poker

Just a quickie to follow up on my earlier post on my poker playing. I have been playing somewhat regularly and have found that I have become rather good at playing survival poker. I think the problem alot of players face is that when they get shortstacked they become hyper aggresive thinking that they have to double up or else there done. If you can survive a couple rounds of blinds there is no reason to go nuts. The last few tournys I have played where I have become shortstacked I have just waited on good cards and then made my move and its been paying off. So my poker tip for the day is dont freak out when you become shortstacked just try to surf it out until the good cards come and then make your move. On a side note I have been getting creamed on bad beats latley tonight for instance I played 4 tournys 3 45 person sit and go's and a giant Freeroll in all four tournys I got knocked out by having the best hand and getting out drawn. The worst one came in the last tourny I played I actually played survival poker all tourny long and managed to make it to the final table then with 7 players left I had about 2500 chips blinds were at 200/400 with a 25 ante...I hit pocket Qs and made a 1200 dollar raise pre flop...flop came 6-4-2 with 2 diamonds it was heads up with the chip leader who had about 24000 in chips he comes out and puts me all in after the flop I am thinking he is on a draw maybe A K of diamonds or some other draw type hand since I made a somewhat large preflop raise so I go ahead and call....He freakin flips over 6-2...dude had the nerve to call a 1200 dollar raise with 6-2 off suit...Dont know how he had somemany chips making plays like that but I guess you can make a crazy ass call when you have so many chips oh well!!

Twin Cobra II Gameplay

Random MAME Review #3

I know its been over a week since I last did a MAME review but other things have been taking my time, but alas it is that time again The Random MAME review for this week is Twin Cobra II published by Taito. Twin Cobra is a vertical scrolling shooter a la "1942". Released in 1995 Twin Cobra II is the follow up to 1987's Twin Cobra. Although 8 years separate the two games they are suprisingly similar both feature two player co-op play and the features you expect in a vertical shooter. As with most games of the genre Twin Cobra is a quarter muncher. The screen at times is completly filled with bullets and if you run out of bombs (wich destroy all bullets on screen when deployed) you can kiss your copter goodbye. Although Twin Cobra is a typical shooter I like the fact that they went with helicopters instead of the standard planes usually found in these games. The game does look beautiful and has a couple aspects that set it apart visually first off is the size of the playfield, unlike 1942, there is a wider playfield than what is shown on screen, also at certain points in the game the screen will some in and give you a tighter feild of play...I really liked these areas as the added to the feel of the game and broke up the gameplay a little bit. Overall the game is very well done as with most shooters you collect power ups to boost your weapons what sets Twin Cobra apart is that you have 3 different gun systems wich can change when you collect different colored power ups, Im not sure I was crazy about this mechanic as the player has no control over the change its just a matter of what coller the power up is when you pick it up, so your weapon can change at random wich can throw you off as each one performs a little differently. Overall I enjoyed my play through of the game, though it was a totall revamp of the vertical shooter genre it did offer a few different aspects wich set it apart a bit from the crowd.

Overall Rating

3 Rotor Blades out of 5

My work Test

Ok so when I started working for Publix my goal was always to make it into management at somepoint, Publix is the type of company that once you get your foot in the door and make your way up the ladder, if you stick with it you can retire quite well off. Well today I took my first major step toward being promoted to Assistant Customer Service Manager. Once you express your interest in management you have to take an assement test. The test consists of three parts a video portion, skills assesment and Department knowledge. The video portion was fairly straighforward you are presented with customer situations and then you have to answer how you would handle different aspects of the situation...the only problem I had with this portion was to figure out exactly the right answers. They will give you 8 or so answers and you are supposed to pick the 3 or 4 best ones...the problem was they all applied to the situation so you had to try and determine the exact ones they wanted and that was a little tricky, as for the skills assesment I felt pretty comfy with this portion my boss gave me some advice basically she said answer as though you are the best, you think you are the best and everyone else thinks you are the best. So thats how I answered those. Finally was the knowledge portion...I feel really good about this one there were only a couple questions that I wasnt sure on overall I think I knew just about everything and knew it well. Hopefully my results will reflect my feelings coming out of the test. I think getting promoted will really help Sam and I accomplish the goals we want to in the next year...mainly getting into a house so we actually have room for all the STUFF we have seemed to accumulate.