My friend Dave introduced me to a betting site recently.
Although I am really not a GAMBLER, I was definitely pumped by the knowledge that I didn't have to put a wager through the Ontario Lottery Corporation and help pay for their bogus public service ads anymore....."Do you or somebody you know have a Gambling problem?"....
Meanwhile the OLC pulls in Billions of dollars and really couldn't give a shit.
Too early for that RANT.
So armed with my new site, I saw that I could basically bet on anything that moved.
Two chickens are racing in my Nephews backyard...What are the Irish Odds on that?
This site also has an added feature, betting on events as they are underway. "In
Play" betting.
Who's going to catch the next ball? Who's going to win the next
point?
Whose manager is going to have an Aneurysm first?
It's crazy, but very enticing.
They once did a study on Gambling and it showed that when people make bets and are in the process of waiting etc....their brain is STIMULATED by DOPOMINE in the same fashion as when doing COCAINE.
IT'S JUST A NATURAL WAY TO FEEL TENSE, EXCITED AND OVERWHELMED. SOUNDS GREAT DOESN'T IT. BETTER THAN A HEALTHY BREAKFAST.
Fast forward to this morning.
I wake up, warm and toasty under the covers. The sun is bathing me through my back
window. I don't really want to move.
Visions of a woman that whispered to the loons
are dancing through my bed head.
Today I will go celebrate an early Christmas lunch with my magnificent 96 year old grandmother (nana) and some of my close family. Fabulous.
.
There is just one thing that is weighing on my monkey mind now that I am revived .........
I have a new bet on the DAVIS CUP tennis match (country vs country) that is being played in BELGRADE right now!! Gripping drama at 8 am in my morning...WHY?
The heart starts to race.
Now I know everything there is to know about TENNIS past and present and then some. (Happiness this does not equate)
However the question is will NOVAK DJOKOVIC let me down. I had to bet 100 dollars
just to win 20. I really am not a fan of this guy either.
This Serbian Charlie Brown is now my horse. He is great if he can get his mind off of
his abs and a propensity for racial clensing. I need tea.
The guy's a total perfectionist (like Natalie) which in this case is good. He has a huge ego as well, which matched with his talent is serving him well(sorry) in front of 15000 beasts from his homeland.
The atmosphere is borderline PENETENTIARY.
Usually I would feel sorry for his opponent GAEL MONFILS (from FRANCE) who is getting blundered.
However, today i don't really care.....It's all about me and not losing that $100.
Ok, so DJOKOVIC beats him easily, forcing a final match to be played before the wild
fans. Now I am feeling for the new French opponent.
He is like the Bull being led out in a fixed bullfight from Milosovic hell.
This is really not the Zen mindset of positive intention that I was gravitating towards on my Sunday.
However maybe some deep breaths and some realization of CONTEXT
might help.
The last time I felt so tense out of the blue was a couple of days ago when I went to see BLACK SWAN.
I had heard it was a great performance by Natalie Portman in a kind of Indie film about Ballet.
It Shouldn't really be that much of a mental stretch. Its not like I will have to watch "The Turning Point" again. (70's reference)
Without giving too much away.. This movie leaves the audience GASPING for breath.
Everyone was in total SHOCK. A total ONSLAUGHT.
Portman was beyond incredible. What was this piece of art? Some kind of synthesis between Karen Kain and Linda Blair? LET THERE BE BLOOD.
It was very tense and offputting from the beginning. Physically you can't keep your eyes off her.... It seems that these are the kind of experiences that vicariously make me feel alive these days. (With the healthy lifestyle)
BLACK SWAN seemed to be a bleeding commentary on Body Image, Perfectionism, Dualism, Freud,
Lesbianism and Sexuality, Peer Pressure and Self Mutilation.......
Not exactly light stuff. (Give her award now) But really fun in terms of Character Development.
You want to just go right out after the movie and start to cry........I like that
image.
The last line of the film is what drives it all home. I won't expand on it now. Always try to save the best for last.
I capped this movie off later with a double bill of the talented Jennifer Lawrence.. "A winters Bone" and "The Burning Plain"..............
The underlying theme of the weekend? If it ain't visceral and slightly painful..............it may not be worth it.
I need to head directly for the gym.
However at this point as the fifth match is starting in SERBIA....I think I might just put on a Mint Tea for myself, just to help me cope.
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