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bigbadlex

"...phonetics and kinetics..."

About Me

I suck at computer graphic junk. Less is more, beetches. I just made my first WPT final table at Mandalay Bay. It's like the former batboy at yankee stadium getting his team to the World Series. I played the best poker of my life until we were 4-handed.... lessons learned. Generally speaking, I am an open book with hidden chapters... I dig on poetics, beats, and cats and chicas that disregard the chips we all have on our shoulders. Writing, parlor games, and good peeps are my hobbies. My dog is basically my son. I used to teach poker for the WPT, write for their magazine in Europe, as well as other poker consulting for the show. Now I'm teaching with the WSOP Academy- I'm all about having one foot in many pools... Im working on a poetry book (see blogs, comments welcome) while I rise with the tide of the poker wave. I'm on the hunt to unleash my creative these days. When it comes down to it, I wanna try new shiznit, I'm in that happy-mellow-volatile stage, I guess. grrrrrOh yeah, and Bush can go off and f..k himself, but he's too busy f..king us.How I see my place on the free-will/determinism spectrum: "Perhaps the moment I select my whys/ fates wanton , stubborn, insistent cry/ will be silenced by my zen/and nows' complicit grin."- Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | Classifieds

My Interests

Bein tight in my writin', Playin pool n' coolin' schoolin' walkin' talkin' pourin' adorin' smilin' wildin' chillin' spillin' rubbin' dubbin' gamblin' ramblin' golfin' Rolfin' dancin' romancin' smirkin' flirtin' gamin' aimin' reachin' teachin' explorin my speech and then some...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who digs the above. We're all on this big fat ball together... I don't like to simply add- shoot a message. I prefer folks that prefer the written word over random poker people.img src="http://geo.digitalpoint.com/a.png" alt="World Map"

Music:

Z-Trip, Bill Withers, Portishead, Sublime(40oz's), Boot Camp Clik, Buckshot, Preyfuse73, Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, HandsmByMdlngScl, Zero 7, Muddy Waters, Patsy Cline, Black Sheep, Handsome Boy, Violent Femmes, Freestyle Fellowship, Tracy Chapman's 1st album, Rakim, WuTang, Wte.Stripes, earlyNeilYoung, Nasillmatic, Creedence, Velvet Underground, Gish (pumpkins), Massive Attack, Aretha, N.Simone, BLACKSTAR, Rhaspy-assblues, Thievery Corporation, Fugazi, Tosca, Dylan, Beatnuts, DJ Shadow, DeLa Soul, JayDee, RitchieHawtin, DetroitTechno, Morphine, SadatX, ErykahBadu, early50cent, Jeff Buckley, Papas Fritas, Carl rux, toledo show,Backyard Bangers, Jeru, Pato Banton,John Lennon (solo), 5 Cat Stevens songs,Hendrix Blues, anything with an ill bassline...My own spoken poetry :)~

Movies:

The Game, Cinderella Man,Tae Guk Gi, Asian action (yeah, that too), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kung-Fu-Hustle, Big Fish, Lost in Translation, Manwhoknew2little, 5th Element, Secretary, Stripes, Caddyshack, NinjaScroll, Princess Bride, Basquiat, Cuckoo's Nest, Dead Ringers, Rounders, The Craft, Am.Hist.X, Full Metal Jacket, The Celebration, Donnie Brasco, The Last Dragon, The Shining, Chinatown, Henry and June, Pollock, Buffalo 66, The Natural, The Sting, Glory, RaisingArizona, Old School,Afishcalledwanda, Ravenous, Donnie Darko, Braveheart, Bladeruuner, CityofGod, Carlito's Way, Training Day, South Park, Asses of Fire, BeatStreet, HolyGrail, U.Suspects, big, Tombstone, thegood-bad-ugly, meet the parents, Godfathers, Shawshank, Fallen, FallingDown, BestinShow, True Romance, StirOfEchoes, State of Grace, Res. Dogs, Kill Bill, Killing Zoe, Slingblade, Red Dawn, Better Luck Tomorrow, Old School, Pi

Television:

South Park, Dog Bites Man, Kenny vs. Spenny, LOST, World Poker Tour of course, Daily Show, Most Haunted, Colbert, Arrested Development kills me, Home Movies, Heroes, Al Franken Show, Reno 911, 6feet, Scrubs, Terrance and Phillip, History/Discovery/Learning channels, 24!, Football, Ali G and Borat, CrankYankers, Curb your Enthusiasm, Law and Order re-runs, threes Company, threes a crowd re-runs featuring Jacks Bistro

Books:

The Historian, Shadow of the Wind, The Romanov Prophecy, The Rule of Four, The Geographers Library, The Dante Club, The Catcher was a Spy, Into Thin Air, Any Alexander the Great material, Any Milan Kundera novel, any ee cummingscollection, Sylvia Plath, Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou (the last poem in completed works) Langston Hughes, Henry James, the intuitionist, greatgatsby, theonion, illusions, kahlil gibran(the prophet is my bible), The Dancing Wu-Li Masters, Art of War, Six non-lectures, New Yorker Mag. , ChooseYourOwnAdventureSeries, Mythology, The Hobbit, Harrington on Hold 'Em

Heroes:

Voltron, Leaping Lanny Poffo, Mighty Mouse, Green Lantern, Gleep from the Wonder Twins, Perseus, Odysseus, Aenas.... ee.cummings, William James, my moms, anyone who gets my s*t, Lance Armstrong, anyone who has survived some wack ass terrorist attack, That CIA spy chick who's cover was blown, and just wants to be a mom again, parents that give a shit while respecting their childs unique aspects, anyone who has read this far down this list... props.

My Blog

for you

Awestruckagape and stilledI am now committedto your mysteryyour gapsand surplusesmy curiosity is tangible and fixedbecause now I know that every factinvites me deeperand every answerbares a question a...
Posted by bigbadlex on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:17:00 PST

mir...ro...r

I wish that I could trace my hand that traces,Consume the breath that I exhale,I wish to see my eyes without reflection,Know my nose for how it smellsLogic prevents a fifth dimensionwhile physics toes...
Posted by bigbadlex on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:49:00 PST

bad people

Value your breath,(the one just took)while you value the groundbeneath strongest footIt seems that you've forgottenthat chains require linksropes require threadspens require ink (pencils, lead)Time wi...
Posted by bigbadlex on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:51:00 PST

gem

Sorry folks, no new or worthy material just yet- been damn busy with vida. Took a gander at the old shit in bs effort to better understand my present and found this lil gem nestled between some scribb...
Posted by bigbadlex on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:21:00 PST

pound-for-pound

With a whisperto myselfI freestyled a mantrathat was meant to encourage-it protected-and as a whisper is pound-for-poundthe deepest form of self-communicationI was forced to take myself seriouslyas a ...
Posted by bigbadlex on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:54:00 PST

hello

The train won't stopand I find myself squinting my eyesso that passing stations become abstractThe train won't stop so I've committed myselfto my car and it's thingsthe seatingthe lightsthe occupantst...
Posted by bigbadlex on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:43:00 PST

december pieces

These two december poems (pre Mandalay Bay are so fantastically relevant right now, they deserved a repost.$ It might as well be a light anomalyappearing distracting gonesome call it ebb and flowbut I...
Posted by bigbadlex on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:16:00 PST

angeleno

I aspire to the passion of native angelenospatrolling their streets,verbal synapses like wine glassescracked under feet,every mural like a blood-packtapped to their veins,like the riverthat runs throu...
Posted by bigbadlex on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:46:00 PST

tinkering

and so it ticksslipping effortlessly forwarddrips become poolsbecome warpedbecome cool, and my 'at lasts'become momentsof peace-elipsed cruel-
Posted by bigbadlex on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:32:00 PST

recognition and subtle impact

Yesterday was the day my mother passed away, in 2002. I spent the day doing the normal things, errands, writing, an afternoon movie, a fun dog-walk. I rarely dwelled, I didnt mope, I didnt concern my...
Posted by bigbadlex on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:43:00 PST