You don't want to f*ck with Rudy

About Me

I'm a professional poker player. Wow, that feels good to say. I've spent the past year or so trying to get to the point that I could say that, so I'm pretty pumped.I'm big into Movies, Music, and My Mustang! (also alliteration) I'm working hard on being a better poker player, cause that's my job (whee!) and when I get better, It's like getting a raise. I've travelled half the world and can't wait to see the other half. I'm talking the bush in Africa, jungles in South America, and some places so cold my nipples will bleed...

My Interests

I'm a big Movie Buff!, Poker, Gaming, Discovering the truth!, Justice, Civil Disobedience, B-boyness, making music (poorly), cooking a big southern breakfast, Improv, playing with other people's dogs, learning, attacking for two, going to CLUTCH shows when they are within driving distance, halloweening, Discovering something awesome, Sharing something awesome with my friends, being licked on the face by puppies.

I'd like to meet:

Those who love liberty more than security. Also, Hotties :)

Music:

CLUTCH, Isaac Hayes, Ennio Morricone, Outkast, Dropkick Murphys, Asteroid, Public Enemy, Stevie Wonder, Ugly Duckling, Parliament, )EIB(, pre black album METALLICA, S.O.D., James Taylor, Eek-A-Mouse, System of a down, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Slayer, Dub Trio, Portishead, Teddy Pendergrass, The Rooftop Singers, Toadies, Cockman Oppressor, ATCQ, Sanctuary, Old Skool Hardcore Breakbeats, Digital Orgasm, Valient Thorr,There are not words that can describe how much better Clutch is than every other band with guitars. Except the sentence previous to this one, but it doesn't so much describe it as explain it.

Movies:

Spartacus, It's a wonderful life, Amistad, Cool Hand Luke, Menace II Society, Amelie, Mary Poppins, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Shenandoah, When Harry Met Sally, The Fog of War, Office Space, Cinema Paradiso, Unbreakable, City of God, Contact, Life as a House, Goonies, All Jimmy Stewart or Sergio Leone Movies.

Television:

It's so trendy to hate Televesion. It's so cool to be untrendy:) TV went from shit to gold in just a few years.Rome, Jericho, Heroes. I prefer the new "soap opera" style TV, but like to watch it a season at a time, on DVD.Live TV is for Football, Survivor, and the History Channel. The BBC's Planet Earth is unbelievably incredible on HD.

Books:

Phaedrus, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Battle for the Mind. Authors: Robert Heinlein, Robert Asprin, Orson Scott Card, Plato, George R.R. Martin

Heroes:

Lysander Spooner, Socrates, Thomas Jefferson, Ghandi, Fred Hampton, My Dad, Davy Crockett, Everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

My Blog

The Tiger Temple

I woke up on Sunday and arranged with Daw to get me a ride in a minibus to Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, aka the Tiger Temple. She arranged for a 2 PM pickup, and I headed on down the road to look for an open...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:32:00 PST

Waterfallin in the Land of Smiles

I took a motorbike taxi to the bus station to meet Donut. I’m not a big fan of the idea of riding around on a motorbike without a helmet, but I thought this was a smaller town so it wasn’t...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:13:00 PST

Trip to Kanchanaburi

I’m just improvising now, and I feel lucky that when I show up to the train station it’s obvious to the ticket man where I’m going. I dig in my pocket for the notebook that has the n...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:04:00 PST

What am I gonna do?

Wednesday night after Aziz and Josh left, Dan, Pat, and I played a few games of pool on Soi 11. On the way back, both a bit drunk, they got into another fight over nothing. I let them go on and fight,...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:59:00 PST

The Saga of A

A was my fourth Massuesse in Bangkok. Like most women in Thailand, she was pretty, and like most massuesses in Thailand, I felt better under her care. I hope that by this point you have read my descri...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:53:00 PST

This space reserved for more Ankgor Wat, the story of noon,

This space is reserved for Angkor Wat, the story of noon, and other blogs I just haven’t written yet. I went on a tear and wrote a ton the day I was left alone, and then went ...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:41:00 PST

My day alone in Cambodia

It’s tough to record your travels without the recording getting in the way of the trip itself. I’d like to have blogged more completely and timely, but this trip has been so amazing, I rea...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:35:00 PST

Sunrise to Sunset at Angkor Wat

At 5AM our driver picked us up with a tour guide he knew, so we could head out to see the sun rise at Angkor Wat. Siem Reap has many ancient wats (temples) of which Angkor is the most famous, best pre...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:39:00 PST

Catching you up to Cambodia

I've been in Cambodia for the past 5 days, with no decent internet access, and I saw and did so much that it's going to take a bit to get it all down. Between Chris and I we probably took 2000 pics (m...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:16:00 PST

Thai Massage

OK, first and foremost, I have to get out of your heads the image of asian massage parlors in the states. I don't know a whole lot about them, and I'm sure there are some legit ones, but in Thailand M...
Posted by You don't want to f*ck with Rudy on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:49:00 PST