So I get off of work …
12 hour day …
plus 2 hour commute …
Come home shower …
and I am starving for food …
I drive into town …
I am craving a steak …
All dive bars serve bar food …
but local strip club does a decent rib eye …
I can’t go to a strip club with money in my pocket …
plus I will want to play my favorite casino game lucky tree …
I can’t go to strip club …
I will blow my money …
I could already feel the walk of shame …
I debate the dive bars …
and decide to take my chance at strip club …
Bad decision Brian …
I reason with myself …
I am just going to have a beer and steak …
I walk in pay door man …
mosey up to bar …
see one of my favorite bartenders …
order a pacifico and lime …
place my order for rib eye baked potato and salad …
meanwhile club is packed …
I got ladies to left and right trying to get some money …
I chat and tease em …
devour my steak order another beer …
I then decide to go check on my favorite casino game …
I drop twenty in …
zip zilch nada …
walk away Brian it ain’t your night …
I reach in pull another twenty …
big fuckin mistake …
pull once pull twice …
· bonus 10 free spins …
I tell myself if I get my initial $20 back that I lost plus $20 I just put in …
I walk away …
by time bonus is done …
I am up to $53 …
walk away Brian you got your money back …
well I don’t like to walk away with odd amount …
I figure I got $3 to play with and I walk away with $50 …
53 52 51 …
· bonus 10 free spins …
next thing you know I am up to $88 after free spins …
I know $88 is even but I willing to play down to $85 …
88 87 86 …
· bonus now I am up to $112 …
same thing …
112 111 bonus 10 free spins …
sheesh when will this ever end …
I almost have enough for 15 mins of lap dance …
$139 …
I play down to $135 then cash out …
I pay my tab …
after entry two beers and rib eye plus tips …
I am up $90 …
I leave head DT Eugene …
Saturday is Poppin …
kid walks up to me asks me if I know any fun guys …
says he got a bill on it …
I tell him give me 40 mins …
head home grab some homies whom are fun guys …
back DT in 38 mins …
I make my introductions …
homie slips me a bill …
now I am $190 …
I haven’t cracked the code on winning yet …
when I am looking to double up and I am desperate I lose …
but when I handle what needs handling even if it means grabbing a steak at strip club …
when I pay for my beers and steak and ain’t worried bout winning …
· I almost always hit it …
usually if I can pay for my night out I am more than grateful …
but usually those nights I make a lil on top …
My gut instinct wanted a steak at a strip club …
I knew I was risking several walks of shame …
I remained focused on the steak and maybe a beer …
I ignored the ladies besides the bartender …
I took a risk with $20 and took another risk chasing with another $20 …
tonight it worked to my advantage …
many times it hasn’t …
but tonight it did …
You can’t win if you don’t play …
but also you can’t lose if you don’t play also …
I try to not lose by not playing …
· but I also know you can’t win if you not willing to lose …
risk reward …
tonight I am up …
got my steak a few beers and tipped out my folks …
Tomorrow I am going shopping for hot wheels …
peace out fam …
hope everyone is well …
deuces
—brian-anthony
Flommist Brian-Anthony is a former artist, craftsman and designer turned part time law student via YouTube and Google, works at a print shop, full time father, all around Good Samaritan, enjoys a fine sativa, reading and Arizona Green Tea. Copyright © 2021 Brian-Anthony.
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