Original post date - May 25, 2005
Breaking Even

Well, well, well, here I am at my computer at almost 1am EST. I just got done playing poker with the boys (ZestyItalian, Scuba, BK, MountainGrown,Barkeep) and I broke even.
That seems to be a theme in my life. Breaking even. Every time I think the bottom is gonna drop out and hell is gonna open up and swallow me like a hooker does some $25 dollar load, it doesn't. Something comes along (no pun intended) and sets things right again. I lose a heartfelt relationship at a young age, I meet a great girl immediately after to counteract my self-loathing. I lose her and am feeling down in the dumps about women in general for a few months...BOOM! Along comes the girl of my dreams. But, it also works in the inverse. The girl of my dreams has me feeling great. Smack!!! Right in the nuts. She dumps me. That leaves me where my current state of mind resides....hating women for what they are....lovinng them for what they appear to be. You see even. Hate plus love equals nothing. It is a catch 22 you see. I love women, love hanging out with them, being with them. Even love having a girlfriend when I am blessed with one. But then something happens (not my fault either...I hear all you women out there!!!) that turns the whole thing on it's shit. I get screwed. Well, I don't know about you, but when I get screwed I srcew back. You are thinking "Woody, Why?" Well, what do you do when you get dumped....you go out and meet some nice girl or guy to make you happy for a while (The Rebound) then you screw them over...even if you don't mean to, you do. It's the circle of life. Yeah, you thought Lion King was just a movie about some freaking lions and monkeys. Nope. That circle of life bullshit is the truth. What goes around comes around and most of the time when it comes around it slaps you right in the ass!