Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since my last blog... sorry! My life has been a little crazy. The most important thing going on with me right now involves my girlfriend, Juliana.  We tried again to get her a visa, this time to a school (English Time School) in Las Vegas. She was accepted at the school, got an I-20 form, we filled out all the rest of the forms, and her appointment was today at the Brazillian Embassy. The lady rejected her, again.

It's just amazing how that one little lady has so much power over my life right now, and I am pretty powerless to do anything about it. The only way I can get her here is to get a fiancee visa, which will take about 6 months from now to issue... Which gives her 1 trip here for up to 90 days, and during that time we have to marry. That's just about my only option. So, I'm going to do it. I want to say a whole bunch of bad things about our embassy in Brazil now, but I will refrain.

Otherwise, poker is going decent. I have been winning overall, mostly playing the 25/50 shallow/cap PLO, and some 7-game. I have actually been running about even in all-in equity on FTP, for the first time in 2 years, so that's probably why. =)

So, now my life is basically just working out, playing poker, talking with my girl on skype every day... And it's pretty good... I just wish I could have the woman I love come live with me. But, apparently the USA prefers to deny their citizens such a basic right simply because the other person is not a US citizen. So terrible!