Julie
08-11-2005, 04:51 PM
She’s bright and peppy; firm and fair; professional and lighthearted. She’s Julie, HollywoodPoker.com’s Player Manager. Still, lying under her veneer of seemingly super-human poise and charm is a woman – a woman who had a secret; a woman who had a problem. Julie was addicted to a substance more powerful, more consuming than anyone could have ever imagined. Her kryptonite was versatile. It came in a can - sometimes, a bottle – and she could get it almost anywhere. That’s right my friends, Julie’s obsession with diet soda had become a serious issue. Worst of all, it was effecting her poker playing. Someone had to reach out and help this misguided youth. One day, someone did…
It happened during their bi-annual poker game. Joeunstable noticed that Julie was becoming unusually exuberant and a little edgy. Joeunstable also noticed that Julie had consumed a case of diet soda and was currently cracking open another. Her playing was haphazard and inconsistent. Her eyes looked like marbles in custard. Joeunstable decided it was time to speak up.
“Uh, Julie, don’t you think you’ve had enough?” he asked, nodding towards the freshly opened can she grasped in her shaky hand.
“I can stop anytime I want to!” Julie shot back, immediately on the defensive.
Luckily for Julie, Joeunstable was not easily dissuaded. Not 3 years ago, he had executed a similar intervention for a friend who was obsessed with taking pictures of parking meters. Of course, that was easier – he’d had time to plan.
“Listen Julie,” he began, “I’m only saying this because I care, but I think you need help. Professional help.”
“I –I – I...” Julie trailed off. Her bottom lip began to tremble like a leaf in the wind and Joeunstable knew - he knew he had gotten through to her. Actually, it had been surprisingly easy. Little did he know the excess carbonation had so clouded Julie’s mind that she thought Joeunstable was Martha Stewart and the problem he was referring to was her living room motif, which tragically featured her predilection for plaids with floral prints.
Still, Julie voluntarily committed herself to a self-help program that very day and has since made a miraculous recovery. Everyone at the HP headquarters was delighted and inspired by her transformation – so much so, in fact, that the crew has taken it upon themselves to orchestrate an intervention to stop Dan from throwing cherry-pits at Anthony’s head during conference calls.
As you can see, nothing and no one is free from the oppressive tyranny of neurosis. Luckily for the residents of Hollywood Hills, they have one another to help in times of dire need.
Join us next week at Hollywood Hills when love is in the air! Vote for the storyline you would like to see followed up next week.
A - HP Dan disastrously decides to combine his two loves: poker and Ginsu knives.
B - HP Hollay takes HP Mike’s love life in to her own hands and signs him up for online dating.
C - Love sparks across the table: 3 HP players find themselves in an unlikely love triangle.
It happened during their bi-annual poker game. Joeunstable noticed that Julie was becoming unusually exuberant and a little edgy. Joeunstable also noticed that Julie had consumed a case of diet soda and was currently cracking open another. Her playing was haphazard and inconsistent. Her eyes looked like marbles in custard. Joeunstable decided it was time to speak up.
“Uh, Julie, don’t you think you’ve had enough?” he asked, nodding towards the freshly opened can she grasped in her shaky hand.
“I can stop anytime I want to!” Julie shot back, immediately on the defensive.
Luckily for Julie, Joeunstable was not easily dissuaded. Not 3 years ago, he had executed a similar intervention for a friend who was obsessed with taking pictures of parking meters. Of course, that was easier – he’d had time to plan.
“Listen Julie,” he began, “I’m only saying this because I care, but I think you need help. Professional help.”
“I –I – I...” Julie trailed off. Her bottom lip began to tremble like a leaf in the wind and Joeunstable knew - he knew he had gotten through to her. Actually, it had been surprisingly easy. Little did he know the excess carbonation had so clouded Julie’s mind that she thought Joeunstable was Martha Stewart and the problem he was referring to was her living room motif, which tragically featured her predilection for plaids with floral prints.
Still, Julie voluntarily committed herself to a self-help program that very day and has since made a miraculous recovery. Everyone at the HP headquarters was delighted and inspired by her transformation – so much so, in fact, that the crew has taken it upon themselves to orchestrate an intervention to stop Dan from throwing cherry-pits at Anthony’s head during conference calls.
As you can see, nothing and no one is free from the oppressive tyranny of neurosis. Luckily for the residents of Hollywood Hills, they have one another to help in times of dire need.
Join us next week at Hollywood Hills when love is in the air! Vote for the storyline you would like to see followed up next week.
A - HP Dan disastrously decides to combine his two loves: poker and Ginsu knives.
B - HP Hollay takes HP Mike’s love life in to her own hands and signs him up for online dating.
C - Love sparks across the table: 3 HP players find themselves in an unlikely love triangle.