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I had the appointment with my immigration lawyer yesterday. I laid out the whole situation for him and asked how it would be possible for me to stay in Australia legally. As it turns out, it won’t be very hard at all. First of all, the two year visa I was given under Celina’s sponsorship still applies despite the fact that we’ve broken up. That means I have roughly another year of absolutely zero visa concerns. After that the lawyer said he will help me find a low intensity language course that will allow me to stay in the country on a student visa but not take too much time away from poker.

After the appointment I met Stevo at ‘Number 8’ in Crown for lunch. That restaurant never fails to be delicious and the host knows me well enough at this point that we often chat for some time about our preferences in high end men’s wear. After lunch Stevo and I made our way over to St. Kilda road to check out more apartment possibilities. We fell in love with the third apartment we viewed and will be lodging an application to rent it. It can be seen here:
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=105349054&f=0&p=10&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=79116794&s=vic&snf=rbs&tm=1230095990

The building is across the street from the Botanical Gardens, a roughly two minute walk to Albert Park, a 5 minute walk to Fawkner Park, a 10 minute walk to Crown, and a roughly 7 minute walk to the city. I’ve already claimed the bedroom with the direct view into the city, something I’ve always wanted. However, we have to have Steve’s dad lodge the application because not too many real estate companies are going to rent an apartment like that too two 24 year old professional poker players. I normally wear a suit when going out to look at apartments which prevents unwanted questions, though it occasionally encourages some less expected ones such as two the agent gave me this time; “Do you have a business card?” and “Have you got any children?” I’m disappointed in myself for not being on the ball enough to quickly quip back “Not any I’m aware of” but you live and learn.

I’ve had a pretty lazy week work wise (though I am sitting here grinding on Christmas Eve) and will continue to do so. My Christmas plans involve going to my friend Alex’s BBQ and getting incredibly hammered while taking photos of myself pointing and laughing under the sun to put on my facebook and show friends back home in Wisconsin. I won’t be working Friday or Saturday either (because I just don’t anymore) and will likely use the time during the day to go outside and play sport then spend some serious time in a café working on my book. I’ve decided to approach it without the slightest alteration in my style or vocabulary (it’ll have swearing!) though I will have it professionally edited because I still make some God awful grammatical mistakes.

The time I spend between now and New Years should end up making for some interesting stories, though very little of it will be poker related. So if you’re opposed to reading a blog entry about my getting drunk, best to avoid this until January.