[bholdr]

Learn a trade: paint houses, work construction, etc... it'll pay better than any other crap job you can get, it'll get you in shape (or keep you there), and it'll give you skills that you'll use your whole life (as opposed to learning how to make sandwhiches). plus, you'll get to work outside, etc... I took a job painting when i was a teenager, and was making $30+/hr by the time i was 20- it paid for college, traveling, etc.

wtf are you thinking charging rake in a home game? that's asking for it, imo... wtf are you doing playing poker while underage, for that matter?