Bonus Whoring

After a marathon session yesterday, I experienced some of the largest swings yet:  From a high of $712, nothing at risk, to a low of $280, ending at $403, +$200 bonus.  That's $400 at $1/$2 NL, or 10 buyins for me.  The last time I did this, my variance was only $140, and I ended up + $60.  This time, I got the bonus, but ended up down over all $320.  Granted, this was over the entire weekend, but I still think this is way too much.

I've now opened an account at www.FullContactPoker.com to obtain another $240 bonus there.  I don't like the interface as much.  I have not been able to locate where you keep track of your player points... I will suggest that there be a running tabulation of player points at the bottom of the main screen, right along with the Real money and Play money counters for all of ongame servers.  The cashier function seems clunky.
Also, there are no people icons at the table, but there are chairs.  Seems silly to me.  I like the people icons at PokerRoom.  I'll ask for those as well at FCP.
Normally, I'd be irritated at seeing some 'famous' person plastered all over the site, but I don't mind Daniel Negranu.  I like what I've seen of his persona on TV, his blog, and playing online.
I'm sure I'll get used to the blue background.

I will bank at 2.5x buyin, currently $120 which seems to insulate me from some of the more terrible things that happen to my bankroll.
I will do some calculations/research on mid pocket pairs and see how they fare.
I will do some calculations/research on small suited connectors, based on Doyle.  They work for him, could they work for me?

I will also consider starting at $43-$50.  This will increase my variance, and I'm now delving into the realm of playing rather than waiting for the cards.  Interesting.  Let's see where this goes.