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Weekly Wrapup

Just stumbled on this weekly wrapup thing and seems kinda silly and fun.. Don’t know if I’ll keep it up but what the hell… Probably give y’all more info on me than ya probably wanted to know..

1. Do you like to sing? Why or why not? Yup… Sure do… Don’t know why - probably something I got from my mom. She sings all the damn time and I think I picked it up from her when we drove from Maryland to California when I was a kid.

2. Where do you like to sing? Why? Usually in the car… Hour long commute to and from work ya gotta find SOMETHING to pass the time!
3. Do you sing in front of people? Why or why not? Not in general but from time to time when I’m feeling silly I will… Don’t in general cuz I’ve got enough background in music to know that I’m REALLY BAD!
4. What’s your favorite song to sing along with? Why? Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin… LOVE that song…

5. What song is your guilty singing pleasure? Why? Sound Track from ‘A Chorus Line’… Couldn’t be more Gay - I know.. but I love it.. songs are fun and silly.. Also makes me think of my little sister - when she was in pre-school we listened to that song all the time. So much so that her teacher called my mom one day and said, while she knew where the song came from and it wasn’t a HUGE deal - it probably wasn’t appropriate for a pre-school age girl to be singing ‘Tits and Ass’ (Dance 10 - Looks 3)… Cracks me up…

Arggggg….

FUCK… Someone stole an hour of MY TIME… I HATE Daylight savings… Such an old fashioned thing and it only serves to screw up my schedule twice a year.. I’m sittin in this hotel all proud that I got up bright and early.. then I realized that some bastard stole an hour and now I gotta get movin..

ANYWAY…

The Strangest place on Earth.

So I did it again… Every time I get home from Las Vegas I tell people to SMACK me if I ever talk about coming back for fun agian… So guess where I am right now? Bingo… Las Vegas…. This place is wrong on so many levels I can’t even tell you..

I’m actually here for work ( this week is NAB ) so Randy, Rick, Kevin and I decided to come out the weekend before to play… We’ve actually been having fun so i’m not complaining.. Very little gambling… Lots of shows / good food / dancing / cocktails.. So its been good.. Here’s the basics so far:

First night:
- Dinner at Nobu
- Dancing at Ra
Second Day:
- Roller Coaster at New York New York
- Freemont Street
- Dinner at Il Fornio
- Penn and Teller Show
- Big Shot at the Stratosphere

Since we’ve actually had fun I figured I’d share some tips:
- Don’t spend the whole weekend gambling (unless you REALLY like gambling).. You WILL loose money… ya can’t beat the system so don’t try - they’ve been doing this a LONG TIME..
- Get ready for LOTS of bad hair, bad dye jobs, cleavage, slutty outfits, smarmy men, and everything tragic about this city / country.. But its kinda fun.. gives lots of fuel for catty comments..
- If you DO gamble - take advantage of free drinks… Drinks are free as long as you’re at a table! - Don’t go to gay bars… I REPEAT… Don’t go to gay bars.. They SUCK ROCKS… Don’t try… No hot boys.. no good music… bad drinks.. bad locations… This is not where the gay boys go - and if they do they don’t go out to the clubs.
- Straight clubs can be fun.. good music.. pretty OK crowds…
- Clubs at the casinos have dress codes - and they hold to it… Smarmy man in a bad suit didn’t let us in to one cuz we weren’t dressed to HIS standards (granted we looked better than he ever could .. but still)… No jeans.. no t-shirts.. no tennis shoes.. no shorts.. etc.
- Bring a watch.. none of the casinos have clocks.. ANYWHERE…
- Force yourself to go outside… they don’t want you to… but there is NO fresh air - even in the rooms - sealed chambers to promote gambling..
- Don’t think to much about where you are.. The city is SO WRONG and is all about what is wrong with this country… greed.. waste… debauchary… But hell… the fact that it can exist - even as fucked up as it is - is also pretty damn cool…

Now back to sin city..