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October 16, 2006
What I Did On My Fall Vactaion
I'm back from Las Vegas, and this is a trip report. Yay!
This has definately been, in general, one of the best trips with my family I have taken in a long while. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, though it was freaky to spend so much time with my mother and see how very much like her mother she has gotten. I hope I don't get all picky and demanding like that, as it got sorta annoying. But oh well, she's my mom.
While I was there, I saw...
1) The Blue Man Group. The show was every bit as fucking awesome as I expected it to be. It was funny, artistic, and the damn thing ended with a paper-throwing rave. How could one not have fun? I picked up one of their used drumheads from their store. Its got paint flecks all over it. It's neato.
2) The Amazing Jonathan. He was pretty well what I expected, though it was COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT that the show did not start until like 11 when it was supposed to start at ten. Really fucking annoying in that regard. But he was pretty entertaining. Definately the lowest rank of what we saw, and most like that... you know... generic Vegas act. But it was cool.
3) Penn and Teller. I got to be a part of the Penn and Teller Envelope Signing and Box Viewing Experience, which was pretty awesome. They invited everyone in the audience to walk onstage (which was neat, I got to see all the marks on the stage and so on), sign an envelope (which they used later in the show, we all signed it to, you know, prove that it was prepared that far ahead of time) and look at a box (people climbed into it, spun it around, kicked it, etc... and yet, when the show started, Teller just stepped right on out of it. Pretty awesome.). The show itself was pretty neat too, all magic and showing how the magic was done and talking and broken bottle juggling... I enjoyed myself. And Jonathan and I got our pictures taken with them. Jealous much, Brer? Heh heh...
We also walked around and looked at all the Casinos. Those things are fucking huge and really pretty. All the like... 200 dollar a plate restaurants I walked past were quite a sight to behold. In the good casinos everything was powerfully themed and the whole effect was surreal... which, honestly, is what I want out of a vacation. I want to feel like I'm in a fantasy fun land. Is that bad? I dunno. Top Honors go to The Venetian (where Blue Man Group plays), New York New York, and The Luxor. I really enjoyed all the restaurant decoration in the MGM Grand, as well as the sports bar called The Centerfuge, which was just... amazing to look at, but the rest of the hotel was extremely boring, so I can't give it props. I went and got a dollar chip at each of the casinos we went to (Well, I didn't get one at Bally's because they have the exact same chips as Paris). Seemed like a decent souvienir. And whenever I go on these collect-a-thons at random my parents seem to overly encourage me to keep going with them, so, you know, there you go.
The sad part of the whole trip is, though, upon getting home, I stepped out of the van and my MP3 player fell out of my pocket. When I got back inside, I found it would no longer turn on. This sucks royally. I'm trying to see if I can send it off and get it repaired, but the iAudio support site is less than optimal. We'll see what happens.
Anyway, it's good to be home. Time to catch up on interneting and play some Clubhouse Games online.
Posted by poetfox at October 16, 2006 11:26 AM
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