the random thought files, Vegas edition
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moonwiseThings I Learned in Vegas
1. Women must dress like ho-bags whenever possible. Then again, since this is Vegas, there is a good chance that said ho-bag is, actually, a ho.
2. You will spend, at a minimum, $10 on breakfast, $15 on lunch, and $20 on dinner. There is no point in trying to spend less. You can't. Just try shopping around, it doesn't work.
3. The stores come in two types: Totally Sucks and Holy Shit, Look What They Have In There
4. Everything is for sale.
5. You will lose money. Duh, this is why the town is called Lost Wages.
6. MGM Grand has a fun pool.
7. If you're going out there to flush your money down the toilet anyway, you might as well take in a show.
8. There is a taxicab there somewhere bearing a "personal stripper in your room" service placard on the roof and a "I'm a doctor who will come to your hotel room" service on the bumper. Just so you know where to call for that post-stripper shot of penicillin.
Things I Found Amusing about Utah
1. The delightful hypocrisy inherent in outlawing alcohol throughout the state... except in special "resort areas" wherein all the heathens can get as loaded as they want.
2. You can see signs like "Steer Manure: $0.99"
3. "Town" is redefined as "gas station and scrapyard, with nothing else for 22 miles."
4. Those women with really boufy braids. Somehow they get their forehead hair to project out a good three inches. We thought it might have been a religious thing, since most of them were also wearing calico dresses.
Fun Facts about the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
1. The cabins look like they are made of Lincoln Logs, right down to the green roofs. Remember those, guys?
2. If you leave a pound bag of nuts in your Lincoln Log Cabin, a helpful chipmunk will carry them all away.
3. The North Rim is kind of boring. It's like "Hey! A big canyon! What's for lunch?"
4. There are no food bargains here either. Cha-ching!
The S&SQ and P&LB Method for Sightseeing
1. Locate national park/monument.
2. Drive to park/monument.
3. Walk around and take pictures.
4. Pee on whatever it is.
5. Leave.
#1 sign you have totally lost it and probably ought to be institutionalized
You think that Vash would probably love Vegas, but within 1 day would get run out of town on a rail.
I'm sure I will have more interesting tales to tell later, but I just got off the plane. West Coast time, la la la la!
1. Women must dress like ho-bags whenever possible. Then again, since this is Vegas, there is a good chance that said ho-bag is, actually, a ho.
2. You will spend, at a minimum, $10 on breakfast, $15 on lunch, and $20 on dinner. There is no point in trying to spend less. You can't. Just try shopping around, it doesn't work.
3. The stores come in two types: Totally Sucks and Holy Shit, Look What They Have In There
4. Everything is for sale.
5. You will lose money. Duh, this is why the town is called Lost Wages.
6. MGM Grand has a fun pool.
7. If you're going out there to flush your money down the toilet anyway, you might as well take in a show.
8. There is a taxicab there somewhere bearing a "personal stripper in your room" service placard on the roof and a "I'm a doctor who will come to your hotel room" service on the bumper. Just so you know where to call for that post-stripper shot of penicillin.
Things I Found Amusing about Utah
1. The delightful hypocrisy inherent in outlawing alcohol throughout the state... except in special "resort areas" wherein all the heathens can get as loaded as they want.
2. You can see signs like "Steer Manure: $0.99"
3. "Town" is redefined as "gas station and scrapyard, with nothing else for 22 miles."
4. Those women with really boufy braids. Somehow they get their forehead hair to project out a good three inches. We thought it might have been a religious thing, since most of them were also wearing calico dresses.
Fun Facts about the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
1. The cabins look like they are made of Lincoln Logs, right down to the green roofs. Remember those, guys?
2. If you leave a pound bag of nuts in your Lincoln Log Cabin, a helpful chipmunk will carry them all away.
3. The North Rim is kind of boring. It's like "Hey! A big canyon! What's for lunch?"
4. There are no food bargains here either. Cha-ching!
The S&SQ and P&LB Method for Sightseeing
1. Locate national park/monument.
2. Drive to park/monument.
3. Walk around and take pictures.
4. Pee on whatever it is.
5. Leave.
#1 sign you have totally lost it and probably ought to be institutionalized
You think that Vash would probably love Vegas, but within 1 day would get run out of town on a rail.
I'm sure I will have more interesting tales to tell later, but I just got off the plane. West Coast time, la la la la!
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Date: 2002-09-28 09:51 pm (UTC)I'm glad you had lots of fun. And if that last thing means you've lost it, let's not even talk about me.
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Date: 2002-09-30 01:56 pm (UTC)It's nice to have company in the "losing it" dept.
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Date: 2002-09-28 10:24 pm (UTC)And not just at the idea of Vash in Vegas. (Ooooh, there's a scary fanfic just waiting to be written.)
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:00 pm (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2002-09-29 11:50 am (UTC)Whatta bargain! I hope you picked some up for me while you were there. Steer manure is way overpriced in the DC area. ;)
> 8. There is a taxicab there somewhere bearing a "personal stripper in your room" service placard on the roof and a "I'm a doctor who will come to your hotel room" service on the bumper. Just so you know where to call for that post-stripper shot of penicillin.
Hehehee....
I've heard the hotel buffets (and the hotels, for that matter) are really cheap in Vegas... sounds like you weren't going to those though. Brian went to Vegas for a conference one time and they found out (after one of his labmates visited several buffets one day) that every floor of the MGM Grand has its own plumber! Heh... sounds like an interesting place. I hope you had a good time!
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:20 pm (UTC)We didn't do a lot of research about Vegas before we went, and as a result we probably got soaked, but the prices seemed pretty set wherever we went. The buffet wasn't bad, but neither was it good or cheap; it was about $16/person. We only went to the buffet once.
*grins* Each floor of the MGM Grand would need its own plumber; the place is HUGE!!
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:23 pm (UTC)We really didn't get off the Strip at all, since it was our first time there. Our hotel was at the far southern end of the Strip, and with the horrible traffic, we weren't inclined to go exploring... much as I wanted to, but I was outvoted 3 to 1. So, I'm sure you were right that if we had gotten outside the more commercial tourist trap area, we would have been better off... but it wasn't going to happen. Sigh. :) Next time.
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Date: 2002-09-29 03:00 pm (UTC)Welcome back !
Sounds like you got some sight seeing done even if not all the sights were as lovely as the others...
the shop just got in a pair of casino dice... I couldn't tempt you into buying those, could I ? ;) ...
You're right about losing, I played crap in a GBA game and steadily lost even though the wins didn't make it seem like that. When someone asked if we should play crap in a night club in town I declined remembering how the loss vs win statistic had been in the GBA game.
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:26 pm (UTC)Nah, I can skip the dice, thanks. :)
I'll post some sights when the pics come back. :)
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Date: 2002-09-30 02:42 pm (UTC)Did you win anything or was it all losses ?
I got your card btw, thanks a lot ! The snowy landscape looks lovely !
>It just made me think of the musical Guys and Dolls and all that, kinda nineteen-twenties and >hats and suspenders and that sort of thing.
Heh heh, me too ! The casino dice in the shop all but reek of cigarette smoke, speakeasies, Cowboy Bebop, green casino felt and tired Tom Waits'y tristesse. If the dice are still there come Christmas, I'll buy them myself.
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Date: 2002-10-01 01:33 pm (UTC)*grins* Those must be some interesting dice; the casino dice I saw were pretty ordinary red plastic dice with white dots. Nothing too evocative, there.
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Date: 2002-10-05 10:51 am (UTC)20 bucks isn't much at all. :)
Nah, the dice we have are red with white dots but they're perfectly weighted (as opposed to the non casino dice we have) and reek of the seedy casino world.
Vegas!
Date: 2002-09-30 05:58 pm (UTC)Re: Vegas!
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Date: 2002-10-01 11:36 am (UTC)But damn do I love Vegas. If only the Playboy t-shirts weren't $40... Lots of shiny things, though. Shiny, happy, good things.
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Date: 2002-10-01 01:31 pm (UTC)Vegas, however - I'm going back there sometime with more money. I don't think my life will be complete until my husband and I are married by an Elvis impersonator.