Vegas: Day 2
Ouchie, head hurt in the morning. Had a rejuvenating omlet and a whole lot of coffee.
Tried some 3-6 holdem, they beat me down. Moral of the story? Don't play poker early in the day, they were mean sober players. Need to find tables late in the night with lots of drunk people tossing chips around like confetti.
Went to see Jarhead. What a sobering movie that was. Walked out of the theater and all I could think was, "That could have been me."
Took a nap, got dressed and walked the strip. Some of the construction feats they have accomplished here are amazing. Everything is so sparkling and bright. I passed a casino that had gone out of business and it looked like a complete wreck outside. It reminds me that the shininess and sparkliness requires a great deal of maintenance and without it, nature and people will erode it to ruin in a very short time. I watched the water show in front of the Bellagio... six times. It has to be the most incredible thing to see here, though I still have to go see all the shows. Watching it was so awe inspiring. The ingenuity and massive cost to make this thing happen every 15 minutes. Incredible. It was also a little sad. Maybe it was just because of the movie I had watched that day or something but the sheer magnificence of it, and the decadence of having this giant pool of water in the middle of a desert made me wonder if our nation will maintain such things as this for the duration of my lifetime.
Back to the room, ordered some room service because I was STARVED and I just missed all the restaurants closing. Watched Madagascar and Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the telly. Madagascar was likely the most lackluster Dreamworks/Pixar style CGI movie I have seen to date. Mr. and Mrs. Smith was pretty good. Angelina Jolie shivers me timbers.
Plans for tonight: Watch "O", eat at Quark's, go to Sapphire.
Tally:
poker: -$60
previous: -$138
total: -$198
Eric, I popped your dollar in a dollar slot and it came up triple bar, double bar, 7. It was a little anti-climactic. Russ, there are no $1 roulette tables so I think I'll go do a dollar slot in your name because roulette scares me.
-Aaron
Tried some 3-6 holdem, they beat me down. Moral of the story? Don't play poker early in the day, they were mean sober players. Need to find tables late in the night with lots of drunk people tossing chips around like confetti.
Went to see Jarhead. What a sobering movie that was. Walked out of the theater and all I could think was, "That could have been me."
Took a nap, got dressed and walked the strip. Some of the construction feats they have accomplished here are amazing. Everything is so sparkling and bright. I passed a casino that had gone out of business and it looked like a complete wreck outside. It reminds me that the shininess and sparkliness requires a great deal of maintenance and without it, nature and people will erode it to ruin in a very short time. I watched the water show in front of the Bellagio... six times. It has to be the most incredible thing to see here, though I still have to go see all the shows. Watching it was so awe inspiring. The ingenuity and massive cost to make this thing happen every 15 minutes. Incredible. It was also a little sad. Maybe it was just because of the movie I had watched that day or something but the sheer magnificence of it, and the decadence of having this giant pool of water in the middle of a desert made me wonder if our nation will maintain such things as this for the duration of my lifetime.
Back to the room, ordered some room service because I was STARVED and I just missed all the restaurants closing. Watched Madagascar and Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the telly. Madagascar was likely the most lackluster Dreamworks/Pixar style CGI movie I have seen to date. Mr. and Mrs. Smith was pretty good. Angelina Jolie shivers me timbers.
Plans for tonight: Watch "O", eat at Quark's, go to Sapphire.
Tally:
poker: -$60
previous: -$138
total: -$198
Eric, I popped your dollar in a dollar slot and it came up triple bar, double bar, 7. It was a little anti-climactic. Russ, there are no $1 roulette tables so I think I'll go do a dollar slot in your name because roulette scares me.
-Aaron
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11/14/2005 09:32:00 AM
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