Vegas Baby

Ok so I realize Im a little late with my trip recap considering I’ve been back for 7 days but oh well.

Vegas was fun and exciting as always but I could tell there was definitely less gambling going on. The streets were still crowded with people, the orientals were still taking pictures of EVERYTHING, the Hispanics were still at every corner handing out nudie cards and the Bellagio fountains still danced every 30 min. However, the tables at the casinos were far from full and there were plenty of open slot machines.

We stayed at the Planet Hollywood Resort (formerly the Aladdin) which was cool. The resort had 1200 rooms and every room has some memorabilia from a different movie or tv show. Ours was some cowboy movie from the 60’s and there were some outfits from the movie behind a glass case. I think the room next to us was an Indiana Jones room. Next time I will be asking them what rooms they have available before I check in.

The casino at Planet Hollywood was nice but not too big. They had a section called The Pleasure Pit and at night all the dealers were well endowed women wearing lingerie and there were two stages at either end of the pit with stripper poles and girls dancing. The point of this is to bring you into the tables to gamble but also to distract you from the game. After some extensive research I can tell you that’s exactly what it does.

The highlights of the trip were:
-meeting Lil Kim at the Roulette table and gambling with her for about 15min and then taking a picture with her (we were the only two at the table at 3 AM, I can email the picture if your really interested). Baby got back for sure.
- eating at Smith and Wollensky steakhouse was also great. That place is the shiznit.
- the Pleasure Pit
- a minor highlight was being able to watch movies on my ipod Touch on the plane (first time I’ve done this). I saw Role Model, Zack and Mira Make A Porn and Yes Man. Gotta love the Dutch Rudder (if you haven’t seen Zack and Mira, you won’t get it. Try the urban dictionary)

Lowlights of the trip were:
-my wife and I donating money to the casinos just as I had predicted. But for what its worth we did a little damage control and got 50% of our money back in the last 30 min before leaving for the airport.
-the poker cards just weren’t falling for me.
-jalapeno pepper at the Mexican restaurant

Overall it was a great trip and I can’t wait to go back next year (hopefully with some of our friends).


And then…….

Off to stimulate the economy

Well, me and the old lady (I’ve always wanted to use that phrase) are heading out to Vegas this weekend to help stimulate the economy. After reading about how bad Las Vegas was struggling and how the towns revenue and tourism had dropped by some 60%, I just felt so bad that I convinced my wife that we needed to head out there and help out the situation. So unless the poker and Blackjack gods decided to help me out, it looks like I will be making several small donations.
I will try to blog about my trip when I get back.

And then………

Four Dollars

That is what I have in my bank account. (As most of you can probably infer from the previous statement, it is a gross understatement to say that I struggle with managing finances.) After I came to yesterday after checking my balance I promptly started looking for the "mistake" the bank had made. The mistake, as it turns out, is that I accidentally paid one bill twice (like I said, finances aren't my strong suit). And it wasn't really a bill at that. It was a check to the church. Great. I had to call the treasurer and explain my ineptitude and ask for my money back. As if this wasn't humiliating enough, her reply (which she was very kind about) was "Let me check, I don't think we've ever had anyone ask for money back." Wow.

So if any of you are wondering what we are up to this weekend, know that it is nothing that involves money....on any level. We will just be sitting tight until our savings transfer is complete ( and praying that happens before the water bill comes out.) So big weekend for us...hope yours is better.

Lessons the hard way

Recently I have had the opportunity to learn some lessons, the hard way of course. For instance, I learned that Mini-MOI is not yet able to handle a eating a banana in her car seat. I, of course, overestimated her and thought this was a great idea at the time. I gave her the banana that she raised her voice 8 octaves over in the store and thought this would make her happy. Naturally, I was wrong. By the time we had driven a total of two minutes (literally 2 minutes) she had concluded that the banana wasn't all it was cracked up to be and proceeded to mash and smear the whole thing on her pants, her car seat, her face...she even managed to get some on the door, which is surprising given her seat is in the middle of the back seat. Yes, banana was everywhere. Note to self, "No bananas in car seat."

The second lesson is that Mini-MOI needs trickier pajamas. Some of you who are reading this who already have kids, know exactly where I am going with this. For others, let me elaborate. By trickier pajamas, I mean that she needs something that she cannot take off. These slip on pajamas, while easy to put on, are also easy to get off. When Mini-MOI wakes up, she commences to taking off her pajamas, followed by her diaper which inevitably leads to "pee-pee" in the bed. We have been lucky thus far in that we have had no "poopies" in the bed. I sit waiting, holding my breath on that one.

The other lesson that I have learned recently is that maybe I shouldn't have taught her the word "poop" quite so soon. Earlier this week, I took her to the bathroom with me and told her that Mommy had to go "pee pee" (somehow hoping that this miraculously registers with her and "POOF!" one day she will just get it and be potty trained. My, how my fantasies have changed.). As we were leaving the restroom, she decides it prudent to shout "Mommy POOP! Mommy POOP!" I am chasing her saying "No, Mommy didn't poop. Mommy went pee-pee." All in vain. Finally I accepted (for the 100th time) that the prudence I used to employ in my daily life is a thing of the past.

PS-I really didn't go "poop."

Interesting Find

After perusing the internet the other day I stumbled upon a site called eventchaser.com which claims to give you free tickets to events in your area if you agree to blog about the event. Now of course I was skeptical because it seemed to good to be true. Free tickets to concerts, sporting events, plays, etc just for blogging about the event afterwards -- I think you understand my skepticism. However, for some reason I decided to send an email inquiring about becoming a correspondent. Much to my surprise I received a response within a few hours and long story short I am now an Official Event Chaser!! In case you couldn't tell, I am very excited about this new gig! And as if getting free tickets to different events wasn't enough, I get to go see one of my favorite bands, The Killers, in concert for my first event chaser event! Now for those of you that the jealousy is too much, you can check out their schedule by clicking The Killers tickets to see when they will be in your area. You can also check out Razorgator to see other events in your area.

Nothing

There are days when I feel like I have nothing to say. Today is one of those days. So why, out of all days, do I pick the day when I have nothing to say to blog?

I don't know, just to annoy you?

Funny or Not?

So I was listening to the morning talk radio on the way to work this morning and the topic was “Ladies, do you prefer a hot guy or a funny guy”. All these ladies started calling the show and saying how they would pick a funny guy over a hot guy any day.
Here is what bothers me about this whole thing. So all these ladies call in and say this because it sounds like the right thing to say or they may think that they really mean this but in reality when they’re at a bar or a club, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR FUNNY GUYS, they are looking at hot guys.

So while it sounds good to say “oh I just want a funny guy”, how can this even be possible when all you look at is the blond hair, blue eye surfer dude at the other end of the bar with the Hollister t-shirt on. I’ve honestly never heard a girl say “oh, look at that guy, he looks ok, but I bet he is funny”. That’s because its hard to find out if someone is funny without talking to them, and its hard to talk to them when your mesmerized by the next Abercrombie model.

Now I, on the other hand, can be pretty honest about this subject. I would prefer a hot and funny girl all in one. But if that’s not possible, then obviously the best looking girl with the biggest set is who I will be watching at the bar regardless of how funny she is or if she can even spell funny.


And then…..