Vegas

Ok, so this past weekend I was in Las Vegas for the Steel Bridge competition nationals.  Pretty awesome, right?  Anywho, neither Jay or I had updated with anything in a while, so I figured this would be a great opportunity to add some content.  Throughout the weekend, I kept a running list of things that were really ridiculous or things that simply amused me when I saw it.  To be quite honest, Vegas disappionted me a little bit.  Maybe that's because I don't drink and was only out for a few hours each night, but I didn't quite a whole lot of 'crazy' things going on.  Oh well.  Here's the list that I did come up with.  There are some real gems in here, though.

1.  I was in the Philly airport waiting to board and I see a girl in the seats across from me reading a book entitled "Desire Turned Deadly".  Definitely on my "must-read" list once I finish Harry Potter books 4-7.

2.  This one was while we were boarding and getting situated on the plane.  This dude sits down behind me and starts talking to 2 other guys I was traveling with.  When they asked him what he's doing in Vegas, his response was the following:  "Trying to fuck as many girls as possible."  He said this fairly loudly, and I would bet that at least 4 rows of people heard him say this.

3.  This one lady in the row behind and across from mine talked about food for probably 4 hours of the 5 hour flight.  Again, very loudly.  To the point where I couldn't hear the dude sitting next to me (who I'll get to next), but I could hear her.  From what I gathered, she enjoys chicken very much, primarily due to its richness in protein, and knows of many different dishes employing the meat.

4.  The dude sitting next to me.  Nice dude.  Weird dude.  I'm getting the feeling more and more that those two go hand in hand.  Take me for instance.  Anyway, back to the guy sitting next to me.  Could not hear a thing he said to me at all.  Ever.  I just nodded and smiled everytime he said something basically.  Even when he interrupted me reading to say something that was likely inconsequential to me.  That's right, dude just started talking to me (multiple times) when it was blatantly obvious that I was reading.  As we were descending, dude busts his phone out and shows me his garden or something and says that's what he's going home to, like I'm supposed to be sympathetic or impressed or something, not really sure.  Now that I'm typing this all, he seems much weirder.

5.  I laughed out loud (LOL, if you will) for this next one.  I was swimming in the pool at our hotel when this two little kids come up to go swimming.  They are brothers, the oldest is probably 10 and the other a few years younger.  The oldest goes into the pool, but the younger doesn't because there was some leaves and other minor debris in the pool.  In an attempt to convince the younger to get in the pool, the older says "Don't judge a book by it's cover.", to which the younger replies "It's not a book, it's a pool".  Best kid.

6.  Driving down the strip, I see a dude wearing a turban, on rollerskates, and playing electric guitar.  Not being quick enough to get a picture of this specimen will be one of my life's greatest regrets.

7.  We went out Saturday night checking out the various casinos.  Getting on the tram from Mandalay Bay to go to Luxor we see and hear (they were really loud) this large group of girls walking up.  I'm not really sure what they were saying, buuuuut they were all wearing something around their neck that was definitely penis shaped.  I initially thought it was some sort of dildo necklace, but upon further inspection realized it was some sort of cup, possibly a shot glass?  Who knows.  As we get off at our stop, I hear one of these girls say:  "So who's using the rabbit tonight".  They unfortunately stayed on the tram, but I would have loved to see where that conversation was going.  Hopefully some type of catfight to see who had the privilege of playing with their pet rabbit that evening.

8.  Go to the Luxor, walk in, and see girls dancing on stage basically right in front of the blackjack table.  Weren't that good looking in my opinion, but just the concept itself blew my mind until we left that casino.

9.  After I only losing $10 at the Bellagio, we decide to leave.  On our way out, we walk past this couple.  All we hear the dude say to his girlfriend or whatever as we walk past is "suck my dick".  I have absolutely no idea what context that was used in, whether anything came before or after, and quite honestly I don't care.  Couldn't have been any greater timing for us to walk by.

10.  I was really bored Sunday before our flight so I walked across the street to check out the Hard Rock casino, as I hadn't got a chance yet.  I walk in, and every single girl is wearing a freaking bathing suit.  No joke.  It was kind of surreal.  Can't really explain it.  But it was almost kind of weird at the same time.  Anyway, I'm walking around looking to gamble, and I'm doing what I normally do when I'm walking around a place like this by myself...start messing with my phone as if I'm texting or something, to make me seem like slightly less of a loser than I normally would.  Too bad it backfired on me and some really drunk girl came up to me and asked if she could use my phone.  Add this one to the list of really awkward social situations I always seem to find myself in.  

That's pretty much it.