For posterity’s sake
November 16, 2007 | Filed under: Humdrum
“A smile appeared upon her face as if she’d taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there.” ~Loma Chandler
There was something I had planned to say but now cannot recall and for once I wish that it stemmed from one too many vodka sodas. It actually stems from pure exhaustion. I hit that “I feel great! I’m wired! Let’s play roulette!” point at about 3 AM and since then it has been a slow descent into madness. I stepped off the plane from Las Vegas to San Diego into thick fog with a twitch in my eye. Every time my Eritrean cab driver started to tell me about the trees and the resort I’m currently hold up at, I thought my brain was being stabbed by a freshly whittled piece of wood. By the time I arrived, my brain was actually leaking out of my ass.
It was one of those nights where contemplating becoming a stripper or at least a table dancer in a Las Vegas hotel is serious conversation. Like how long would one be able to dance on a table top in platform boots before their back gives out? One of those nights where Pamela Anderson sits right next to you at a bar and then Jon Stewart comes over to chat and is as funny and charming in real life as he is on television. It was just one of those evenings where I spent a lot of time surveying my surroundings wondering who the fuck let me in here and then tipped toed around blackjack tables in flip flops and wondering what “Single deck” play means and weak cosmos, beer and a buffet fill me up to the brim.
Last night was one of those nights when I was asked if I missed what I had before and the answer is yes, I do. Because last night was one of those nights where I can just sit back and say, “Holy fuck, now that? Was fun”
Katie says:
i visited Las Vegas and went to a minor league baseball game. No really.
So is Pamela Anderson as funny and charming in real life as she is on television?
Penny says:
I love those kind of nights.
One of those nights when you realize that the line between the lucky and the unlucky is invisible.
Jennie! says:
Wait. You met JON STEWART?! I need to hear more, please.
Angella says:
YOU MET JON STEWART???
I am in awe.
And please tell me that Pam is not as airbrushed in real life as she is on TV.
Tara says:
Hey! I tagged you for a meme through NaBloPoMo. Good luck!
wunelle says:
I would have serious trouble making eye contact with Pam Anderson.
But I’d be happy to try (just so long as I don’t catch something from her).
LVGurl says:
Yes, nights like that make Vegas a very cool place to live. You know, those two nights a year I actually go out on the Strip.
Although I haven’t seen Jon Stewart in real life. But I saw Ben Stiller once…
Dagny says:
I live for those kind of nights. And with age, I have learned that one can only have those kind of nights every once and a while.
BOSSY says:
The greatest.
metalia says:
You’re making me want to go back to Vegas RIGHT NOW.