viva las vegas
After a successful beta launch of Movable Type 4 (which garnered 16,000 downloads in its first 24 hours), I hopped on a plane on last Friday with a final destination of Las Vegas. I came out here for the weekend to help celebrate Stassia’s 21′st birthday because if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right!
The first thing I noticed about Las Vegas was that there’s neon bling everywhere. Just getting off the plane at McCarran International, travelers are instantly bombarded with a plethora of advertisements in the form of billboards, jumbo-trons, and flashing signs with half-naked women (and men) on them. The space between the luggage return carousels is lined with nickel and quarter slot machines. All this is a bit overwhelming after a day of work, missing a flight, waiting on standby, and being in s state of semi-conciousness at 2am.
The bling escalated all the way down the strip, until I had just about enough. I think it is meant to keep you at a sanity level just above legally insane, but low enough to where you are just a money-spending zombie who needs no sleep. It’s no wonder kids are having such problems with ADHD these days, it’s hard not to have it!
Anyway, I stayed with Jessica, Stass and her family in the Luxor – the one that looks like a pyramid. We had a blast gambling our monies away, riding 1,000 feet up into the stratoshpere, staying up all night drinking (because we can) and general debauchery in Sin City.
Anyway, I’m in the airport on my way back to SF now, and dead tired. I think it’s a given that if you are in Las Vegas, especially for just one weekend, there isn’t much sleep to be had.
3 cheers for free WiFi at LAS.
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