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Viva Las Vegas
Well I’m a little pissed right now, but I thought it would be the appropriate time to enlighten you all on my adventures in Vegas. Fairly fitting I figure seeing as pretty much everyone I saw in my time in Vegas was either drunk, or gambling and on their way to being drunk.
Vegas is a pretty amazing town. Sin City was founded in 1905, and officially became a city in 1911. It has pretty relaxed laws surrounding the various types of adult entertainment. I’ve had a bit of a crush on Vegas. Every film that it appears in as a major character has me entralled. One such film is Ocean’s Eleven. Yes, the 2001 film, not the original, because I think both Brad Pitt and George Clooney are awesome.
I think I probably would have had more fun, and more adventures in Vegas with a few mates, but I did get to see alot of the strip. I managed to see the major Casinos I wanted to, marvelling in the wonder of architecture that went into each and every one. I saw the Venetian’s Canals, the Luxors Pyramid, the MGM’s Lion and New York New York’s Coyote Ugly bar. I had drinks in pretty much every major Casino. I ate at restaurants and bars, and couldn’t get enough. One of the funniest things I encountered was the hawkers handing out prostitute trading cards. While I didn’t actually indulge in any of the girls I had first hand experience with one old dude in the elevator bringing a girl home (enough to put me off the Vegas girls forever), I did collect a heap of cards. Pictured here is but a small selection of the wad of cards lining my pockets after a short stroll down the strip. If the girls look half as good as they do in the their photos they would definitely be worth it.
I stayed in Hooters, which raised the eyebrows of a few of my mates, but if there is one thing that suprised the people around me that hadn’t been to a hooter’s before, its that the girls working in those slinky tops and orange shorts are beautiful ORIDINARY girls. One of the reasons I love hooters so much. None of this stuck up bullshit you get in nightclubs, just normal girls, each gorgeous in their own way, doing a job and loving it.
I’ve had a great time in Vegas, and right now my boarding call is being broadcast over the intercom. It makes me a little sad as I would have loved to spend more time here, especially with a few friends but I guess it will just have to wait until another time.
Oh and for those who have been listening to me whinge about internets, check out the rude internet connection available for free at the airport. I love Vegas.
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil is one of those things I’ve just never really “got”. People rave about this thing, like it is some magical experience blinding to all shows that went before and even those yet to be. It has been placed on a pedestal so high that not even my expectations could reach it. To go along with that, the prices for the shows are ridiculous, adding to my complete lack of enthusiasm to see what all the fuss is about. I can’t move fast enough to the remote when ever I see another Cirque Du Soleil special on TV, scrambling like a soldier diving for cover from a nearby grenade.
When I found out that during the summer festival in Quebec Cirque Du Soleil would be performing for free beneath the underpass in downtown I figured: what the hell, I’ll check it out. And you know what? Colour me impressed, but in muted tones… maybe even with water based paint so I can clean up quickly once the novelty has worn off.
Basically I found the show to be street performers with a massive costume budget. The acrobatics and juggling and dancing was impressive, but nothing I really hadn’t seen a million times around the world, done by crazy hippies or poor travellers to earn a little cash by entertaining tourists. This is over simplifying a little. There were moments I thought: wow, but I think they were massively outweighed by the times I thought: meh.
I loved the costumes, and the music was phenomenal. I am just glad it cost me zero dollars. The show was well worth that price. More than worth it. Sorry to all you Cirque Du Soleil fans out there if you’re offended by my stance. All I know is I’ve finally seen it so you can all stop telling me how I should really see Cirque Du Soleil, but I probably wont see it again.