liquid tapestry
i don’t know why i have such a block about writing about things we’ve done lately – i have a queue of events that have not been written up yet, from burning man to the MMW show last month – but it just seems so hard to put my life into words these days. it also takes a lot of concentration and memory to write these autobiographical posts (as opposed to offhand commentary about a link/some cultural event/thing written somewhere else), and sometimes i just don’t have it in me. this, however, is fresh and so i’m just going to bite the bullet and do it now. plus, inquiring minds want to know.
we left for vegas on friday at 6:30pm and arrived in the MGM hotel around 9:00. as there were 5 of us (me, jay, ben, whit, nicole), we booked a 2 room suite. one of the odd things about vegas is that even when you get a suite, you don’t have things like a coffee maker or the standard amenities you would have in any motel 6 in the room. they want you to have the leave the room for everything.
friday night is hard when you’ve worked all week and then traveled to get to your location. we considered trying to find a place to go dancing, but for us jaded ex-raver/club kids/DJs who’ve been to vegas several (if not dozens) of times (this is us in vegas in 1998!), the prospect of paying $150 for the 5 of us to get into some tourist club full of amateurs and 22-year-old OC-types with horrible house music was just not appealing. so we wandered around and just hit the in-casino bars at the hotels within walking distance, including an irish bar where we settled into some guinness and a live band. we were able to amuse ourselves until 3 or 4 am, so it’s not like we crashed, but when nicole’s sister texted to ask what we did, the response was something to the effect of “you’re in vegas: step it up or go home.”
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“happy holidays from las vegas”
NIN
there was something so perfect about hearing the crowd sing/scream along to Terrible Lie in the middle of las vegas that i have trouble even forming words around it all. or maybe it’s because i’ve been up since saturday morning that i can’t form words. in any case: AWESOME.
more photos and all the news that’s fit to print later.
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we are going to Vegas to see Nine Inch Nails in 6 hours.
i have packed: a lot of black, and glitter.
in fact, i have my black glitter boots on right now.
ready. to. rock.
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we just bought tickets to see Nine Inch Nails in Las Vegas on 12/13 and i’m superfuckingexcited (that’s what i spent my birthday money on mom!)
not only have i been wanting to see them for, um…. 15 years, check out this Wired article about how spectacular the show is. not to mention that the extreme dissonance that will be caused by seeing trent reznor scream about death and capitalism in america in the heart of las vegas is just too good to pass up.
you can download the latest NIN album, the slip, for free.
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we’ve been to vegas so many times know i’m starting to lose track. this trip was either 6. or 7. it doesn’t help that multiple trips were for the same reason with the same people and the same events: phish tour: and so those kind of blur together. this weekend’s trip was less blurry than usual (for some of us, not so much for others…) due to an alcohol-only level of intoxication, as opposed to the “i’ve been up for 36-48 hours and to every casino three times” level of intoxication experienced on other visits. i played it pretty low-key (i’m not really into getting raging drunk anymore), but my other compadres never fail to make spectacles of themselves.
the blushing bride, who was both uncontrollably laughing and crying at the same time for most of the wedding, was absolutely beautiful and definitely had the funnest quote of the weekend. when asked, after the 12.5 minute ceremony concluded, for any other thoughts, she turned around and faced everyone and exclaimed “this is insane!”
other notable moments included Hot Mess #1 (an honorary distinction) passing out on the floor of the superdelux 2-bedroom/three bathroom/bar/livingroom hotel suite in front of the picture window, wallet in outstretched hand, as though he was going to walk right out of the 22nd story window to the casino across the street below. also of great fun was taking the entire wedding crew to the Hofbrau House (german biergarten) where we proceeded to dance on the tables (polka, naturally), pound our beer steins on the tables so hard chips of glass were swallowed, sing so loudly multiple people lost their voices, and some of us let the band play spoons on our asses. i highly recommend the Hofbrau house for non-casino strip fun the next time you’re there. most of the rest of the weekend was either spent at the pool or a blackjack table, although we did also get in a couple of games of bowling and watch the Pistons beat the Lakers. all in all, an excellent weekend, and the pictures will prove it.
one great quirky thing about vegas: unlike other vacation destinations, you’re never sad to leave. you get there, you have your fun, and then you just want to get the hell out. you can only take so much.
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