Hello From Vegas

[loracs]

Land of the Unreal.  Everything on the Strip is Big, Everything is Blinky.  I just returned from dropping stonebender and wild_irises off at the Mirage to gamble for a bit.  I'm sure stonebender will have something to say about his first experience at a live poker game when he gets computer access.

The 9.5 hour drive here was not bad.  A little radio, a little ipod music, a little talking and stonebender reading to me while I drove, made it all go by pretty quickly.   I hope the ride home on Tuesday goes as well.  

I'm enjoying alt-polycon.  It's a little weird since I have never read alt-poly.  I feel like a bit of a hanger on at times.  I'm having my shy moments now and then.  There are lots of very interesting people here, some I know, some I don't, but would like to get to know.  Only tonight and tomorrow before most people go back home.  Tomorrow night we have tickets for Spamalot.  I'm looking forward to it - not the drive down the Strip on the night of the Super Bowl, but it will be worth it.  

Driving is crazy.  If I ever come back here just for a vacation, I think I'd prefer to stay at one of the big hotels on the Strip. 

This is all very disjointed because I want to go to a panel in 1 minute. 

Comments

[firecat]

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[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that you came! :)

[clever-doberman.livejournal.com]

I'll bet driving in Las Vegas is like being in a constant rush hour. I've never done it.

yep, staying on the strip is the way to go, and then there's a tram that zips parallel to the strip to go back and forth.

and if you have time or inclination, it's worth going to Fremont Street, what used to be the center of Las Vegas in the long ago old days, because the light show is really fun.

but everything is fun, and indeed surreal.

I'm glad you two are having fun.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. If it means anything, even those of us who *do* read alt.poly feel like hangers-on a lot at those things. epi_lj just posted about it, and I *always* feel that way at cons, even though I *know* there are people there who are thinking I'm the one who belongs and they don't. People are funny things.