Vacation time can’t come soon enough!

As you know, I have a little vacation time coming up and I’m going to Vegas. I love that town. LOVE it. And when I win the Powerball, I might even move there. But only if I win big cause Vegas wouldn’t be any fun if I actually had to go to work so I’d have to be rich to live there.

Anyway…

I got this trip coming up in 3 weeks. I’ve been to Vegas, what, 8, 9 times? And there’s always something new to see. Shoot, there’s old stuff I STILL haven’t seen. And then there are new versions of the old stuff. Like the volcano at the Mirage. If you’ve been to Vegas, you’ve prolly seen the volcano eruption. Oh, but they changed it. I haven’t seen the newly, redesigned volcano, but if you look at the Mirage volcano webpage, it appears to have music now and is choreographed like the Bellagio Fountains. Treasure Island used to have a pirate show. Now it’s a song and dance spectacular with beautiful people that you stand no chance with. Now those are a couple of the free attractions you’ll find in Vegas. There’s just so much more to do and not enough time to do it. I’ll be there for three nights and that’s not gonna be nearly enough time to see and do it all.

But here’s my wish list…

• CSI: The Experience (love CSI!)
• Bodies: The Exhibition
• Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
• Stratosphere rides (I’m determined to finally get the nerve to ride one)
• Penn and Teller at the Rio
• The Beatles – Love
• The Eiffel Tower at Paris (every time I head out there, I plan to check this out. It’ll happen this time!)
• Poker (I play online but it’s time to actually sit down and play in a REAL card game. Unfortunately, my hotel doesn’t have a poker room so maybe we’ll try the room at Binions)
• Win lots of money on a slot machine just so I can get my room comped. I prefer table games but it can take a long time to win big at blackjack so I figured if I just drop a couple quarters in a one armed bandit, I can win and live happily ever after. Especially if my room is comped.
• Gold and Silver Pawn Shop (Pawn Stars, baby!)
• Get a tattoo and/or married after a night of drunken debauchery (c’mon, they don’t call it “sin city” for nothin’!)

Oh, this list is just the beginning. There’s definitely more to come…

R.I.P. Stardust – 10/31/06