vegas notes (12/21-23) [Lester]

Day One
- Chopped 1st prize at MGM Grand daily NLHE tourney ($65 bi, 101 entrants)
- Bought the guys dinner at The Buffet at the Bellagio
- Best cab ride ever. Stories, advice and saw pics of a couple having sex in the cabbie's van. Conclusive evidence that we were in the same cab.
- Wynn Hotel, Lure lounge. Saw strange group of young "pretty" people. New TV show cast?
- Midnight-4am NLHE session at MGM

Day Two
- James wins 1st at Sux0r (luxor) 11am Limit/NL HE tournament ($30 bi, 55 entrants), knocking out Pilan in the process
- Drank nearly one and a half fifths of rum with Bob in under 30 minutes
- While drunk and drinking at least 5 more beers at the game, Cal beat BYU 35-28 (after the game, tried to direct all BYU fans into the ladies' restroom)
- Hungover all night--night hangover :(! crippled me in bed while everyone else played another early morning session at MGM

Day Three
- James bought us lunch buffet at the Aladdin (better than Bellagio, imo)
- Left buffet after 20 mins to play noon NLHE tourney
- 3rd place at Aladdin NLHE tourney ($110 bi, 45 entrants)
- Filipino cabbie on the way to airport bonds with Bob, as he is Bob's long lost uncle.

Misc
- Drank over 30 bottles of Coors Light between the MGM, Aladdin and Sam Boyd Stadium
- Vegas makes you pay, one way or another. Caught a bug while there and sick over Christmas.
- Diamond Cabaret is the new all-nude place to be, they aren't too "pushy" there. Also, there are free cab rides to all-nude clubs.
- Do not play table games unless either: there is a cheating type of edge or if you enjoy getting kicked in the balls/punched in the breasts.
- AA can hold up to win a 4-way pre-flop all-in
- KK can lose to KQ in a heads up pre-flop all-in to drop to 3rd

Hm. [Lester]

I was going to write up a post about family with the first sentence being: "So I have this hot third cousin." But am stopping it right there since nothing good would have come of it.

Merry Christmas everyone.

DANGER, RAMIREZ! (see original post below) [Liam]

Chris, I hope you read this before it's too late.

That plate is mine.
I constructed it as an automatic defense mechanism to protect me against vegetables in the Boylan home. Within a week it gained enough intelligence to fight peas with a fork. By the fourth week of testing it had...
well...
here's footage of the test run.

[LBo labs "Red Plate Project" 11/02/04]


Earlier this year I found out rather abruptly that it had learned how to fly. Haven't seen it since. BE CAREFUL. Dump the crisper from your fridge. We have no way of knowing what it can do or what it is up to.

The Dish And The Insanity [Chris]

What happens when you lose your mind?

I think I'll find out soon. You see, my dishes are the same style and easily distinguishable from other plates, especially if those "other dishes" are significantly smaller and red. Now the thing is I’ve recently found a significantly smaller red plate sitting alongside my original dishes, (OD’s) acting like nothing is up. I’ve used questionable interrogation tactics (which the U.N. might classify as “torture”) to get some answers, but to no avail. So obviously, one of the following must be true:

This dish is trying to infiltrate my OD’s, in a similar manner that the "Others" did to the survivors on LOST. I fear for my OD’s survival unless the child is given up.

Or perhaps my OD’s are evolving into smaller, red plates in order to avoid large predators.

Then again, possibly my OD’s became so cool that they're attracting groupies.

While I'm not discounting any of the above-mentioned theories, I really can't for the life of me figure out where this dish came from. Honestly, I'd rather remember stealing this dish from a group of Alzheimer's patients then have NO F-ing clue where it came from.

Val Kilmer. Epic B-Boy. [Liam]

I usually just bury my bad photoshopping after I blow it up to everyone on my AIM buddy list, but this one has to be archived... why? Because VK is in da house.


Here's the original source image lester sent me, and the body pic.

so... winter huh? [Liam]

I had high hopes for 2005, but it seems for me personally it was more of a 'building' year than one that will go down in the Liam hall of fame for any particular distinction. Perhaps speed. It's been a long time since I lived a year so aerodynamically devoid of regularly distributed landmarks or features.

I did pick up some knowledge of self I suppose. Also turned 23 in an unexpected place. Met some cool people. Re-met some others.
Twenty-three, though? Wow. I personally blame Mothers Against Drunk Driving for my sense of detachment from my own age. I don't fucking feel 23 even if the numbers add up. I feel about 19.999 with some 50 sprinkled in for good measure.
The problem as I see it is that I spent my 20th birthday thinking about how cool turning 21 was going to be instead of mulling over the fact there was a new guy in the decades column of my age. As such some part of me is still adjusting to the fact I'm in an entirely different ballgame now.
Besides, if I thought I was gonna be faded at 21, I had no idea 30 was going to happen someday. Camelbak and a padded cell. Fuggedaboudit.
This year I've reconciled that my status as a serially late-blooming procrastinator will likely follow me until my final hour, when I realize with shock and dismay that I was just getting used to planet earth. Surprise biatch!

This is all a bit heavy for a monday morning, though. At least by my standards. 2005 might be winding up but the old girl's still got a little life in her.

Reasons I'm glad it's december (or winter in general)
-Wearing slippers or driving barefoot while running the "floor" heater. This is my version of 'make fists with your toes on carpet' (Die Hard, 1988).
-Sweaters. Layering in general. Gloves. Scarves. Beanies. Thick stripes. The tasteful application of plaid. Elbow patches.
-The possibility of seeing snow at some point.
-Eggnog mixed with black coffee. One of the most underrated combinations since chicken and apple, or malt liquor and crime.
-The purchasing of hilariously well-suited gifts.
-Cutting out to help with decorations (read: Pretending like I'm not staying home to follow Winter CPL '05)
-Once I work up to it, Celebration Ale and Winterhook. It's been a thorough lager and pilsner year.
-Slippers.