Two Nights Worth Writing Home About
I made it to Vegas in one piece! Hooray!
But let me get back to Wednesday night, since I have to say that the Pinback show at the Belly Up was really good even if I didn’t get to hang with The Guy I Really Like. On Monday night when I went to FM 94/9’s CD listening party, I met Sara, the band’s rep from the record company. She’s from Chicago and seemed really nice. So I saw her at the show and we ended up hanging out for the night. Good times. Except we were hanging out in the reserved section with some VIP’s (read Halloran and Tom Delonge from Blink) when some sort of scuffle broke out and there was broken glass and people getting 86’d by security. That was not cool. Eh, it didn’t distract me from how good the band sounded. My favorite songs from their set were “AFK” and “Fortress”. Of course, the crowd went wild when they did “Penelope”. But that was to be expected since that is their most popular song.
Enough of that, you want to know about Vegas. We (Heather, Randy, and I) left for Vegas at 1pm and got here by 5.30pm - excellent time. And we all had a beer and then I left to go get groceries. I made fried rice and we grilled a few steaks and then it was off to the Nugget. After a couple of hours playing video poker and slots, we headed to the Horseshoe and played blackjack until about 2am.
So Heather’s man, Randy is super cool. I don’t always agree with her taste in men, but this one’s a winner. And all my apprehension about this trip dissolved somewhere between Barstow and Primm. I have had a great time so far!
And as an added bonus, I did get to talk to The Guy I Really Like. I feel kinda lame that I called him but I am glad I did. It just makes for a perfect ending to a stellar day.
