Roadtripping part 1
View from my hotel room at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
View from our hotel room in Zihuatenejo, Mexico
View from the condo in Forida.
Right. Where to begin. I thought--I really did--that
I would be this roving writer, chronicling my travels
each night and during my flights, "blogging it out"
like a pro. But I am not a pro, I am guy who goes to
bed, reads a book and passes out. A guy who walks on
the plane, fastens his seat belt and passes out. A
guy who thinks about wriitng in his blog and
realizes, "I need to do my screenwriting homework!"
(Yes, the class is in full gear and yes, it's not
like I need more to do.)
It's like that.
Las Vegas:
There were apparently over 5,000 people who went
to my work conference. I knew about 20 of them.
The conference in Las Vegas was actually super fun. I
say "actually" because it was a work function
and it was in Las Vegas, and, I admit, I
don't always connect "fun" to those places.
Regardless, it went really well. Apparently the
videos I did went over quite well and, well, the live
presentation that I was a part of really, really went
well. It was the first time in a long time where I
was basically responsible for driving a live show
forward (I was basically a host/emcee with some
comedic interviews sprinkled throughout to make sure
the audience was listening, kind of an over the top
Russian Jay Leno, truth be told. Okay, here's a pic
that was taken during my pre-show, where the audience
came in to blaring nationalistic music while I glared
at them and sipped vodka.
I did the set, too:
We also saw Ka, which was a really
interesting Cirque du Soleil show. It was more of
a show than circus, and I must admit it was
impressive mostly because the set and stage were
crazy. I mean, the cast did a great job
with the acrobatics and balancing, but they had
this crazy stage on hydraulics that was really
just breathtaking--or, correction: it helped
create some amazing, breath taking scenes. Let's see..whoa, here's
a video, turn down the sound and
check it out. We had perfect scenes--rumor has it
that one of our co-workers has an American Express Black Card and
apparently one of the perks is that Cirque du
Soleil saves a block of tickets for Black Card
holders just in case. Madness!
The stay in Vegas was busier than I thought it would
be and I wasn't able to check in with my friends in
Vegas. Whit and I will have to come back and
visit...we have at least one event that we should
probably check out...
Interlude:
I have been noticing something lately. I get a lot of
spam--hundreds and hundreds of emails a month--and
they mail is usually confined to some fairly
unsurprising themes: male performance pills,
vitamins...and that's about it. However, recently, I
am getting flooded with "work from home!" and "we'll
help with your impending foreclosure!" emails. I
guess people are already at home (maybe even packing
it up, sadly) and the spammers are figuring the
recipients are already home so but so
depressed that even the powerful of pills won't
improve the situation..
I obviously have a lot more to write, but I figure I
won't go for the epic entry right just yet (I gotta
eat dinner anyway). However, wish me luck tomorrow, I
am actually auditioning for a musical
tomorrow. Lead role. We'll see how it goes.
Coming up:
- DJ'ing on the beach!
- Mike sings leads with the local band!
- What's up with my hip flexor?
