Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Viva!

God, I love this city. It's six o'clock in the morning here, and I've already lost $15 at video poker but won $100 at blackjack while waiting for breakfast to open. Everything about Las Vegas is awesome - the gambling, the lights, the artificiality, the fact that you can come downstairs at four in the morning and find a bustling casino full of gamblers, the serious electric shocks you get from touching anything, the weather, the internet kiosk that's a new innovation since last time I came, the fact that I've still got enough self-control so far to stop playing blackjack for the moment and not bet all my winnings on the next hand...

Anyway, I'm going to go and watch cartoons until breakfast time, then go out exploring. And yes, I could have earned more than $85 by going to my job today, and not paying for expensive flights and the super-cheap but wonderful Gold Coast Hotel, but it wouldn't have been so much fun. See you all next time I drag myself away from the gambling!

9 comments:

Chris D. said...

Hum, I reckon you need a different pair of shoes in that case, to cut down on the static shocks.

A slightly weird and non-gambling thing that I would love to do if ever I got to Las Vegas would be to visit the Pinball Museum. Don't know whether you're a pinball bloke or not, but there's a chance.

Aileen said...

Yay! Way to go, Ben!

Dale said...

Make contact with the Portuegese photographer Lacerda. He'll have all the details.

Snail said...

I think Slinga will win it on Saturday.

Anonymous said...

Keep a lookout for Dominic O'Brien at the blackjack table.

Anonymous said...

I bet you can't spell Sangulkarer correctly!

Snail said...

Kick him up the butt. Ahem.

Anonymous said...

Have fun Ben. :-)

Dai

Snail said...

I rspect a guy who can bowl a ball and break someone's bat.