Saturday, November 24, 2001
Okay...I've officially gone way beyond the deep end now. I've got more computers than appendages...but now that number is once again increasing. My new tally of computer systems is 9...yes, the number that comes after 8 and before 10. I'm nearly to double digits. Scary huh? (Should I mention that number 10 is currently being put together as we speak? Don't worry...it won't be done for a while yet. I'm buying piece by piece. But you probably should start worrying again when I tell you I don't plan to get rid of any of the others when that one is done.) :)
Friday, November 23, 2001
I held the family get together for Thanksgiving this time. Reason? I have the bigger kitchen out of all of our apartments. :) So everyone drove up from Tucson to me and I helped Mother fix the stuff. Was a pretty good day. Also got to kid my brother over the fact that it was his turn to host for the next big dinner, which would be Christmas. (Yeah right, cooking happening is HIS kitchen? That will be the day!) :)
To continue bringing you up to date...
While in Vegas, my Dad and I hit the Strip as I always like to do. Those who have read previous entries know I love the Fountains at Bellagio. They'll just so cool to watch. This time however was slightly disappointing. We hit them at dusk, so their lights were just starting to take effect. My Dad and I parked at Bellagio and then walked through the casino and shops around to the front to see the show. We happened to arrive just as one was beginning. We hit three more as we walked around the whole lake before heading back to the car. Right about now, you are thinking 'How could that have been disappointing?' Well here's how. It was the same song all three times. Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U", which is hardly my Dad's fare, so he wasn't to into the fountains, but I was. I'm not crazy about that song though, so seeing it three times was kind of a downer. But just seeing the fountains made me stay. :) I guess they were shooting some video with the fountains as a backdrop because there was a platform set up in front of the fountains on the lake that had a group of dancers that were performing to the music too. Plus a whole video crew was filming it all.
The next day we drove by and the trucks for the film crew were still there so we didn't bother to stop and see the fountains again. Although I would have liked to heard Bocelli and "Time to Say Goodbye". That piece IS the Fountains. :)
Anyway, we got back Friday night and I spent the weekend down in Tucson with the parents.
While in Vegas, my Dad and I hit the Strip as I always like to do. Those who have read previous entries know I love the Fountains at Bellagio. They'll just so cool to watch. This time however was slightly disappointing. We hit them at dusk, so their lights were just starting to take effect. My Dad and I parked at Bellagio and then walked through the casino and shops around to the front to see the show. We happened to arrive just as one was beginning. We hit three more as we walked around the whole lake before heading back to the car. Right about now, you are thinking 'How could that have been disappointing?' Well here's how. It was the same song all three times. Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U", which is hardly my Dad's fare, so he wasn't to into the fountains, but I was. I'm not crazy about that song though, so seeing it three times was kind of a downer. But just seeing the fountains made me stay. :) I guess they were shooting some video with the fountains as a backdrop because there was a platform set up in front of the fountains on the lake that had a group of dancers that were performing to the music too. Plus a whole video crew was filming it all.
The next day we drove by and the trucks for the film crew were still there so we didn't bother to stop and see the fountains again. Although I would have liked to heard Bocelli and "Time to Say Goodbye". That piece IS the Fountains. :)
Anyway, we got back Friday night and I spent the weekend down in Tucson with the parents.
Ok...now even I admit my blog is WAY out of date...so I guess I better catch you up again on what I've been doing recently.
First off, since the last entry, I've been back to Vegas again! COMDEX was the reason this time and my Dad went with me. Basically that means verbal and visual chastity belt went back on and I couldn't oogle the eye candy as much. :( But it was still fun and lots of funny things happened too. Like for instance, Britney Spears was scheduled to appear at the MGM Grand for the HBO concert. Well outside the MGM Grand, they put up this HUGE poster on the side of the Emerald Tower of the MGM. And on the poster was Britney Spears, midriff and all just hanging out there. And here's my Dad, ever the tourist, snapping a picture! He was justing trying to get the building but he shot directly at the 10-story tall poster! I'm looking at people walking by going like "I don't know this person." :)
Later that evening we hit Treasure Island for their buffet. The wild part was they must have had their Musak tuned into the Boy-Band station cause when we first sit down, they played O-Town's "All or Nothing", then came *NSYNC's, "This I Promise You", then 98 Degrees' "I Do (Cherish You)", and then Backstreet Boys, "Drowning"! It can't get any better than that line up! Oh, and I HIGHLY recommend the cheesecake dessert at Treasure Island. They had this awesome Apple-Cinnamon crust, with an actual layer sliced apples at the bottom! Totally rocked!
Anyway, we stayed at New York, New York this time, which was kind of erie given recent events. I mean, our hotel room wound up being in the Empire State Building so that in and of itself was a little interesting. There's just sooo many visuals there that remind you of September 11. For example, there is a huge mural of New York's skyline above the Reception Desk. And it has the Twin Towers promenantly featured. Then in our hotel room, there's a photo on the wall of the skyline with the Towers right in the middle. We had booked the hotel prior to the tragedy and decided not to switch reservations afterwards. But the whole experience left you kind of sick to your stomach.
On to brighter things though, the show we went to see....COMDEX....was actually not as big as I thought I shouldn't have been. I've been told it's been shrinking in size the last few years, given our current economic downturn I wasn't surprised. But appearantly they were able to fit everyone into the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). That's amazing considering it used to take upwards of 5 hotels and convention facilities to host it! And the LVCC's expansion isn't even ready yet so they were still in just the two halls, North and South (now called Central).
I still haven't taken any pictures of Vegas on ANY of my trips! I really wanted to this last time, but my Dad was along and was snapping away himself so I guess I can get those from him. It gives me a reason to go back to Vegas anyway! MUST GET PICTURES!!
That's all for now...Part Two of Catch Up coming later... :)
First off, since the last entry, I've been back to Vegas again! COMDEX was the reason this time and my Dad went with me. Basically that means verbal and visual chastity belt went back on and I couldn't oogle the eye candy as much. :( But it was still fun and lots of funny things happened too. Like for instance, Britney Spears was scheduled to appear at the MGM Grand for the HBO concert. Well outside the MGM Grand, they put up this HUGE poster on the side of the Emerald Tower of the MGM. And on the poster was Britney Spears, midriff and all just hanging out there. And here's my Dad, ever the tourist, snapping a picture! He was justing trying to get the building but he shot directly at the 10-story tall poster! I'm looking at people walking by going like "I don't know this person." :)
Later that evening we hit Treasure Island for their buffet. The wild part was they must have had their Musak tuned into the Boy-Band station cause when we first sit down, they played O-Town's "All or Nothing", then came *NSYNC's, "This I Promise You", then 98 Degrees' "I Do (Cherish You)", and then Backstreet Boys, "Drowning"! It can't get any better than that line up! Oh, and I HIGHLY recommend the cheesecake dessert at Treasure Island. They had this awesome Apple-Cinnamon crust, with an actual layer sliced apples at the bottom! Totally rocked!
Anyway, we stayed at New York, New York this time, which was kind of erie given recent events. I mean, our hotel room wound up being in the Empire State Building so that in and of itself was a little interesting. There's just sooo many visuals there that remind you of September 11. For example, there is a huge mural of New York's skyline above the Reception Desk. And it has the Twin Towers promenantly featured. Then in our hotel room, there's a photo on the wall of the skyline with the Towers right in the middle. We had booked the hotel prior to the tragedy and decided not to switch reservations afterwards. But the whole experience left you kind of sick to your stomach.
On to brighter things though, the show we went to see....COMDEX....was actually not as big as I thought I shouldn't have been. I've been told it's been shrinking in size the last few years, given our current economic downturn I wasn't surprised. But appearantly they were able to fit everyone into the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). That's amazing considering it used to take upwards of 5 hotels and convention facilities to host it! And the LVCC's expansion isn't even ready yet so they were still in just the two halls, North and South (now called Central).
I still haven't taken any pictures of Vegas on ANY of my trips! I really wanted to this last time, but my Dad was along and was snapping away himself so I guess I can get those from him. It gives me a reason to go back to Vegas anyway! MUST GET PICTURES!!
That's all for now...Part Two of Catch Up coming later... :)
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