look at all the beautiful babies

the blog slacking continues, but at least i have been contributing some to my more project-based blog with josie. facebook continues to be a major time suck and i just don't see it fading anytime soon. various things have been going on in my life recently. i have certainly been more socially active, dating, meeting new people, going out a lot more frequently, etc. it's all been a nice change from the norm. with that in mind, i am quickly approaching what will surely be a life-defining trip to las vegas. i will be flying in with vegas veteran eskay and well will be meeting up with phil, erin, her sis and a bunch of their crew. we will be starting things off with the very un-kevin bottle service at some club on the strip. from there, i have no idea what to expect, but here are a few predictions:

• eskay will be forcefully removed from either a bar, club, casino or buffet
• i will lose a medium amount of money
• i will spend way too much on food and drinks
• cirque will not disappoint
• it will be too cold for the pool, but it won't stop me
• i will attempt to learn craps by watching phil play. he will win a bunch of money quickly, then i will play and mess up everyone's luck. i will then be booed off the table
• i will make it to the gym once
• my love for drinking from an open container will initially be sky high but quickly lose it's luster
• erin will put up with me and eskay in a very classy way
• phil will give me many looks ranging from "shut up" to "you need to stop drinking now"
• eskay's wild rollercoaster ride in gambling will be too much for me to handle
• it will be awesome to see kim after...at least 5 years, probably longer
• the sports book will be the best way for me to lose money
• i will do a shot with the midget at o'shea's
• i will start taking a lot of pictures but then become self conscious about looking too touristy
• i will miss jessie
• someone will make a comment about how they haven't had any vegetables for a few days
• apparently nobody on this trip has seen swingers so all of my movie quotes will go unappreciated

i think that about sums it up. i have had many people tell me to go see specific things, but there's only so much you can see in 3.5 days. i am really looking forward to this and have not been on a trip in quite a while. hopefully i return un-pierced, un-tattooed, un-married, un-injured and still have a place to live.