I have the same deal with Vegas. I have a really odd affection for that city.
Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!
'Potential'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
NoiseDesign - Oct 06, 2008 5:21:29 pm PDT #89 of 12685
Our wings are not tired
Barb - Oct 06, 2008 5:26:33 pm PDT #90 of 12685
“Not dead yet!”
I have the same deal with Vegas. I have a really odd affection for that city.
I've never been. Kind of curious about it. Lewis' corporate conference is there every year and he hates it, although he says it would be more fun if I could come along because there are things he'd definitely do with me that he wouldn't do with five thousand other store, district, and regional managers along with assorted video game bigwigs.
Whether I was there or not, he'd definitely not go for a naked cavort in the fountains of whatever hotel they were at last year (Mandalay, I think). Cost about twelve store managers their jobs. Whoopsie.
Pix - Oct 06, 2008 5:30:26 pm PDT #91 of 12685
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Vegas. Ptui.
Yeah, yeah, I know. And I do have a good time if I'm there with friends. I just really don't like the city itself. Feh.
juliana - Oct 06, 2008 5:42:49 pm PDT #92 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I do have a good time if I'm there with friends. I just really don't like the city itself.
Fremont Street is really the place to be for me, I found (though I would not turn down the penthouse suite in THEHotel Mandalay Bay. Holy shit that was nice). But Fremont is awesome, if way too far away from the Double Down. You can actually maneuver around the crowds! There's motorcycles being ridden in cages! There's cheesy music videos projected on the canopy!
NoiseDesign - Oct 06, 2008 5:45:07 pm PDT #93 of 12685
Our wings are not tired
Something about how absurdly over the top every single thing in Vegas is appeals to me. It's like American Pop Culture barfed in the Nevada desert.
Theodosia - Oct 06, 2008 6:18:33 pm PDT #94 of 12685
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I should try Vegas some day. After all, I really LIKED Disneyworld, which I wasn't expecting, so maybe the soul-deadening dread I feel each time I contemplate going to Vegas is misplaced.
PS Tucson is everything Vegas is not.
SailAweigh - Oct 06, 2008 6:24:21 pm PDT #95 of 12685
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I haven't been to Vegas to visit Vegas since the mid-80s. Since then, I've transferred planes at that airport and that's about it. I really need to go to Vegas.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 6:50:27 pm PDT #96 of 12685
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
As someone who is really hoping for Seattle or Portland, I feel obliged to point out that in the upper left coast, hot humid July weather is not unknown - especially with climate chaos. Mind you, there are coasts and lakes and so forth to escape to.
SailAweigh - Oct 06, 2008 6:56:54 pm PDT #97 of 12685
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
When it comes down to it, for me, it's really not the location that matters, it's the people. If I have the money, I will be there.
Vortex - Oct 06, 2008 7:12:11 pm PDT #98 of 12685
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
yep, sail is me.