2.25.2002

I went to Las Vegas and these are my favorite moments:

1. Sitting in the dark listening to Red House Painters' "Have You Forgotten" early Sunday morning and everybody sleeping and peaceful and I am sitting up straight and breathing deeply and successfully getting rid of my headache
2. Speaking with Carlo at Rum Jungle
3. On the way to the strip club, when Yosuke called the French girl a dog, while Martin was holding a beer with one hand and the steering wheel with the other
4. Exchanging compliments with Tammy, Karen and Reyna on the way to Las Vegas
5. Karen laughing as loudly as possible at the cheeseburger restaurant in Aladdin
6. Stretching at the gas station Saturday afternoon
7. Reyna says, "Do you think my sister-in-law dresses like a whore?" Brian says, "Yes."
8. Rum Jungle
9. Out of nowhere, Tammy convulses just before dropping me off and claims a "strange energy" is doing it

Things I did not like about Las Vegas.
1. Waiting, waiting and waiting to go back to Tropicana for my power nap while Tammy kept yapping with Jen
2. Not being able to climb the rock wall
3. Having the worst fight ever with Karen
4. Mike Reynolds giving me a guy-hug but I mistakenly use both arms to hug, and not just the left. I sometimes forget these rules.
5. Freezing Saturday night while sleeping and waking up with a headache
6. Being late to the strip club and not spending time there with Brian and Carlo
7. Not seeing enough of Reyna
8. Waiting for my fucking steak and eggs at San Remo