SIN CITY.

Before I left for Vegas I joked with a bunch of my friends and on this blog about how I was heading to "Sin City." What I've come to realize in the last two days is that this place truly is Sin City.

The Home-Wrecker
When I first arrived at my hotel, I was taking the elevator up to my hotel room and a couple of relatively attractive middle-aged women entered with me. I stood in the corner as they continued their conversation. And as I was standing innocently in the corner, one of the woman began speaking about how she has been "visiting" a man on Tues/Weds when his wife is at work. Yah, I was shocked. She pretty much admitted to commitng adultery and being a home-wrecker, and the most surprising part was how nonchalantly she said it. Maybe I'm just really naive but it never really occured to me that someone could treat their marriage so flippantly.

The Drunkard
Between a couple of the meetings yesterday, I took a break by going down to the casino floor (just to watch, of course). As spent some time watching the blackjack table rooting on some young guys who seemed to be doing rather poorly. A little bit later a group of young men passed by with their suitcases, presumably traveling to the airport. One of them was particularly drunk (at 3pm in the afternoon), and his friends kept pulling him along. But finally he broke from them saying, "I'm going to do it." He joined the table and dropped $500 on the table, "What the Hell, I'm going to put it all on one hand." He held with a 17 and the dealer went over. The man went crazy, he won another $500 and as he left the table shoving the chips into his pocket he screamed at the table, "Remember me! Remember me when I'm getting my divorce!" I'm not quite sure I knew what he meant.

The realization I've come to is that the characters of Vegas are representative of the city itself. On the outside, it's all glitz and glitter. Bright lights and tall buildings. Nice suits, thick wallets. High heels, short skirts. But on the inside, everything is wasting away because they are going ALL IN on the treasures of this world (pleasure, success, fortune). Unfortunately for them, when they cash out, these "worldly treasures" are meaningless.

it is now safe to move around the world.

So this summer I'll had a couple of opportunities to travel. A couple times to Boston, once to Tampa Bay, and today I'm flying out to Vegas. That's right "SIN CITY." Unfortunately, I'm too young to take part in most of the sinning that occurs there (I'm talking about the casinos people, get your minds out of the gutter).

Anyways, traveling alot has exposed me to a lot of different flights and hotels. So this summer I have discovered the joy that is JetBlue. For those of you still not in the know, JetBlue is a fairly new airline which has a TV screen and several channels for EVERY seat. It's ok to be amazed, I was at first too. But this new development has changed my flight experience completely. One flight I didn't want to get off the plane because an episode of ABDC was just ending and I wanted to find out who was being voted off.

In addition to developing preferences for particular airlines (I also strongly endorse Midwest, btw) I am beginning to get used to paying the small amount for extra room, showing up at the airport only 20 mins before my flight, and not checking any bags. I guess I truly am becoming a consultant.

Anyways, I take off in about 3 hours. Hopefully I don't get stuck next to a snorer.