I'm baaaaaa-aaaaack! Oh, how I've missed you FOD people! *Hugs you all* Eeek, I had so much fun! In an attempt to keep up with my diary, I made a travel log while I was in Vegas, and I'll now type it here:
Date: 8-10-02
My feet hurt. My neck hurts. It's ridiculously hot. But the scenery is awesome and I'm having a blast. All this can only mean one thing-- I'm in Las Vegas! I got 2 hours of sleep last night, and then it was off to Bishop Airport. Apparently, I was even more nervous about flying than I usually am because when I stepped onto that plane, my stomach dropped faster than it did on the Power Tower at Cedar Point! I even asked my brother to grab me an extra barf bag. But, thank God, I never puked during the whole 11 minute flight! *Does victory dance*
Then we landed at the Detroit Metro Airport, and I tried to buy some Pepto Bismol at a store that seemingly had everything... but they didn't have that. So I got a bag of Chex Mix and I felt better. Then we boarded the plane and haf a four-hour flight during which I listened to the Newsies soundtrack, Avril Lavigne and sad country songs. I also pulled a muscle between my neck and shoulder. Ow.
After we'd landed, we picked up our rent-a-car, then headed over to the Excalibur for breakfast. When we were done eating, we looked for Harry Potter-type stuff for me to get my picture taken with, then went to the Luxor and played stuff like Skee-Ball, air hockey and Crazy Taxi. There, Zach stood on top of a flight of stairs and dropped a quarter onto my head to get my attention. *Glares* Ow.
Next, we came to the Rivera to check in. Zach and I pretended not to know Dad while he did his crazy-looking back excersises, then went to the California Pizza Kitchen @ the Mirage for dinner. There, we played Hangman and ate pizza & soup. Then we drove the Strip, with Zach up front with his freakin' music.
Date: 8-11-02
Today we woke up @ 9:00 and headed over to Pharo's Pheast (the Luxor Buffet). Those Ancient Egyptian didn't know how to spell. It was good eatin'. After hanging out at the Mirage for a while, we took the moving sidewalk to Caeser's Forum Shops. Now, I've said it before and I'll say it again-- I LOVE CAESER'S FORUM! We went to FAO Shwartz (the giant toy store) and had a lot of fun talking to the crazy employees. Just as we were about to leave, I noticed a dimly lit room and decided to go in.
Well, was I ever glad I did... BECAUSE IT WAS THE HARRY POTTER ROOM! There was a TV playing the Harry Potter movie while the soundsystem played the Harry Potter soundtrack. The books were lined up against every wall. There were ceramic figurines of the characters acting out Sorcerer's Stone scenes, huge stuffed Hagrids, Fred and George action figures... it was the coolest thing I've ever seen! One of the best things there was the talking/moving Fat Lady portrait. She was like, "Password?", "You're not in Gryffindor!" and "What was the point in waking me up?" I would have bought her, but I only had $40 & I wanted to buy my mom a Mirage shirt. After a lot of pondering, I decided on a doll of Hermione who comes with Crookshanks and a lot of other cool stuff. So I got out my $23 and got in line to pay for it when I heard the cashier screech, "Oh my God! You're Marc Anthony!" I looked up and, sure enough, there was Marc Anthony with who, I assumed, were his wife & little girl. I accidentally stepped on his foot, but it was cool to meet him!
Next we went to dinner at the Rio Buffet. That night, Dad went to his conference, so Zach and I hung out in the room and rented Spider-man.
Date: 8-12-02
Um... I kind of got behind in my travel log. But I think this day went kinda like this:
Dad had an early conference, so Zach and I went to the Rivera food court and ate French toast sticks from Burger King. Then we came back to the room and watched this show... In it, there were these cats, bats and a singing cricket. Then this real kid comes on the screen and goes, "Me and my step-dad went to this basketball court and I couldn't get the ball through the hoop. So I tried a soccer ball, and that didn't work either. So my step-dad said 'Let's go,' but I said, 'One more try!' and I got it through the hoop! I was so happy and I started going, 'BEANS AND RICE! RICE AND BEANS! BEANS AND RICE!'" Zach and I looked at each other like "What?" and then started cracking up. That was cool.
Then we drove out to this chocolate factory called Ethel M.'s that we go to every year. You get free chocolate, and if you put a fake mousdache on, you can go back in and get more free chocolate. *Nods* Then we went to the Mirage Buffet and I got my mom's shirt for her.
By night-time, we thought it'd be cool to see the water show @ the Bellagio, so we stood & gawked at the awesomeness of the water rising and falling to "Proud to be An American". Then we walked around town, and Zach kept picking up all this lesbian porn from weirdos on the street, and he was talking like a jerk to me, so I got really mad and, without thinking, ran off. That probably wasn't a good idea because it took Dad and Zach quite a while to find me. But what a perv.
Continued in next entry...
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