Vegas...the Pics!

Okay, I wanted to update this blog with happenings with my Vegas trip, but I thought it would be better to do with pictures instead. So my online photo album has been updated with new album devoted to our Vegas trip. Check it out here at:

http://public.fotki.com/namofni/nzs_vegas_birthday_2k2/

All 200+ pictures were provided by myself, Densetsu and NZ. Ward should be putting up his pics soon too.

As you can see, it was a ton of fun. Probably the best time I have ever had in Vegas. I dont think I have ever laughed so hard whenever I was just chillin' with my boyz and telling "Denny Crying" stories.

Anyways, I should write something about Vegas. You can read about it below...

Vegas...the Highlights!

--arrived Friday nite at 9:30pm, after a 1/2 hour delay and some idiot who took my seat while I was using the bathroom ON THE PLANE (I was flying Southwest). Okay...I shouldn't call the guy an idiot, cuz I dont think it is his fault. Its the JERK who sat next to me/him who didn't save my seat while I was gone. I bet he didn't say a thing! WHAT A LOSER! I kept giving the evil eye while we flew to Las Vegas.
--arrived at the Palace Station Hotel, which is WAY off the strip. I was staying with both Jon and Denny. This place was kinda ghetto...its filled with mostly old people but the food there wasn't half bad. At least it had a Krispy Kreme.
--Interesting moment of the friday nite: so, we are riding a mono rail from one hotel to the next (can't remember which) with this drunk guy in the back. He starts talking and muttling to himself. I dont really know what he said but something about foreigner and those not born American should get out. This offended the one of the guy in are group (he was Asian) and a shouting argument began. As quick as it began, our friend then mentioned that two months ago, he was in Afghanistan defending this country. Boy, did that shut that drunken guy up! (and everyone else on the moving monorail). It was going to be that kind of nite.
--on friday, we decide to go to a club at the Palms Hotel called Rain. According to my cab driver, it was the HOTTEST club in Vegas currently, and he wasn't joking. Outside, there were a large crowd of ppl trying to get in. Turns out, they were trying to get the RIGHTS to come in and LINE UP in order to pay a $20 cover to get in.
--since I was rollin' with my SF crew, we were going to get in. Not only did we get in, we bypassed the crowd, the line AND the cover fee! We had a friend with us who worked as a pool watress at the Hard Rock Hotel, and she knew the bouncer very well. Yup, it was going to be that kind of nite!
--this place was jumpin! Cool lighting and even fire spouting from the ceiling. Great music and sound system too. And of course, very beautiful babies all around.
--during the day time of the weekend, most just gambled or stayed by the pool at the Hard Rock. I spent my time shopping around the Balagio, Caesar and Aladdin look for gifts for friends back home, as well as checking that Star Trek Experience. Damn, I felt so geeky that day!
--the big nite was on Saturday, where we all hanged out at a bar on the strip called Se7en for NZ's bday. It was kinda a ghetto place but there was no cover, plenty of room for us 30 guys and easy to get drinks during the nite. And oh, there was a bacheurlette party next to us as well.
--that nite, I can honestly said I got really drunk but I had a blast. I got to hang out with all my digipen brothers (jon, denny, NZ, pornstarr, pennya and kydd!) and I got meet all of NZ's friends and they were all cool (except for that guy who kept humping other guys. He's cool but not when he does that).
--I GOT TO MEET UNCLE SHITSY! and he got to tell us the whole story about how he got his nickname over and over that nite. I dont think I can ever get tired of it. In case you are interested, here's NZ's version:

9.20.01
Bryan comes in from chicago. mac and i pick him up from the airport, and take him downtown. he's in awe by our city. he looks around at the girls like i first did when i got here. ahhh, yes, i remember the novelty of it all! He has to go to the bathroom, while we're downtown, so we take him to the cleanest bathrooms on the strip, Buffalo Billiards. he's surprised that we know which are the cleanest, but then, quite relieved that we do. As we leave the bar, i begin to talk about Pornstarr, and he says 'man, i want a nickname, everyone down here has one, i want one. i say "you can't just get one, you have to earn one". mac says 'and you better start doing something crazy, 'cause so far your nickname is 'uncle shitsy'!'. (hahaha, i still giggle when i say it) lucky for him, that name stuck!

--during that saturday nite, we were also suppose to hit a club called Light at the Balagio where we were going to meet at team of 30 female volleybally players. But it was never meant to be. Actually, we waited at Light for awhile before we decided to go, only to find out we missed them by 5 minutes! Doh!
--during the weekend, I had soooo much fun and laughed so hard! The best times were when we chilled out together and just started talking about the old days and how we were assholes to each others. Some of the best stories told were:
1) Denny and Boxy!
2) The Spooning Incident with Denny!
3) The "Dont Have Sex on my Bed while I was gone" Denny Story
4) Uncle Shitsy!
5) Denny and the Canadian Shoe Incident!
6) Denny and his Box of Chocolate!
7) How Denny used paper towels for notes in class
8) And the whole farting incident on NZ plane to Vegas!

--Oh Denny! We all love you man!
--one of these days, someone has to commit these stories to paper (Ward?!)
--DAMMIT. I HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME! Though I didn't really gamble, it was fun watching everyone gambling and losing so much too ;) The best was the last nite in Vegas, at the Hard Rock, watching NZ and Denny together playing Blackjack. They were having such fun with each other, all the other player, the dealer and even the pit boss there. We even got the pit boss to take our picture at the table!
--I cant wait to go back again or at least go see NZ in Austin. Oh yes, I will show up!

Vegas...the day after!

Okay...I already mention in an early post that I left Vegas REALLY early on Monday morning, so I can get back to work, only to realize how dead tired I became so I went home. What I didn't tell you was that Kahn, was back in town (he flew up for a music concert that weekend) and wanted to see a small group of us for dinner that nite.

We all had dinner at this really nice Italian restaurant in Encinitias. There was 11 of us and we all took turns asking Kahn what he has been up since he has left SD. He's been travelling up the west coast, to as far as Vancouver, BC, Canada and taking a lot of pictures along the way (in which he proudly showed that nite). It was a good dinner and a good nite of catch up. We were all glad to see him one last time before he moved back to Philly, and I am sure he felt the same.

I took pictures of that nite too. You can check them out here, here, here and here (or the last page of the Friends Photo Album).

What a long weekend!