man, i slept for 13 hours last night and still feel tired. i actually got the most sleep among all the guys, since i left the club early friday night/early saturday morning. even so, i got to see the sun come up that day. to punish me for skipping out early, alan's brother in law (hanns) got me two whiskeys at smith & wollensky's. ha! i gave one of them to jeremy, so i didn't have to drink them both.
i feel slightly depressed today. it always happens after a big party and i'm left alone. the last time it happened was after paul's wedding. i wanted to see the bowling gang last night, but they were all occupied. hence the solo taco bell dinner. luckily, i was so dead tired that i just went to bed early.
so our systemC guru and modelling stud is leaving the company. i'm kind of bummed because he's a pretty good guy. now, he's handing off his knowledge to me this week. man, i hope i'm not stuck being the one to carry his torch, because i've got plenty of stuff to do, and i'm not sure i will ever know how to do the stuff that he's done. we better hire somebody to replace him, and soon.
oh, i forgot to mention that i sort of learned how to play craps over the weekend. i didn't play myself, but i watched some of the guys play at luxor. a very easy way to make money (and lose it). there was this dude in sunglasses who was on a ridiculous hot streak. he couldn't lose! alan and others doubled their money in a few minutes, and it was totally amazing. we spent half an hour there, and the guy rolled a 7 only once. awesome. some people have the best luck, it seems.
how much do you tip a cab driver? is there a certain percentage, or is it more of a set amount per ride? i have no clue on these things.
i realized over this weekend that i am totally a face person. no matter how hot a body a girl has, i just can't like her unless she has a really nice face. some of my friends can get over that and focus on other parts of their body, i.e. boobs or ass or something else, but for me, that just doesn't work. like at tao nightclub, when all those girls in lingerie came out to dance on the platform, one of the guys was all excited, and i just replied, "but they're all butterfaces!" hehe.
i want to congratulate my buddy alex (and his wife ellen) on their new daughter sophia. she was born this past weekend (hence alex's inability to attend the bachelor party). yay! now, nearly all of my married college guy friends have kids. boy, do i feel left behind.
one thing i noticed in vegas (as well as other places) is how different the world is now that there are flat-panel tv's around. now, there are video screens in all sorts of places. before, with tube tv's, that wasn't the case. but now that televisions are slim and can be placed virtually everywhere, tv's *are* everywhere. i think that's pretty cool; there's stuff to watch wherever you go now.
ok, that's it for today. back to this gate sim compiling. *pukes*
so friday morning, i met up with alan and ting at 8am (early!), and we shuffled on down to SJC and flew off to vegas. we met jay at the airport and shared a cab to the signature at MGM. the signature is this 3-tower hotel that's separate from the MGM grand. it's this "quieter" side of the complex, more for families and stuff, no casino or anything.
after unpacking and stuff, we had lunch at the MGM buffet. the food wasn't very good, but it was only $15. then, we head off for the pool. it was BLAZING hot, well over 100 degrees. i didn't go in, so i volunteered to watch over the guys' stuff while they head off into the water. the pools were packed with people, mostly family and frat/sorority types. luckily, i found a place under the umbrellas, or i would have roasted.
after everyone trickled in, we showered up and had dinner at tao (in the venetian), this swanky expensive asian restaurant/nightclub. the food was good, and i especially enjoyed these lobster dumplings. for the entree, i got this chilean seabass. i've decided that i don't like seabass anymore. it's too rich, and it made me feel sick. dinner came out to $104.01 exactly for each of us. yikes!
afterwards, we hit tao the nightclub. since we ate there, we got stamped and bypassed the line right away. that was good because the wait for the line was like 2-3 hours. !!! what was cool was that they had this bathtub, up on the stage, and at a certain point, these two hot girls (wearing nothing but a g-string and rose petals covering their breasts) got in and started writhing. and then, these girls wearing black lingerie got up on stage and started dancing. definitely nice eye candy, although their faces weren't that good.
we danced for about an hour, and then the boys and the girls split, and we hit our nightspots. we (the guys) went to T (sucky talent) and then SR (packed, but better). the big surprise was the peter flew in for 8 hours, and he was a sight for sore eyes. yay! i left at 4:30am on my own because i was so damn tired and needed gas for the next night.
saturday, i slept until noon. we had lunch at the food court (nathan's chili cheese dog and onion rings). then, we went to hooter's and played some craps, where everyone lost $100 really quickly. then, we took a tour of the Hotel (swanky place similar to the W in SF) and then the wynn, where we met up with jack and jeremy, who were in for a mere 12-13 hours. we hung out for a bit and then got early reservations at smith & wollensky's, this steak place on the strip. most of us got this huge bone-in ribeye, but jack and valmik got a WHOLE chicken. it was gigantic!
oh, by the way, friday night, i puked three times. i had three jameson's, two kamikaze's, two vodka shots, and some champagne. mixing = puking. this whole weekend, i couldn't catch a good buzz. i just got headaches and felt sick, which was a bummer.
so after S&W's, we took a limo to S, where spent the rest of the night. i left with teddy and navin around 3:30am or so (yeah, i know, we were weak sauce) and promptly crashed. they fell asleep in the cab even. and that was it for vegas.
alan and i flew back and landed down around 4pm, and i unpacked and plopped myself in front of the tv and crashed. i called up paul and nelson, but they were up north in the city, so i just got some taco bell and got food coma. around 9 or so, i just went to bed and fell asleep almost immediately.
anyways, overall, it was a fun (and expensive) weekend. i blew about $500 and didn't even gamble. everyone was saying how i'm the last bachelor now, and my turn would be the last vegas trip. hehe. at the rate i'm going, they'll all get old geezers when my bachelor party is held!