Vegas toys with Awesome Inc.

(Note: Pics have now been added)

JT and JH Naners have weighed in with their takes on the Vegas excursion that took place a week ago, so I will not rehash their stories, but attempt to add to them. If you haven't figured it out already, the common theme during the trip was losing money and lots of it, but we still managed to have a great time doing it. The losing started Wednesday night, but so did the good times. As JT pointed out Syracuse and Michigan State have been added to our "Dead to us" list with the Detroit Pistons earning "You're on notice" status for their efforts on consecutive nights. Had those games turned out differently, this trip would probably have turned out to be the best yet (It was trip 8 for JT and myself FYI).

While there weren't any extra crazy nights during the trip, each one offered good times and a fair share of hilarious quotes that JT can post at some point. Wednesday was pretty slow going as we eased into the trip, but still managed to down quite a bit of alcohol before hitting the sack at a reasonable 1 am. By that time I had been up for 33 straight hours, which was a new personal record, and with the Dance starting the next day it was time to call it a night.

Thursday was pretty much the same with more losing and more drinking. Some of the group hit some bets, so it wasn't as bad as the following days, but still wasn't good. Syracuse's effort against Texas A&M led me to the Barbary Coast bar and the comfort of video blackjack and comp'd rum and Cokes. Ellis Island and their $1 beers (Light, Regular, Weiss, and Root) also aided my plan to forget about stupid Gerry McNamera and the Orange.

Friday was St. Patty's day and I'll just do this for a recap:

• Screw Michigan State (although now losing to George Mason doesn't seem so bad)
• Walking to the Stratosphere from the Wynn takes a long time
• Footballs full of Pina Colada are really good before turning into a job to finish the last third
• Finding a cab in downtown Vegas is harder than one would think
• Ellis still has a great restaurant with great prices
• Screw Michigan State!!!

JT recapped Saturday pretty well already, but I just want to reiterate how hilarious the guy dancing and the karaoke video of Play that Funky Music were to all of us and that MP was extra drunk that night to make things even funnier. That helped get our minds off of the stupid Pistons and JH Naners losing streak reach a day and a half. (As you might have gathered from his post, he was not able to end that streak before leaving Vegas)

That's about it for my recap.

BBL