Crips (and i don't mean gang members or Jennie Ho!)

Last week was a bit of an annoying time for me and handicapped people. I had two instances that just drove me nuts. On Monday i was leaving the Palms minding my own business when this guy and woman in a wheelchair (i'm assuming it's his wife) just stop right in front of me for no reason (so my mutant power has somehow manifested itself to be able to attract bad walkers as well as bad drivers). So i slip by them on the right side (between the guy and a chair at a slot machine) and then suddenly both of them are giving me attitude! I was like what the hell? They're yelling at me saying i should have gone around them on the left side so i told them that they're not in a parking lot so they shouldn't have stopped. Then a few days later, i was driving home and this car kept continually getting in my way and was like like 20 in a 35 and there were just enough cars coming from the other way to keep me from going around them. They were driving a Chevy Malibu (the new ones) so i knew they could have gone faster (those things can move!). So as my luck would have it, they drive all the way to my apt complex and park right beside where i need to park (i had to go to the mail room). I parked after them, got to the mail room, sorted my mail and even got all the way back to my car and they hadn't even gotten out yet! As they're getting out as i'm getitng ready to leave i see it's an old guy and his handicapped wife (common theme) and he's BITCHING at his grandkids (i'm assuming were) at why they weren't helping grandma out of the car.

On a lighter note, it was GAMBLING TIME last week! I gambled more last week then i have the entire year..... and didn't spend a dime (well except on gas)! I had gotten a free slot credit voucher from the Wynn ($10 a week) so i went on Monday (before the Palms people with attitude) and played my $10 and won $30. I also put in a bet for the Hurricanes to win the Stanley Cup (which they did) so i won another $20 on top of that. Wednesday i went to the Palms for my free Megabucks slot pull (Please God let me win that so i can just be a bum!) and won $150 on one of my spins (you get two). So i was sitting pretty last week.

Buuuuuuuut wait, it gets better this week! Today (monday) i went with a coworker to the Wynn again and got a free dinner (he had enough slot points to get us both a free buffet). Then Bob graciously let me play with his wife's slot card (she's out of town) so i had $75 in free slot credit. With that credit, i won $40 and decided to try my luck at Wheel of Fortune. The Wheel was not too kind for most of the day. I lost practially everything. A guy 3 seats down from me hit the Spin and hit the 1000 credits mark (the most on the bonus wheel for those of you who don't know what i'm talking about, Sarah) which on a $0.25 machine equals $250! I was like, "dude! i've never seen anyone hit that!" As i'm trying to look to see if he had actually hit the 1000, a chinese woman gets in my way (so now my mutant power has mutated to people just getting in my way when i'm trying to look in a specific direction). So back to me. I'm losing all $40 till i'm down to my last three dollars (i had gotten one spin in that time frame for 20 credits, the lowest number on the board) and i was talking to a guy beside me on how they just tease you with that to get you to gamble more. As i push my way down to $2, i hit the spin again! I was sure i'd get 25 credits this time (the second lowest amount and very teasingly beside the 1000 credit mark). As i'm waiting for it to stop on the 25, i notice that the 25 has stopped one left of the middle..... i won the 1000 credits! First i was speechless, then i screamed because i won, then screamed again because the guy beside me punched me to exclaim how i won the 1000! So i took that as a sign to stop :) I made all the necessary points for me to get more free slot credit at the Wynn month so i'll be happy gambling on their money for a while (and hopefully hustle a room out of them or something :)

Next post JB on the News and crazy stuff it is!

Damn Computer, Damn Time Zone

I've had the fortune of never having had to go to Allentown, PA. Due to misfortunes beyond her control, my good friend Sarah has been exil.... stationed there. But if she's lucky, she'll soon become an imperial stormtrooper for the Dark Empire (Micro$oft).

Today exemplifies why we should buy Mac computers. I don't know if it was the Hick Allentown air or what, but Sarah ran into problem after problem trying to get her wireless network to work. This is of course after getting it to work flawlessly. So Thank God one of her neighbors has an unencrypted network so we just leeched off him ha ha. Never have problems like that with a Mac.

One thing i forgot to mention was that i spent over $100 on Saturday having lunch and buying necessities. I had some goooooooood Sushi as always at Sushi Mon. The store itself has some drama. If you go to sushimon.com it's not for the sushi mon i go to. Apparently the two stores have some kind of fight with each other so it's kinda weird. That was about $25. Then i had to get gas. That was $45! And then i had to buy some things from the grocery store.

I finally got around to watching the finale of 24 last week. I don't think the last episode or two was really in real time. (SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT) If it is, i'd like to know how the chinese were able to kidnap Jack, sneak him out without anyone seeing him, beat him up (a lot) and sneak away on a BIG SLOW moving sail barge all in 12 minutes! I still have yet to watch the My Name is Earl finale (God i love having a DVR), but i'll get to it this week sometime.

I went to get my free Megabucks spin today at the Palms, but someone won the $20million jackpot at 2pm today! At this place called the Cannery......... And i'm sure you're wondering what the hell is the Cannery? Even I've never been there (it's on the North side of the City). You can see it here
http://www.cannerycasinos.com/home.html
I didn't win anything this time. Doh!

Remember it's the number of Beast tomorrow! 6-6-06 so it gives movie companies excuses to release crappy movies on Tuesdays and for people to sacrifice and eat cats even if they're not chinese.

b!

Useless Links (as opposed to Freaky Links)

And to all you tv watchers, that was the name of one of the many crappy shows put out by Fox .

This weekend i had soooo much time on my hands (no visitors or things that couldn't wait ha ha) that i slept too much, ate too much, watched too many movies, exercised too little, and surfed the web too much.
Some funny (for me) things i stumbled upon were these links:

(Work safe but may make you the butt of jokes if people see you watching them ha ha)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYNBIMcUGA Is a Hole In One that almost looks fake (but cool)
http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/index.blog?entry_id=1491530
Geeks with WAY too much free time on their hands

Getting back into the workout groove is going well. I'm feeling less winded when doing my workouts so that's good and i can feel my legs getting their strength back. I've had a minor problem with my knees aching some so i'm switching to Stair climbing and ellipse machines for the next week or two. A ligament or tendon on the outside of my right knee is also sore so i'll wear my brace for a while too. Other than that, things are going well. I might be brave or crazy enough to try running a few times with the Las Vegas Running Club (it's free and weekly, but it's a Las Vegas summer!) in a few weeks once i get in good enough shape that i can beat a crippled person on a 100 yard dash. Susan's brother Andy wants to write up an exercise and diet program for me to get in really good shape. I'm sure i'll talk to him soon about that (he knows his stuff from losing 30 lbs while gaining muscle in the last 7 months or so).

Back to the Palms tomorrow and i'll see if i'm still loved by my security guard friends

b!