So this past Sunday, I left for Las Vegas with my brother Ben and then
came back to reality yesterday evening. My other two brothers
were suppose to go as well, but for whatever reason at the last minute
they couldnt find a cheap package. Anways on to one of the
most incredible time of my life thus far...
Sunday:
After a 3hr plane ride in the exit row, which I higly recommend
when flying coach, a lot of leg room...I walk into an airport filled
with excitement and gambling, a lot nicer than O'hare! Getting a
picture of the strip flying into Vegas would have been awesome, but I
didnt have a window seat and the guy sitting there was sleepy and
grumpy so I didnt want to bother him. We took a cab to our hotel Ballys Las Vegas Hotel & Casino,
one of the older hotels...but you would not think that walking into it
and around it, just gorgeous inside! After unpacking and cleaning
up, we headed downstairs to the casino, I immediately sat down at a
roulette table with my brother where beautiful waitresses bring you
free drinks all night. We then went next door to the Paris hotel....ok,
I havent been to Paris, but just by the look and experience you have in
this hotel...I cant imagine what the real deal is like....its unreal
there, total different world. We capped off the night by going to
Freemont St, its the older original part of vegas, where Frank Sinatra
and the mob hung out back in the day...everything there is generally
cheaper too. After my first night in Vegas, I quickly learned
that you can go and do WHATEVER you want, and they dont care...I was
never once told I couldnt be in a particular "private area" or couldnt
do something.
Monday:
Woke up around 10am, we dedicated today to walking up and down the stip visiting various hotels. We went to the Bellagio
hotel first, I know its going to sound like I am repeating myself, but
it really is hard to describe the size and look of these giants.
Inside each hotel there is a certain theme to it, and this one of
course by its name has an Italian theme, and it really has the look and
feel as if you were in a palace. There are various restaurants
and shopping malls through out the hotel, but the coolest thing I saw
was this HUGE attrium that had a theme of Fall flowers, trees, and
other natural wildlife in it...beautiful...you were able to smell all
of the flowers hundreds of feet away. On the way down the strip,
we stopped at Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Excalibur, Luxur, and then crossed the street to MGM Grand.
On the way back to our hotel we stopped at the Luxor breakfast
buffet. Ok so the buffets at these hotels are well
incredible...the food is delicious, the buffets are gigantic, and the
price is only $15 and it fills you up all day. I went searching
for a low, no-limit poker game, and I found one..sat down with $40 and
walked out 45min later with $170...they were rookies. We walked A
LOT that afternoon so we went back to our hotel and hung out in the
Sports Book, where we split a couple buckets of beer and watched Monday
Night Football. My brother had bought me tickets to this show
Fantasy back at the Luxor hotel, so we took the mono-rail there...and
yes these women were topless and gorgeous! I went back to the
poker table after the show, my brother went back to the hotel, and I
ended up sitting there for close to 4 hours...and ended up winning
another $250. I totally got lost on the way back to the hotel
that night, not really outside on the stip, just in the hotel
casinos...theyre big like that!
Tuesday:
After a few too many Jack and Cokes at the poker table the night
before, I woke up with a headache, but not really hung over.
After everyone talking up the Mandalay Bay
buffet thus far, we decided we had to try this buffet, so we got there
around noon. This had to be the best food I have ever eaten in my
entire life. The ribs, the chicken, the mashed potatoes, the
vegetable, the meatballs(wow!), even the fruit and the salads were out
of this world! All the food was soo good, I was even willing to
try various sea foods...incredible! We litterally sat there for a
couple hours eating. We walked around that hotel for awhile then,
when I say walk around a hotel...its not like were walking up and down
the hallways of rooms like you would at a normal hotel...its like your
walking around a mini-city inside...stores, restaurants, bars, clubs,
everything, everywhere. I found it very convenient that there
were at least 2 starbucks in each hotel. We walked over to the
shark reef, where I bought my neice souveniers. We walked back to
the hotel and then laid by the pool for a couple of hours, it really
was great soaking in some sun and drinking long island ice teas!
After that we then put on our snazzy clothes and took the shuttle to
the Rio hotel.
Met a couple of cute girls on the shuttle on the way there, too bad
they were going to see the Chipendales. Ok so this hotel was
probably my favorite of all of them that I saw, this hotel was just
awesome. Stages came out of the ground in the casino where they
had shows, they had huge floats flying around in the ceiling with
people dancing on them. The best part was the Voodoo club and
lounge on the top deck of the casino, My jaw dropped when I walked out
of the elevator and then outside, it was the most amazing site and
experience. The place had bars everywhere, really comfortable
couches and chairs with candles and really dim cool lighting, and the
people there were soo classy wearing nice dresses and what seemed like
James Bond gear. I had bought a cigar down on the Casino floor,
because I thought it would be a good idea to celebrate my winnings for
the week. They treated me like a king there, it was unreal and
weird at the same time...they lit my cigar, brought me drinks, and even
washed my hands...it was crazy! After about 7 Jack and Cokes and
a couple Coronas, we went back to the hotel and crashed.
Wednesday:
We woke up at 6am, because we had what we thought was a 9:57am
flight back to Chicago and we wanted to get a breakfast buffet before
we left. We stopped at the Bally's buffet, and the food was yet
again amazing!...I think I personally enjoyed my ham, green pepper,
onion, and cheese omlette the best! We checked out and then took
a cab to the airport, where we sat for an additional hour and a half,
because there were "thunderstorms" in Chicago, according to my
resources there was nothing. The flight back was nice, got
another exit row seat, but this time by the window. I watched The
Break Up and starred out the window a lot.
Overall, I had(with the lack of a better word) an INCREDIBLE!!!
time. I dont think I could live there though, its nice to go
there and indulge yourself in whatever you want, but that lifestyle and
pressure would get to me. I chose to gamble, drink booze, hang
out with ladies, and relax. They have anything for anyone, so you
can really make whatever you want out of it when you go there. I
know people that go there simply to relax by the pool or to take tours
through the desert, mountains, grand canyon, or the hoover dam. I
think my favorite hotels in this order were Rio, Mandalay Bay, and
Luxor. I didnt get to see the Venetian, Hard Rock, Caesars Palace, Wynn, Palms, Treasure Island,
and other ones. The coolest part was hanging out with Ben, I
really got a better understanding of how much alike we are, and seeing
what he has done and not done, really makes my decisions in life a lot
easier.
I missed you, and I want to take everyone there so they can just experience what I did.
Yea, I'm updating...its weird I know...its been like 20 some days, but
I thought I would document my birthday happenings the past few days.
Let me start off with this first...my new job, I started it last week
Saturday. Its ok, kinda eehhh, but the management group seems
pretty cool and so do the people in my department. I guess
working in a store now you get a better sense of what Corporations are
actually about, and I don't like it....I see right through it.
They are already starting to love me, because I told them I want to do
hardware repairs at the store instead of sending the computers out to
service, that saves them $$$$$.
Ok enough of the boring crap, that I hate talking about...here is my 21st Birthday breakdown...
Monday: I wanted to do some
hanging out, well because I had nothing going on a Tuesday morning, and
that was a first in about a year. This night I was the girl, and
Rosey was the guy(not literally). I got an awesome present, cant wait to use it,
we got starbucks, granny sang Happy Birthday to me, and then we went
and saw a movie(granny didn't go). When we got out of the movie,
it was past midnight, and it was weird because I was officially 21...it
was awesome, but weird at the same time.....Overall just AWESOME!
Tuesday(my actual Birthday):
I went to Frankly Yours with Mike and Rosey, I drank a pitcher of
Leinenkugel Red...I didn't realize that their pitcher was about 12
beers...so I had to slam them in like 45min, so Rosey could be to work
on time. Best part was...
Hey Bob did you wanna see my ID? "Yea, I should probably look at
that, huh? haha" "Haha, well actually it doesn't even matter,
because I cant read it. I trust ya, Greg!"
Funny thing is, I really wasn't even drunk...I had a buzz, and was
definitely in a state that shouldn't be driving, but ive been way
worse. Hung out with Mike and Mattr on my porch for a good part
of the day. Family ordered some Giordano's Pizza, love that
stuff! I also got some awesome new clothes, I so needed them...I
am sick of wearing my usuals. After all that, I went and hung out
with Mike and Mattr again...we bullshitted....loved it!
Wednesday: After work and
school, I called up Mike because I knew he wanted to hang out. I
was like hey wanna go to NIU and hang out with the dudes?....he was
like "oh shit, are you serious dude, its a wednesday night, you're
crazy!" So we went...picked up a 12pk on the way, and did exactly
that...hung out for a few hours before we came back home around
2am. Mike got drunk off of 2 beers, he should probably stick with
his other hobby. I only had like 3, and left the rest for the
Rafferty's to drink in the morning for breakfast. Love random
drives to colleges, I need to do that more often.
And now for Borat Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan...
bahahahahahahahhaahhaha!!!!
Well that was my 21st Birthday happenings, its not really going to end
until next week sometime though...because tomorrow night I am going out
to some bars with my brothers and then of course VEGAS! next
week. Wow I think I need to turn 21 more often.
I thank every single person that contributed to this awesomeness, I
love you all, and I would give you all big kisses....but that might be
weird for some.
Currently Listening The Bends By Radiohead Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was see related
This is my last blog for awhile, I am just tired of it. I have better things to do and think about. If you really really want to know whats going on with me, find me and then maybe I will tell you.
My job is driving me nuts, not the actual work part of it....but the part where every day there is some new job they found for us that we have the opportunity to get. I continue to dive at each one of them, get the job, and then the next day I find out there is a more suitable job available to me. Louisville is looking better and better. My daily schedule of work 600am-230pm,330pm, or 430pm and then homework and then class 600pm-900pm is driving me nuts, buts its beneficial and helping me succeed. I have been concentrating on eating healthier lately, and suprisingly I have seen and noticed results...now if I can just find time to put together a work out routine. Somethings that I need to understand...evaluating my priorities, maturity, dedication, lies, self-control, excuses, people(friends and family), caring too much for people that dont care that you care, my future with school, my job, and well I guess just life.
So over the past couple of weeks I have been contemplating deleting all of my online community accounts. They are getting kind of lame. Xanga can easily be substituted by www.gregjschneider.net, myspace is just immature and a bad addiction, and well now facebook is just creepy. Whats sad is I will probably lose friends by doing this...hahahahahahaha, I know funny right...but who wants those kind of friends anyways?
The thing is though I have done it in the past and I came back a couple months later, maybe Ill just lock myself out...have someone change my password and have them not tell me or something.
I found a stick of 512mb RAM for my iBook, i'm gonna go install that now!
