So I spent the last several days in Las Vegas!
*Geek Alert*
A couple friends and I decided to celebrate the fact that we’re all turning forty soon by scheduling a trip! Being the dyed-in-the-wool geeks that all 3 of us are, it was decided that the trip to Vegas would include a little gambling and, more importantly, a trip to Star Trek: The Experience! (go ahead, giggle if you need to: I’m a scifi fan, bite me. Gently. Like a Dabo girl at Quarks would. Deep Space Nine fans, please explain that joke to your scifi impaired friends, cuz it’s funny.)
So we went to Vegas. It was my first time being there and…Vegas is hot. Not like sexy, neato-keen hot, but freaking “Hey, my scalp just burst into flames” hot. It was 115 degrees.
It was about 6 hours into Day One when my light bulb went off and I said “Oh yeah! We’re in THE DESERT!” That realization comforted me, but didn’t stop it from being hotter than a cup of steaming raktajino. (Again, DS9 fans… Explain the joke.)
About Las Vegas: fun for a few days. A place to visit a couple of times in your life. The massive display of EXCESS is, truly, amazing. And that, I suppose, is the point. The casino’s are freaking HUGE. We’d be walking along going from one to the other (on”The Strip”) and it looked like a short walk – they all seemed pretty close together. No. That’s an optical illusion because each building is the size of Rhode Island. Good Lord!
Anyway, a terrifically fujn time was had by all. No time now to discuss the Star Trek Experience, other than it was a ridiculous amount of fun, and it’s too bad it’s closing September 1st! The details will have to wait for a later journal entry.

A QUESTION: Have you been to Vegas? What did you think?