[kiss my crisis]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...right?

I'm home. Thank God. And slightly recovered from an entire month of living every minute of my life to please other people (aka 'the holidays') topped off with a business trip to Vegas.

Five days of vodka, stale air, slot machines, fake smiles, sleep deprivation, and the reak of American cigarettes EVERYWHERE is enough to make me get down on my knees and kiss the land I live on. Seriously people, how can you smoke those things? I've never been a smoker and cigarettes in general are incredibly disgusting, but the American ones? They smell like horse manure! Do Americans really smoke that much or is the hedonistic orgy vibe in Vegas so strong that it brings out every sinful habit?

And the vodka, my friend Vodka. With cranberry juice, of course, because it was pretty much the only thing that passed through my lips in five days that had even the slightest trace of nutritional value. A Starbucks latte for breakfast, late lunch, the Vodka, and maybe some fingerfood at a cocktail party in the evening...for five days. Is it any wonder why I retained ten pounds of water and felt thouroughly poisoned and toxic by the time I got home? I am surprised the whites of my eyes weren't turning yellow as my liver stopped functioning.

There were 160 THOUSAND people flying into Vegas for the same 5 day period I was there, for three different conventions. That's twice as many as live in my entire city. It was utter insanity.

But I'm home. And I'm eating vegetables. And drinking water. And NOT drinking The Vodka. And totally not sleeping still, but at least I'm home where the air is fresh and life is clean. And I didnt even need Rehab.

4 comments! kim e posted at 10:50 AM
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4 tell me what you really think:

i hate the smell of cigarettes and honestly, where i live and for most of california, you hardly ever smell them there are so many laws prohibiting them. vegas lives by its own rules. do not judge us by their lawlessness! :)

i am glad you are eating your veggies and staying off the sauce.

hee hee.
;) sizz

By Sizzle, at 6:28 PM, January 15, 2006

Wow, you were only 400 miles away and didn't stop to say "Hi?"

*LOL* Just kidding. I can't freaking stand Vegas! I used to like it when I was a lot younger, but the clouds of smoke, and the built-in smoky smell of literally everywhere you go there - in addition to the caucauphony of noise addled up by the slot machines - makes my head. hurt. so. freakin'. bad.

Vegas literally makes me sick, so when we're on our way to Disneyland, we just drive straight through. I hate that place.

Oh, and good to hear you're eating (and drinking) healthy this week!

By Anonymous, at 12:28 PM, January 16, 2006

Here in the Midwest, there are a lot of smokers though not as much as the East Coast. And out West, forgeddabout it. I think the further west you go, the less it is. However, in recent years, even NYC and Boston went smoke-free.
Vegas is a whole different thing all together. People go there to be hedonistic, even if they are not in their "regular" lives.
Seriously, do Canadian cigs smell better? Maybe I should try one. But then I'll never quit.
PS - I too am a big fan of "The Vodka," also with cranberry juice. Or red bull (aka "speed")

By Farrell, at 11:20 AM, January 17, 2006

I am big time jealous of your party favour and vodka diet. Now that's what I call a business trip!

By Anonymous, at 4:31 PM, January 18, 2006