Report from Las Vegas

[cupcake_goth]

Tomorrow is day 3 of the conference. Day 1's seminar was great (User Experience basic training). Today's seminar was Measuring Usability, which I *thought* would be all about setting up usability tests. Ha, no. It was ... statistics. Math, more math, and exercises where the instructor led us through (arcane to me) formulas that involved algebra and equations with letters instead of numbers.

Guess who doesn't have a math brain? Guess who spent a part of the day trying to ignore the mounting tide of white noise freakout in her brain? That, on top of my second early morning in a row made me a kind of stressed cupcake.

(Look, I'm just going to admit that 7:30AM, in my world, is a time that happens to OTHER PEOPLE. It shouldn't happen to me.)

On the other hand, I've had fun playing Alice's Mad Tea Party! slots (I'm breaking even), and last night I joined some co-worker types for drinks at the top of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay:





Sunday.

Monday.


Tonight I had food and drinks with the co-workers again, and then trundled off to the Caesar's Palace Forum Shops. Where I bought super SUPER sparkly burgundy eye shadow AND tights that match the super sparkly burgundy. (Seriously. H+M had burgundy lurex tights. How could I resist?) And the place I purchased the eye shadow from carries, miracle of miracles, what may be the answer to my quest for the Holy Grail of lipstick. Yes, Inglot makes a lipstick that is a dead ringer for Vamp. Cheese And Cake For The Celebration Of Blood Wine Lipstick!

(Did I mention I just finished reading Discount Armageddon, and I really want my own colony of Aeslin mice?)

Now, now I am relaxing in my room, sipping a drink made with sparkling wine, vodka, Campari, and bitters, and nibbling on some cheese. (Hail! (Sorry, more Aselin mice. They're adorable. Imagine Clovis, but far more ... chirpy, optimistic, and not out to take over the world.))

So that's my check-in from Vegas. Oh, and I'm still deciding if I want to go see the amazingly cheese-tastic vampire-themed revue.

Comments

[-dante-sparda-.livejournal.com]

HAIL! HAIL THE STRESSED CUPCAKE LADY OF SUPER SUPER SPARKLY BURGUNDY EYE SHADOW AND TIGHTS THAT MATCH THE SUPER SPARKLY BURGUNDY! HAIL THE SACRED RITE OF OH MY GOD WHY MATH I DON'T HAVE A MATH BRAIN AND WHAT AM I DOING HERE CLOVIS! HAIL!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

HAIL!

(Clovis wants a colony of Aeslin mice, too. He's already planning major festivals for them.)

[theda.livejournal.com]

You are giving the 'someone is going to get the back of my hand' look..

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Early mornings AND math. It was like a minor hell designed just for me.

[dagard.livejournal.com]

Hm, Campari Cocktail with a splash of sparkling white? Doesn't ring any bells, but I'll ask my regular doctor^Wbartender tomorrow when I see him. Sounds like it could be good, though.

And of COURSE you should see the cheesy vampire revue!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

The Caesar's Palace menu calls it a "Hangover". I don't necessarily agree with the name, but it's tasty.

I am thinking I should go see the cheesy vampire revue, but according to reviews it's mostly topless girls with fangs, and remember, I'm everyone's Token Het Friend. I'd be more interested in the fang prosthetics and sparkly costumes than the pretty semi-naked girls.

[ashbet]

. . . okay, you made me *splort* with that one :D

(The drink sounds amazing! I don't know if I'm allergic to it, but I kind of want to find out, with some Benadryl at hand!)

I need to read "Discount Armageddon" -- I'm reasonably sure I bought it when Seanan McGuire went off on an amazing tear of a rant about a really offensive question she'd been asked about her characters and "when" they were going to "get raped" -- my response was "Let me do something to support this author!"

And, oh. My sympathies. Early mornings + Math = Ashbet Kryptonite!

<3<3<3

[dagard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's probably a local or bar manager thing. Hangover gets used as a title for an insane amount of drinks. But bitters *is* a common ingredient in drunken-escapade-related morning after drinks. Always preferred a tequila sunrise, personally, for 'what the hell did i do to myself last night?' drinks, but, to each their own.

And were I able to get to Vegas, I'd totally take that bullet for you. Topless vampire girls? Yeah, unsurprisingly, I'm okay with that (I blame "The Hunger" personally). The sparkly costumes could be good tho.

[bork.livejournal.com]

Can...I have your math? Please? This sounds kinda up my alley.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

burgunday sparkly tights you say? hmmm

and inglot makes a replacement for Vamp!

Yeah, I think I am going to call your trip a triumph.

and, of COURSE you want to see the cheesy revue.

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

The big review with boobs galore I remember seeing could have been better with fangs.

[corbaewench.livejournal.com]

It is, indeed "cheesy-girls-in-fangs" but it's camp, and we all know how much you LOVE camp (and Bombast!) Sadly "Rock of Ages" doesn't open until Dec 18, so you'll have to do with "Vamp" or see if you can find the ghost tour that Zack Baggans runs.

And welcome to Vegas!

[phoenixfire12.livejournal.com]

I hope you went to see the cheezy vamp review just for the bragging rights. It's a once in a lifetime thing. Indulge.

YAE Inglot!

QUOTE: "Imagine Clovis, but far more ... chirpy, optimistic, and not out to take over the world.))

You mean after you shove a bottle of Prozac down poor Clovis followed by a catnip chaser, right?

So what tacky souvenirs are you taking home with you from Vegas?