The Stripper

For anyone who cares to see her... and I know you all do... These are the gems I ended up with on my camera after New Years Eve.

NYE 2007

When I decided to go to Vegas for NYE 2007, I had a feeling things could get a little crazy. It's Vegas after all. I just really never imagined that I would end up hanging out with an old rock star and his favorite stripper. Yeah. I won't name names, but atop the Rio hotel at the Voo Doo Lounge (phenonemal view), I spent my NYE with two of my greatest friends, a guy from Journey, and the best stripper he's ever seen - she can spin on her head with no hands! (I didn't see it - just taking his word for it.) Add to the mix that he's helping her start a singing career, and you have a very interesting dynamic. Very. Interesting. After 3 drinks, I was a lot more drunk than I thought I was. Gotta love it when the bartender flirts back. :-) Anyway, I was drunk enough that I don't remember those 4 complete hours passing me by... only parts. There were a couple of conversations that I totally missed out on, and I danced with an Asian dude! (If you know me, you know that's a big deal.) At the end of it all, I had some pictures of the stripper on my camera, a whole lot of white crap on my shoes and liquor inside my lipstick. Bizarre night.

Another bizarre thing... we went to see the Cirque du Soleil show "Zumanity" which is all about sex and stuff. Everyone was borderline naked. At one point in the show, I looked towards the back of the stage and saw a midget. An extremely buff midget... six-pack abs and all. Weird. Even more weird that he's in a very sexual show. I've never even seen a real life little person/average person couple, fully clothed and in public... the "behind closed doors" version is just about as awkward as I imagined it to be. Two nights later we saw him at a local casino in a leather biker jacket and what appeared to be Doc Martens. Did I say weird already?

On the way home I got sandwiched between a very large man and the side of the airplane. It was not fun... painful even. I kept thinking that I must've pissed someone off to get stuck with that seat. Maybe I stared at the midget for too long?

All in all, it was my best NYE by far. I might make it a regular thing. :-)