**LAS VEGAS**

**warning: long blog ahead!**







First, we drove to vegas the night before my birthday, on monday. I made special playlists for everyone (with my snazzy new ipod) and jammed all the way to the bright lights. Once there, we checked in (after much ado) and went to the Venician. Cassie has a favorite dessert place there, so we had banana chocolate chip bread pudding, which was warm and sinfully fantasic.



Then as the clock struck 12, we headed over to the slots and played a couple of (very confusing, for me anyways) video games. I lost 5 dollars and won back 2 dollars and called it a night, haha.



I am not a good gambler, and I am so glad it does NOT appeal to me at ALL!







The next day, Tuesday, was the first day of the Concrete Convention, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center (that place was huge!). We worked for a water-proofing company called "AVM" (which, ironically, the owners were from Simi Valley! small world!) and had a nice booth set up in the huge South Hall on the convention center. We were to talk to people, be nice, hand out information and, well, generally, draw the rednecks in, while the owners came over and sold them products.



There were 4 girls and 3 guys. The 3 girls were me, Cassie (the cute blond, and good friend of mine from hollywood), Cleo ( cute asian girl with long raven hair, aka "giggles", from vegas) and Cidney (professional promo model, living in vegas and LA, looks just like Jessica Simpson).



The 3 main guys were Amir (the "A" in AVM) and owner. Bill and Pat were bothers that were also managers at AVM, and very dry, witty guys, I enjoyed talking to them all very much. Bill and Pat are from Simi Valley too and have daughters my age. If any skeezy-McGee's would try to hit on us or say something vile, Pat (big, bearded man) would come up and say, "you know they're all married right?" or "those are my daughters, don't talk about them like that." Which was awesome. and there were ALOT of skeezy-McGee rednecks. (its a concrete convention!)







We had a faux-put-put thing set up. a little golf course, made of water-proffed tiles. Needless to say it was very hard to get the ball in, without dumb luck. We raffled off a tool set and had fun making "Starbucks runs" in the morning, funded by Amir. It was that precious Caffiene that kept us alive, I swear. On the last day we took pictures and Cidney even took a short video of us spoofing the shady, womanizing, rednecks that hit on us all day. I am usually pretty good at ignoring it or letting it slide, but some of these guys were just rediculous. So ill post the video on here. It starts with me imatating a black man from Eygpt or something speaking in another language when playing golf and pointing at cassie, then his son comes up and translates all his filth for us. thank god, he lost the game. I can't imagine what he would have said.







On Tuesday we went dancing at Moon (at the top of the Palms hotel, and the roof opens up to show the moon) It was so much fun!







On our last day we went window shopping at the Vinecian and Caesars Palace and ate at a fancy Italian place above the Gondolas. Then on the ride home we ate arbys and saw the worlds biggest thermometer. whooo!!



I spent the night at Cassie's place and we went to the Griddle (hotspot in hollywood for breakfast, apparently. alot of actors go there and we had to wait an hour to eat!) and it was so delicious! I had chocolate chip banana pancakes! my favourite!



Then, in a very in a very "LA" fashion, we went to Sameul French Bookstore. I have always wanted to go there!!! They have every play or script you could ever imagine!!! so I bought my first copy of the weekly "Backstage West" (newspaper for actors with legit auditions in them) and 2 Neil Simon plays, Fools and Star-Spangeled-Girl, which I am very excited to read again!







I was very happy to get home and catch up on sleep and my nerdy internet rituals of myspace and craigslist. Tomorrow I have an interview for a dramatic short and the stangest callback ever. I recieved an email today for callback info for something i didnt even audition for! it is for a jj carpet print photoshoot. which is fine. I dont know what to bring or wear, because when i asked they said, its unimportant. The photographers website was amazing and has tears from several magazines including pictures of wrestlers, sarah silverman, snowboarders and children models... so I think ill check it out. I just wish I knew what the heck it was for!!! haha... oh well, half the battle is showing up!

Which remindes me i have coupons for Borders and alot of catching up to do...