Well, it has been a long while since I’ve updated this thing. A very very long while. Don’t know what have gotten into me. Actually I do. I am just lazy, and I don’t really have anything to add.

Now, what have been happening this past two months? Honestly, not much.

I think I have started to write again. Started a new screenplay. Got about 10 pages done, and I started it like 6 weeks ago. Very impressive. Nah, not really. Been really tired. I had a couple glasses of wine tonight with dinner and it is putting me to sleep, so I’m not writing tonight. I was supposed to write this weekend, but after my trip, I felt tired, and just didn’t. Been thinking about updating my journal for a while now, but I really don’t have anything to say, so I am just going to write.

I went to Vegas this past week for a conference for work. Was it fun? No. Was it bad? Well, I don’t know. It was for the Academy of Criminal Justice convention. My company wanted me to go to see how the company is seen in the publishing field. It was all paid for, so I went. Overall, the convention wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed meeting the professors and the authors/editors that I contact on a regular basis. It is nice to finally put a face to an email. Got to know them better, asked what else are they working on, so on and so forth. It was nice.

Now, to the bad side. I had to stand practically everyday, in dress shoes no less. So after about 2 hours of standing per day, my feet hurt up to my knees. It wasn’t fun. I had difficulty walking back to the hotel afterwards. That wasn’t much fun at all. Had difficulty standing and walking, but I got to do what I got to do. I think this whole pain thing started on Tuesday night, the day I got there. After I finished setting up the booth, I checked into my hotel, unpacked and everything. I had to go pick up my Lance Burton tickets at the Monte Carlo (I was going to watch the show on Wednesday). So I went to go pick them up. I was staying at the Stardust. It was on the old part of the Strip, and Monte Carlo was at the other end. I didn’t have much cash on me and I didn’t want to wait in line for a cab, so the genious that I am, I decided to walk. It was a nice 45-60 minute walk. Biggest mistake of my life. My legs were about to give out by the time I got to the Monte Carlo. I picked up the ticket, and decided to watch the show that night, instead of waiting for tomorrow and walking the Strip again. Glad I decided to do that, cause honestly, after that walk, I thought fuck it. I’ll just eat the ticket, and not come back tomorrow.

Many know that I’m not a big fan of Vegas. Not much to do there but gamble, and we all know that I’m not a good gambler. Everytime I go to Vegas I lose, and this time was no different. I was pretty much broke on Wednesday night, and I just got there on Tuesday. Looking back, all I can do was laugh. Why do I even bother? I’m not a very lucky person.

Now, the flight home was even worse. My flight was supposed to depart at 6:30, and I had to get to the airport 3 hours early. so I left at 3:30 and arrived at the airport at 4:30. So I got about a hour and a half till boarding. Boarding time came….the plane never showed up. Looked at the departure board. Delayed till 8:30. I thought, okay, fine. Went to have dinner, came back. Delayed till10:00pm. Apparently, the plane from Chicago to San Francisco, it hit a bird. I guess it had to land somewhere and get fixed. I thought I was going to have to stay there for the long haul, but I got put on standby on another flight and got on it. Flew out at 8:15. Much better than a 10:00 flight, I could tell you that.

Anywho, I am home now. Didn’t do much this weekend but slept. Rested my tired body from this wretched vacation/work thing. It’s going to be a long long long time before I head back to Vegas again.

Well, I actually did see a couple of shows at Vegas while I was there. I saw Lance Burton perform his little magic/illusion act. It was good. i was quite impressed. For the life of me, I still can’t figure out how he did any of the things that he did. Bravo. I also saw an “Exotic Hypnotist” show. Basically, they just the hypnotist just hypnotize the volunteers and make them do some raunchy things. It was quite entertaining. Not as funny as I thought it would be, but it wasn’t bad at all. It was family friendly entertainment.

Again, not much happening in my life at the moment. Nothing unusual or different from any other day. I’ll try to update this more often, but I’m not sure if I will. Meh. We’ll see.