10:05pm  It’s like deja vu.  Need coffee, need water.  My head feels surprisingly well considering how much I drank - must be a testament to grey goose.

The room is a complete mess.  Last night I was so f’ed up I just emptied my pockets on the bed and fell asleep.  I awoke surrounded by pieces of paper, broken cigarettes, receipts…

Last night was awesome though.  I stayed at the Rio the whole time, and met a couple guys from the UK who had just arrived that day.  I played blackjack with them for like, 6 hours off an on.  At one point I left to watch the Warriors game, then came back and they were still there.

In any case, we became the typical loud, obnoxious table, high fiving each other for every win, screaming at the dealer ‘give me a low card!’ - you know the drill.  But it was great - the prototypical las vegas experience.

And successful, surprisingly.  The first thing I did this morning was to check my wallet and make sure I counted correctly last night.  $1800 in $100 bills.  That makes me pretty much even - as long as I don’t blow it today.  For all the theories and strategies for playing blackjack, sometimes you just get lucky I guess.  Last night I had no technique at all - I could barely count.  I had the cocktail waitress on a perpetual loop of grey goose and tonics, and after that I feel like I should be thankful just to leave the place with anything.

When I was leaving the Rio to come back home, the cabbie was a big moke from hawaii.  Huge guy, in one of those old knit sweaters that were popular in 5th or 6th grade.  He told me I lost my accent though, which is code for ‘you sound like a haole.’  After that I didn’t feel like I should correct him and mention that my proper english is because of the snooty spoiled kids school I went to for high school.

It’s always kind of sad to leave vegas, and I can feel already the urge to stay just a few more days.  But I don’t know how much more of this I can take.  So much liquor and cigarettes, my lungs feel like I’ve been inhaling ammonia and my stomach is still stuff with various buffet items and the greasy burger I had last night.

Anyway, time for some water and coffee.  Going to starbucks. 

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