I drank for the first real time this past night… It was… interesting

There was a lot of beer pong (which I did not partake because it was Bud Light) and a lot of talking while people were playing Rock Band on the XBox 360 in the room.

I brought over Batman Begins on DVD, but it seems like nobody wanted to play it

I have a lot of stuff that is going on tomorrow that needs to get done, so I need to fall asleep.

This is going to be fun to read in the morning

I just witnessed something that I thought I would never see

Someone was turned away from Hamilton’s Bar and Grill for having a fake ID.

That’s right folks, someone got turned away… from Hamilton’s. The easiest bar to get into in Chicago.

Holy shit.

Well, of course, she couldn’t give the address on the card, but still… I mean, I have seen people get in there with cards that have nothing on the back. Hell, I have seen a skinny white kid get in with a black guy’s ID.

So I called up my friend and tell told him what I had witnessed. He was as amazed as I was.

I went to Vegas last Wednesday for my 21st birthday. Brought $550, mostly in travelers checks, and decided to spend it wisely throughout the time I was there. I made sure that I had money each day.

Well, that worked for awhile. I was out of cash by the end of the trip. But I guess it was worth it.

I didn’t drink much alcohol. I bought a mini-bottle of Jager in the hotel just to prove to myself I could do it with my actual ID. It was warm and I took a few sips before I threw it out. That and a shot of Jack at 12:30 on my birthday has summed up my alcohol usage since Wednesday.

I am somewhat disappointed that I lost my money, but I knew it was probably going to happen on the way there. I followed my grandmother’s advice when she gave out some of my now-deceased grandfather’s cash and spent most of it paying down student loans and school expenses and then spent a little on fun. A friend says that it would have been better if I took $500 out of an ATM and lit it on fire… but that would be illegal.

Next time I go I’m just going to go to Planet Hollywood and play poker all day. I lost the least amount of money doing that, and the most amount of money on slots. I know it makes no sense playing them, but it was easy and fun. Poker was the most entertaining part of my trip in the way of gambling.

I went to see Penn & Teller… I had seen most of their tricks before but seeing it in person was great. Treasure Island has a big dancing/fireworks pirate-battle performance right outside of their hotel/casino every few hours at night. They call it The Sirens of TI. It was great (and free)

Oh well… back to school.

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Update: I was bored and decided to look up how exactly the lighting worked for the Sirens of TI show. Turns out there is a full overview of how they run the entire show available. Pretty cool

Since I came back to Loyola I have not had a single drop of alcohol. I have no smoked anything. I have not stolen or beat to death small animals. I have gotten up at a reasonable time each day and tried to get a good amount of sleep (although sometimes it is during the middle of the day, which is no fun.) I have gone out with friends and explored the city. I have had “fast food” very little. I have been involved in an extra-curricular activity ( Mock Trial ) and have stayed out of political campaigns.

And I am still doing like crap! Behind and utterly confused in Italian (which complement each other well.) Missed way too many downtown classes because the fucking shuttle fills up (god damnit Loyola.) I have until November 2nd to drop classes, so I am going to fight through these things until I know that there is no hope left.

I like(d) Google Answers. It is always fun asking a question and getting a good response from someone educated on the subject (even if it does cost me a few dollars.)

I once asked if I was to, hypothetically, run a house party where there was underage drinking… If a neighbor called just because of noise would the cops be able to just come in?
I got some interesting responses. Check out my Question and the Answers.

I asked mostly because there was a party that was broken up my senior year of High School.

(fyi, I’ve never run a house party)