Thursday 21st of October 2004

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Vegas, Baby!

A , posted by Anthony in the evening.

Teaching is tiring – it really takes a lot out of me. I have my schtick pretty well down at this stage, but I’m still finding myself exhausted as I get off the train. It’s like an honest-to-God full days work, and we all know how much I hate that!

Three days in the NYFA this week, which is a welcome bit of change. I was going to take it all to Vegas with me, but in fact I ended up splurging pretty much the entire amount on a new suit/shirt/tie/shoes combo. Julian has done me the honour of asking me to read a blessing at the wedding on Sunday, and I mean to look my best. The blessing is in German, so he’s had to coach me a little, but I’ve always been able to do good accents in languages I don’t understand. As I approach comprehension, this musical appreciation just dies away – sad, but true. Luckily, I speak no German whatsoever.

This will be my first Jewish wedding ceremony, which should be interesting. It will also be my first time in Vegas, and I really hope that that doesn’t turn out to be interesting too. “Interesting” in that context would probably involve discovery of a hitherto-unsuspected gambling addiction, a sudden embroilment in organised crime, or possibly even unwitting involvement as a pawn in some elaborate heist. No, I’ve set my sites on “entertaining”.

I’m leaving early tomorrow morning, staying at the Aladdin Casino and Resort, and flying back on Monday afternoon. I don’t know whether I’ll be online much over the weekend, so it’s possible that comments may go unresponded-to, emails unacknowledged, and questions unanswered until Monday. Or possibly Tuesday. Please don’t think any the less of me.

Comments on "Vegas, Baby!"

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    Comment ID: 1814

    At 10:23 am on Friday 22nd of October 2004, crack jackson jr discoursed

    Put everything you’ve got on red. Hello Easy Street!

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    At 8:56 pm on Friday 22nd of October 2004, Ivan proclaimed

    Of course poker isnt gambling, its a test of observation, memory, and wallet size.

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    Comment ID: 1876

    At 6:09 am on Monday 25th of October 2004, BF announced

    Hi, Anthony, how boring or (dare I say it?) interesting was the Vegas trip?

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    Comment ID: 1880

    At 10:49 am on Tuesday 26th of October 2004, Anthony started typing, with this result

    I’m just back. It was… fascinating. I’ll blog about it soon.
    And thanks for the tip, Crack. Yeah, thanks. Thanks from hell!

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