Vegas & Paramore: Update

Yeah, I have so much to write. I've been too lazy / tired. Vegas burnt me OUT! Nasty! And yesterday I was obviously too worn out to write. So where to begin...

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday morning I woke up early around 8am to get everything ready for the trip. Man, I was sleepy. I made Mark wake up so I could finally gather up all the bathroom stuff that we'd need. By 10 we had everything ready, but we had to go run a few errands, and by 11am, I asked Mark, "Did you bring your wallet?" He's like, "Oh shit..no." "Are you lying?" "No, I really don't have my wallet." So we had to drive back from Carson for him to retrieve his wallet. ahhhhhhhhhh. Then by 11:20ish we finally hit the freeway. Check-in at the Luxor was at 3pm, and I was thinking we'd get there around 4. The drive was wearing me out since I woke up so early, and the air was so dry it was making it hard for me to breathe (it hurts when it's dry, if you know what I mean). So I fell asleep. Next thing I knew, we were already passed Barstow, and I asked Mark, "How long was I asleep for?" He told me, "20 minutes." WTF? Apparently he was driving somewhere over 100mph, so we ended up reaching Vegas at like 2:30. That was fast. And when we got to the Luxor, we had to carry all our luggages and it started hurting my back so I felt bad for Mark having to carry 5 bags on him. We totally forgot that we could've used valet parking so we were killing ourselves. Once we walked in the hotel, I had to cover my face with my sweater due to all the second hand smoke. I looked like a little girl. Whatever. I have to do whatever it takes to protect myself! Our room was on the 21st floor and ended up being on the complete opposite side of the elevator. AHHHHHHHH! I was already thinking, damn, this isn't going to be fun. When we opened our room, there were 2 full size beds. Not 1 king size bed like we reserved. I WAS LIKE WTF! Whatever. I didn't even wanna both complaining. Mark didn't care because the room was bigger anyway. Another thing that annoyed me: no wireless internet. I had to connect the ethernet cable to my laptop which wasn't even LONG so I had to drag a table in front of the TV, and stretch the cable out to connect. There wasn't an outlet nearby so I had to stretch my laptop charger across the tv and closet. Talk about ghetto. Another thing: NO REMOTE. What kinda fucking hotel room doesn't have a remote for their tv?! So Mark & I had to walk up to the tv and manually change the volume or channel. Yeah, we were pretty lazy to complain. I can complain and talk, but I didn't wanna have someone come up to our room. I was already too tired. Sigh. So for one thing, NO, I wouldn't wanna stay at the Luxor ever again, but we did have a nice view.

We went to the Carnival World Buffet at the Rio. It's a really popular buffet; many people love going there. When you walk in, you have to pay at this little computer screen where you can scan your credit card or place cash in. Imagine if it was a long line..it woud lag. But anyways, it was a Thursday night so there was no one in line (thankfully). I walked in and was in SHOCK by all the different and many kinds of foods all over the place. That place is big. I got everything I wanted on my plate(s), but once I tried the food, it didn't WOW me. Something was too salty or too plain or the flavor just wasn't right. There is a bunch of dessert to choose from as well; they even have a little gelato bar. Mark tried the mint chocolate chip..GROSS. I LOVE mint chocolate chip, but their version gave me the nastiest after taste. I thought I was gonna barf. That's how bad it was. Too strong. But their chocolate flavor was good; chocolate cake, yuck. Apple pie, good. Overall I give this place a 6/10. It's sad to say, but I even like Hometown Buffet better.

After dinner, we went to the Paris hotel and went up to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The view was pretty. We even got to see the Bellagio water show while we were there. It was nice. After that, I was pretty worn out. It was only 8pm, but being me, I can't be out for too long. So we went back to our hotel and called it a night. Mark was pretty tired, I'm sure; he only had like 4 hours of sleep before we left for Vegas.

PICTURES FROM THE PARIS HOTEL--from my Myspace.

Friday, November 14, 2008
It was already 10am and I had been up for an hour. I kept bugging Mark, WAKE UP WAKE UP! BABY IS HUNGRY!! DON'T KILL YOUR BABY! I was freakinnnnnnnnnn hungry! I didn't wanna order room service..that stuff is WAY too expensive. So finally by 12 he had his ass out of bed & got ready to go eat some brunch. We had IHOP (: I love that place. I always love their food. MMMmmm breakfast with pancakes. I love it. After breakfast, we headed to Caesar's Palace and parked our car. We decided to walk around the more southern part of the strip. We walked to the Wynn hotel to see what it was like inside. It's so fancy. And so pretty! Have you guys ever heard of the VERTU cell phone? Well the Wynn has an official Vertu shop, and these cell phones go for A LOT. A LOT A LOT. If you think $800 is a lot being spent on iPhones, shit, try $300,000!! LIKE WTF, RIGHT?! Here, watch this video:







Anyways, after we walked around the boutiques, we headed to the Ferrari/Maserati showrooms. Those cars are nice! Yeah, now if I wanted to spend $300,000 on something, it would at least be one of those cars. SHEESH! But yeah, this is the only authorized Ferrari dealership in Nevada. Nice stuff. He also had a Nissan GT-R..the Skyline! That thing is a beast.

After the Wynn, we decided to head back to our car, we walked around the mall then headed back to the car. I was dehydrated. Being pregnant gets in the way of a lot of things. I get too exhausted :( I told Mark that I really had a hard time walking! And I was wearing comfortable slippers & everything. It's just hard. A lot of walking tires me out. So we headed back to the hotel, took a short nap, and before I knew it, we had to go head out for some dinner & to the Blue Man Group show.

The Blue Man Group was soooooo fun! We had poncho seats, so we were in the 4th row. It's really fun being much close compared to the back. The back seemed bored, and everyone in the front rows were really interactive. It's funny watching their facial expressions too. Mark had a really good time; he said it was pretty much one of his favorite shows that he's seen. It was at 10pm, so when we got there, I had a HUGE headache (from being exhausted), but I enjoyed the show regardless. Good performance.

Saturday, November 15, 2008
I woke up around 6:30am realizing that Mark wasn't in the room. He went to play black jack..I KNEW IT! I had a feeling he'd come back soon, which he did, 10 minutes later. He lost $100 but he said he'd go back down. Yeah, whatever. Liar. I knew he was too tired because the next thing I know, he was snoring next to me. Mmm hmm. 3 hours later I woke up & had to prepare to pack all our stuff. We had to check-out by 11am, so poor Markie had to wake up after only a few hours of sleep. Once we checked out, I didn't know where to go! I had already eaten because I couldn't wait for him to wake up so I ordered that expensive room service crap. $16+ for just 2 pieces of ham, 2 toast, scrambled eggs, and hash browns. IHOP is wayy better. lol. But whatever, I couldn't let myself starve, right? Baby needs to eat! But yeah, we headed to the outlets so see what we could find. I found it sad how I couldn't shop for anything. Nothing fits anymore. There's no point in me buying shirts because my belly's popping. And I don't really care for pants because I was on my diet & still hadn't reached my goal. DAMNIT! But Mark went shopping at Zoo York & Ed Hardy/Christian Audigier. He got himself some nice clothes. I was sad. I couldn't get anything. After the outlets, we decided to rest in the car. Aj, Mark S., and Don weren't gonna leave until around 2pm, so we had to wait for them to get the Vegas because without Aj, we can't check into a hotel. I told Mark that WE should've reserved the hotel ourselves, damnit. I let Mark take a nap in the car outside the outlets, but then I got hungry so I wanted some Jollibee. After dinner, we called the guys to see where they were at. Mark & I were sitting in the Best Buy parking lot..waiting. Due to the fires in SoCal, there was traffic, so the guys didn't get to Vegas until around 8. We finally checked into our hotel room at the Tropicana. Wooooo ghetto hotel! It wreaked of cigarette smoke, but we had a little patio so the guys could go out & not pollute my baby. We had dinner at the ChinChin restaurant over at New York New York, and we had some ice cream. After that, I knew the guys wanted to go out and have some fun so we went back to the hotel, and I got myself ready for bed. They all went out to the MGM to go gamble.

I was having a hard time falling asleep. The bed wasn't comfortable, and since we were on the same level as the casino, I could smell the smoke. I was soooooooo aggravated, I wanted to cry. I had to cover my face with one of Mark's clean tshirts so avoid the smell while being able to breathe at the same time. I ended up getting a headache, and I had the feeling that I was going to get sick. It just wasn't a good sleep for me. I just wanted to go home already. I'm pregnant, not even 21, with nothing to do in Vegas. Mark & the guys finally got back around 5:30am, and they all knocked out.

Sunday, November 16, 2008
In the morning I woke up first, like always. I took my shower first since I knew the guys were all gonna take turns taking a shower before check-out time. Mark S. woke up 2nd, and then everyone else. Aj was talking in his sleep, and it was cracking me up. My Markie woke up with a hangover. Poor thing. Everyone told him to yack. I guess he did but it wasn't good enough. They wanted to eat at the World Buffet again. This time there was a line so it took a while to get seated -_- Sooooooo many people. I ate a few things, but not too much. It's so expensive, but if you can handle buffets then it's good for you. Mark was still feeling sick, and all he ate was 3/4 of a taco. He paid $25 for 3/4 of a taco and some orange juice. LOL. Poor guy. He could've gotten that at a Taco Bell. After brunch, we headed to the outlets again. Boring for me because like I said, I couldn't get anything.

Then finalllllllllllllllllly. FINALLY. We headed for home!!! We stopped by an In N Out around Barstow for some dinner and finally we reached home at around 10. I LOVE HOME!

Yesterday, Tuesday, November 18, 2008
I left around noon to go pick Ryan up in the valley. I got there, ordered me some take out at Mission Burrito (which is my family's favorite Mexican food restaurant), and we headed for Hollywood. We got there at 2pm, and the crowd wasn't as bad as a I thought. On the news the night before, people were saying how there were crowds CAMPING outside of Hot Topic. Like wtf? But I didn't think it would be so crowded, and it wasn't..just yet. Ryan & I showed our wristbands and stood/sat in the middle. We were pretttttttttttty damn close. SO close to the stage. I ate the rest of my food, and about 10 minutes later (around 3pm), I started feeling nauseous. It was strange. I felt like I needed to throw up, and that my head was spinning. I started getting dizzy, and I could barely talk, so I rushed out of the crowd to sit outside. I caught my breath. I wanted to lie down so bad. I was sweating, DRASTICALLY, all over my body. It was insane. I've never felt this way before ever since I've been pregnant. I was overheated. There were just so many people surrounding me, BIG PEOPLE even, and it was hard for me to breathe in there. I was losing oxygen. It was a scary moment. I was shaking, and I thought to myself of how I wish Mark was there ): I told Ryan to stay in the crowd so he could enjoy the show. I was so sad. I felt like damn, I should just go home afterwards. I felt horrible. Just feeling like that sorta killed my day already.

After an hour, I decided to back in through the gates, but I decided to stay in the back and not bother going to the front. I didn't wanna get overheated again or have people start pushing around once Paramore came out to play. I decided to sit some more because I found it hard to stand for a long time. My legs would start shaking if I did. Once Paramore came out was when I got closer in with the crowd. Kristen Stewert (who I'm sure you all know plays Bella in the upcoming movie Twilight) and some other chick who I forget her name was (yeah, that's how much I pay attention) introduced Paramore. They played Decode, Pressure, That's What You Get, & Misery Business. Afterwards, us with the yellow wristbands lined up for the meet&greet. It literally lasted a second long. Security would constantly bug us to quickly keep moving on forward, and we couldn't get anything personalized. I even brought the vinyl, but they couldn't signed it. I said HI to the band, and walked away. Some girls were crazy, coming out screaming and jumping and shrieking because they were so happy to meet Paramore. HAHAHA. Maybe it's because I've seen Paramore so much this year that it doesn't surprise me THAT much, but it was nice seeing them personally.

I couldn't find Ryan since he doesn't have a cell phone, but he finally reached me through a payphone as I was walking to my car. I figured that he'd probably be at my car since we both know where it's at. I was feeling a lot better so we decided to stay in line for Jimmy Kimmel. We waited over 2 hours, from 5:30-7:50 almost, to get in. JEEZ! Last time we saw Paramore in April, we didn't have to wait that long. I gotta admit, I had a much better time seeing them in April. This crowd was RIDICULOUS. They were rude and disgusting. People constantly shoving me to the point where I couldn't even lift my arms, and I started pushing everyone back telling them to GET THE FUCK OFF ME. I decided to get myself out of the crowd & stay by the back. The view was better because while in the crowd, my neck was hurting because I couldn't see. Ryan & I left during their last song (Let The Flames Begin), and we headed back to the valley. Ate dinner with friends at Dennys, and I headed home. I was toooooo tired.

Once I got home, I watched Paramore on Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and knocked out.

PICTURES FROM THE LOST SHOW / JIMMY KIMMEL--from my Myspace

SO HERE I AM! Tired, bored, hungry, the usual. But glad that I'm finally home & resting. My belly is getting bigger; I'm starting to see stretchmarks..wahhh! Anyways, I gotta study all day. I have a test to submit by tomorrow. Have a good day everyone!