Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
Las Vegas: I may not be the card counting expert that I wanted to be by the next time I came to Vegas (courtesy of 21), but by making $50 on a little over an hour at a blackjack table, I think my skills are just fine. Now, do I keep gambling and risk my positive (for the moment) cash flow, or do I simply enjoy the shows for the remaining time here and be happy that I made anything at all? With two full days left I’ll probably continue to gamble some, but it’s a much different strategy after you’re already up rather than trying to fight to get back to even.
Our show tomorrow is A Cirque du Soleil production at the Luxor called Criss Angel Believe, and as far as I know, it’s what a magic show would be when done Cirque style. Due to the much nicer time zone arrangement this trip as opposed to my 21st birthday, I’ll actually be able to review the shows the same night that I see them rather than need to postpone my reviews until the next day (and post before going to that night’s show even). I doubt it will be able to out do KA, but then again, I doubt almost anything could.
Also, tonight might qualify for the most unoriginal, boring Thanksgiving dinner ever. Because my dad wanted to watch the Texas game, we cancelled our dinner reservations, and my parents and grandparents were just going to do something after the game was over. Well, I couldn’t wait that long, so I headed down and got a hot dog with potato chips. Yes, that’s right, my Thanksgiving dinner was a $9 Las Vegas hot dog. Either way, it was going to be something different than turkey, I guess.