I’m now in Durango, CO, which looks like Tokyo compared to the places I’ve been the last couple nights. I cracked and got a hotel room so I can be rested for rafting tomorrow, a decision reinforced by the paddling test I took tonight. The main part of the test was “We’re going to throw ...

Tonight’s my first night camping, and there’s a few things I now realize it might have been smart to bring with me: – Any sort of eating utensil (though a nice group in an RV was kind enough to spot me a spoon) – Trail mix that doesn’t have loose chocolate and peanut butter chips ...

Time back to room: 4:30am. Sun up when returning?: No. Overall gambling status: Down 225 (Thanks, Four Queens! No thanks, Tropicana, Luxor, Golden Nugget or Treasure Island!) Free drinks scored: 2 (didn’t start drinking til properly hydrated…at 3am). People going to bed same time as me: None. People outlasting me: Laz, Christin. Moral of the ...

Time back to room: 1:45am. Sun up when returning?: No. Overall gambling status: Down 95 (No thanks New York New York, Paris, Luxor or Aladdin!) Free drinks scored: 3 (but quit drinking at 3pm due to lunch disagreeing with me and major dehydration from the fact that Vegas is hotter than the surface of the ...

Time back to room: 6:30am Sun up when returning?: Yes. Overall gambling status: Up 55 bucks (Thanks, Monte Carlo! No thanks, MGM Grand!) Free drinks scored: At least 7. People going to bed same time as me: Laz, Christin. People outlasting me: None.

Roadtrip ’06 is upon me! I’ll be in Vegas for Viva Laz Vegas, then wandering around in the wilds of Utah, Colorado, and possibly Arizona. I’ll be spending my 25th birthday trying not to get myself killed while doing some light whitewater rafting. Blogging will be even more limited than it has been, since I’m ...

CNN posted about a 1,000 word story on celebrities who hook up while on film sets, and it’s full of the usual vapid “analysis” of why people do what they do. The one thing CNN left out, that leads to hookups not just of stars, but of a hell of a lot of crew members? ...

I leave Friday for a two-week vacation. I should probably crack the guidebook about where I’m planning on going, shouldn’t I?

Between innings at the game, they showed video of Bonds passing the Babe, and everyone in the stadium booed heartily, myself included.

Cleo and I went to the O’s-Angels game out in Anaheim, and I remembered how much I love baseball. Especially when my team wins. Cleo and her rental car took off after the 8th to beat the traffic, but I stayed until the end, which was very fun. Especially because of how the bottom of ...