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Vegas Jizzy-Jam
Brian and I headed out for Vegas on Thursday night to turn the long drive into two not so long drives(10 hours into two 5-ers). Cruised out to swoop him up, and his mom was awesome enough to meet halfway for the drop. Then the drive began. The speakers in the car are completely blown out, or something, and there is no sound. But it was cool, Brian and I had lots of catching up to do, seeing as it had been a while and he has been a busy man. We traded off driving and eventually at like 1 AM it was time to rest. Ended up stopping at some gas station and scoped for some nice grass to lay out on. Everywhere on the drive it smelt like doo-doo, and this spot was no exception. Brian had found a nice cubby spot behind some building that was being constructed, and it looked very promising. Bear started to set up, and I did a quick look around with the flashlight, lucky that I did. Where Brian's head would have been there was a massive black widow, its giant black/ red abdomen was the size of a quarter, definitely gave us a lovely startle. Found another decent spot behind a tractor, and proceeded to catch some zeez's. Little did we know, there was a train track maybe 200 feet from us, and it decided to start running trains like crazy after we crashed out. We were out there for ~3 hours, before it got way too cold and loud for comfort, guess sleeping in the car was the way. Crash for another 3 hours and get ready for drive round 2.
Gassed up and used the bathroom before heading out. People on the road have no idea how to drive. There was a crazy dude who kept reappearing on the journey, whom I did not like what-so-ever. Would go 5 miles under the speed limit going downhill, then 10 over going uphill. Spent a fair amount of my driving not letting this guy pass or anything, and sometimes he would disappear just to reappear 50 miles later. Cruise control is heavily under utilized. After a while me and Brian switch it up at this dried up lake looking place, where I took a couple puffs and pulled out my portable speakers for some tunes. At this point, we were about 2 hours out. Eventually, we arrive and since we were so early, me and Brian did some cruising on foot before having to pick people up at the airport. It didn’t look like any shredding was in store for the day, which I was not having. Ken was the first to arrive, and ended up catching Red and Evan to be swooped, which worked for us to get the Skyler and Kyle. Worked even better cause Kyle's phone died before figuring out where to go, then Skyler shoots us a text and bam. Google maps fucked us so hard. Twice, it gave us completely wrong directions, literally in the opposite direction. Oh, well.
Knew I could rally the troops in the vehicle for some shred, which made everything and then some OK. Got them to the hotel where we needed to check in. Right after Kyle checks in, Evan, Ken, and Red showed up looking for the pool, say our hellos and agree to meet poolside. Venture over to Kyle's room to coach up and change for shred, and on the way we run into Jim and Casey, crazy great timing all weekend. Tell them the plans and proceed out. Pool shred was fun, it was mainly just Skyler, Bear, Kyle and I, but from time to time Red and Evan would pop in. Skyler was going off, as was Brian. Jim ends up saying how Red's room was just down the hall from ours, which was completely coincidental and awesome. Shreds ended and err'body was ready to get settled and get ready to meet up at the Shake Shack. I was in the room with Jim, Casey, and Skyler, so we got our things from Kyle's room and headed back to Jim's. Needed some stuff from the vehicle, so Skyler headed out to Jim's as Kyle, Bear and I went to the garage. It was kind of far from the garage to the room, but that was good for the legs. When we were waiting for the elevator to go up to the room, there's Skyler, just chilling there in the elevator. He apparently was dragged to the wrong room, and had a 10 minute detour, like us. HA. Load up on liquor and take some shots before mobilizing.
Settle in, and then roll with Evan to head out for food. Vegas drivers are effin' crazy, and Evan may be their king. We were the first there and got our grub on. People start to show up, and this is where I meet Daryl and a couple other peeps, I think. Chill for a while, causing some shenanigans and what not. More drinking occurred, before Nick and Sunny rolled up from their way more epic drive. Evan took off to go get Adam, and the rest of us head back to the hotel. We all disperse, and I end up with Jimmy-Jam and the crew. This is where the order of things become fuzzy. People wanted to toke, and there was no window/fan in the room, so we did what I did in highschool, blow the smoke into the toilet as ya flush. Not the most efficient, but it works. Jim and I roll to the vehicle to get some things, Sunny had brought him a toy, and I needed some greenery/clothes. Sunny was parked literally right across from me, how perfect. Get some early runs at the toy, which definitely made the weekend puffing so easy. Jim is one cool cat. People were all gathered in Sunny's room where more puffs would occur. Casey and Jim wanted to do some gambling and I rolled with. Got some free drinks and watched Skyler make the "dealer" (not sure what they are called in roulette) pretty frustrated. He didn’t completely know what he was doing, he was drunk, and he is Lon so mad randomness was bound to happen. Fucking hysterical to watch.
Make it back to the rooms for more puffs and chillin'. Then everybody decided to call it at around 1. Completely planned on sleeping on the floor, but Skyler is not a big fan of beds, and ended up using the sleeping bag for more cushion on the floor. Wish I did the same, but the bed tricked me with it's softness. Wake up, and everyone showers up to get ready to roll. Kyle's room of Brian, Ken, and Adam were already up and ready for b-fast, we were a wee bit late, so decided to snag some grub below and just roll. Jim and the crew wanted to scope a smoke shop and I was in charge of getting Kyle's room peeps to the site. We were the first ones there, and I was mad ready to start getting down, but Ken challenged me to some Chess, which was good, cause people wouldn’t arrive for another 30 or so. He schooled me the first game, and the second one was an agreed draw(rooks and pawns, though I still credit the W to him, he had one more pawn than I). Let the shred begin! Met Rippin' who was so fudgin' nice, and could still rip it up. Ken ended up aggravating some lingering pains, and had to call it then and there, which really blows. Soon the Circle comp would start and that slowed things down. Daryl and Jim were in my Circle, did OK but had some poopy drops. Daryl can shred, I knew it, but dayum. Greg and Liz ended up showing up around this time. Battle was the next step, and their version was tricky. You had an attempt at a Sick 3, just one, and if you dropped, it didn’t count. Then the next person would go, and this went on for 3 rounds, so 3 one shot attempts at sick 3's. Went up against Ben Skaggs, and somehow won with my two decent 3's, compared to his one rad 3, which I still don’t get. Got schooled next round against Nick. My clutch bag was missing and I was already lagging due to a coach meeting, so I snagged one and dropped on everything.
Things finally ended and shred could commence. Cale showed up near the end of things, but snuck some kick in. Adam had wanted to get in some shred, which I did too, but somehow we didn’t get in any that day. Too stuck gravitating towards Jim, I guess. The next day I would mainly get down with him, though. We all disperse to get some food at a burrito spot, which Ken was so kind enough to treat me and others to. Evan said the burritos were big, but I'd say they were average. Time to head back to Circus Circus. Everyone was chilling in Sunny's room, but before that, puffed out in Jim's. Drank and chilled for a while before figuring out what people wanted to do. They wanted to roll to some place some Golden Spike, which was a playground for adults, or some shizz. Didn't end up going cause I didn't want to drive and be responsible for people(Check engine light come on during the drive to Vegas, and the vehicle had made some questionable noises). Brian and I decided to hang with Casey, Skyler, Greg, Liz, and Jim. Did some fatty gambling and what not. Kept walking by a spot that was all about temporary tattoos, and the people getting them looked like they were getting actual tattoos, it was pretty funny. Jim and I kept joking about getting matching ones, or getting one on my face/ass. After a few hours, it was time to call it, for chill time in the rooms.
No more liquor, and liquor in the casino was like 3 times the normal price. Walked to the local CVS to get some snack and drinks. Right when we were getting back and walking towards the elevators to the room, stumbled upon the rest of the crew who just got back from Golden Spike, the timing! Nick was awesome enough to donate some food my way, though no one else wanted to claim it. Played some drinking game where you had to guess the color of the card drawn, if you got it right, you made someone drink, then went again till you got it wrong and had to drink yourself. Pretty crafty. Raged some more before having to call it, think people began to crash around 2-2:30. Great times. People were up surprisingly early, and everyone decided to grab some grub from a bagel shop across the street from the event site. Everyone was ultra on time for shred, so that happened quickly. Lon started a hack circle, and soon Jim and went off for some shreddy shreds. Believe this is where I had some of my better runs. Sunny would hop in, as would Kyle and Adam. Evan got their a little late, and ended up pushing requests back an hour. Shred was HARD. So much so that I opted out of Requests, legs were bleh. Ended up playing squares for the rest of the day, which was pretty raw. Watching Daryl and Brian go at it was a treat. Towards the end, people tried playing with some trippy serves, which was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Score with your legs, not your hands, like the game is intended. And I'm not sure everyone knows all the rules to 4-square, things were low as fuck, but yet somehow high enough for knees? Didn't even bother to attempt to kick it unless it was served properly, or the rally began. People play squares so cut throat, when it can be such a gentlemen's game.
Took Steve and Alex back to the airport and said goodbye's. Next step was to go to Evan's for some spaghetti. Demolished 2 heaping plates, it was so needed. This is basically where the final chill time would occur. Lots of talks and what not, but I was beat and dreading the 10 hour cruise back. Head back to the hotel to gather the last of things and shower. Chill a wee bit more waiting for Jim and Casey for some goodbyes. Said by to everyone in Red's room, and left to say peace to Jim and Casey. Ended up making detour to Greg and Liz's room for some last minute toking. Waited around before finally puffing and left. Sleep was taking over on the way back, and luckily we weren't in a rush to get back, so stopped for a quick nap. Brian cruised till his casa, then departed to make it back to mine. Sorry there isn’t shred highlights, trying to keep this under an hour, and thinking about highlights would probably double that. Definitely left out some shizz, but it's done. Damn great event, and glad to get all the shred in that I did. A bit bummed that I didn't shred with Evan or Nick, but I shall be seeing them soon. So much praise on them toes
Wanted to play Monday, but it was rainy, and I was more beat than I thought, though the burn for shred was intense. Rested up, and stuffed my face all day. Played yesterday, and decided to film. Was trying to do just toes, but couldn't push past 16 contacts without bailing, had some great links and combos, but I only like to show the long, better stuff. Was pushing to include more Atomics, which also proved to shorten my strings. Here is some shizz.
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I also became an Uncle last night.
Film you batch! Damn it! Kept thinking it was imagine your Harrison Ford in "Air Force One".
Damn, that's pretty fudgin' insightful, going to look deeply into that. Had to make sure the fathah was entertained. Dr. Oz, of course!
VEGAS IS COMING. Couldn't make a Stanford visit this weekend cause of some car issues, but they will hopefully be fixed for next weekend.
