10 days/10000 miles pt 1 (Tahoe)

Lake Tahoe is pretty. As I look out from the top of Harrah's top floor I can see the mountains 15 miles in the distance. Sadly, it's a 8 hour drive for me from Arcata. I'm surprised my old car could take it.

I went to attend the wedding of Mike and Tina. Mike was a friend I worked with back at "the agency." They picked Tahoe because Tina's family (who are loaded) have a vacation home there. Now I have been a lot of weddings the last 10 years, I guess-a-mate 20 (OY!), but this one surely had the most money put into it. Not that that is a bad thing, but you see Mike is a bit of a geek in the Star Wars/Star Trek sense. The ceremony itself was 18 min (A new record), and the party lasted hours. I bring up the geekness because they, and I must say this was a good idea, labeled the tables with their favorite movies to know where everyone was to sit (and there was a lot of comic book movies, believe me). The couple came out and the theme to Star Wars was played. Surely the groom had made his mark at the wedding, but you could tell it was the bride's wedding as well. The ceremony was outside, on an amazing 75 degree day, with the mountains in the background. Tina looked fantastic in her dress, as all brides do....ummm, with one expection, but that's a story for another day. Tina had flew out most of her family from Denmark (!). It was pure fun. I'm going to say between the out of town family, the number of people, and the open bar (! pt2) the wedding cost $60,000.

But let's get to the good part. When it came to chaos it all had to start with the other people from "the agency" I worked with. Corey, who, in my book, worked for the worst person in Hollywood when he was at "the agency, is a 32 year old who was smart/dumb enough to pick up the groom 18 year old cousin. I believe the elderly gentlemen, Tina's uncle, said it best "All a 30 year old has to do is look at an 18 year old to get there attention." I am still waiting for updates, the 18 year old lives in Canada but wants to go to LA to visit Corey (WHO, I might add, hasn't had a job in two years!). Corey was hoping for a one night stand that never happened. She thinks it's a relationship, and he's thinking with his....well, you get the idea.

I was attempting to talk to one girl who also wishes to be a teacher, but I was cock blocked, and rudely(! pt 3) by another old employee who was just telling me an hour earlier how he was in love with his girlfriend and was thinking about popping the question. Eh, whatever, not the first time and it won't be the last.

I got completely shitfaced and did what I do best and led the party. Putting the tie on my head I danced to every song they played (which inclued "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"??????). Once I figure out how to put pics up here I will, but it was great. Then off to the casino where I didn't sleep till 6am!

Before I forget, the next time I move to an apartment complex, which I will, I must have a pool! The place that I stayed was great (AND CHEAP! Just $100 bucks a night!) it had three bedrooms, a loft, a full kitchen, and a heated pool and hot tub! No matter how shitfaced I got, I had to swim in that pool for an hour every day. Even at 8am that pool was heated. Oddly enough, it was the best part of the trip for me.

next Pt 2...New York