MEC and my Vegas recovery

[color=blue]Yeah, I know it's late, but I've been busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. Vegas kicked my ass, as usual, but it was a good time. Here's some notes from my weekend:

Random stuff:
-Stayed at the Rio this year. Normally stay at MGM or occasionally at Hard Rock. Rio is pretty kick-ass. Clean, modern, great restaurants & bars, little less busy than MBM or HR, & they have free shuttles to the strip. I'll stay here again.

-Fremont Street is a freak show of the highest caliber. Had a blast people watching & killing brain cells. And the drinks are about 1/2 price of what you pay on the Strip.

-I ain't as good as I once was. Especially in the liver area. My brain is finally coming back around, but my liver has filed for divorce on the grounds of cruel & unusual punishment. Those frozen slush-drink-things are the devil. Then again, they may be the greatest creation since fake boobs.

-Vegas taxi drivers are a strange breed.

-Cheap flights via Allegiant Air > 5 hour drive

Random Race day stuff:
-Monster knows how to throw a pit party! Not huge into drifting, but those dudes are nuts & highly talented. Seeing a full blown desert race truck w/40" tires fly around that drift course was pretty awesome. Ken Block is a nut case. Seeing the Mustang, Focus, & desert truck go at it all at once was epic. Even the freestyle guys got into the act & put on a good show.

-I thought the MEC track last year was cooler, but this one as pretty damn cool. The Joker lane helped the racing.

-Split starts are scary to watch. Very surprised we didn't see any head-on collisions. A couple were close.

-Supercross needs a joker lane

-Worst announcing ever. And I mean ever. I'd rather have Terry Boyd follow me & give narrative on my every move for a month than listen to those r-tards for one more minute. And I hate Terry Boyd. I hate him like I hate the Clap. And I really, really hate the Clap. Bring in the DMXS crew! Bring back DB & ANYONE else! Bring back Larry Huffman! Bring in Larry the Cable guy with Vanilla Ice, I don't care, just don't, DO NOT bring back those assclowns ever again! The big-watch having, flat-bill wearing, tattoo-sleeved 40-something guy should be ashamed. And barred from ever announcing again. And tarred & feathered. Douche-tastic.

-PA was about 40 decibels higher than it needed to be, making the horrible announcing even worse.

-I dunno if I'm just getting cranky in my old age or what, but the crowd seemed even more bro-ified & white trash than ever. That being said, there were a lot of hot chicks. Thank God for the sluts.

-Barcia & Tomac are for real. Well done by both youngsters

-They didn't show it very well on TV, but RC riding a lap before the races, all mic'd up, was fricken awesome.

-The announcing was horrible. All day, and all night. Just thought I'd mention that again, in case you missed it.

-The young kids racing were nuts. Dangerous, sure, but what isn't these days? I wouldn't let my kid do it, but the racing was good.

-Not sure I believe Dungey had two different incidents. Tough luck for the kid, either way. RV too.

-Thought sure I was gonna see a take-out fest when Barcia & Alessi were going at it. Good to both of them for not taking each other out.

-Barcia = modern day Hannah

-Ciancirillo & Webb are gonna be good when they go pro. A couple others too, but I don't remember the names.

-Good to see GuyB & talk for a bit. Crazy what this thing has become for him. Good stuff.

-The announcing was the worst I've ever heard at any event I've ever been to. They sucked like Richard Simmons in a dick tree. Next year, I'll take ear plugs & shooting ear muffs. And probably an Ice Pick, to puncture my own ear drums, in case that doesn't work.

-There's other stuff I'm forgetting. Blame it on the Al-al-al-al-al-alcohol...or some such sh!t like that.

Good times...//TJ[/color]