The Holiday Diaries: Los Angeles/Las Vegas May 2004 - Day 13
Friday, November 10, 2006
Thursday 13th may 2004
I love rita rudner. I have her book 'tickled pink' which i found to be affectingly charming. Everytime i am in las vegas i stop at new york new york and look at the electronic billboard that advertises her show : "Hello. I'm Rita Rudner. And, yes - i'm really doing the splits. and yes - it hurts. now could someone help me up please" (trust me its hilarious in person) Brilliant! I saw her host her own tv show, however, today and it was just horrible. Ask Rita. Ask rita to get off the tv more like. You could see her wide eyes moving along, terrified, with the autocue. She looked like a cross between a deer caught in the headlights and a deer caught well doing something else (not sure what...)
Went to siegfried and roys secret garden today to follow up our educational visit to shark reef yesterday. it was all very nice but siegfried and roys recordings of their love for the animals bordered on the overzealous. you almost expected roy to say ' von day i was in de garden with kimba the white tiger and we developed chust by making loooove' Charming.
I must have had a dodgy lunch today because i was absolutely in dire need to use the bathroom. now i usually won't sit down in a public restroom but this time i had no choice, so i ran into the bathroom, scrabbled at the toilet paper like a wild animal and wrapped it around the toilet seat and hovered above it. all done (ew) i flushed (twice - silly incompetent flushing system) and came out of the cubicle to an array of glares and stares. in my haste i had run into the womens bathroom. oops.
We went to a gay club tonight. it was interesting to me to see how the culture differs on the diff sides of the atlantic. Case in point - if it had been a gay pride event in england (which it was in vegas) everyone would have been dressed up to the nines (what does that mean) and the place and dancefloor would've been packed. The club was semi full and the dance floor only half full with 'creative' movers and people in shorts and a tshirt (a fashion no no in england). But i have always liked gay clubs for being somewhere where you can wear what you like and express yourself so that is the same the world over. Hurrah for that...
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