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Saturday morning Steph and I got up early to head to the airport.  We were heading to Las Vegas to join a large group of people who knew each other in interesting ways.  I drove since it was early, and we got to the airport in plenty of time.  Once we got to Las Vegas It was time for lunch.  We started by meeting up with Kevin and Lindsay, who were having brunch with Andrew and Debby so we could pick up our keys.  We then head up to the room and I got all dressed up.  Steph also had a lovely top, and classy jacket.  We went to the Chihuly glass exhibit at Aria, then we went to a photo gallery nearby.  We then went to the Faberge Egg exhibit at the Bellagio and noticed some silly animatronic goats that had been placed for Chinese New Year.  There was a large amount of decorations everywhere for Chinese New Year, and almost nothing for Valentines.

We decided to head over to the Mandarin Oriental a little early for High Tea.  It was a very nice experience, and the view was spectacular.  It was the perfect thing for a Valentines day.  After that we spent a little time with the others over a delicious dinner before heading to the LOVE show by Cirque du Soleil.  It was quite good, and had a ton of references to British history, the Beatles lyrics, and greater history.   There were so many I’m sure I missed a good many, but I did pick up a number that the others didn’t.  I really enjoyed the show.

We got back to Aria and drank a bit in the lobby bar, where it was possible to hear each other.  We had some great conversation and called it pretty early for Vegas.

The next day we got a delicious brunch at the Venetian, and then went back to the Aria where we hung out a bit.  We went to the hot tub with Debby and Andrew, after which we went to hang out with Alana and Haru.  We chatted with them for hours, and even stayed past check out.  We managed to get back into the room, then headed out to the airport for the flight home.

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Dinner with Nick

I met Nick for dinner Friday last week, and we got some Thai food.  I had a nice curry, and he got something that seemed fermented and had a good bit of shrimp paste.  I liked the first taste, but the aftertaste didn’t appeal to me.  We went back to his work afterwards and hung out for a bit while I waited on the next train.  He was trying to set up an automated plug, but the network was too complicated.  I made a 5 sided lego structure, and it worked surprisingly well.

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Getting destroyed at MTG

Steph got sick this past weekend.  She went ahead to the martial arts seminar on Saturday, while I stayed in and didn’t do much of anything, but cuddle with kitties.  On Sunday, Steph stayed in while I went over to Adam’s place for some MTG.  Andrew and Keven joined, as well as Debby being there just hanging out.  We did two drafts, and I lost spectacularly at both.  I tried some specific strategies, but they really didn’t turn out.  I did misplay a few times, but it was more of choosing from two unknowns and getting the worse outcome.  The draft was still very fun.

After drafting we went to a restaurant that Debby had recommended, JX Cuisine.  Lindsay joined us, and we had some amazing food.  I really liked the ma po tofu, and would definitely go back.

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First full bookclub meeting

We had a pretty good turnout at the first full bookclub meeting, and the response to the book was mainly negative, but it made us think.  There were some really good and impassioned discussions around the different concepts discussed.  The most contested was the institutional habits and whether that level of control that the company is exerting on the individual is moral or not.  Steph’s baked goods were delicious.

We decided on A Fire upon the Deep as the next book, and I’m going to read it a few times since it was pretty good.

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Brunch at Beachhead

Steph hosted a big brunch at Beachhead, that was supposed to be about 8 people and ended up being 16 with +1’s and other reasons to invite people.  She made a ton or sourdough starter and we made that into waffles and pancakes.  The food was delicious and the conversations were really good.  We decided to play some MTG while Steph and Jeremy painted.  Tina and I tried to play New Era before that but nobody else was particularly interested.  We hung out long enough to order pizza for dinner and then watched a comedy show.  Steph and I went back to my place for the evening and did the p90x, and I had a hard time keeping the pizza down.

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Rooster T. Feathers

Steph and I joined Tina, Amit, Jeff, and Patty at Rooster T. Feathers on Friday for a set of four comics.  The first guy was trying out a lot of material for the first time, but a good bit was funny.  The woman that came second was pretty funny, but it was because she was somewhere between a train wreck and awkwardly cute.  She was also describing things that we couldn’t really relate with, but it was still decent.  The third guy was really funny and had a really well planned performance.  He was probably my favorite.  The headliner was playing off the crowd really well, but there were lots of awkward and down moments.  The night was a lot of fun and the spiked hot chocolate I got was delicious.

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Games Night

There was a small and quiet games night of just Chris, Jeff, and myself.  We started out with Fall in a Pit and Die (Dungeon Quest).  I did really badly on that one, not even making to the dragon before getting destroyed.  Jeff ended up winning, since Chris wasn’t able to make it out in time.  We then played a fun round of Galaxy Trucker, where we bid on the number of handicaps that we tried to make it trough the universe with.  We did really well despite the obscene number of handicaps, and ended positive.  I survived 9, and Chris survived 8.  We will probably play that again but with us both doing the same handicaps.

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KTV Karaoke

Steph and I joined Andrew, Kevin, and Lindsay at a Pho place on Friday night.  The food there was pretty good, and the conversation was interesting, but it was all leading up to the karaoke.  We went to a place nearby and got a room.  The interface on the karaoke machine was amazingly terrible, like being able to hand write letters for the song you are looking up.  We got a book and mainly were inputting numbers.  I put in some Beatles songs since they are fun, short, and most everyone knows them.  I had a sore throat that day so it was a little tough to sing.  Lindsay and Debby were singing amazingly well.  Steph was doing pretty good, and then there were the guys.  Andrew was ok, Kevin was a little worse, and I was pretty bad due to the sore throat.  I had a great time.

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Fall in a Pit and Die!

We played another game of Dungeon Quest yesterday, and I got insanely lucky again.  I was able to make it into the catacombs, and get the gigantic diamond there, then make it to the dragon’s room.  I took some treasure and left through the other side.  Everyone else died.  It was a very interesting game, and I enjoyed it.  The luck I was getting was a bit absurd.

I then got on beyond earth with Steph and we played for about 3 hours, with it not going all that great.

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