persya

I'm back...unfortunately!

I took sooo many photos
I have almost 3300! photos to sort thru
so I have no idea when I'll post some

I had a lot of fun
it was super hot once we left LA...over 100 degrees every single day..usually about 110...highest was 115
but still better than being here in nasty humid NYC
seriously it's so gross here
even at 87 degrees it feels worse than the 110 in the desert
and my hair just doesn't cope well with humidity
it looked great out west no matter how hot it was
so..when can I move to LA?

I was only in LA for a day, but I got to see the lovely Ranee
unfortunately tho, Amanda was sick so I didn't get to see her.
other highlights I'll talk about when I post photos.

Joshua Tree was beautiful
I'll talk more about it when i post photos
but the highlights of the area were:
--Pappy & Harriets' in Pioneertown (which I knew about because of Lorelei and I always remember her Joshua Tree Inn/Gram Parsons set) where we ate and drank and saw the house band, the Thriftstore All Stars
--Joshua Tree National Park of course
--the Wheel Inn Eat in Cabazon...featured in Pee Wee's Big Adventure ..with the huge dinosaurs outside!
oddly I can't find a video clip on youtube of this, but I'm sure you remember
tho now they've gone and messed it up by building a fence around the back of the T Rex and creating a backyard adventure thing
and you can walk up inside the T Rex and see thru his mouth, but it's not like in the movie
that part was a soundstage...it's A LOT smaller than that!

the desert, the diner, and the dinosaurs are also featured in Oasis' Supersonic video way back in 1994/5


and Vegas was fun...
most mornings we started the day at the pool
I did have a couple celebrity sightings..of course: clad in black leather, Jenna Jameson and her bf Tito Ortiz (an ex fighter i didn't recognize, bobby did..tho he didn't recognize Jenna) walking out of Hard Rock, Carrot Top (if you count him as a celebrity haha) exiting the Luxor (where i stayed and he has a comedy show nightly) to the parking lot
it's weird cos I remember Carrot Top when he was scrawny..and now he's grossly 'roided out (or just tons of plastic surgery and synthol injections) with black eyeliner and a tall blonde on his arm...still not attractive.
we went to surrounding ghost towns, Red Rock Canyon and the Hoover Dam
but didn't make it out to Death Valley..too far away and we were warned that it's far too hot, and it's best to go in the cooler months

we saw the Cirque du Soleil Love show (the one with the Beatles' music) which was absolutely amazing and I cried haha
and we saw Crazy Girls (a classic topless show) at the Riviera

I won some money, but lost it trying to win bigger ..haha oh well
downtown Vegas is really cool with little old motels, wedding chapels, and casinos all lit up in Neon lights the way old Vegas (and even Times Sq.) used to be.

Vegas gets kinda old after too many days there though
and maybe it was the heat, but i found myself exhausted really early most days

my sleep is all messed up
I slept most of the day yesterday
and still slept straight thru my alarm and didnt get up til 2pm today
i hate that
and I have to try to get to bed early tonight cos i have to get up by 4.30am for work tomorrow
le sigh