I got a pile of writing done while we were in Las Vegas last week. My husband had a conference there so I had the hotel room to myself for four days running. I’m up to 7000+ words and the whole chapter book can be no more than 10,000. I haven’t had a chance to work on it since we got back but am chomping to get back to it.
Why do people like Las Vegas? I don’t gamble and don’t understand the allure of gambling. I don’t smoke either, and in fact I’m allergic to tobacco. Las Vegas is so smoky and loud and overwhelming in commercial crassness. We wanted to take in some shows, so we saw Zumanity and the Blue Man Group. Zumanity is a Cirque du Soliel show and we were looking forward to breathtaking acrobatics. There was very little of that. Mostly, it was muscular guys in sequinned jock straps or merry widows and black net stockings and nearly naked women simulating sex. I don’t have a problem with nudity or sex but I do have a problem with lack of creativity and pandering to the lowest common denominator and a lack of acrobatics in a show that’s supposed to be acrobatics. If I want to see simulated sex, I’ll read my spam.
The Blue Man Group was better. Very funny and odd and smarter.
I’m with you on gambling and casinos (yawn…ow my ears…yawn again), but how very cool to see The Blue Man Group live. Also cool to have gotten so far in your manuscript! I’m still struggling with lack of time, and (apparently) too many projects.
Anita
Hi Anita,
I can relate to the too may projects and not enough time. Maybe you need to go to Las Vegas and write in a room.
simulated sex & Cirque du Soleil
Aren’t there four Cirque du Soleil shows currently running in Las Vegas? If you pick the one that has simulated sex, don’t complain about it having simulated sex!
RWW
Re: simulated sex & Cirque du Soleil
Had we known we sure wouldn’t have gone to this one, that’s for sure!
Blue Man is awesome. As for a Cirque fix, you should’ve seen KA across the street. Or any other Cirque show than Zumanity.
Yes, we found that out in retrospect. Not being familiar with Las Vegas we had no idea there were five Cirques playing. We did know that there was one at our hotel though, so booked seats there. It was a total waste of an evening. I’m glad to know that not all Cirques in Las Vegas are like this.