Scott's Blog: February 2008

Monday, February 25, 2008

Henry Rollins.

This past Saturday, 2/23/08, Henry Rollins came to Athens, GA on his spoken word tour "Provoked". Big Derrick an I made the trip up for the show and it was freakin' awesome! At 47 this guy is still kicking ass. He came out and talked for a little over 3 hours about everything. His trips, shows, views on government, music, people and Van Halen fans. Freakin' awesome stuff. It was funny, there's an internet discussion forum I check out occasionally and some "self proclaimed worlds greatest trainers and fat, fat-loss experts" were on there were slamming him cause' they don't like his show he hosts and calling him a pussy and a liberal, blah blah blah. It's so hip to slam him nowadays because he's "done the same thing for far too long". Why? Because he does what he wants and doesn't give a shit about what other people think? Whatever. He goes out and lives his life more honestly and with more fire and balls than most do. Like Henry says, "knowledge without mileage is bullshit." I've been a fan for a long time and it was awesome to finally get to meet him and shake his hand. Big Derrick was pretty stoked too. Good times!

"I'm like a katana blade, thrust into the fire, rolled and hammered. The longer I go the stronger and sharper I become." -Henry Rollins

Friday, February 22, 2008

The Vegas

Lisa and I just got back from our first trip out to Vegas and had an awesome time. Here are some highlights and some photos:

-stayed at the Luxor, aside from being chased down by timeshare representatives the whole weekend a great place to stay

-got to see filming of an episode of Mindfreak with Wilmer Valderama (Fez from That 70's Show) as Criss Angel's guest. Also got a ton of cool pics, got to meet Criss and Wilmer and was in the front of the crowd when the camera filmed us all screaming "Mindfreak" for the end of the show, hopefully the shot with me in it makes the cut for the final show! Look for the bald guy with the grey Adidas shirt looking like an idiot!

-Carrot Top's show at Luxor - Freakin' Hysterical! You gotta' see this guy.

-Penn and Teller at the Rio, a good show, but Carrot Top killed it for anyone I see after him.

-gambling at Luxor, Mandalay Bay and Rio - we came out ahead thanks to Lisa and I did really well at my first Blackjack experience. Good times!

-Shark Reef aquarium at Mandalay Bay - awesome!

-Seeing Criss Angel and Carrot Top just "strolling" around Luxor and Mandalay Place - wow, I guess they are just real people. LOL!

-Working out at Luxor gym

-The two rock climbers who were trecking through the dessert for 3 months on a climbing expedition we shared the cab to Rio with. Cool guys, climbed boat rock and rock town in Atlanta. They were going for the buffet man! LOL!

-The water fountain show at the Bellagio - very cool and very patriotic.

-The idiots slapping the call girl cards at us as we walked the strip.

-Sushi at Tao (Thanks Sveta!)

-Texting Sveta all week to tell her about all the Criss Angel sightings only to find out she thought I was joking around with her when I got back! Good thing I got all the pics!!!

-Meeting up with my cousin Michelle and her husband for dinner, hadn't seen her since we were kids, this was very cool.

-The burger at the burger bar - awesome food!

-Criss Angel's choppers and rides - freakin' sick!

-Erik coming down to Akron/Canton on our layover to help us kill sometime.

-The steak, shrimp and ribs trio lunch at Rainforest Cafe at MGM - freakin' awesome!

-All in all a great vacation! Can't wait to go back!

If you want to check out all the pics from the trip go to my myspace page, click on pics under my profile pic and check the Vegas and Mindfreak photo albums at:

myspace.com/scottpl613