Van Helsing/WriterCon

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I somehow ended up seeing Van Helsing twice this weekend. Friday I saw it with drujan, Saturday I saw it in the same theater with jaydk. (Everyone else's schedules conflicted ... I got to hang out with each friend individually, though, so I didn't really mind).

I liked the movie, btw. It was very cheesy and stupid, style without substance, but fun, like a theme park ride. The worst parts were when we were supposed to take the lead actors seriously--Kate Beckinsale, in particuarly, was painfully dull. But the intentionally cheesy parts, like Dracula and his Brides, were awesome. I love the guy who played Dracula--he was so delightfully over-the-top. And all the references to old monster movies were fun to catch, especially since I just finished taking a class on vampire films.

drujan and I snuck alcohol into the theater, and I think we must've gotten pretty drunk, because we somehow ended up planning two vacations for this year, to Las Vegas and to Disney World.

Not sure about Disney, but I think we're really going to Vegas--just expanding the trip to WriterCon. It looks now like we're going to arrive Tuesday night and spend Wednesday and Thursday exploring the city prior to the con. Then I'm going to WriterCon (rooming with irfikos, irfikos' roommate, and miggy) while drujan is going to continue exploring Vegas.

I'm going to stay in a different hotel with drujan on Tuesday and Wednesday--we're going to decide tonight which one. This is so exciting--I've never been to Vegas before, but drujan has, so she has lots of ideas about what we should do.

We're probably going to stay really late on Monday and take an 11:30 PM flight home to NYC, which gets in around 7:30 AM, sleep on the plane, and then go straight to work from that. I figure it's best to get the most possible out of the trip, plus that way we can hang out with whoever's left on Monday, or catch up on any last-minute activities.

So, anyone else arriving early or staying late? I want to know who's going to be around. :)

Comments

[10zlaine.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. So many choices! I mean, when I first was thinking accommodation, I was thinking of one place, as usual! By your having listed all the variety, I can definitely see what drujan means about experiencing--'cause it could be some groovy fun. I've never experienced Vegas, really, and this is the perfect opportunity.

You're using up one of your *paid* vacation weeks! *g* I could definitely commit to sharing on Wednesday. I'd even say I'd share with drujan for some of the other, but it just now occurred to me that since I'm on *special* assigned duty, I may need to see what Chris thinks about if I should stay at the Imperial for easy access? It may not even matter, but it would probably simplify things.

Now, I'm totally confuddled! Suddenly, I have no idea what I'm doing!!

[drujan.livejournal.com]

I am going to change my reservation for Sunday night to Flamingo. It's right next to Imperial Palace and its pool is awesome! (Even though I do have a reservation for a room with the gorgeous view of pirates at TI... Oh, man. Decisions, decisions.) Actually, I'd like to stay at Flamingo the Saturday night as well, but only if I could find a roomie, as Saturdays rates are more expensive. Otherwise, it will have to be Imperial Palace Saturday, and then Flamingo (wheeee! pool!) Sunday.

As for Friday night, I decided to drive up to the Grand Canyon and spend it there. Again, if anyone is interested?.. I'd hate to miss Friday's get-together, but I wanted to do the proper Grand Canyon thing for years, and I can't pass the chance.

So, if you want to stay with me at Flamingo on Sunday and maybe Saturday, you are more then welcome. And if anyone wants to see the Grand Canyon? Come on, it'd be fun! ;-)