> > > the sea crashed onward, seeming to consume the shore - and her soul. the sea reminded her of him... bringing back all the previous weeks poison and emotion. had it been only a week? how utterly trivial! it had seemed like years that she lie awake in the dark, her cheeks moist with angry tears, her lips moving in the air... mouth filled with unspeakable words of inexpressible pain. he had been injust... so silent, so... indifferent. sitting there watching her struggle with the words, not knowing what to say, or how to make her pain known in a rational, sane, justified way. but he knew... she could see his eyes laughing at her, the dark sorrel-brown gleamed with dull light as he watched her, silent, making mockery of her feelings for him... strong as they were.
> > >
> > > The sea raged on, the wind whipping bitterly about her body, whispering harshly about her face... but the words were swept away just too quickly for her to understand.
> > > 'Scorpion...'
> > > she whispered back to the wind, sinking down into the melancholy she knew so well, the dull and quiet anger swept in a ripple across her soul, and she knew that he would never see. Frothy waves lapped about her bare feet, comforting, understanding. The sea had always known. the sea was the eternal one.
> >
> > You guys may scoff at astrology, but I'm tellin' ya, Scorpios will do it to you EVERY time.
> >
> > Mou"Alanis was singing about a Scorpio, too"sie
>
> The whole Scorpio thing works for both genders. I had some experience with that last year.
>
> So how was Vegas? I'm going out there next month and it's been so long that I don't even know what the "must-sees" are anymore. Not that I'll see any shows or anything, I can always be found at the nearest craps table. Best odds in the house!
>
> Kel"proud to be a Gemini"ly

We stayed at Mandalay Bay; it's very, very nice, without being as posh (read as: decadent) as something like the Bellagio. Friends stayed at Paris earlier this month but said the rooms at Mandalay Bay were nicer (as if anyone spends ANY time in the room). The Venetian is supposed to be good, too. As for shows, I can only tell you what I've heard. I was there for The WB Radio Music Awards, and saw Sugar Ray at the House of Blues and The Who at the MGM Grand, so I didn't have time to see any of the permanent shows like Chicago, which is supposed to be GREAT, and the Cirque du Soleil show "O," which is done mostly underwater, I think, and is good but expensive.

I stuck to blackjack myself, but only because my favorite craps bet is "don't pass" and unless you have someone with you, it's a lonely, lonely bet. More often than not a winner, but the rest of the table hates you. What can I say, I cave to peer pressure.

If you can swing it (e-mail me for more details), try to get into the House of Blues Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay. It's a private club at the very top of the hotel with an amazing view up the strip -- most of the acts in town hang out there after their shows.

Mou"I met another Scorpio there, too, but so far, so good (knock on wood)"sie