No, this isn’t for NoJoMo
So, I returned from a 4 day trip to Vegas on Sunday night, where I was accompanied by the peerless Heather. I made the mistake going in of worrying I would blow all my money gambling, only to realize that it wasn’t the gambling that would suck up my money but, rather, every other single thing there is to do in Vegas. Seriously, $30 for a buffet? $30 to get into a club where you then pay $12 for a beer? $100 for shows? Craziness!
Though I think I did figure out a way to be assured of making money at the casino. You just slowly gamble one penny at slot machines while you wait for the servers to offer you free drinks. Worst case scenario you blow a few cents and you still get a free drink for it. Not a bad bet, eh?
Unrelatedly, I was looking at my phone bill recently and, after a quick calculation, I realized that I talked to Heather for an estimated 807 hours on the phone over the last year. Yes, 807 hours. Not to mention the occasional online chat or the 3 weeks out of the year that we spend with each other in person. For perspective’s sake , that’s the length of 403 two-hour movies. Yikes.
To be fair, not all of those 807 hours are spent in constant chatter – generally we’re doing menial tasks while we’re on the phone with one another. But it’s still a lot.
Speaking of Heather, we are more officially “in a relationship” once again, though this is really more of a change in words than behavior. It’s doubtful that our day to day interactions will change that much, but it’s nice to put our relationship on a bit more concrete terms as we move forward with trying to create a situation in which we can see each other for more than just brief vacations. And now I can avoid regular occasions of people rolling their eyes as I tell them that I’m going on week-long vacations with my female “friend.”
And we’re happy.
Awwwww. Matt and Heather sittin’ in a tree!
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What really counts is if you are both happy. You are, so thumbs up! :):)
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Happy is where it’s at. ~I’ll be
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I love Vegas (too bad I won’t be going back for awhile). So happy for you and Heather! =)
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Love it.
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If you’re happy and she’s happen, I say let it ride! And speaking of one of my favorite casino games, did you play anything in Vegas besides penny slots?
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Yeah, that was my understanding of vegas, the place where you spend all of your money. Wow, 807 hours sir is a lot of time. And congrats on being official, i know how wracked you are over this. and that happiness is all that matters, so concentrate on that.
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haha. nice stats
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So happy you had a good trip with Heather and you have a more solid title. Mentally that helps.
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Matt, congratulations! I am loving it! I wish you guys nothing but good fortune and awesome love! Love, Sophia
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About damn time.
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An orange juice and bagel were $15!!!!!
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ryn, if you liked Before sunset then you will also like before sunrise. It’s more lovely, in my opinion. The characters are more naive and hopeful, I think. It reminds me of how much we expect from life when we start giving our first steps in the adult world. Then you watch Before sunset and you also find it adorable, but you realize that things sometimes doesn’t go like you wanted them to go.
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…it’s a beautiful portrait of all the expectations and personal growing that we all experiment. Don’t you think Julie Delpy is just gorgeous? 😀
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wow, ferreal? it´s “official?” miracle of miracles….. 🙂
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That adds up to a lot of amazing hours…
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I think you need to update more frequently.
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ryn: The last statement (that i hold us policy accountable for my pho) was made somewhat facetiously, in an “i tend to blame the us for everything; why not this, too?” way =P i know that things are not actually that simple… the other things, though (the iron grip the us has over el salvador), i´m very serious about.
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Finally official! Been waiting for that! 😉 I just randomly signed on here to see what you’ve been up to!
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