magic_fratboy

So yesterday, training for the stunt went well. Hung with my crew, and I'm up to a minute fifty seconds on holding my breath. Gonna work some more tonight, by tomorrow Mike says he should have the barrel ready with the rig I need.

Anyway, in the meantime I got some more vacation pics together. These are from Vegas, where I not only hung with my folks? But got the honor and privilege of spending a lot of days with my crew in Searchlight. Hank, Bee, Abe, Annie, Merle, Julian, Juliana, and especially my best girl, Sassy? Thanks for showing me a good time. Everyone else, like Ethan, Faith, Terry, Carter, Denny, Izzie, and the folks I'm forgetting? Next time I'm out there, I hope to get some time to meet you all.

Okay, let's get to it...

( Vacation: Vegas Edition... )

If anybody else has any stuff from the trip I missed? Throw 'em my way.

I don't know if anybody around here lives in Las Vegas? But I had a real party yesterday spending my afternoon fucking with people. Seriously, it's awesome.

First I screwed with this guy working behind the MGM Grand. Then I hung out at the Mirage and did some stuff until they made me leave. They were nice about it, though.

Two things happened because of the Mirage thing, though. First? I got caught by a camera crew doing some promotional vid for the hotel...you know one of those things that runs in the rooms 24/7? They liked my stuff so much they asked me to do the bird trick for the film.

Secondly? Me and my girls ran into Channing Vale having lunch with the Amazing Johnathan. No shit. For those of you that don't know, The Amazing Johnathan is the best comedy magician you'll ever meet. Channing Vale's making a name for herself as probably the premiere female magician in Vegas. She did a run at Harrah's a while back, subbing for Mac King, and now she's got a show opening at the Flamingo in December with preview shows beginning at the start of October.

Anyway, long story short? Channing invited us to her suite for drinks after lunch, so we all went and I completely bugged out a group of people in the hall outside her room.

After Chan invited us to her opening (and told Theo to look her up if she ever wanted a job...rock on, sister), we all left and hit the street again. I did a voodoo demonstration for some passers by, got some help from Dee, who was awesome...and then got my ass kicked by Sassy when she found me letting a guy give me a bloody nose. Still love ya, babe.

In other news, thanks to Theo for the clips of my crazy bullshit, she's an ace with the digital camera. But you're seeing it right: my hair's more or less grown back. I'm kinda glad to look like me again. So everyone that hated the new 'do...I'm back.

He sat in his car, texting to Sassy with a grin as he glanced up at the house and waited for her to get where he wanted her...right in the main foyer. It was as good a place as any to show up, and he didn't quite feel comfortable just slipping into some random room. After all, other people lived there...

The 'blind texting' thing was his undoing, leaving him with several seconds where he had to stop himself from laughing. Shaking his head and taking a deep breath to compose himself, Tommy put his phone away and ducked out of his rental car, shutting the door and walking around to the front. This was a fairly easy exercise, but he wanted to be really quiet...

Shutting his eyes, he started walking forward...and felt the change in the air as he moved from outside into the air-conditioned, recirculated air of the house. It smelled like a home, and vaguely odd at the same time...as if someone had been cooking something vaguely unpleasant.

But she was right there in front of him, at least the back of her was...and as usual, she was like a beacon in the night. The energy she radiated was almost tangible, a warmth emanating against him...

Grinning, he walked around to stand before her, straightening the faded lavender Affliction t-shirt he was wearing and doing his best not to make any noise. He waited about sixty more seconds before he finally spoke with a grin.

"Open your eyes."