Last Post: 03-24-2014, 11:50PM


Last Pic on OP's Phone: 03-25-2014, 04:37AM

Chances blasted7 is actually Dan bilzerian= 102%

I have updates. Will post tomorrow. Guess I cant lurk and watch this dumpster fire any longer, given I've been outed for recent activity...

How so? Link?

Stop slow rolling and post the dumpster fire. I promise to return the favor after my bachelor party in May.

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The money pic was only 5 large - how bad could the report be? Just man up and tell the story.

Can't believe I have to tell you this, but 5 large, heck even half of that, means the world to some people. And don't bother saying if it's that important to them, they shouldn't be gambling at all. The bottom line is, (compulsive?) gamblers are going to gamble...

I would normally agree with you - it can be a lot of money to people. But the kid was talking about making partner in his company and wearing Allen Edmonds shoes. If you do all that and 5K devastates you then you're doing it wrong. I run my own show and I love my two pairs of AEs (the US made ones, not the cheap Dominican ones) - 5K would not devastate me because I live within my means.

Besides, he decided to post the money. If you're going to flaunt the money, then act like you've been here before. You can't flaunt some level that is going to bury you - that's just dumb.

Hi everyone, my name is Blasted7 and I'm an attention whore. There, that should shore a few things up.

Lets try and get a bit of this report out:

This trip, we scheduled it so as to take the 10:30am flight out. in past years, we'd always taken the 1:00pm or 3:30 flight, but that inevitably caused a morning of sitting at the office, doing nothing, waiting to go to the airport. So, this year, half of us decided to get the morning flight so we could skip the office all together and go straight to the airport.

Given the earlier flight, the day before, I am running the necessary errands, or, more accurately, errand, of stopping by the bank to pick up the Vegas roll. This year's Vegas roll consists of a couple of expense checks and a little bit of cash I've swept up in the past couple weeks. I get to the teller's window and grab my cash. On the first attempt, the cashier hands me about 6 $50s. No way buddy, $50s are bad luck, can I have some hundreds instead? I walk out with just about $3,500 or so in hand. Its a little more than I usually take to Vegas, but the last year or so has been good and my usual methods of creating the Vegas roll produced a little more than usual, so what the hell.

At home, I get the packing started so as to not have to deal with it in the morning. Knowing I am trying to put together a live trip report, I am aware of the necessity of the shoe pic. I've decided on the blue Allen Edmonds along with some more causal options. Besides, there needs to be at least one TR shoe pic that doesn't star high tops or sandals.

Next morning rolls around, and finally we're off and running. I drop by Panic Button's house to pick him up. When I get to his place, he rolls out wearing a polo with our office's name on it. This will certainly not be the type of public exposure that the office was hoping for when they made those shirts....

We cruise down to the airport and hook up with Melrose and a new guy. Trip rookie, we will call him Byte, as he is some sort of fancy pants tech guy. We all meet up at the airport bar, and proceed to start making some headway into intoxication. Its 9:15am, but the 22oz IPA and bourbon on the rocks dont have any trouble flowing. We go about three rounds or so, and then the flight calls for boarding. As we all start to pack up, I call over to Melrose, "shots?"

This might be where it goes wrong, but I'm not sure.

Melrose somewhat reluctantly says ok. We order up a double shot of jack. Slam it down, and off we go, down we go.

On the plane, there is the usual mountain of free drink tickets that the group always seems to accumulate. Soon enough, there is a smattering of budlights, jack and cokes and other various beverages strewn across the tray tables of our adjoining rows. Melrose had begun his usual cringe worthy (although self aware) flirting with the stewardess. After a relatively short flight, we touch down in Vegas.

Short cab line. Quick trip to Aria. For the first time ever, I get a long haul attempt. Cabbie is insistent that the freeway is fastest. After a couple "no tunnel no freeway"s from me (Frankly, I dont even know what/where the tunnel is, I'm not even totally sure there is a tunnel, I've just seen it posted in LVL) we arrive at the Aria.

After seeing another report where OP went for the pre-check in roulette spin, I've decided that group hundos on red is what we need. We stack up four benjis on red and away the ball goes. Clack-clack-clack and bango, everyone is a winner. +$100 each in 18 second. This trip is going to be awesome.

Ha. Welcome back. Nice update.

Unfortunately you've become synonymous with the aborted Trip Report.

In before some (other) nit mentions that you said you bet Black in the earlier update.

I've noticed. No such thing as bad publicity, right?

My plan is to do one or two more updates and then stop again without finishing. Jusssssst kidding (maybe).

I was actually wondering if I had it correct when I was writing the update, but didnt go back and check for reference. Oh well.

Tease.

After that abandonment your going to write out installments? You really are an attention whore

There god damn better be some hookers and blow involved in this three act abortion.

You're right. Let's call it a day. Lock it up!

Lock and permaban

I like this OP. Very good story teller. I think that's why all the hate blasted. You tell a good story and had everyone ready to follow along with you, then left us hanging. But I'm back on board to hear this train wreck commence.

+1.

So, OP is pulling a blasted7 on us here?

ugain2004 = Blasted7

Cliffs-

Op goes to Vegas with fun money roll and huge degen habits.

Loses roll, abandons thread, comes back to thread, leaves another cliffhanger, then...


EAD and all is forgivin.

You do make some valid points, my friend! I had to Google those shoes as my filter at work blocks out a lot of images/photos on 2+2, and indeed they are very nice. I see a price tag of about $365, those are the American made version, correct?

Yes. Anything below about $300 is Dominican. $365 seems to be about the going rate for most AEs, above that you have the softer leather ones and/or custom design (different sizes for each shoe, golf spikes, etc).