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All Good Things
June 28, 2010
Being a writer in Las Vegas is not always easy. It probably goes without saying, but Vegas-based publications are highly dependent upon local casino ad revenue. This is a one-industry town, and unless you want to hemorrhage cash year-after-year-after-year, you have two choices: Kiss the beanbag Write for someone who doesn't depend on local casino advertising dollars For the last couple of years, I have mostly done the second. It's not that I can't "write mainstream". I can and I have. I've penned "mainstream" articles in a variety of places, both online and in print, for close to 20 years. VegasRex is an (obvious) pseudonym which allows me to write milquetoast bullshit elsewhere without anyone making the connection, but I don't really enjoy doing so. Corporate media can be extremely frustrating. You can write a 2,000 word masterpiece, only to have it stricken because it is too ... Read the full blog post...
Leaving Las Vegas … Eventually
May 11, 2010
Generally, I don't find "studies" terribly compelling, accurate, or original ... but this one was at least thought-provoking. Excerpt: "Swell of discontent: A large share of locals, many jobless and underwater, pining for greener pastures away from the recession-ravaged area, study finds During Las Vegas‚ boom years, plentiful jobs were enough to keep the masses moving here. Now that the boom has gone bust, a new survey by UNLV researchers suggests a large share of valley residents see little reason to stay. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Social Survey found 40 percent of locals want to leave the state. The results are an indication of tough times, said Robert Futrell, a UNLV sociologist who led the study paid for by the university and the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition. Most Las Vegans, it seems, talk about moving at some point. The transient nature of the area ‚ only 8 percent of us were born here ‚certainly contributes ... Read the full blog post...
To Protect and Serve
March 15, 2010
It probably won't come as a huge shock to anyone to learn that for 20 years or so, I led a fairly hard and fast life. If you name the vice, chances are good that I engaged in it and pushed it as far as it would go. It sounds eye-rollingly cliche', but there really was a collective shock by everyone I knew when I turned 30 years old. I think people had an under/over pool on me somewhere around 26 years old, and the big three oh was akin to betting on the Redskins to go undefeated for an entire season. About seven years ago, all of this caught up to me when my heart began beating wildly out of rhythm ... at which point I lost consciousness and collapsed. I refused to get a pacemaker, and was instead given medication to control my heart rate and was ordered to slow ... Read the full blog post...
The Resurrexion
March 10, 2010
I just got out of the hospital, and first let me say that I very much appreciate all of the well-wishes. I even appreciate some of the questionable-wishes, such as those opining that I had some venereal disease, and even the one person who took the time out of his day to email me a simple "I hope you die". I'm sure the latter was not a unique sentiment, so kudos for having the courage to say what many others were surely thinking. And by courage, I mean "sending an unsigned email from an anonymous email account". It must have taken hours to work up the strength to do that. Can you imagine Rosa Parks in 2010? From: sweet_mama_chocolate87156@yahoo.com To: The Montgomery Transit Authority I'm sick and tired of your discriminatory policies, and I'm not going to take it anymore. If you don't let black folks sit at the front of the bus, I'm gonna ... Read the full blog post...
Shooting Las Vegas
February 27, 2010
"Why do you take so many pictures of the Stratosphere?" "Why do you take so many unflattering pictures of Las Vegas?" In the last few months, I've been hit with variations of these two questions on a routine basis. For some reason, there has been a burgeoning interest in my photographic habits. Why? I do not know. I think some of the questions are rhetorical critiques, but perhaps there is a legitimate question or two buried within the hundred or so queries over the past few months. The reason I don't respond to individual emails is because I don't respond to anything unless I make an effort to put some thought into it. I've never sent an email that says "LOL. Thanks." This is why I'm a bad Twitterer. I'm not brief. I don't cut-and-paste responses either. If I don't have the time to formulate a thoughtful, complete response, I don't respond at all. It ... Read the full blog post...
I’d Like To Thank The Academy
January 25, 2010
After more than a few emails, pm's, and what have you, I've finally gotten around to reading the results of the 2009 Trippies Awards. It appears that I have won one of the blog categories, and I have an official response. First, I would like to say that it was an honor just to be nominated, and I would like to acknowledge my worthy opponents by saying ... LOSERS! How's my dick taste? I kid. Maybe. I have no idea who I was up against, so if any of them are assholes, then I meant it. Contrary to popular expectations, I'm not going to do the cliche'd Ed Vedder Grammy "I don't know what this means, I don't think it means anything" routine. It obviously means something. It means that people, most of whom I do not know, took 2 minutes (or however long it took) out of their day to pencil my name into a ballot, weigh ... Read the full blog post...
Sin City Tattler
October 15, 2008
Welcome to my little gossip and confessions area of this website. So you’re thinking, “What the hell does she mean by that?!” Well, I am not ALWAYS going to shows and eating at restaurants, behaving myself and reporting about that. There are times when I meet a group of drunk tourists and their antics are just too funny or just too salacious to not write about three thousand words on the scandal.
Pimps are people too, and damned friendly, I might add. He did eventually get a phone call and run out of the place, much to my disappointment.
Sometimes, “glad to meet you!” is a little more friendly than you might imagine in Las Vegas. Are you kidding me? I stepped up for my kiss too! I mean, while he was handing them out for free and all.
