Lightsabers and Lollipops

lotsa cool things happen in Vegas. this one here already has all my friends at work jealous.

john and i were walking around the Hard Rock Casino when he gets a phone call and all i hear him say is, "Carmen Electra? "the Joint?"
hangs up the phone and says, "let's go."

i've learned enough not to question john and just go, cuz things are just fun that way. turns out that Carmen Electra was signing autographs and more importantly taking pictures with anybody who was willing to donate 10 dollars or more to some charity. (don't remember which one, don't care it's freakin Carmen Electra!)

the great thing was the line only about 10-15 people! i think we made up 5 of them.
john scared her by moving too fast. i;m glad she didn't get security involved, that would have messed up my turn. luckily, she calmed down from her fright to be nice to me and take this great pic with me. jealous?



she was even super nice and re-autographed the postcard thingie for me. smiles all around.



then everything could have gone better for Spacey from that moment on...

while we were waiting in line, there was some game going on behind us. then we heard the name, Shannon Elizabeth. and we thought, no! that can't be her! sure enough, the star from the American Pie films and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was in the very same room with us, losing big time at poker. she was in 6th place.... out of 6.

tall Steve and i tried to take as good as pictures of her as we could from behind the velvet rope. (that stinkin velvet rope, sometimes i hate it sooo much)



but this is the best i got. those stinkin professional photographers just got in the way (shakes fist).

so john (like i said, always listen to john about these things) suggests that since the room is not crowded at all, we have a chance to see if she will be willing to take a pic with us when it's over. so we stay.
i felt like a stalker, but i'm pretty sure that's what we were doing on some level.
they end the round and the players disperse. john was one the other side of the walkway and caught her right away and snapped this pic:




then she started taking off and i thought i wouldn't catch her, but some other guy asked her to sign something and she stopped for that. so i followed her out that door and tapped her on the arm (heart pounding in my chest, camera still in my pocket)

i asked her politely if she would take a picture with me. she was very nice and said, "sure, but i really have to go so make it quick." and here's my picture with Hollywood star, Shannon Elizabeth:
















don't see one?
that's because there isn't one!!!!!!!!!

and here's why.

i take the camera out and flip it on.
hold it in front of us.
hold down the button.
nothing.
hold it down again.
nothing.
hold it down a third time.
NOTHING!

she says to me, "i'm sorry but i really have to go."
i say i understand and she runs off trying not be noticed by any more would be stalkers like me.

just in time, my friends, (especially john) come around to see her sprinting away from me. and since then everyone kept making fun of me by making the disappointing sound of a trumpet going, "wunh. wunh. WAHHHHH"

they would ask, hey! where's your picture of Shannon Elizabeth? oh right! wunh. wunh. WAHHHHHH!

somedays i don't know how i don't fall into a manhole and die.

stay tuned kids. we have dancing candy coming soon.