Vegas

WTF!!! The morning I am to leave for Vegas I wake up to see that I have started my period! This is a huge deal because I have not had a period since March of 2005. Almost 3 years with out a menstrual cycle and it couldn't wait until I came back from Vegas? The Universe has a sick sense of humor. So it's Pamprin and vodka crans for the rest of the weekend.


Ok I will only say it once,"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."


Actually it wasn't that crazy. I mean don't worry there was excessive drinking, gambling and semi-nudity, just nothing too scandulous. Considering there was 14 of us, everything went flawlessly. No drama, no puking. I even got some shopping in.

We saw the show Zumanity which is Cirque de Soleil except practically naked. Our friend Martine remarked that she feels inadequate in the bedroom now and feels compelled to add some backflips into her sex life.

While I was stuffing my face at a mediocre buffett Merrill and Chris got to shake hands with Bill Clinton as he was exiting an elevator at Paris. Ugh so jealous. But I did get to see the hot and hunky guy who plays the plumber from Desperate Housewives.

Sunday we had dinner at the VooDoo lounge at the top of the Rio. Dinner was tasty but the club scene was a blast. We went outside on the deck even though it was freezing but the view was worth it. We saw a woman who was easily in her '70's making out with a man in his 30's and then on our way out a girl who was 350 if she was an ounce was practically fornicating with a guy who weighed less than I do, awesome! Just before catching our cab we saw a wasted woman in a wheelchair being pushed by a security guard wearing latex gloves as she puked into a styrofoam cup, good times.

I was very happy to see my sweet monkeys but they have been punishing ever since we returned with horrible middle of the night behaviours. Also Jake is sick again!

DNC

Ok so after bath and bedtime this evening I made sure that Hillary's speech was being recorded on our Tivo before I started dinner. I have to share my opinions on her speech on my blog because Erik is working at home on his computer tonight and can't be interrupted by my commentary. So anyone reading this is welcome to skip or skim the following.

So I am watching MSNBC because Fox is the evil right and CNN can be too liberal even for me. In the minutes before Hillary took the stage it was like watching the coverage before the Super Bowl. Lots of talking heads trying to guess what she was going to say while the camera was firmly lodged on Bill Clinton in the audience. Bill was sitting next to a woman I didn't recognize and was talking her ear off. What amused me was that she seemed to be leaning away from him and barely listening. This is Bill Clinton, the man who can talk the panties off a Nun. I even had to interrupt Erik to show him this and he agreed that you have to be a very hard-core lesbian to not be charmed by Bill Clinton. Sure enough about 3 minutes later this woman leaned closer, tossed her hair and smiled. You gotta love him. I mean I would never want to be married to him, he is a horrible slut, but if you have ever had guys as friends, you know some them just can't help it. Some men play football, some men play women.

That is why I could never vote for Hillary. It's ok to be friends with men like that, even date them, but you don't marry and have children with them. And if you do, once it becomes obvious that they just can't keep it zipped up, you dump them. It is your right as a mother (especially to a daughter), to set an example on how wives and mothers should be treated.

Having said all that Hillary's speech moved me to tears twice this evening. I had to endure some severe eye-rolling by my husband but I let the tears flow. The video before her speech at first made me laugh because it was so transparent in it's goal to make Hillary girlie and even kind of hot. Thumping, throbbing rock music and pics of Hillary young and in college, with long hair, and glossy lips. Too much. But then when they showed several pictures of young children and Chelsea started narrating and talking about the G-d given potential of every child...........well I took off my glasses and started rubbing my eyes.

Once Hillary took the stage in her orange power suit and started hitting all the key points, my tears dried and I started to eat my veggie pizza fresh from the oven. I kept the t.v. on and got fired up from the kitchen table as she ripped on the republicans and really plugged health care. The tears started to flow once again when she started talking about the fight for the right for women to vote. When she brought up Harriet Tubman I lost it. The several references to the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling was pretty awesome too.

The fact that I didn't vote for Hillary and just can't put aside my personal feelings in regards to her personal situation, doesn't mean I don't respect her on some level. I have known many a smart woman who has made many a stupid decision when it comes to their personal life. Here is my double standard; I truly believe Bill Clinton is a slut but I would vote for him again, I would not vote for Hillary for putting up with Bill's behavior. It's awful, I know, but I expect alot more out of women than men. I need to change my attitude because I have 2 sons but as it stands right now I can forgive men like Bill Clinton because I believe they just have not evolved enough to be able to control themselves.

I could only vote for a woman for president if she is capable of putting a man in his place. Hillary is awesome, she has done amazing things and raised an amazing daughter. But Hillary Rodham Clinton did not respect herself or her daughter enough to get rid of a man who cheated on her with several women, including a young woman the same age as her daughter.

If only Michelle Obama would run for president, and if she was Jewish too!