vegas style

well here we go..... came home from NJ on friday the 18th and drove to shreveport Louisiana on sat sun. we had been hired to build and load in a lighting rig for a new broadway show called angels. was the first time it had been built and staged and they hoped to build it and premiere it in shreveport and then put it on broadway. the schedule had us in the shop in new jersey for 2 weeks prepping the gear and then loading in building and running 13 shows for 10 weeks. so 2 other electricians and i rented a furnished house and i brought my 2 cats along (first road trip for them) well 2 days into the load-in they call us to a dinner and tell us they weren't going to be able to take the show to NYC. lack of investor money. so they were going to stop production because unless it was going to broadway it was losing money fast that the investors weren't going to get back. so we turned around loaded out what we had set up. and i headed back home. ended up driving straight thru from shreveport back to vegas yesterday. guess i was a little frustrated at losing the work and money. just kept driving 80 mph on cruse control 1400 miles 21 hours 7 red bulls 2 fast food meals and 2 weary cats. thank you surius radio for endless entertainment!! i was under a union contract so i get some severance pay and as long as i get my expense report paid it didn't hurt me. but i was looking forward to 250 hours of overtime and 9 more weeks of pay. plus it was going to be cool to work on a real stage production again. they said that there is a good chance that they will get the money together to stage the show but i would want a guarantee of so many weeks i was to do it again. has been quite the busy month with getting ready then the 2 weeks in NJ that i took full advantage of my off time to tour NYC as the earlier post have showed. now back to the local summer grind. and tht is my less the excellent adventure.

the tecopa road is rough in some areas and there are a few serious dips but it is a good road. and the shortest distance to the sand!

i love my surius radio. nothing better then driving cross country and not losing the station your listening to. and not being makes it much more real.

well now that i will be home im in! going to take the hauler so i can have some AC

you and charlie are a perfect pair. a pair of what im not sure.............

sorry to hear more milk less beer for you. we can call you old brittle bones... going to let it heal this time ?

puff puff pass

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looks sweet so how many toys can you put in that thing? ...... the whole setup is BERT SIZED

i like fed ex i just sent some checks overnight from nyc to vegas 18 hours. i have a fedex account makes it easy and 10% off. and very easy to track.

lv craigslist guy offering to pay for mad max buggy for background shot thought someone could make some gas money

i just refuse to add it all up!! ignorance is bliss

hit and run with a 12' tall 4x4 with your name and picture on it the only thing he didn't do was call it in stolen............

thats just on my own time my real job is a stagehand electrician

dont think im going to make back into the city this trip. and friday my list is long and my time is short. i get in at noon friday and need to be on the road by 4-5am saturday morning. with laundry packing bank and sleep in between

so sunday as i wait for the walk light to cross the westside highway i hear a couple high $$$ cars street racing thru traffic. i stopped and took a few picture i guess this what the ultra rich do on sunday mornings. about 8 lambos couple porsches lotus and couple flat black euros. kind of funny the 2 lambos at the stoplight were reving on each other even as the horse cops were walking in front of them. light changed and they left tread the cops didnt even care. these guys were cutting lanes and on the gas hard.

i just didnt count being home if im not there 24 hours

i have more at home from that TT. and i will be home for like 16 hours friday

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done... went over this morning and caught a circle line ferry out to statue of liberty and back hour cruise. being a tourist is a lot more fun wit a ipod. im traveling alone (again) but i can get into my own world rocking out easy to ignore crowds with NIN jamming in your head i have to say i sure would like to live in manhattan sometime. even thinking of taking a year renting out my house and doing it. i have met so many cool people here and there is so much to do............ any way here are a few more pics took around 400 going to do something with them maybe a dvd for drunk campfire watching this winter........

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i have a 1500 mile trip coming this weekend vegas to shreveport la. thats after flying back from NJ friday.... i to love to travel but not looking forward to this drive.

and off i go again... this morning went back to manhattan had to pick up my paychecks. because after all iam working . office is right in time square. stopped had some breakfast at a corner cafe. the city is expensive $18 basic meal! then i went up into central park they were getting ready to have a concert with bon jovi part of the MLB allstar game. lot of people and police and the great lawn was fenced off. so i hopped on the subway downtown and headed to ground zero. a lot different then my last trip. you are able to walk around and over part of the site now. looks like a hugh construction site. walked over to the battery park walk right on the seawall nice cool place with everyone out bike riding, skating, and sunbathing lots of beautiful women. the view is new jersey, staten island, Ellis island, statue of liberty, and george washington bridge very cool. walked on down to the staten island ferry (best value in nyc FREE) goes right past statue of liberty with great views of the manhattan skyline. after the return trip i went over to the Brooklyn bridge. there is a art project where they built a bunch of waterfalls on the water front basically 80-90 foot scaffolding with a huge amount of water being pumped off them looked alright i saw 6 of them. one right under the bridge. went ahead and walked up on the bridge went half way across taking pictures. interesting bridge looks old and rusted up close but with a lot of style. from there headed back to the hotel. im tired covered many miles took 200 pictures and 40 minutes of video. talked to a millionaire lady walking her dogs in the park, a girl thats a art film student (she is filming blocks and buildings using pink with white polk a dot trash bags that smell like bubble gum she hands them out then comes back on trash day to film reactions) talked to a group of retired guys after they watched me hurry for the wrong bus. plus many more great day fun city one more free day before i have to work then out of here friday.