I had a very leisurely Sunday yesterday, for which I feel a little guilty. Everyone else at the booth was working their asses off in preparation for the event, and I was .. in the way. I checked in at the CES and got my badge (I am not Andrea this year; I am Kim Flores) and said my hellos and even ate a Fluffernutter sandwich straight from Massachusetts, courtesy of Mike. I wasn’t needed for anything, so I left the venue and spent the afternoon wandering around Las Vegas. I took the Monorail around the strip, and went to M&M World and the Coke place where I didn’t hyperventilate OR drink any Diet Coke.

Around 6pm I started to come down with a wicked bad headache, so I headed back to the hotel and ate two Super Duper Xtra XXXTREME Strength Advil along with my Fatburger. I was really worried for a while; so intense was the pain – but eventually my friend Advil kicked in, and by 10pm I was feeling quite alright. Unfortunately, I was also wide awake and had to be conscious and fully dressed at 6:30am. I tossed and turned all night, waking up every hour or so – but thanks to a fluttery tummy full of nerves (I actually wrote “fluttery tummy full of nerds” first; something that is .. entirely different) and some much-needed caffeine, I am almost ready to go. The doors open to the masses in 19 minutes, so I best put on my game face – the first shootout is at 11am, and I’ve forgotten all I know about Quake 4.

There are times when I astounded that I am as lucky as I am to be me, and this is one of those times. Being me is *awesome*. Someone remind me of that next time I have a bad day.

My quest to become the single lamest person in all of Las Vegas has begun! As soon as I stepped off the plane, I made a bee line for – a bookstore. I bought two books! I am excited to read them! I will do that while every other person in this city is partying hearty!

My hotel room (which is huge; apparently I’ve fooled people into thinking I deserve luxury) has a view of the Strip. Specifically, when I tilt my head to the right, I can see MGM Grand and also the Coca Cola and M&M museums. I’m pretty sure I was hungry BEFORE I checked in; now I am famished and also thirsty. I will be visiting the food court next; I hear they have pizza. That’s exotic, right? It comes from Italy?

As soon as I got into my room, I unpacked my laptop and started sniffing around for internet. Did you know they expect people to pay $11.99 a DAY for internet access? That is information superhighway robbery. I will instead try to steal brief unsecured connections when I can; long enough to check email and post words. I wish internet access was free. I do not have $11.99 a day.

Now that I’m here and safe and hungry, I am very tired. I don’t know when or where I’m supposed to be tomorrow. Perhaps I should try to find out (although it would be significantly easier if I had internet access).