Tunica

Reasons that Russ doesn't need to visit a casino...ever again.

This was a new experience for me. Lara and I decided to take a quick little adventure over to the land of adult gaming amusement, Tunica. I have never stepped foot inside a casino such as this, but as I have a deep rooted history of gaming domination at the much more family-friendly Chuck E. Cheese's, I figured this can't be much different. Oh contrare.

1) Slot machines are a bit boring; they steal your money, and on the off chance you win something, the lights and sounds could cause an epileptic episode. To be honest, considering the mean age of casino participants, I'm surprised that health concerns have not become a liability for those places. Now, I'm a pretty good steward of my financial resources, so I had a limit; and, I was going to get that $ back somehow...

2) Free all-you-can-eat buffets are God's gift to people like me...until I eat too many lobster claws, shrimp, and crawdads at which point it just becomes embarrassing for all parties involved. But you know, those people took my money. If my weekend in fantasy land was going to be a worthwhile experience, I was going to come out on top...even if that meant succumbing to gross gluttony. I definitely ate a more expensive menu than the amount of money I lost. Harhar! Take that Horseshoe!

2b) Most people who go to casinos are not the kind of people who need a buffet such as that... People-watching led me to believe that everyone's inner 4-year old comes out to play like it was a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's - endless eating and watching flashy noisy things while getting cheap prizes if any at all.

3) The line of people waiting to play a live chicken - yes, a real feather agricultural foul - in a game of tic-tac-toe was ridiculous...just flat out sad. I lost faith in humanity at that point in time. I bet that bird becomes part of the buffet when it loses... Just a thought.

Anyway, all is well in LR other than that. Capstone is off to a great start, and I like what I do. Hopefully I'll get on this thing more often and give more frequent updates.