the agenda revisited

so i didn't actually post an agenda - i did however mention in a previous post that i was going to hollywood, fl this weekend for the sweetheart pageant. i did just that. i left late late on friday evening - not by choice mind you - the airlines were experiencing an 2 hour delay for whatever reason - which put my arrival time in ft. lauderdale at around 2am. ugh - to top it off - i had to sit in an exit row so i could not lean back - and furthermore - a crying baby - don't you just love those on long flights?

so after getting my luggage and waiting for my ride - i was able to hit the casino at about 3am. yes - the seminole hard rock casino - where the trimspa train wreck pulled into her last station. i was disappointed though - just slots and poker - no craps - no roulette - so i was unhappy about that - and still managed to blow about $100 in 5 minutes on the slots. i tell you what - gambling is not my forte. i went to the bar - mind you - it's closer to 4am at this point - and the place is packed with straight drunk kids out for a night on the town - some passed out in the slots area - others just hanging on the bar as tools would hang in a shed - and really - that's what they were - tools and i was in the mother of all hardware stores! these guys - either ghetto or insanely dumb - and the girls - let's just say it - tramps. it was like walking into the 5th layer of dante's gay man's hell - compounded by the fact that to get a drink was a chore in itself. sober and surrounded - i finally was able to grab a makers on the rocks and head back up to my room and soon off to bed.

my room was one floor below 'her' room. it was my mission to take a picture of the door. saturday - i woke up and went on an exploratory search of the 6th floor looking for room 607. i went up only to find guards in front of the door - almost like they expected me to be there. it freaked me out a bit so i wasn't able to take a pic.

my ride came to get me and we headed to interview for the pageant. 10 contestants total - it was a pretty good turnout for the most part. much better than last year. veteran entertainer and former miss everything tommie ross was one of the contestants. it was going to be an interesting pageant with her in it. five hours later we are finished and heading back to the hotel.

i met up with my good friend bob for dinner and then he and i went back to the theatre for the pageant. drag drag and more drag - in all a pretty good evening. bob and i later found ourselves at the coliseum - a gay club in ft. lauderdale. i'm not much for gay clubs but i'll be damned if this place wasn't fun! and the strong ass drinks were fantastic - so much that i found myself dancing on a box with just a blue wife beater (thank god for american apparel.) at some point we left. at some point we got mcdonald's - ugh. and at some point we made it back to the hotel and ate the mcdonald's with our friend tasha long. we gossiped a bit - then off to bed i went - mind you - it's nearly 5am at this point.

had my phone not rang at 11:45 the next morning - i would have slept all day - god bless hotel blackout curtains. lord - i was so hungover - but i did drink most if not all of the ketel one in south florida the night before. quick breakfast with tasha and bob - then we sent tasha on her way back to visit friends and bob and i decided to take another stab at the 6th floor. it paid off - we got a pic. for whatever reason - there were no guards. woo hoo!

i feel like the trip was a success - lol - and i got a pen from my room - so i have souvenirs!

the pageant was a success too. tommie ross won for the girls and neandre bonet dupree won for the guys. i have to say - you could see it coming a mile away!

i never did master the fine art of slots. even with coaching from slot guru anthony. i guess i'm just not meant to gamble - but maybe my luck is with dice - loves me some craps.

speaking of craps - did you hear that britney spears shaved her head - i mean who didn't really? this after she checked herself in and out of rehab in one day. poor poor girl. i think we have officially found a new replacement for miss train wreck anna nicole. oh britney - to think you were once a mouseketeer! what the hell is going on with the pop princess - i always thought christina would be the one to go ape shit first. it must be all the pressure. listen here britney - if you start to feel the need to get hopped up on diet pills and alcohol - just say no! don't want another dead diva in the news this year - one's enough already. pray for britney - what a freak.