Vegas? No Thanks

After a quick trip down the Vegas strip, I feel the need to post my thoughts on this place!

First, I’ll go ahead and say that being here for Wordcamp has been fun.  We’ve met quite a

few fun and interesting people and had a good time.

That being said…I have to move on to my negativity.  For that, I apologize.  I don’t enjoy

being negative, but…I’m human.  It happens.

So…

Between the time Wordcamp ended and the time that everyone is meeting  back up to hang out,

we had quite a bit of dead time.  Shayne and I decided to head to the strip.

Within minutes of stepping foot on Las Vegas Boulevard, I was disgusted….and that was just

the beginning.  As we approached Treasure Island, we saw that there was a show going on out

front with pirate ships, scantily clad dancers and fireworks.

I can’t quite find the words to describe the feeling that it gave me.  It was so disgusting

to me that I felt sick.  I felt like vomiting and running away.  I felt like crying and I

felt ashamed to be a part of the human race.  I felt ashamed that I was in this monster of a

city, contributing to this mess.

If you’ve read Stephen King’s The Stand, you’ll know what I mean when I say that I expected

to see Robert Flagg around every corner.

To me, this city feels…like a huge black cloud of despair is hanging over it, but the the

people of Vegas do their best to chase it away with billions of little lights.  It feels

like it’s got no heart.  No soul.  Nothing to believe in.  If this city had a color, it

would be a black/gray/green shade of despair.

This city is everything that I’m against.  It’s gawdy, greedy and wasteful.  It’s excessive,

shallow and oblivious to the world outside its city limits.

My heart breaks to think of the insane amount of money changing hands here as I type this.

I cringe at the extreme indifference as I think of the electricity being used.  I tear up as

I think of so many people on our planet that are in need of water, food, shelter.  And as I

think of the utter disregard to the planet itself.

I’ve been lots of places.  Cities I adore, cities that I dislike…and now?  Now one that I

abhorr.

While I know that Las Vegas has millions of fans and could care less that I’ll never be

back, I just had to throw out my 2 cents.

Now…I’m going to close the curtains of our hotel room to block out the lights.  I’m going to

rest and then go meet with our Wordcamp friends and pretend I’m not in Vegas.

Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll be happily boarding the plane and looking forward to getting back

to my lovely little home and my precious kids.  Back to reality.

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