Tuesday, June 10, 2008

KC Masterpiece

Last week, we spent Wednesday through Sunday at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City. It was a very entertaining time on and off the stage. I think everyone was happy, except for the raccoon I drilled going 75 in a couple thousand pound vehicle. Not my fault, it turned and ran under the vehicle. Sorry animal lovers, ask Forest Gump what happens.

Anywho, first off check out this place...



This was the most rockinest casino we have played so far. We had a blast. They fed us. Gave us rooms. Let us rock. Aaron our sound guy is probably the coolest person ever.

Anyway, on with the meat and taters. I must share this photo of Chad sleeping. Let me note that this is how he sleeps on every trip. He doesn't know I am posting this, sorry dude. It's a part of life.



Playing 5 days at a casino, one has a lot of time on their hands. Jacob and I decided to partake on the 1 mile journey to Worlds of Fun. A theme park from our hotel. Jacob, being an avid roller coaster fan, couldn't wait to get me, having never been on a REAL roller coaster, scared out of my gourd with twister turns and other kinds of things that make a stew of everything in my stomach. (BTW, the Momma Joe's bbq place by the hotel had to be the worst thing I had ever eaten. Just sayin. Sorry Momma.) After being in state of shock for mostly the whole time at the theme park, the overall review is, yes roller coasters are fun, but I couldn't sleep that night. I kept thinking about spinning upside down with the g-force jerking me around like being stuck on the wrong end of a tugged-on rubber band. Here, this pretty much explains the whole day.



Yeah...

Ok, here is the last thing. Best for last... Actually, to tell you this story, I have to tell you another.

A few weeks ago, we played a private event in Fayetteville that had crawfish. Brandon was new to this fine southern delicacy. He dove right in. As he got done, we noticed his lips were about the color of a fresh strawberry. Chad lost it and couldn't keep quiet about it. Since then, he has been obsessed with making Brandon eat things that would make his lips red. Usually spicy items, Brandon is usually requested to rub whatever chili or pepper on his lips to make it red. This may not be the most intelligent thing to do, but it's all in good fun. I am sure we will have a video posted on this soon...

ANYWHO, this weekend, we sampled the digestive system destroyer that is the Ameristar Casino. They had everything you could think of, therefor we overate. Brandon found some fresh Jalepeno peppers. Usually, this would be a breeze. But for some reason, the Ameristar jalapeno's are a LOT hotter than your average pepper. He bit the whole thing off, leaving the stem and just enough pepper to make him self a fire filled, acid induced lipstick from hell. Everything was well for about 10 second. Then he turned green, requested milk from the waitress, and then shoved his face into the ice cream cone Jacob retrieved for him. His lips ended up being extremely shaded in red and Chad pretty much lost it. Brandon was in pain for the rest of the day. He made comments like "Man I feel terrible, those peppers are hotter than most restaurant peppers" and "They are still warm, but not like extreme burn warm."

I am going to wrap this up there...I am not sure what to say for a good outro, so I will just go ahead and leave you with this picture. Notice the look on his face, as well as the color. It should explain how he felt for most of the day.



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