{"id":101,"date":"2008-07-22T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2008-07-22T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T18:44:00","slug":"de-prin-vegas-adunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/de-prin-vegas-adunate\/","title":{"rendered":"De prin Vegas adunate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gata, ne-am \u00eentors asear\u0103 acas\u0103. Ini\u0163ial trebuia s\u0103 st\u0103m doar p\u00e2n\u0103 duminic\u0103, dar am ajuns vineri seara acolo, iar s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103 diminea\u0163\u0103 ne-am dat seama c\u0103 \u00een dou\u0103 zile de-abia apuc\u0103m s\u0103 ne punem pantofii. A\u015fa c\u0103 ne-am extins sejurul cu \u00eenc\u0103 o zi.<\/p>\n<p>Activitatea principal\u0103 a fost datul la manet\u0103, evident. E un sport destul de distractiv dac\u0103 nu speri s\u0103 c\u00e2\u015ftigi. Banii oricum se duc pe termen lung \u015fi cu c\u00e2t joci mai mult timp, cu at\u00e2t mai sigur e c\u0103 \u00eei pierzi. Secretul fericirii la jocuri mecanice este s\u0103 prive\u015fti banii \u0103ia ca du\u015fi de la bun \u00eenceput. Deja majoritatea jocurilor din Las Vegas sunt electronice \u015fi au o grafic\u0103 foarte haioas\u0103 c\u00e2nd c\u00e2\u015ftigi ceva (cum ar fi 10\u00a2). Fug veveri\u0163ele \u015fi ursule\u0163ii a\u015fa pe frumos pe ecran \u015fi \u00ee\u0163i c\u00e2nt\u0103 muzica la maxim, dup\u0103 care te anun\u0163\u0103 cu litere de o \u015fchioap\u0103: ai c\u00e2\u015ftigat&#8230;  49\u00a2!!!! \u015ei tu te bucuri \u015fi ba\u0163i din palme. De-asta e America bogat\u0103, c\u0103 \u015ftiu s\u0103-\u0163i ia banii cu am\u00e2ndou\u0103 m\u00e2inile \u015fi tu e\u015fti cel mai fericit. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 asta, am v\u0103zut \u015fi o gr\u0103mad\u0103 de spectacole. Chiar de ziua mea am mers la <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zumanity.com\/\">Zumanity<\/a>, care se autodefine\u015fte ca &#8222;latura senzual\u0103 a lui Cirque du Soleil&#8221;. A fost un fel de circ + cabaret. Am v\u0103zut tot felul de acroba\u0163i, gimna\u015fti, contorsioni\u015fti, care printre pic\u0103turi se mai \u015fi dezbr\u0103cau, plus diverse scenete comice, totul legat de sex. Surpriza a fost c\u0103 ne-am luat bilete \u00een primul r\u00e2nd f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 ne g\u00e2ndim ce implic\u0103 asta la spectacole de circ. Drept care am participat \u015fi eu la una din scenete, a fost foarte palpitant, \u015fi m-am ales \u015fi cu o poz\u0103 gratis. \u00cen caz c\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eentreba\u0163i, eu mi-am p\u0103strat hainele pe mine.<\/p>\n<p>Am mai fost \u015fi la <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrekexp.com\/\">The Star Trek Experience<\/a> \u015fi bine am f\u0103cut, pentru c\u0103 se pare c\u0103 o s\u0103 se desfiin\u0163eze spectacolul (Hilton, \u00een cadrul c\u0103ruia func\u0163ioneaz\u0103, nu le-a mai re\u00eennoint contractul). Din cauza asta, la ie\u015firea din atrac\u0163ie erau nenum\u0103rate mesaje de la fani care cereau ca spectacolul s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103. Unele erau \u015fi scrise cu t\u00e2lc, de genul &#8222;Please don&#8217;t boldly go&#8221;. Mie mi-a pl\u0103cut foarte mult (ce surpriz\u0103). La intrare era o cronologie lung\u0103 a zborurilor spa\u0163iale, cum au descoperit warp drive, cum au f\u0103cut primele zboruri de explorare, c\u00e2nd s-a n\u0103scut \u015fi ce-a m\u00e2ncat fiecare membru al echipajului etc. Printre astea, preluau \u015fi date din episoade, de exemplu marcau momentul c\u00e2nd a fost asimilat Jean-Luc Picard de borgi \u015fi a devenit Locutus. Dup\u0103 asta, puteai s\u0103 mergi la dou\u0103 spectacole, de vreo 20 de minute fiecare, \u015fi eu am fost la am\u00e2ndou\u0103. \u00centr-unul te r\u0103pesc klingonii, \u00een cel\u0103lalt ne invadeaz\u0103 borgii. Au efecte bine f\u0103cute am\u00e2ndou\u0103, unul cu proiec\u0163ii, iar unul cu ochelari 3D, plus actori \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i \u00een costume (mulate, exact ca-n film!) \u015fi scene turnate cu actorii reali din film, care vorbesc la persoana a doua, ca \u015fi cum ar vorbi cu tine direct. Decorurile s\u0103 zicem c\u0103 nu erau perfecte, erau cam de plastic, dar c\u00e2nd mic\u015forau luminile, deveneau mai credibile. \u015ei e o experien\u0163\u0103 mi\u015fto s\u0103 stai pe puntea Enterprise \u015fi s\u0103 apar\u0103 Riker pe ecran s\u0103-\u0163i explice de ce te-au r\u0103pit klingonii.<\/p>\n<p>Am fost \u015fi la un acvariu destul de interesant cu rechini. Nu era foarte mare, pentru $18 m\u0103 a\u015fteptam s\u0103 vedem mai mul\u0163i pe\u015fti, dar aveau c\u00e2teva exponate deoebite. De exemplu, am v\u0103zut prima oar\u0103 un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=komodo+dragon\">varan<\/a>. Nu f\u0103cea el mare lucru, dar st\u0103tea \u015fi se uita foarte curios la oameni. Traseul prin acvariu tot cobora, astfel \u00eenc\u00e2t \u00een final puteai s\u0103 treci printr-un tunel pe sub acvariu \u015fi s\u0103 vezi pe\u015ftii de jos \u00een sus. Aveau \u015fi un exponat pentru copii: un bazin cu apa foarte joas\u0103 unde puteai s\u0103 bagi degetul s\u0103 m\u00e2ng\u00e2i <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=sting+ray\">pisici de mare<\/a>, crabi \u015fi ni\u015fte pe\u015fti\u015fori colora\u0163i. Am m\u00e2ng\u00e2iat \u015fi eu animalele, dar mai cu jum\u0103tate de inim\u0103, c\u0103 o pisic\u0103 de mare l-a omor\u00e2t pe <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Irwin\">Steve Irwin<\/a> (nu e ceva obi\u015fnuit, se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 o dat\u0103 la un milion \u015fi nu de la o \u00een\u0163ep\u0103tur\u0103 \u00een deget, dar oricum).<\/p>\n<p>A\u015fa mi-am petrecut eu aniversarea de 25 de ani! A, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 ceva ce nu vezi \u00een fiecare zi: duminic\u0103, de Sf\u00e2ntul Ilie, a plouat \u00een Las Vegas, ceea ce se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 cam o zi pe an. N-a plouat mult, nici toren\u0163ial, dar oricum a fost un pic straniu s\u0103 plou\u0103 \u00een de\u015fert de Sf\u00e2ntul Ilie.<\/p>\n<p>Cine a citit p\u00e2n\u0103 aici, \u00eei dau o bere \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gata, ne-am \u00eentors asear\u0103 acas\u0103. Ini\u0163ial trebuia s\u0103 st\u0103m doar p\u00e2n\u0103 duminic\u0103, dar am ajuns vineri seara acolo, iar s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103 diminea\u0163\u0103 ne-am dat seama c\u0103 \u00een dou\u0103 zile de-abia apuc\u0103m s\u0103 ne punem pantofii. A\u015fa c\u0103 ne-am extins sejurul cu \u00eenc\u0103 o zi. Activitatea principal\u0103 a fost datul la manet\u0103, evident. E un sport destul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}