Vegas and Car Fire

Over the weekend I headed to Vegas for my class's pi reunion (3.14159265 years since graduation). It was a lot of fun - thanks to those who organized it and read this. It was good to see people I don't see much any more and even though there were a lot of people I didn't know it was nice to hang out in a crowd of MIT students again. It was also interesting to see the group of people in a different environment. And it was nice to see that I'm not the only person who has gotten old and can't stay up late anymore or eat as much.

Not that my life is in significant flux, but in the three years since undergrad I've lived three different places and had three different jobs (if you count grad school as a job). While there were some people who have settled into grad school or jobs, it was good to see that plenty of other people are also still bouncing around.

We stayed at the Wynn which was very nice. It was super hot in Las Vegas (on Saturday I was in a swimming pool, in the shade, and was still warm). Saw Cirque du Soleil's Mystere which was very cool and very weird. Won $7 playing video blackjack. And ate plenty of buffet food.

The drive out wasn't bad at all. But on the drive back we hit some serious traffic. Then on the final stretch of the ride things slowed down and there were flares blocking the right most lane because there was a car on fire! I'm talking beginning of Scrubs season 4 on fire (just before they get scooters), with three guys standing about 10 feet away watching the car burn.