First night out in the city!

Man oh man, what a blurry weekend.  Went out to Sydney/Pyrmont last night with a few people.  At about 7:00, we hopped on the L90 bus which is about an hour ride into the city from Dee Why and only costs $4.50 each way.  Gotta love non-US public transportation.  We took a quick 15 minute walk from The Rocks area down over the Pyrmont bridge and straight through the doors of The Star casino.  This place was awesome!  Very cool design from the outside and throughout the entry.  Although, that should've been my first sign that I shouldn't gamble.  If people were winning truck loads of cash, the owner probably couldn't afford to build a spiral staircase with an all-glass exterior.  Only took me about two minutes to lose $20 which made the finance side of my brain kick and scream.  Good thing there was plenty of alcohol on hand to shut it up ;).  After throwing away money, we went to a bar inside the casino called Rock Lily and it was $8 beer night (Paul Rudd in 40 yr old virgin reference)!  Okay, it was really $6.50/beer.  Anyways, I drank a lot of those and enjoyed the entertainment provided by the cover band that did an incredible job of recreating smash hits from the 90s.  I remember bits and pieces of the later part of the night but getting way to excited when Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" came on and running out to the dance floor to break it down is still in the memory bank.  Glad no one caught that on video.  Stayed at the bar until they turned the lights on and low and behold it was 3:30/4:00ish in the morning.  How does that saying go?  Time flies when you're having fun.  Hopped back on the bus for the hour ride back to Dee Why.  That was an interesting ride.  For the How I Met Your Mother fans out there, if you've seen the most recent episode "The Drunk Train," this would be "The Drunk Bus."  For those of you who don't watch the show, I think you can figure out what the inside of the bus looked like.  All in all, great night!  A note to my future self, if you're reading this, I'm sorry for the liver damage.  Cheers!

The last thought this guy must've had was probably "I'm so tired.  Where's this bus?  F**k it, this bush looks comfortable."