The Kings of Las Vegas – Cinekink Day #1

We went to Cinekink Las Vegas (May 12 – 16) for the screening of our short film LIBIDOLAND.  Here’s how it went:

CINEKINK DAY #1 – WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010

Evidence that J loves J

• Left our apartment in Chicago at 5:30pm.  Our fuel for the evening: handmade spring rolls by Julie.  NOTE: if someone makes spring rolls for you from scratch, they really love you.

Travelling Jess

• Got to O’Hare at 6:30pm for 8:40pm flight. Yes, we are a little cuckoo.

• While at airport, recorded segments for our video of support for Danny Lacey‘s 24-hour fundraiser for Love Like Hers (5/20). Rode the pedway (Jessica calls it a “walk-a-lator”) back and forth in United Terminal for 45 minutes – we had the time.  Emergency: Julie fake-sprains her wrist while performing a risky carry-on/escalator move.  Live fast, die young – that’s her motto.

Plane Nibbles (mmm, Advil)

• Flight delayed by 10 minutes, then by 20, then 25, then 30, etc.  Once we boarded, we waited on the runway for another hour before take-off.  The flight was bumpy and stormy.  We sort of slept and definitely felt nauseous.  We consoled ourselves by pouring over the Cinekink Vegas schedule and dreaming of how awesome the festival would be.  Our native Las Vegan (? – she was from Las Vegas) airplane row neighbor commented on how well Julie took care of Jessica snack-wise.  Julie swears she saw her wink.

Jessica minding her own beeswax

• Arrived in Vegas at 12:30am. When we got to The Stratosphere, we were greeted by a swath of smoke (we’d forgotten that you could still smoke indoors in NV – oof!) and an ear-splitting rendition of “My Sharona.”  Julie went on the hunt for food, while Jessica tried not to make eye-contact with the woman crying behind her in the check-in line.

Vegas water + fake vitamins = what we needed to relax

• Once in our room, we both took emergency vitamins to ward off airplane cooties, cab cooties, and to mend Julie’s fake-sprained wrist.

Vegas at night = scary clowns + lots of drunk people

• Instead of sleeping, shot more segments for our Danny Lacey video. This started in the hotel room, then spilled into the streets of Vegas.  We may or may not have started a fight at the blackjack tables.  Julie may or may not have won an amateur stripping contest.  She then may or may not have used her winnings to bail Jessica out of jail after Jess punched out someone who looked at her funny at the club.  May have.  Or may not have.

Julie + Vegas wedding chapel

• So what happened next? Who did King is a Fink meet at Cinekink?  Which movies did they see?  Did they meet Waxie Moon in person?  Did they go to the topless pool or the regular pool?  Did they ever get to sleep?  And why did Jessica make Julie stand in front of this Vegas wedding chapel?  Find out in our Cinekink Day #2 post!

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