"All children are born geniuses; 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups."
β R. Buckminster Fuller
What follows is one of thousands of adventures engaged in by a man you've never heard of; a man who took Vegas for all it had. A man named Don Keedik.
Don has never played a slot machine, nor been dealt a single hand of Blackjack. When it comes to poker, he sucks more than The Waltons on Ice.
Counting cards? Our hero leaves that for Ben Mezrich and Claude Shannon, since the only thing he can count on is himself.
In the context of gambling, Don's credentials are shorter than a list of famous people named Tiger.
So, how did a guy β who finds gaming more difficult than making love to a housefly β zealously devour Sin City?
When it comes to humanity, only two things are certain:
1) Oprah will continue eating...even from beyond the grave, and
2) Don Keedik isn't "saving himself for marriage."
Even those severely retarded β mentally, physically, or both β have vices. Bedridden β unable to move from the neck down β a person will awaken at a particular time, to enjoy sunshine through their window. They'll hold chocolate mousse in their mouth longer than strained squash. They'll squint to make everything in the room fuzzy, providing entertainment.
In a bullshit society β founded on suffering and death β everyone has "transgressions." Existing without temporary escape, in this prison paradigm, is harder than 14 year old cookies.
Don's debauchery was sex. He aspired to be the best at obtaining it in the Entertainment Capital of the World.
His goal? Two hundred women in five months.
The stipulations?
1) No hookers, unless they offered it for free, and
2) Repeaters didn't count twice. One entry per woman on the resume.
Other than that, Vegas was "a great, big pussy just waiting to get fucked!"
Did our protagonist have what it took to make his aspiration a reality? Uncertain, but eager to try, Keedik surmised this was what he'd been born for.
Alone in his ramshackle apartment β a mile from the Strip β beneath the tattered covers of a bed that should've been declared a biohazard, he said his name three times aloud for proof:
"Don Keedik."
"Dong Keedik."
"Donkey Dick."
Pre-lubed and primed for penetration, Sabrina stumbled into Vegas Vic. Obviously not a student of the Carrie Nation School of Teetotaling, the Latina reeked of rebated tequila and pre-rolls.
"I sorry, Luke Skywalker," the wanton woman sluggishly purred, digging grimy fingernails into the group sex coordinator's ass.
Standing dispassionate on the backyard patio of the Sin City swing club, Vic continued organizing the latest sexual shindig from a greasy cell, smelling of Slim Jim meat sticks.
Barely able to comprehend what Sabrina was saying, it was obvious the Mexican maiden wanted less to do with Don Keedik than government does anarchy. She'd spent the past ten minutes of conversation pretending he wasn't there.
"Your English is excellent!" Keedik professed, comparing her Shenglish to his Spanish β which was nonexistent.
The woman spoke what Don referred to as Shenglish β or English so broken, it's shattered. Hence, shattered English; i.e. Shenglish.
Staring blankly at our hero, the libidinous lass pawed Vegas Vic's nutsack through shorts so threadbare, one could count the hairs on his scrotum, while he was dressed.
Six-foot tall, and well over 200 pounds, V-Squared was far larger than Keedik in stature.
Women gravitated toward the hunkier guys, when clothed, at this particular venue.