Blog Challenge - GUILTY!!!!!

From Kelly - The challenge: Write about your guilty pleasures. The stuff you indulge yourself with - whether it be crappy tv, crappy food, or too many shoes. Don't hold back, give us your dirty little secrets!

I have plenty of secrets, but for public viewing one in particular comes to mind. That is my fascination, love affair with the local casino. Now mind you, I am no crazed dice roller. I just go once or twice a year with my $40 donation to the casino corporation.

But I love being inside a casino. I feel so rich. I walk through the entrance and immediately put on my pretend rich persona. I imagine everyone looking as I walk by, daring themselves to ask for my autograph. I pretend that I really am a high roller. Sometimes I even put $5 of my $40 into a $5 slot. I am scientific about my casino experience. I always tell myself that if I increase my "holdings" (like $40 is a holding - haha) by 50% that I will immediately stop and switch to the penny slots for the rest of my alloted fun time. What a joke. Actually one time this happened and I did manage to walk out the door with my "profit".

Well, I would say it is harmless fun, but no, it really isn't harmless at all. About as harmless as booze and cigarettes. I can control my visits and limit them to once maybe twice a year, but who is to say who I influence, and what effect that influence could have in the future?