[It's always a question of whose eyes are on you at any given moment, isn't it? Who's watching and who isn't, whose expectations matter and whose can be brushed aside. Such is the burden of those who take up the responsibility of machinations already in motion, forced to play the part whether they asked for it or not.

BUT YOU KNOW. Ruminations for another time and place, when right now there are more pressing things to talk about. Like firework butts.]

Besides cultivating a good poker face?

[It's funny because the resort is also a casino.]

I'm not exactly a self-help book. But the sooner you let go of being scandalized, the better.