THE DAY OF When the day arrived, though, I think the reality of what we were about to do finally started to register with her. She drove separately with her friends to Vegas, obviously, and I started getting nervous text after nervous text. I was driving myself, so I couldn't immediately respond. "CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE DOING THIS!!! [three eggplant emojis]" And a few seconds later: "ur not going to talk right?! they might recognize ur voice. so don't talk! [face with no mouth emoji]" And then: "you remembered to pack the pills right! [three more eggplant emojis] and the speaker?" She was referring to the bluetooth speaker she'd bought and that we'd tested together. It was a square, black box that doubled as a mini karaoke machine. Most importantly, though, it included spinning, flashi

