That'll be one fun slumber party!
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
beathen - Nov 30, 2004 10:09:24 am PST #106 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Steph L. - Nov 30, 2004 10:52:27 am PST #107 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
The first F2F (Chicago), some of the daytime activities were: Field Museum (cost: admission), shopping in the Porn emporium (cost: train ticket, and anything you might want to buy -- or not), and making fun of hungover Steph (cost: priceless). I think there may have been a baseball game, too. So pretty much cheap.
The second F2F (LA), I can't totally remember the daytime activities. One was bowling. Oh! And a baseball game. There was also shopping, IIRC. But a lot of us just hung out by the pool for hours.
This F2F (DC) involved monuments and a lot of walking (for some of us, in poorly chosen shoes).
So, really, the only definite costs are: getting there (some people drive if it's feasible; some can carpool with Buffistas in their general area; some fly), hotel (like Jessica said, people almost always have roommate(s), so it's more affordable), and feeding yourself -- and there are always so many people that someone will want to go to an inexpensive place to eat.
Additional costs that are in no way required: booze, shopping, bribe money to get people to erase incriminating pictures from their digital cameras, etc.
amych - Nov 30, 2004 10:54:13 am PST #108 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
bribe money to get people to erase incriminating pictures from their digital cameras
Damn, I knew I shoulda bothered to dig the camera out.
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2004 10:54:42 am PST #109 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
some can carpool with Buffistas in their general area
Hey, beathen, let's drive down to NOLA! It's only like twenty hours!
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2004 10:56:25 am PST #110 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey, beathen, let's drive down to NOLA! It's only like twenty hours!
I'm thinkin' of driving. And yes, I've driven Chicago to NO and back before....
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2004 11:03:17 am PST #111 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm thinkin' of driving. And yes, I've driven Chicago to NO and back before....
Hmmm. I might want to get in on that action. Especially cause it means I can introduce you to a lot of my CDs.
A carpool from our general area would be way fun, though I imagine it would mean taking off a little more time from lab. I'll see how things swing. But if it means saving three hundred dollars on a plane ticket...rock.
Of course, with gas prices the way they are, it may not end up any cheaper.
Fred Pete - Nov 30, 2004 11:06:41 am PST #112 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
yes, I've driven Chicago to NO and back before....
When I was in college, my parents drove to NOLA from Southern Wisconsin. Easily done in 2 days, or 1 if you really want to push yourself.
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2004 11:10:46 am PST #113 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hmmm. I might want to get in on that action. Especially cause it means I can introduce you to a lot of my CDs.
Cool! But I'll need to know by tomorrow...
Kidding.
Anyway, roadtrips are a lot more fun with when you're not by yourself.
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2004 11:14:00 am PST #114 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, my only qualm is the extra days-take-offage. The way next semester's shaping up, though, the F2F is going to be a few weeks after my prelims, so it may be a much-needed escape.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2004 11:16:03 am PST #115 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've done Detroit to NO and back -- once slowly, once fast. Fast was pretty horrible, slowly was kinda boring.