I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.

Buffy ,'Potential'


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billytea - Jul 01, 2005 5:51:05 am PDT #3524 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Is this a Salad Shooter thing? (aka, trying to keep Steph the Troll from creating a kerfluffle?) Because I have no idea what in the hell "intergalactic planetary planetary intergalactic" means.

Nah, it's a song by the Beastie Boys. I'm sure ita will be happy to sing it for you. Or just quietly, in her head, over and over again.


Lee - Jul 01, 2005 5:52:10 am PDT #3525 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I would have felt pushy and pill-ish if I'd kept pressing after that.

Me too, Jen, and thanks for finding that. I thought about it, but then decided I was too lazy.


Steph L. - Jul 01, 2005 5:56:13 am PDT #3526 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

What-what? Trolly Steph? What did I miss?

Well, you know how in other threads, people have started long inane Salad Shooter conversations to try to derail a troll?

Since I have (or had) no idea that the intergalactic thing was from a song, I thought people were spouting gibberish to get me off-track from daring to suggest a change to The Way Things Are Done.

But now I am musically educated.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 01, 2005 5:57:30 am PDT #3527 of 10001
What is even happening?

Oh. Trolly = troll-y. I thought we were making an iconic San Francisco transportation reference. I need donuts.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 01, 2005 5:59:02 am PDT #3528 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm uncomfortable with anything beyond walking distance from the hotel.

I'd echo this, as the idea of depending on the amount of cat-herding it would take to get 40-60 Buffistas into a small number of limos leaving at a set time is the sort of thing that wakes me with cold sweat in the middle of the night. Individual cab travel in an unfamiliar city with time pressure can take a bite out of an evening's fun, too.

Some of the Posting Board Parties in L.A. used an outside venue about 3 or 4 blocks from the host hotel, and that seemed to work out pretty well. It was near enough that the walk wasn't onerous, and enough people walked in groups afterwards that those who enjoyed themselves a little too much had watchful eyes nearby and help available if needed.


billytea - Jul 01, 2005 6:00:56 am PDT #3529 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Since I have (or had) no idea that the intergalactic thing was from a song, I thought people were spouting gibberish to get me off-track from daring to suggest a change to The Way Things Are Done.

Lordy no. If I were trying to distract you, instead you'd be hearing "Over there! Fairy penguins!"


JenP - Jul 01, 2005 6:19:00 am PDT #3530 of 10001

You bet, Perkins

So, ranked voting seems to be the preferred method for this so far, if I'm reading right. I hadn't thought about it for dates, but, yeah, why not.


Jon B. - Jul 01, 2005 6:22:48 am PDT #3531 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Perkins did post to the effect that she was concerned about numbers, and I suggested doing a headcount survey before locking in to hotel rooms, but the momentum of the conversation didn't fall that way. No big, just the way it goes sometimes depending on who's around at the time you throw out a suggestion.

Same thing happened when I made my ranking suggestion in September before the vote. There was no reaction so I dropped it.


Fred Pete - Jul 01, 2005 6:27:15 am PDT #3532 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I'm uncomfortable with anything beyond walking distance from the hotel.

I'd add only that people will want to leave at different times, so coordinating rides back to the hotel could be very difficult. And some people will be trying to navigate a city they don't know in the dark -- which means one wrong/missed turn could cause people to end up in a Very Wrong Neighborhood.


JZ - Jul 01, 2005 6:33:08 am PDT #3533 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

sits in the Go team ranking! corner

Should we add something to the Definitely, Might, Might Not, Definitely Couldn't ranking to the effect of Might, But Only If I Can Stay With A Localista and Definitely, But I Live Here And I'll Just Sleep At Home? Which might give the people pulling together proposals a better handle not just on a rough head count, but on how many of that possible head count will actually be at the hotel.