The more I talk to the friend we are meeting in Germany, the more worried I get. He's bringing skiing stuff, and got a card so he can go to the military commissary in Garmisch. I see no time in the schedule for skiing or driving to Garmisch, and since he's going to the US for 3 weeks after Germany, I don't know what he'd buy at the comm. anyway.
We ended up renting a car after all - even with the insane-o German rates, it was much cheaper than the train + taxi combo. I've informed him that I will be the driver. For one thing, we're getting a VW Passat (go figure) and I know from 3 years with my Passat that other people stall them out. I've also informed the friend that he gets 20% of the trunk space, so he might want to reconsider the ski gear.
Wish me coping!
And when I get back, I expect everyone to be recovered from colds, flus, other, and happy and cozy. That's an order!
I never got around to watching VM when it first came on, and then things got to a point where I felt like I'd be too far behind to get caught up. So, I never watched.
That's how I felt. If I had a DVD drive on this PC, I'd burn you all a copy of season 1. You don't have to have seen season 1 to watch season 2 (but you should totally watch season 1 for the character development, because I think Veronica's more appealing this season if you know about her past, and see the change in her (well supported by canon) between last season and this).
I think I may have to remedy that situation.
If you can rent the first season from NetFlix or Blockbuster, you really should. But, I think it's like BtVS or A:ts, in that you could come in a season other than season 1, and catch up later. It's just that watching from the beginning is going to give you the fullest experience.
ION, I am evil. I'm about to double-space an assignment that I'm not sure whether or not it's to be double-spaced. But, it's supposd to be 6-8 pages, and I'm on page three and can't think of another thing to add. So, it's getting double-spaced, and there you have it.
I think double-spacing is actually standard for papers, vw. At least it was when I was in college and had to keep an eye out for pleisiosaur attacks on the way to class.
This is actually an outline, so I'm not sure that the "rules" are the same. He wants a 6-8 page outline, though, for a 15 page paper. It's a RIDICULOUS assignment, and I'm willing to take shortcuts :).
That's crazy. I'm thinking that white space is your friend on this one.
Sigh. Off to work in a moment or two. This is the last day on this particular assignment. Monday, I transfer to another department within the same company for a job that could become permanent (and it's in a field I like, so yay!)
That's wonderful, Anne! Good luck!
Whatever. I always hated having to do outlines anyway - they just don't suit the way I think when I'm doing a paper.
vw, I agree with Anne. I'd double space and make sur eyou use lots of short paragraphs since it's an outline.
Cindy, thanks! That dress has special meaning to me - Joe had it made for me when we were dating back in Korea. I first wore it 9 years ago. It's tighter now, but I'm glad I can still wear it.
I have to second the VM love. It took me less time than Cindy, but I fell hard for the show somewhere around episode 19 or so. I watched it at first, got distracted by something else, and then finally came back to it after friends(I actually typed fiends there) kept pushing it.
