Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.

'Touched'


F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.  

Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.


Theodosia - May 15, 2006 10:10:12 am PDT #28 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Saturday morning, there's an expedition to the Winchester House planned by some people, most of whom are the types who wake up early.

Monday morning, also an expedition to the Monterey Bay Aquarium which will take most of the day because of the distance.


deborah grabien - May 15, 2006 10:12:45 am PDT #29 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Well, I'm doing all the actual construction work from here on in, but he was certainly a valued contributor at the start of the project.

"Having" as in, "producing". Contractions. Some bloody idiot patting your hand and telling you to breathe (memo to bloody idiot: lacking gills, breathing is, in my case, involuntary). IOW, getting the kid from in to out.

Having. Not the possessive sense; I mean the active verb, not the passive.

I'm heading into the suite early on Thursday - thus beginneth the big round of airport running - and would seriously love to have someone there in the afternoon, while I'm at the airport. I'll have a master key card to the suite, which I could leave with you, beth.


SailAweigh - May 15, 2006 10:26:03 am PDT #30 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Not enough mojitos? Oh, noes! What are we going to do?

Send for more!

Can you tell I'm getting giddy? Wheeeeee.....


Steph L. - May 15, 2006 10:45:37 am PDT #31 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

This is mojito-appropriate: Reinventing the Mojito.


askye - May 15, 2006 10:46:51 am PDT #32 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

Will someone be recording the Pooh readings for the enjoyment for those unlucky souls who won't be at the F2F?


Fay - May 15, 2006 10:54:23 am PDT #33 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

"Having" as in, "producing". Contractions. Some bloody idiot patting your hand and telling you to breathe (memo to bloody idiot: lacking gills, breathing is, in my case, involuntary). IOW, getting the kid from in to out.

Which is fair enough, and I see that you're reflecting upon your own experience of the whole childbirth thing (and I'm terribly fond of the statement that there's some tribe somewhere that makes the father go through the childbirth too, by tying a string to his John Thomas very tightly, and giving the mother the other end of the string to yank viciously at will during her pains) - but David's original statement was "I'll have a baby by then," rather than "I'll have had a baby by then." And he will. Which is lovely, but probably still a bit of a mind-boggler. (And JZ made me laugh out loud with her assessment of Project Zmaybe, and David's input.)


beth b - May 15, 2006 10:55:47 am PDT #34 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

and would seriously love to have someone there in the afternoon, while I'm at the airport. I'll have a master key card to the suite, which I could leave with you, beth.

cool. I will man the HS thursday afternoon


Fay - May 15, 2006 11:01:26 am PDT #35 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Zmayhem has no Winnie the Pooh, but we do have Wolves in the Walls, so, Fay, don't worry about packing it. I'll make sure that our copy is at the HS waiting for you.

Cool! Bless you, JZ - and Deena! Because I'm packing Right Now, AINotFG, I can tell you. I fear I may need 2 suitcases. Damn it. And I'm currently asking myself whether it isn't utterly stupid to take my laptop all the way to MEET MY VIRTUAL FRIENDS IN THE FLESH. What, am I planning on sitting in a corner and typing to you all, rather than eating candy off you making out with smalltalk with you all? No. (Or, you know, if I need to, I bet I can cadge a go on somebody else's machine. Insh'allah.)

So...laptop stays here. Which leaves me with honkin' big suitcase, sheesha bag and hand luggage. And a heap of things that presently haven't been crushed into any of the above. Including shoes.

Crap. This SO isn't one of those take-a-change-of-knickers-and-a-toothbrush trips. In my head, at least. And I'm already being ruthless about handbags and hats. (No hats.)

So...28 hours or so before I head to the airport!!!!


deborah grabien - May 15, 2006 11:08:21 am PDT #36 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

David's input

Heheheheheheheheheheh. Deliberate or not, that was very good indeed.

And yep - tenses/form. Have had/had. All of which would be totally relevant if my tongue hadn't firmy socketed into my cheek...

beth, excellent. We'll hook up.


JZ - May 15, 2006 11:14:43 am PDT #37 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

but David's original statement was "I'll have a baby by then," rather than "I'll have had a baby by then."

Yup. It's still kind of mindboggling. Here we are, right now, with our home life composed of Hec, me, Emmett, and a bulgy spot just below my bellybutton that is playing havoc with my wardrobe choices. And we can look ahead just a few months to Jon and FAQ!Wife's visit and say, "Ah. By that time, we'll have a completely new human living with us." It's one thing to say "A hundred years from now, all new people!" But "Five months from now, an all new person! Right here in our apartment!"

We're both kinda boggly.

In re packing: multipurpose clothing is your friend, or anyhow mine. Three skirts and three tops of varying degrees of fancitude that all work with each other = 9 days' worth of clothing, at least two weeks' if you know you'll have access to washing machines and you don't mind wearing the same thing several times. Also, the smallest number of shoes possible, and strappy sandals are wonderful because they take up so blessedly little space.

Also also, wear as much as possible while actually traveling. If you have a hat or a big foofy-skirted dress or some other elaborate item you want to bring, wear it on the plane both coming and going. That way you never have to worry about how to pack it.

Signed, Took 5 costume changes plus a vintage dress with full crinolines to Vegas with just one carry-on and no checked luggage. Also spent two weeks in Spain with one carry-on.