I always loved conferences for work. I got a hotel room to myself, I had obligations so I didn't just hang in my room and sleep, but I also got to go out and explore cities at least a little on my own. I had a blast in the French Quarter on my own, and in Chicago, too.
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jun 28, 2010 10:30:23 am PDT #9384 of 30001
Because books.
Tom Scola - Jun 28, 2010 10:34:27 am PDT #9385 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I keep postponing my vacation plans, because I keep realizing the things I want to do I don't want to do alone.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2010 10:36:27 am PDT #9386 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Insent, Liese!
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 10:38:20 am PDT #9387 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I keep postponing my vacation plans, because I keep realizing the things I want to do I don't want to do alone.
Yeah, years ago I was thinking I'd travel Europe with my girlfriend when I was in a serious relationship. But the serious relationship hasn't happened yet and I still haven't been to Europe....
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 10:40:47 am PDT #9388 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, god, travelling for work. I could never be like meara, I think, because that's just too much, but I did love it.
Proper business travel is the bomb. It's been years. However, business travel with a co-worker is just weird and weird. I did that a couple jobs back, and having to spend all that social time with my boss, including wine with meals, was just weird. How much can I bust out and enjoy downtown Chicago that way? Makes me into a hermit.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 10:44:25 am PDT #9389 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Last time I traveled to Houston for work, I said I was too tired to go out drinking with my boss and our clients. They ended up getting drunk and having wacky drunk-driving adventures.
So glad I missed that.
Amy - Jun 28, 2010 10:46:44 am PDT #9390 of 30001
Because books.
How much can I bust out and enjoy downtown Chicago that way?
Another editor and I went to Kingston Mines and got soused and listened to music till 3 a.m. that trip. But publishing is sort of loose, at least the publisher I worked for. My boss was one of my best friends, and the big boss wasn't around except for the one big company dinner we threw for authors. (Where everyone got drunk anyway.)
Vortex - Jun 28, 2010 10:52:54 am PDT #9391 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But the serious relationship hasn't happened yet and I still haven't been to Europe....
You should just go. Even when you get a serious girlfriend, she may not be a good travel companion. I know many people who I enjoy spending time with and love dearly, but with whom I would not travel.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 10:57:46 am PDT #9392 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm still recovering from my MI job. Way too many lines blurred there. But we went on vacation together there, twice. All of us. I could never do that now. Lounging in the pool and drinking with my co-workers? Not in ten million years.
My boss has made more noises about hiring me permanently. Please make this work out, work deities.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 11:02:48 am PDT #9393 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
WTF headline of the century: Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo
Heh. The "Skywalkers" are tightrope walkers. "Han" is the Han river.