Yeah, I haven't checked luggage in yonks. Much easier. Although I do sometimes wander around airports looking for ground transport, forgetting that it would be outside baggage claim, where I did not need to go.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Liese S. - Apr 01, 2011 9:34:27 pm PDT #18793 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Zenkitty - Apr 02, 2011 1:39:26 am PDT #18794 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I've tried not checking bags, but it just doesn't work. I can't live for more than two days out of one bag. I end up hauling around two bags of maximum size and weight. The first and last time I ran through an airport carrying 50 pounds of luggage on my shoulders was when I decided to pay the damn fees and check the luggage from then on.
WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 2:14:27 am PDT #18795 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
So yesterday at work, we were watching tv. And a promo of When Harry Met Sally came on - showing the bit in the diner, where Sally demonstrates a fake orgasm.
Somebody asks, "What's the matter with her?"
I'll take, "Questions I ain't answering" for five hundred, Alex.
Strix - Apr 02, 2011 2:16:59 am PDT #18796 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I don't really worry about packing, since I am a list maker, including a grid of the # of days I'll be gone and outfits that will do double-duty plugged into the grid.
The secret is laying the list on the bag, and checking everything off AS it goes into the bag. Not before, not after. That way you don't have to think, I checked it OFF, but did it actually make it IN?
Calli - Apr 02, 2011 3:36:18 am PDT #18797 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten better about packing light. A few days in DC recently were fine with my computer bag (it holds a couple of changes of clothes as well as my netbook) and my pocketbook, with room for a couple of books and sponsor hall swag.
I'm still gonna check a bag for my trip to France this fall. Even if I wanted to try 10 days out of a carry-on, I'll still want room for souvenirs.
Steph L. - Apr 02, 2011 5:33:40 am PDT #18798 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't really worry about packing, since I am a list maker, including a grid of the # of days I'll be gone and outfits that will do double-duty plugged into the grid.
The secret is laying the list on the bag, and checking everything off AS it goes into the bag. Not before, not after. That way you don't have to think, I checked it OFF, but did it actually make it IN?
I totally do that -- and pack the list in my bag for the return home. My packing list is legendary. My problem is helping Tim. Even when I help with packing/organizing, it's still massively stressful for him. I hate that I can't do more to alleviate that, but I do understand that that's just how it is for him.
Steph L. - Apr 02, 2011 6:29:10 am PDT #18799 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Okay, the dress-as-a-goth party is tonight. Black nail polish, or blood spatter manicure?
smonster - Apr 02, 2011 6:34:45 am PDT #18800 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Go blood spatter! Choose blood splatter!
WindSparrow - Apr 02, 2011 6:56:07 am PDT #18801 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Seconding the spatter.
Zenkitty - Apr 02, 2011 7:24:06 am PDT #18802 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't really worry about packing, since I am a list maker, including a grid of the # of days I'll be gone and outfits that will do double-duty plugged into the grid.
You know what would happen if I tried to do that? I'd stress out over making the list. It would have to be perfect, and I wouldn't know how to do it right.