I was going to mention those dreaded words bt, but I knew better.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Daisy Jane - Jun 13, 2004 8:46:21 pm PDT #5472 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
NoiseDesign - Jun 13, 2004 8:48:55 pm PDT #5473 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
I'm not sure that preferential voting would really fix it. For me if I'm voting I'd vote for either KC or Lawrence in the top few and Minneapolis. I wouldn't want to put both KC and Lawrence up there knowing that they are 20 minutes apart. It would be like splitting the vote for the LA F2F between Glendale and Burbank.
billytea - Jun 13, 2004 9:01:12 pm PDT #5474 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm not sure that preferential voting would really fix it. For me if I'm voting I'd vote for either KC or Lawrence in the top few and Minneapolis. I wouldn't want to put both KC and Lawrence up there knowing that they are 20 minutes apart. It would be like splitting the vote for the LA F2F between Glendale and Burbank.
In preferential voting you may as well put them both up there, if that truly reflects your preferences. It would give both KC and Lawrence their fair shake, and won't disadvantage any other city. Unless you get a situation where lots of people like both Lawrence and KC, but only vote for one or the other, and the vote gets split and somewhere else gets chosen and you have a lot of Buffistas thinking "Damn, I wish it were in Kansas. Why did I vote like that?" In which case, yes, Minneapolis will be worse off because you voted your true preferences, but it should be worse off then, because, hey, they're your true preferences.
And I will shut up now, because I'm just stirring. I don't imagine this will involve preferential voting. (Though it totally could.)
But I agree with your actual point, i.e. they're so close they may as well be taken as a single choice, and if it wins then people can investigate their relative merits. (That is your point, yes?)
aurelia - Jun 13, 2004 9:05:21 pm PDT #5475 of 9999
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
and you have a lot of Buffistas thinking "Damn, I wish it were in Kansas
I'm pretty sure that when we mention KC we're talking about the MO side. Unless you're fond of crack meth houses and industrial areas.
billytea - Jun 13, 2004 9:06:36 pm PDT #5476 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm pretty sure that when we mention KC we're talking about the MO side. Unless you're fond of crack meth houses and industrial areas.
We should vote on that.
Trudy Booth - Jun 13, 2004 9:08:27 pm PDT #5477 of 9999
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
and you have a lot of Buffistas thinking "Damn, I wish it were in Kansas"
Don't you people know ANYTHING?!?!?!?
click. your. heels. three. times.
like, duh
NoiseDesign - Jun 13, 2004 9:09:33 pm PDT #5478 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
But I agree with your actual point, i.e. they're so close they may as well be taken as a single choice, and if it wins then people can investigate their relative merits. (That is your point, yes?)
Yes, that's my point.
Daisy Jane - Jun 13, 2004 9:09:39 pm PDT #5479 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hey NO has drugs too!!!
Totally kidding...
Sort of
smiles and nods
shakes head
You know the rest.
juliana - Jun 14, 2004 4:44:06 am PDT #5480 of 9999
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The phalanx of courdory jackets with the FFA conventions draw similar attention from the locals.
Dood. I had never seen the FFAers convene before (nor their jackets, which threw me for a loop), and then there was suddenly (seemingly) hundreds of them milling about downtown Minneapolis one April morning. All cleaned and pressed and looking massively out of place, hanging about the one building known as a hangout for a large part of the homeless population (IDS Center). Now that was a surreal morning. And afternoon.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2004 4:50:43 am PDT #5481 of 9999
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
When the Square Dance convention comes to Cincinnati, it's completely surreal. Gingham and ruffles EVERYWHERE.