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30 October 2006 @ 08:45 am
Don't Touch My Bags if You Please*...and VOTE!  
It's off to the airport for me after work today! This is my final obnoxious "I'm so excited and it's going to be so much fun" post; hopefully to be followed in a week by obnoxious "that was even better than I'd hoped" posts. Consider yourselves warned and configure those filters appropriately. ;-)

I'll miss my f-list something fierce -- I think I'm addicted to y'all. I'm not going to quote Brokeback Mountain here re: quitting you, but it's only because I'm a bit hyper this morning and I know that's really annoying on a Monday.

~~**~~

SERIOUS BUSINESS for those in the U.S.: Please, please, please vote in the next election. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7. I will get home just in time to vote and probably will forget to exhort you to go vote.

I fail to understand this willingness to not vote that the majority of our country feels. Every election is crucial but this one could be about restoring checks and balances to our government. This is about saying no to torturing prisoners. This is about not being evil.

Hey, Frodo lost a finger to destroy the Ring; all you have to do is touch a screen -- and you get to keep the finger.

I know I have some non-liberals on my f-list (shocking!). I'm urging you to vote, too, though I'm obviously hoping my viewpoint prevails. Never, ever give up your right to vote. For so much of our history, having the temerity to show up and vote could get you arrested (women) or, worse, killed (minority men). Please don't throw away the opportunity that people died to secure for you.

*Wonder if I have any Arlo Guthrie on my iPod...
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Mish: Janet Sam DeeJ -- The Docs[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 04:56 pm (UTC)
I'm very, very excited. I know it's hard to tell.

What time am *I* showing up? I'm showing up in about 14 hours. Depending on Newark Airport. (And doesn't THAT phrase strike terror in the hearts of even stalwart travelers?)

I think I've finally reached the point where the technology I'm bringing with me takes up as much room as my clothes. :|

On Thursday, I'll be arriving late back at the hotel because I'll be in the City, drooling over the incomparable Gale Harold in a play after dinner.

I doubt Jalabert and Söös will be showing up Thursday night with me. They're welcome to, of course, but I've not been informed of their plans. Hell, I'm just assuming they're staying in my hotel room again but I haven't thought to ask them if that's their plan. They usually show up on Friday - late for the early registration because of missed buses or some other excuse. ;-)

(I'm being a stinker because jalabert is not responding to my IM pings so that I can ask her. She'll read this a couple of days from now so I'll be safely away.)
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 05:13 pm (UTC)
>>I think I've finally reached the point where the technology I'm bringing with me takes up as much room as my clothes. :|

HOWL!!! :)

What can i say? My sister and I are bring two cameras and a lappie - oh plus a large suitcase which we can lock the suitcase in when we're not in the room. if we weren't bringing the Big Suitcase of Doom we could sqoosh everything in a nice small bag - except for the liquor. :)

(Big Suitcase of Doom is Not to be confused with the much feared Dreaded Piece of Purple luggage - see nmy london trip for more info -> http://www.geocities.com/qksilver99/day_1a_nf.htm

I had to do a website for one of my classes so I kept a count how many people where maimed by the Dreaded Piece of Purple Luggage on that vacation.) :P



Mish: Janet Sam DeeJ -- The Docs[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 05:49 pm (UTC)
:) I'm bringing:
- the monster camera, its filters, 3 camera batteries & charger, the separate flash and ITS batteries, 6 GB of Compact Flash (amongst the various cards), 1.5 GB of Memory Stick (amongst the various sticks)
- my 40 GB travelling photo harddrive since I don't have a laptop (*sniffle*). this, of course, necessitates 2 cables (power & connecting to camera)
- the monopod
- the iPod and its billion accessories, cords, charger, base, and a very hypothetical new attachment
- my new phone and its charger. my new blue tooth ear thingie and ITS charger so that I, too, can wander the world seemingly talking to myself
- my old phone and its charger since I haven't yet finished transferring all my old phone numbers (thank god I'll never have to do that again)
- hair straightener thingie because the hotel's blow dryers are wimpy and my hair needs strong discipline

Erm, I *think* that's it. Last night's packing is a bit of a hazy memory at this point.

I'm enjoying the story of the Luggage. I have a monsterous suitcase that we bought when we were spending 2 weeks in Alaska/British Columbia and a travel on. Those are the only pieces of luggage I own. I seem to have forgotten the mottoe of "moderation." Oy.
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 06:03 pm (UTC)
and a travel on. ... I seem to have forgotten the mottoe of "moderation." Oy.
Oh boy...the brain is already going. I meant, "carry on" of course. I have to pack my purce in my carry on so that my camera bag counts as my "purse."

The spelling of "motto," however, could only have been produced in the Dan Quayle School of Higher Edukashun.

It's not that I travel lightly in terms of clothes, though I am getting better about that. It's that my technology and its myriad of cords and power supplies has exploded. I need another me to help schlepp all this shit. :)
Mish: Janet Sam DeeJ -- The Docs[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 06:27 pm (UTC)
from your website:
There was an Iranian dance festival occuring in the main courtyard but we headed quickly toward the Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Assyrian exhibits.
OH! I knew you and Janie were smart. :)

Your travels sound a lot like mine. Only, yanno, wittier.
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 07:09 pm (UTC)
Well it was for my dreamweaver class, and there was a bunch of flash gurus/real pros in the class just taking the class, so I decided the best thing to do was be the absolutely funniest snarkiest site I could be.

Speaking of which, I'll need your input on my attempt at a Centerpiece for the Creation Con.

:)

It's Miss Tok'Ra Resistance 0001 - Sel will have a blonde wig, a sash saying "Tok'ra Resistance 0001" (the 0001 being part of the snark) and a flowers.

:P
Mish: Janet Sam DeeJ -- The Docs[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 07:41 pm (UTC)
I don't have the spontaneously flipping luggage but the first time I flew out of Newark and was descending one of the many escalators one must use with fully loaded luggage, I had my small rolling bag in front of me and the behemoth behind me. The small one caught on the edge and before I could yank it up I was suddenly pushed to the ground by the escalator-powered behemoth, which had no problem rolling over the little lip or me. Muy embarrassing and not a little painful.

Oh! I want to be at your table because there's no way in hell I'd attempt a centerpiece. Crafty is not my middle name. I prefer to bask in reflected glory. *smirk* Hmmm...how accurate should we be? We could give her the appropriate melon breasts with toothpicks and grapes, fer instance. Her cause could be an end to world hunger followed by a bout of bulimia backstage to maintain her swimsuit-ready figure. Not that that would go over well at the table, I suppose...
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 09:38 pm (UTC)
ZOMG I NEED TO FIND SOME SPARKLY FABRIC AND MAKE HER A GOWN!

:P
Mish: Janet Sam DeeJ -- The Docs[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 11:08 pm (UTC)
Hee! I see my work here is done. Seeya Friday! (Or Thursday if you're hanging around the lobby -- late)
[identity profile] cnidarian.livejournal.com on October 31st, 2006 02:17 am (UTC)
Your Luggage story cracked me up - any chance it's related to the Luggage of Discworld fame?

Also, totally relating to the e-ticket issue: I had the same thing happen in Johannesburg. I ended up paying, simply cos I was in Africa alone, and I had an exam to get home for... grr arg! The concept of e-tickets is great - no ticket to lose, hooray for colander-brains like me - but what is the point if they deny your ticket's existence once you get to the airport?!
Whoa, rant alert! :D
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on October 31st, 2006 02:27 am (UTC)
wow ! That's a bigger adventure than I would ever could handle :). The worst part of the london trip was when Nadia broke down into tears and sobbed, "I'm NOT a horrible person!"

My sister and I were like, "Err... aren't we going on vacation to AVOID crazy people like her?" :)
[identity profile] selmak.livejournal.com on October 31st, 2006 02:31 am (UTC)
I have to look up your reference to the Luggage of Discworld as it's been sooo long since I read that series, but after the third time it flipped and took a chunk out of my ankle, I yelled at my sister, "WHY DID WE BRING THIS?"

"No one will mistake it for their own." (My friend went to Ireland with us. Tied a big green ornament on her bag. Someone grabbed it and took it home, leaving her with HIS luggage with a big green ornament on it.)

"We couldn't GIVE this thing away!" my response.

It just got to be funny, as we kept yelling, 'Watch out...' Bag claims another victim... 'for the luggage...' through out the entire trip. :P
[identity profile] la-directora.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 05:45 pm (UTC)
If it helps you at all, I actually find Newark airport to be a really good one. It never takes me more than about 15 minutes to get through security (including this weekend, my first trip through with the new regs), and I find things to run fairly smoothly.

It's JFK that should give you fits and nightmares. *shudder*
Mish[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2006 05:54 pm (UTC)
I exaggerate. :) Traveling INTO Newark is actually not bad at all. It's getting out of the place that gives me fits.

Even figuring out where in the world I'm supposed to go to check in - and what is up with millions of escalators in places where people are still overburdened with their luggae to be checked?? - is difficult. The worst of it, though, is waiting to take off from Newark.

I have this magic talent which slows down all things in front of me. Whether it's the previously speeding car in the fast lane, the Express Checkout at the grocery, or the interminable line of airplanes at Newark -- none can resist my amazing ability. I've been known to apologize to anyone with the misfortune to join a line behind me. :)