Just so you know, I hate everyone who gets to travel overseas because I can't afford to and it will be years & years & years before I can, if ever! Rick & I can generally do our US vacations with airfare & hotel combined for both of us costing less than just one international ticket.
*pout*
I want to see everywhere! I want to go to England and hang out with dakegra & K & the Beans. I want to see Stonehenge and castles. I want to see Ireland and Paris and the Black Forest and Prague and Italy and the Alps. I want to see the Pyramids. I want to go on an African Safari with a huge monster camera lens. I want to go to Iceland. I want to see Japan. I want to go Down Under even if everything there is venomous, even the damn platypuses. *sigh* /end pout
I entered NAPP's international PhotoShop contest, but I have no illusions that I'm good enough to win the grand prize trip to Paris...
As for the Oscars... I don't know. I'd obviously have to check with Hellbob, but the three main things I can see being obstacles are that 1. It is MarsCon weekend, so I have to be on the ball enough to clean my house on Thursday. 2. While I have a ginormous tv, there actually isn't seating for a lot of people because since it's rear projection you can't sit too far too the side 3. The larger the group the better I have to clean my house which just leads back to #1. Especially if there will be people who have never been there or only been there for HellHouse BBQs because I'd like to maintain the illusion that Rick & I aren't packrats & slobs.
The obvious benefits to the HellHouse are: 1. Tivo. We record it and start late so we can fast-forward commercials and still end at the same time (every year we manage to catch up with the live feed at some point). Also we can pause for bathroom breaks and rewind if something is missed.
2. Ginormous TV. Size really does matter.
3. Wireless internet for instant IMDB access and online snark commentary.
4. I'm a lazy fuck who doesn't want to leave my house.
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Date: 2006-01-05 06:22 pm (UTC)*pout*
I want to see everywhere! I want to go to England and hang out with
*sigh*
/end pout
I entered NAPP's international PhotoShop contest, but I have no illusions that I'm good enough to win the grand prize trip to Paris...
As for the Oscars... I don't know. I'd obviously have to check with Hellbob, but the three main things I can see being obstacles are that
1. It is MarsCon weekend, so I have to be on the ball enough to clean my house on Thursday.
2. While I have a ginormous tv, there actually isn't seating for a lot of people because since it's rear projection you can't sit too far too the side
3. The larger the group the better I have to clean my house which just leads back to #1. Especially if there will be people who have never been there or only been there for HellHouse BBQs because I'd like to maintain the illusion that Rick & I aren't packrats & slobs.
The obvious benefits to the HellHouse are:
1. Tivo. We record it and start late so we can fast-forward commercials and still end at the same time (every year we manage to catch up with the live feed at some point). Also we can pause for bathroom breaks and rewind if something is missed.
2. Ginormous TV. Size really does matter.
3. Wireless internet for instant IMDB access and online snark commentary.
4. I'm a lazy fuck who doesn't want to leave my house.
This will require some pondering.