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Mysterious trip plans
Topic Started: Dec 13 2010, 10:29 AM (298 Views)
Aqua Letifer
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So I get this e-mail from a guy who's been on my chat list for a couple years now, but haven't actually spoken with for about as long.

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Amber and ****,
Well, looks like I'll be picking ya both up on sat! That correct? According to what we have here, you both get in around 6:30, but I'll be there early. You need to get a hold of me and my number's ****. Cya then!


Mind you, I don't even know how I know this guy. And I don't know who Amber is. 'Course the simple and most direct thing to do is just to ask him what the hell's going on, but I was a little worried. He called me by name, so it wasn't a simple matter of picking the wrong e-mail from his address book, he meant to send it to me.

And also, this is ringing no bells whatsoever but I can't entirely rule out that I had agreed to something awhile ago that I had completely forgotten about. Happens sometimes, when I'm reminded the day of that I had something planned (I'm not the most organized person), but never something this major. Or maybe this was something hypothesized during a drunken stupor, that actually got planned?

So I search my e-mail history for when I've interacted with this guy.

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Well look, I dunno how well the lolsmite works in BGs but in PvP they're ****ing fantabulous. Everyone and their mother has fought the affliction lock, the fury warrior and the rogue, nobody knows how in the hell to deal with these guys if properly specc'd. Spirit and +crit, son, that's where the party's at. I'll be lookin' to get my stuff all 'chanted up once I replace some of my ZG crap for some proper PVP tier'd hotness.


Okay, so he's a WoW buddy. I met a good half of my fellow game nerd clansmen way back in '06, maybe this guy was part of that group? Ayup he sure was! He lives in Seattle, though. He's picking me up? In Seattle?

...and then the one or two others from the e-mail list start replying.

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hi mark!! yea havent heard from **** yet but ill def be there!! gonna be fun checking in my gear at the airport though lol.


Gear? These guys planning a LAN get-together or something?

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Hi Amber,

No shouldn't be a problem, I had to ask about that when I got our London tickets.


:blink:

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If you have quickdraws and hexes and the like with you, just be sure that you put all that stuff into your check-in baggage and you'll be fine. ****, what are you bringing with you?


:mellow:
:leaving:
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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***musical princess***
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I'm guessing you got sh*t faced sometime with them and booked a trip to London lol. :lol2:

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:lol2:
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:lol2:

Speaking of mysterious (or not so mysterious) trip plans, how are all things Aussie coming along?
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Aqua Letifer
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sue
Dec 13 2010, 10:40 AM
:lol2:

Speaking of mysterious (or not so mysterious) trip plans, how are all things Aussie coming along?
PRETTY good. I'm almost done -- all I have to do is pay for my health insurance during the course of my stay in-country, and after that, get my student Visa. I think I'll have JUST ENOUGH time to get all that stuff done before I leave, but it might be tight still with the Visa.

Bit also, I haven't had time to really think about it. Each week I get a little bit closer to the ship-out date but I'm still here, at the same job I've had for three years, doing the same crap I've been doing. It doesn't at all feel like a tangible plan yet, and I don't think I'll quite believe it until I get off the plane.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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sue
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Got some good thoughts on housing, or are you just going to wing it when you get there?
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
"Aqua Letifer" is actually a pretty common name...
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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AL: It sounds a lot like you're expected to be LARPing in London soon...

I hope you're not LARPing against Germans - they're some of the most dedicated.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
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ivorythumper
Dec 13 2010, 11:15 AM
"Aqua Letifer" is actually a pretty common name...
Yeah... It really is. :lol2:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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Aqua Letifer
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sue
Dec 13 2010, 11:15 AM
Got some good thoughts on housing, or are you just going to wing it when you get there?
Quite literally, I will be getting off the plane with an army duffel bag (I swiped from a friend years back) full of clothes and crap, and my man-purse. No plans at all for where to live.

I've been told by my folks that this is damn irresponsible, proof I'm not taking this plan seriously and that I better "get it together" in the next month or so before the **** really hits the fan.

:rolleyes:

What I get too tired of telling them is that interestingly, rent is payed by the week in Sydney, not the month. And ads for apartments, rooms to rent etc. change incredibly fast. And from prior experience I've learned that you do NOT move into a place without 1) inspecting it thoroughly in person, and 2) inspecting your potential roommates, thoroughly in person.

So I'm totally winging all this but it's for a good reason.
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Aqua Letifer
Dec 13 2010, 11:23 AM
2) inspecting your potential roommates, thoroughly in person.

The TSA probably has some good tips you could follow on that one.
PHOTOS

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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sue
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Aqua Letifer
Dec 13 2010, 11:23 AM
sue
Dec 13 2010, 11:15 AM
Got some good thoughts on housing, or are you just going to wing it when you get there?
Quite literally, I will be getting off the plane with an army duffel bag (I swiped from a friend years back) full of clothes and crap, and my man-purse. No plans at all for where to live.
:thumb: Awesome. Worst case scenario, you crash in a hostel for a week or so. Which doesn't seem like a really bad thing at all.

Enjoy your wings.
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Optimistic
Dec 13 2010, 11:35 AM
Aqua Letifer
Dec 13 2010, 11:23 AM
2) inspecting your potential roommates, thoroughly in person.

The TSA probably has some good tips you could follow on that one.
:lol2: :lol2:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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Riley
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Maybe he mixed you up with someone with the same first name?
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Riley
Dec 13 2010, 11:49 AM
Maybe he mixed you up with someone with the same first name?
That's what I thought, too. Hard to verify that, but it's very possible. If you can't remember much about him, then he may not be remembering everything either.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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KlavierBauer
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Unless AL's email address isn't based on his name.
If he received an email to his address (which doesn't have his name in it), *and* his name is referenced, then it's pretty definite that it was sent to him on purpose.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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Aqua Letifer
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KlavierBauer
Dec 13 2010, 12:01 PM
Unless AL's email address isn't based on his name.
If he received an email to his address (which doesn't have his name in it), *and* his name is referenced, then it's pretty definite that it was sent to him on purpose.
You, Riley and brenda are right. ^_^

My e-mail address isn't anything close to my name, but it turns out that he was trying to contact a guy with the same first name AND an e-mail similar to mine.

...which really sucks because I was getting all excited about going on a random ass climbing trip with strangers. :(

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Aqua Letifer
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:lol:

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KlavierBauer
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Very glad you got it figured out!

When you mentioned "quick draws" I wondered if it was referencing sport-climbing quick-draws.
Don't worry - when you're ready for a kick ass climbing trip, you're coming to Boulder... I have plenty of quick-draws for most routes around here, and some trad gear as well should we need it!

For those who don't know...
Quick Draws:
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Set of "trad" chocks:
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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:lol2: Dude... You're going to be kidnapped by a Rosanne Barr lookalike, and when she's done, you're going to be sold to the highest bidder. :lol2:
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Aqua Letifer
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Frank_W
Dec 13 2010, 12:28 PM
:lol2: Dude... You're going to be kidnapped by a Rosanne Barr lookalike, and when she's done, you're going to be sold to the highest bidder. :lol2:
Depending on who pays I could be okay with that. :lol:
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Bwahahahahaaha.... :thumb:
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