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| Mysterious trip plans | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 13 2010, 10:29 AM (298 Views) | |
| Aqua Letifer | Dec 13 2010, 10:29 AM Post #1 |
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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.
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.
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.
Gear? These guys planning a LAN get-together or something?
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| ***musical princess*** | Dec 13 2010, 10:32 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm guessing you got sh*t faced sometime with them and booked a trip to London lol. ![]() x |
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| Frank_W | Dec 13 2010, 10:35 AM Post #3 |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| sue | Dec 13 2010, 10:40 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Speaking of mysterious (or not so mysterious) trip plans, how are all things Aussie coming along? |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 13 2010, 10:48 AM Post #5 |
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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. |
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| sue | Dec 13 2010, 11:15 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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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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| ivorythumper | Dec 13 2010, 11:15 AM Post #7 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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"Aqua Letifer" is actually a pretty common name... |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 13 2010, 11:18 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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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. |
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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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| Frank_W | Dec 13 2010, 11:21 AM Post #9 |
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Yeah... It really is.
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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 | Dec 13 2010, 11:23 AM Post #10 |
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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. ![]() 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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| Optimistic | Dec 13 2010, 11:35 AM Post #11 |
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The TSA probably has some good tips you could follow on that one. |
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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 | Dec 13 2010, 11:43 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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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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| Frank_W | Dec 13 2010, 11:45 AM Post #13 |
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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 | Dec 13 2010, 11:49 AM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Maybe he mixed you up with someone with the same first name? |
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| brenda | Dec 13 2010, 11:51 AM Post #15 |
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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. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 13 2010, 12:01 PM Post #16 |
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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. |
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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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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 13 2010, 12:23 PM Post #17 |
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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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| The 89th Key | Dec 13 2010, 12:26 PM Post #18 |
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¿ǝʇɐɯ 'uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ noʎ 'ɐıןɐɹʇsnɐ uı ʍouʞ noʎ |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 13 2010, 12:27 PM Post #19 |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 13 2010, 12:27 PM Post #20 |
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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: 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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| Frank_W | Dec 13 2010, 12:28 PM Post #21 |
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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.
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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 | Dec 13 2010, 12:32 PM Post #22 |
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Depending on who pays I could be okay with that.
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| Frank_W | Dec 13 2010, 12:37 PM Post #23 |
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Bwahahahahaaha....
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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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.



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