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realsorien) wrote2004-07-12 10:57 pm
realsorien) wrote2004-07-12 10:57 pm
AC and travel trevails...
Well. AC was a blast this year, and i met a fair number of people I’ve not met in RL before. I spent some time with Nemet from FurryMUCK, and he gave me a beer, A Dark called Hobgoblin from the UK. I reciprocated by getting him a margarita. :0
I got sketches in all three books, notably from the artists DarkNatasha, DCRabbit (BustyBunny on FurryMUCK), Piccolo (also on FM), Kyoht, Shou-Lung (ditto) and others. I reestablished myself as mostly carnivorous, eating mostly meat-stuff and french toast (breakfast!) during the Con.
The flight from Minneapolis was flawless, and we got in early... The flight back, however... First, the shuttle to the airport never got the the hotel. No biggie, I planned for extra time. So, we (Me and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
feezlekahn) took a cab, which was about the same cost. We get to the airport, go through Security (rude assholes. they don’t deserve ANY kind words), and hit the food court. So far, so good. The board lists the flight as on time, but the weather sucks and i note several canceled flights, mostly to Canadian cities.
We eat, then head to the gate. I futz on the laptop for a while, then, noting that there isn’t a plane on the ramp, I go ask what’s up. “Its still in the air” is the reply. Okay, once again no biggie. Lousy weather equals delays. A bit more time goes by, then the other shoe drops... The plane couldn’t land here due to the weather and was routed to Baltimore to refuel. Blah.
I decide that I’ll make the best of it, and drop the 10 bucks to use the airport wireless access. I futz a bit, and I’m online. I get to talk to folks, notably Cuprohastes, and time passes. LOTS of time.
Then, rather suddenly, BOOM. “Passengers on flight 1175 for Minneapolis, your flight is now at gate A12; please proceed there. This is halfway across the airport, naturally. I slap the laptop away, and we zip to the gate. We board about 10 minutes later, and all seems well, with a little delay for the luggage to be loaded.
On the plane, Finally. We’re on the way! ...Or so I thought.
We sat on the damn tarmac for 40 minutes, then got in the queue for takeoff. Right when we get to the head of the line, we get bumped back to the end. What the hell? We’re ALREADY delayed almost 4 frigging hours! 20 minutes and 6 planes later... we DO take off. As I type this, we’re about 15-20 minutes out of Philly International. Whee.
Final Tally: We were supposed to leave at 3:20 PM Eastern- We finally got home at 9:20 after the ride home from the airport. Blah.
I got sketches in all three books, notably from the artists DarkNatasha, DCRabbit (BustyBunny on FurryMUCK), Piccolo (also on FM), Kyoht, Shou-Lung (ditto) and others. I reestablished myself as mostly carnivorous, eating mostly meat-stuff and french toast (breakfast!) during the Con.
The flight from Minneapolis was flawless, and we got in early... The flight back, however... First, the shuttle to the airport never got the the hotel. No biggie, I planned for extra time. So, we (Me and
feezlekahn) took a cab, which was about the same cost. We get to the airport, go through Security (rude assholes. they don’t deserve ANY kind words), and hit the food court. So far, so good. The board lists the flight as on time, but the weather sucks and i note several canceled flights, mostly to Canadian cities.We eat, then head to the gate. I futz on the laptop for a while, then, noting that there isn’t a plane on the ramp, I go ask what’s up. “Its still in the air” is the reply. Okay, once again no biggie. Lousy weather equals delays. A bit more time goes by, then the other shoe drops... The plane couldn’t land here due to the weather and was routed to Baltimore to refuel. Blah.
I decide that I’ll make the best of it, and drop the 10 bucks to use the airport wireless access. I futz a bit, and I’m online. I get to talk to folks, notably Cuprohastes, and time passes. LOTS of time.
Then, rather suddenly, BOOM. “Passengers on flight 1175 for Minneapolis, your flight is now at gate A12; please proceed there. This is halfway across the airport, naturally. I slap the laptop away, and we zip to the gate. We board about 10 minutes later, and all seems well, with a little delay for the luggage to be loaded.
On the plane, Finally. We’re on the way! ...Or so I thought.
We sat on the damn tarmac for 40 minutes, then got in the queue for takeoff. Right when we get to the head of the line, we get bumped back to the end. What the hell? We’re ALREADY delayed almost 4 frigging hours! 20 minutes and 6 planes later... we DO take off. As I type this, we’re about 15-20 minutes out of Philly International. Whee.
Final Tally: We were supposed to leave at 3:20 PM Eastern- We finally got home at 9:20 after the ride home from the airport. Blah.