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Bags are packed, sofa is de-bedified, map has been consulted. This means that as soon as sandchigger is back and tells me how to work that damned washer, I'll be off to New Orleans! Have the address of three hostels, know how to get there, is very excited. All in all I think this will be a success.

These last few days in Fort Worth have been relaxing and fun. Thank you so much for letting me use your living room as a bedroom chigger! You are excellent! And say hi to Cassandra for me! (she's still sleeping)

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So, I think it's finally laid out, my new plans for travel. I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm still in Roswell, I mean, it's not like the town has that many alien museums, you can mostly finish of the tourist thing in about a day. But, the motel I'm staying at has a few really nice people staying here. They're long term residents who live in the rooms next to mine, and they mostly spend their days going to the construction site and working and then coming back here to sit on the porch grilling meat and drinking burbon. And I got invited to hang out with them. So that's what I've been doing. Slacking, drinking and eating meat while talking to nice people. You'd be surprised how fast the time flies when you're doing nothing with nice people.

The cast of this little motel:

James - texan, complete with accent and with a hidden love for books.

Justin - the young georgian with the fioncee who's moving down here.

Ron - the 51 year old man from Kansas with a heart condition and a gun collection

Cody - the eminem wannabe with an 8 months pregnant girlfriend he got together with 3 weeks ago.

And me!

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Since I'm sure many people have already dazzeled you all with their detailed, yet clever reports from comicon, I will not bother to write down everything. Suffice to say, the hostel was really nice (hostel cat, go there if you're in the San Diego area), the panels were both fun and interesting and I got in on a press pass, meaning I got the conferance for free and could run up in front of the stage and take pictures without feeling bad.

I will however, give you the best quotes from the conferance and a few pictures.

(oh, and I just have to say this: Yes, I saw Jensen Ackles, yes he was about 3 feet from me, no I didn't get to talk to him, but I got to talk to Eric Kripke, and though he spent the entire time he wasn't talking posing for the pictures he knew people were taking, he was both funny and halfway intelligent when he spoke. I love that man!)

( quotes and pics )

Oh, yeah, and I met chesire_monkey and abigor_60 again, and we hung out practically throughout the entire conferance. Which pretty much doubled the fun. thanks guys!

And I met a whole bunch of other lj-ers. It was nice to finally meet you brianrubin. thank you for helping me to the front of the line for Supernatural. and here I thought it would have been enough to just show up at 7.30 for a panel that started at 2.45. You knew better, and I am grateful! And you limminel even though we only talked for about 5 minutes. :)

I will now add all the other people I met who I've yet to friend. Excellent conferance! :)

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So, I'll be leaving San Francisco tomorrow. I've wandered around it extremely much, taken an impressive amount of picutres of both the city and redwood, and done lots of cool stuff. I've been at Pier 39, at Coit tower, taken the cable cars, been to chinatown and walked through the entire financial district, North beach and the Castro (of course).

And now, I've leased a car from badgerbag's friend Lee. Which is awesome! So I'm now going to actually be able to drive around in the US! *so pleased* It's a Honda, and pretty, and silver, and it's an automatic (which I will hopefully learn to use) and very comfortable. I will show you pictures. I've already managed to get lost on the highway once in it, but I'll buy myself a map tomorrow before going off on my great driving adventure! This is going to be so great.

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I'm in the US, and already it has become evident that trying to travel around here is nearly impossible without a car. I mean, I have a few options, and I can definitely get around, but when I started adding up the different costs to go places that are outside big cities, it starts to add up at an alarming rate. Take Yosemite (a national park in California) for instance. I'd have to take the train to Merced (34 dollars), then take a bus to the park (25 dollars) then pay the entrance fee (apporximately 20dollars). That's 79 dollars. For one trip.

There are of course different options, and I'd like your opinion on them:

1. Rent a car: this will cost me 1600 dollars for my entire stay. The problem with a car though is that I would be driving everywhere, and thus not be able to enjoy the sites we drive by. Then again, it is the classic way of travelling across America, and I would not be burdened by bus routes. Also, no trouble with getting my luggage on and off buses.

2. Buy a used car. I've looked around, and it's possible to get a decent used car for about 7-900 dollars. The same pros and cons as point number one, but also there's the added risk of it breaking down on the way, plus the unknown price of a short term car insurance. On the other hand I've never actually owned a car before and when I think about it, my tummy tingles. So I really really want to buy a used car and drive around the US. In addition to this, I should be able to sell it before I leave and get a little bit of money back again.

3. Buy a 60 day Discovery pass on the Greyhound. this costs 645 dollars, and it has 3100 stops in the US. So I would be able to go practically anywhere, and relax on my way there. On the other hand, they might not go exactly where I want them to, so I'd have to add in the mystery amount of money it will cost me to get to the places where the Greyhound doesn't go. Also, I get queasy on buses so the added pleasure of being able to relax and enjoy the scenery might not appeal to me that much. But it's definitely an option.

4. Buying a 60 day ticket on the Amtrax train. 1000dollars. Though more enjoyable than riding a bus, the train costs more and goes less places. So I ruled this one out.

What do you think people? I need help! I need opinions! What would you do?

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I'm going to the Comic con in San Diego. you wanna know why? I'll tell you:

2:45-3:45 Supernatural Screening and Q&A—Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki (House of Wax) and Jensen Ackles (Smallville)—along with executive producer Eric Kripke (Boogeyman), co-executive producer Ben Edlund (Angel), and co-executive producer Peter Johnson (DC Comics’ Supernatural: Origins comic book series)—answer questions from the audience, present a reel of highlights from Supernatural, and discuss the upcoming third season of this thrill-ride series with moderator Craig Tomashoff, West Coast Bureau Chief of TV Guide. Produced by Wonderland Sound and Vision in association with Warner Bros. Television, Supernatural airs Thursdays at 9 PM ET/PT on The CW. Room 6CDEF

I'm so lucky! *does victory dance*

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Bags are packed, room is cleaned, and I'm just about to pack down my computer to take it across the ocean to that great unknown land of the US of A (or, first off to Denmark, but hey, that's a trifling detail). That is, if I didn't have to stay in and clean the apartment before Eivind moves in. Grumble. Someone (eyeballing sortkatt and 45hasle) decided that yesterday was a great day to try to make ginger candy and not clean it up. The stuff is all over the kitchen! Oh well, I'm satisfying my hung over and very tired self with the fact that when I've cleaned the kitchen now, I won't have to do it again for at least another 2 months.

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I’m quitting my job in four days. I’m a little sad actually. Though it hasn’t been the kind of job I dream of, the people have been extremely nice and it’s been challenging. Of course, my conclusion is that I never ever want to end up as a secretary, but as a temporary thing it could have been a lot worse. I’ll miss all the people I worked with, and I’ll miss the regular hours and decent pay.

But though I may be a little wistful, I’m also excited to embark on the longest trip I’ve ever been on, and my first trip alone. It will be exciting and adventurous, and hopefully legendary. I have this small horrible feeling in my tummy though, that everybody will forget me while I’m gone and that when I get home, everybody will have made new close ties to other people and I’ll be all alone. Also, I’m scared that I might miss everybody so terribly that the trip won’t be as fun as I want it to be. Basically, I wish I wasn’t going until mid-July so I had a little more time to get mentally ready to leave all the people I love.

I’ll miss you guys! You have to write me, and still love me when I get back!

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There is NOTHING that can't be made cooler with the word "zombie" in front of it.

In order to test this theory, it is vitally important that you, the WPWHQ readership, do the following.

1) Count back 10 entries in your journal.

2) Take the 5th sentence

3) Insert the word "zombie" into the sentence

4) Post it as a comment here.

5) OPTIONAL: Repost this meme in your own journal

My result was: Instead, I have to, while they wait outside for me to come get them, enter the zombies they’re visiting’s calendars and find the meeting room they’ve reserved (if they’ve bothered to reserve one at all).

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I like that the Warhammer rpg characters we've made have grown really jaded. Yesterday, when we'd solved the crime and gotten all the bad guys locked up we, instead of trying to leave or finishing our business (because we had to wait till morning if we wanted our payment), decided to get a good night's sleep, just because we knew that probably, come morning, all hell would break loose. And, sure enough, we got woken up by screaming and the entire town we were visiting was infected with chaos. But we were prepared and rested, and thus slayed peasants and hell beasts like there was no tomorrow. Then, we got out with our wagons and a profit. Awesome.

Best scene of the game:

Regina: "Ah, what a jerk. Why do I have to flirt with the guards? Now I had to promise him a date tomorrow."
Waldemar (me, her secret lover): "A date?! I thought you two looked chummy!" *angry*
Regina: "But you were the one who suggested I go talk to him!"
Waldemar: "I wanted you to talk to him yeah, but you didn't have to do it so well!"

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