Surreality TV

I had a lot of fun this weekend. I'd just like to thank publius1 for throwing his little shindig and let him know that robeli disputes his comment made while walking to get breakfast on Sunday.

It was good to see every one who made it. Some of you I haven't seen in a long time, others I hadn't met IRL previously at all. desdenova had previous plans, and couldn't join us unfortunately and dilickjm and his lovely wife hennyanya had to cancel, so I've yet to make their acquaintance. Another time then.

missysedai deviled some eggs and grilled some burgers. I think there might have been other food as well, but really, what else is necessary after that?

There may have been cake. Ice cream was possibly in attendance.

Much Guitar Hero [1|2] was played, and when people weren't being Rock Gods, Demigods, Heroes, or at least wannabes, they were being Gods of War. publius1's PS2 (Sony, not IBM) may never recover from the carnage.

melallen, pokeypenguin, aor, and I played a lot of 9 ball, 8 ball, team 8 ball, and cut throat. scifantasy made the occasional foray over to the table as well, and I saw montoya play at least once.

I'm positive some one, at some time over the course of the weekend, might have had a drink. Possibly two. I couldn't say with any surety.

Despite getting up before the sun yesterday, I still managed to miss my flight, but I made it on the next one standby, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was a fitting cap to getting put on an earlier flight on Saturday, which then sat on the tarmac for almost two hours while ORD got sprinkled on. It's okay that you were still in zombie mode when I headed out Kenn. I wouldn't have been up either, except for that whole "I need to get to ORD by 8, and fuck, it's already twenty of 7" thing.

Just for the record, I got on a Brown line train at Wellington at 7:02 (I had to wait a bit, what with CTA being on a weekend/holiday schedule, and me getting up the stairs just as a train headed to the loop was leaving). I got off a Blue line train at ORD at 8:36. Google Earth informs me that this is a meager 16 miles by street. The El suffers from the same disease that makes the Metro a huge PITA. You can't get from anywhere to anywhere else without going to the center first (in DC, for fun, try to get from College Park to Silver Spring (6.6 driving miles) using the Metro).

robeli tells me that it would be easier (for me, and really, it's all about me) if you all came to my house.

I had a lot of fun this weekend. I'd just like to thank publius1 for throwing his little shindig and let him know that robeli disputes his comment made while walking to get breakfast on Sunday.

It was good to see every one who made it. Some of you I haven't seen in a long time, others I hadn't met IRL previously at all. desdenova had previous plans, and couldn't join us unfortunately and dilickjm and his lovely wife hennyanya had to cancel, so I've yet to make their acquaintance. Another time then.

missysedai deviled some eggs and grilled some burgers. I think there might have been other food as well, but really, what else is necessary after that?

There may have been cake. Ice cream was possibly in attendance.

Much Guitar Hero [1|2] was played, and when people weren't being Rock Gods, Demigods, Heroes, or at least wannabes, they were being Gods of War. publius1's PS2 (Sony, not IBM) may never recover from the carnage.

melallen, pokeypenguin, aor, and I played a lot of 9 ball, 8 ball, team 8 ball, and cut throat. scifantasy made the occasional foray over to the table as well, and I saw montoya play at least once.

I'm positive some one, at some time over the course of the weekend, might have had a drink. Possibly two. I couldn't say with any surety.

Despite getting up before the sun yesterday, I still managed to miss my flight, but I made it on the next one standby, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was a fitting cap to getting put on an earlier flight on Saturday, which then sat on the tarmac for almost two hours while ORD got sprinkled on. It's okay that you were still in zombie mode when I headed out Kenn. I wouldn't have been up either, except for that whole "I need to get to ORD by 8, and fuck, it's already twenty of 7" thing.

Just for the record, I got on a Brown line train at Wellington at 7:02 (I had to wait a bit, what with CTA being on a weekend/holiday schedule, and me getting up the stairs just as a train headed to the loop was leaving). I got off a Blue line train at ORD at 8:36. Google Earth informs me that this is a meager 16 miles by street. The El suffers from the same disease that makes the Metro a huge PITA. You can't get from anywhere to anywhere else without going to the center first (in DC, for fun, try to get from College Park to Silver Spring (6.6 driving miles) using the Metro).

robeli tells me that it would be easier (for me, and really, it's all about me) if you all came to my house.

I've just printed my boarding passes, I've checked in online, and I'm about to walk from the office to the Rosslyn Metro station. I'll see you kids in a few hours...

Booked.

Booked.

Trip Summary
Outbound Flight

Sat, May 26
5:25pm Depart - Washington DC-Reagan (DCA) American Airlines 2379 Adult Fare Rules
6:35pm Arrive - Chicago-Ohare, IL (ORD) Nonstop
Total Travel Time: 2 hrs 10 min
Return Flight

Mon, May 28
8:40am Depart - Chicago-Ohare, IL (ORD) American Airlines 450 Adult Fare Rules
11:25am Arrive - Washington DC-Reagan (DCA) Nonstop
Total Travel Time: 1 hr 45 min
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Price Summary
Travelers Price
Base Fare (1 adult) = $ 109.77
Taxes and Fees = $ 35.03
Total Price = $ 144.80

Do I book it?

I've got it open in another tab...all it wants is a credit card. Oh, and waiting a day gets me non-stop, that wasn't available yesterday, how cool is that? It shifts the travel by a day, but I get back early enough on Monday.

EDIT: Oh, and that's odd, it's the same price as the flight on another airline that has the layover at DTW, but the base price is higher, while the taxes and fees are lower (91 + 53 vs. 109 + 35).