Heads Carolina, tails California.
May. 19th, 2004 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
What color am I? Brenda (Wow, I'm pale.)
Hace mucho calor! And I'm feeling it, since I broke my self-imposed rule and am wearing black today. :P
So here's the deal. As I mentioned last week, I was planning a special date for Evan and me. I got a sort of bonus at work and decided that the best thing to do with it was to buy Jerry Seinfeld tickets. He's coming to town June 18 and I knew Evan really wanted to see him. Unfortunately, I just confirmed that there are only four seats left, all in the very expensive section. So that's that. I feel bad about it, though Evan says he's grateful I even tried.
However, in the normal manner of life, as soon as one expense goes away another one presents itself. I'm so desperate to see the ocean that I checked online for airfares to Miami two weekends from now. To my surprise they're about $260. I mentioned this to Debra, not very seriously, and she immediately volunteered to go with me. At first I was excited, but the more we talked about it, the less it seemed like a good idea. We'd be staying with my grandfather (assuming it's okay with him) and wouldn't have any transportation of our own. All I want to do is sit on the beach for a couple of days and go to some restaurants, but our other relatives would probably want to see us, further crippling our chances of doing our own thing. I expect that when I'm there with my parents, but if I'm spending the money to go independently, I want some control over the situation. Also, I don't want to inconvenience my grandfather. Then there's the money issue; it feels irresponsible to go when I have so many expenses coming up.
But...this could be my only chance for a long time. :( I feel stupid for making such a big deal out of this when I'm so blessed in every other way- I'm already going to New Hampshire this year! I'll see the ocean then, even if it's not quite the same. At this point I'm leaning toward the practical side that says no, but it makes me sad and I still don't know whether to stay or go.
Debra's birthday went well. I got her the newest Train CD and a box of Product 19 cereal (Ryan said, "It'll be hard for you to find Product 20 next year"). We had a huge dinner at Chili's, complete with Chocolate Paradise Pie. Then we watched AI and some Friends episodes. Tomorrow night we're having the Family Birthday Dinner. Woo hoo!
Everyone read this excellent article about marriage in our society. It's not what you think, either.
Hace mucho calor! And I'm feeling it, since I broke my self-imposed rule and am wearing black today. :P
So here's the deal. As I mentioned last week, I was planning a special date for Evan and me. I got a sort of bonus at work and decided that the best thing to do with it was to buy Jerry Seinfeld tickets. He's coming to town June 18 and I knew Evan really wanted to see him. Unfortunately, I just confirmed that there are only four seats left, all in the very expensive section. So that's that. I feel bad about it, though Evan says he's grateful I even tried.
However, in the normal manner of life, as soon as one expense goes away another one presents itself. I'm so desperate to see the ocean that I checked online for airfares to Miami two weekends from now. To my surprise they're about $260. I mentioned this to Debra, not very seriously, and she immediately volunteered to go with me. At first I was excited, but the more we talked about it, the less it seemed like a good idea. We'd be staying with my grandfather (assuming it's okay with him) and wouldn't have any transportation of our own. All I want to do is sit on the beach for a couple of days and go to some restaurants, but our other relatives would probably want to see us, further crippling our chances of doing our own thing. I expect that when I'm there with my parents, but if I'm spending the money to go independently, I want some control over the situation. Also, I don't want to inconvenience my grandfather. Then there's the money issue; it feels irresponsible to go when I have so many expenses coming up.
But...this could be my only chance for a long time. :( I feel stupid for making such a big deal out of this when I'm so blessed in every other way- I'm already going to New Hampshire this year! I'll see the ocean then, even if it's not quite the same. At this point I'm leaning toward the practical side that says no, but it makes me sad and I still don't know whether to stay or go.
Debra's birthday went well. I got her the newest Train CD and a box of Product 19 cereal (Ryan said, "It'll be hard for you to find Product 20 next year"). We had a huge dinner at Chili's, complete with Chocolate Paradise Pie. Then we watched AI and some Friends episodes. Tomorrow night we're having the Family Birthday Dinner. Woo hoo!
Everyone read this excellent article about marriage in our society. It's not what you think, either.
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Date: 2004-05-19 12:44 pm (UTC)To play along, do this:
[font color=username][b]username[/b][/font]
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Date: 2004-05-19 12:57 pm (UTC)<font color=username><b>username</b></font>
These are HTML character identities.
The color trick works by interpreting any of the letters A - F in your username as hexadecimal values (base 16). The first two letters specify a value from 0-255 for the red channel, the second two for the green channel, and the third two for the blue channel. So, if your name is Brenda, the actual color being generated is #BEDA, which specifices the value BE (190) for the red channel, DA (218) for the green channel, and an unspecified value for the blue channel. ... At least, that's how I suspect it works.
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Date: 2004-05-19 01:01 pm (UTC)Jessica
moredetails
Let's see what this looks like..
Yay, blue and green! Those are definitely my favorite colors.
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Date: 2004-05-19 01:10 pm (UTC)Heather
lilolmehb
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Date: 2004-05-19 02:19 pm (UTC)Here goes:
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Date: 2004-05-19 02:20 pm (UTC)I guess the fact that none of the letters in my first name have hexadecimal values would explain why it's black.
I'm quite disappointed :o( I wish I had a more "colorful" name :o(
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Date: 2004-05-20 07:50 pm (UTC)*clicks "Preview" button*
Hmm...almost a blood red. I guess that's better than mustard yellow ;o)
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Date: 2004-05-20 07:53 pm (UTC)Why would it be different? Are H or I in hexadecimal?
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:26 am (UTC)Could you just drive due East to the coast?
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Date: 2004-05-20 06:14 am (UTC)South is faster than east. I've thought about driving down to Gulf Shores (AL) or something, but that's still about 8 hours, and with gas prices the way they are, it wouldn't be cheap either. We'll see.
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