Heads Carolina, tails California.

[chestnutcurls]

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.

Comments

[mrszoid.livejournal.com]

Travelocity.com has a FareWatcher thing where you can have it track flights to specific destinations (I track my hometown, Dallas/Ft Worth, DC, and NYC), and they send you an email when the price drops below a certain dollar amount, by a certain dollar amount, whatever. That's how I got my last-minute $120 flight home a couple of weeks ago. You have to fly on fairly short notice, but it might work for you to spend a weekend at the beach!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

That's cool! Where on the site do you sign up for that? I looked, but couldn't find it. Thanks for telling me! :D

[mrszoid.livejournal.com]

If you go to www.travelocity.com, I think you have to set up an account first, but then they have a section called "FareWatcher Alert" where you can set it up.

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

They were giving tickets away on 94.1 - maybe you could win some! I'll try if I hear the chance. I don't think Seinfeld is funny at all, so I'd happy donate any winnings to you & Evan!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

:) Wow, thanks! What times of day are they doing that? I should get a radio and start listening here at work.

[stacye13.livejournal.com]

I've always heard it in the car in am or afternoon. But I don't have a radio up here, so they may have some during the day too.

[contradictions.livejournal.com]

How do you do the colored name thing?

[krikketgirl.livejournal.com]

I learned it from meranthi:

To play along, do this:

[font color=username][b]username[/b][/font]

Only replace [ with >

[jmcphers.livejournal.com]

When you're writing HTML that you want to be displayed rather than executed, use &lt; for the <, and &gt; for the >. For instance:

<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.

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Ooh..thanks.

Jessica
moredetails

Let's see what this looks like..

Yay, blue and green! Those are definitely my favorite colors.

[mrszoid.livejournal.com]

Here's mine:
Heather
lilolmehb

[krikketgirl.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I was just copying what meranthi had posted, but now I know a better way!

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

Wow. Very in-depth. :) Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[contradictions.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks!

Here goes:

[contradictions.livejournal.com]

Yuck :o/

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(

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Oh how sad! Mustard yellow and black.. maybe try your full name?

[contradictions.livejournal.com]

*clicks "Preview" button*

Hmm...almost a blood red. I guess that's better than mustard yellow ;o)

[contradictions.livejournal.com]

WAIT...I only put my middle and last names in there because I thought that my first name didn't do anything...check this out, though:



Why would it be different? Are H or I in hexadecimal?

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

To me it's purple.

[brittuhknee.livejournal.com]

Awwe, well, I hope everything works out as you're hoping! I've never been on an official vacation EVER, so I don't know much about that. ;)

[anulyra.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Do you have Spirit airlines out there? From here, we fan fly to Florida for $59 each way. In the summer it's cheaper, in the winter it's a bit more.

Could you just drive due East to the coast?

[chestnutcurls.livejournal.com]

We must not, or I'd know about them. We don't have Southwest, either. If we did, this wouldn't be an issue. :P

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.

[anulyra.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. Fuel prices.