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I have more or less the same problem as Fasheem. My parents are wwaaayyy over protective (They even won't let me see my pen-pal in the states! :mad http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif and second, I don't have a job yet! So, just send me some pictures a 'Wish You Were Here' card and a bottle of strawberry smelling lotion and I'll be happy! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
>Jezie<
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I have more or less the same problem as Fasheem. My parents are wwaaayyy over protective (They even won't let me see my pen-pal in the states! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/mad.gif ) and second, I don't have a job yet! So, just send me some pictures a 'Wish You Were Here' card and a bottle of strawberry smelling lotion and I'll be happy! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
>Jezie<
[This message has been edited by Jezie (edited April 10, 2001).]
Something also to think about is the fact that we need places to stay after we get there. A reliable source tells me hotel prices in Orlando (which would put us the closest to the theme parks y'all seem intent on visiting) are mucho expensive - perhaps some of us wouldn't mind splitting costs room costs with a fellow elficionado?
And isn't Winter the time when everyone goes to Florida?
Man, I'm so dreading the plane flight across the country... but hey, getting to meet y'all would be worth it. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
Jyuu-chan
(Flying = piercing headaches. Ow.)
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"Love makes you want to stab people? That's not love. That's brain damage."
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jezie:
I have more or less the same problem as Fasheem. My parents are wwaaayyy over protective<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Since when does not letting me fly all the way across the continent to see a group of people who I met over the Internet qualify as being over-protective? http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif If were my parents, I wouldn't let me go either. There's always next time, I guess. And no, I didn't even bother asking.
Awww I can empathise with some of the problems in trying to get together. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gif
Orlando this Dec would be awesome ( subliminal http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ), but remember it's still not set in stone. If the consensus is to have MonCon later, or at another location, we could end up going that route just as easily!
SHADY the idea of an eclectic bunch of BLUE-haired Comic/Nightcrawler fans on the Today show.... http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif !!!! (Not to mention how much fun my old home town would be!) GARBLE and SLARTI I would sooooo like to hit the WizWorld con this year. ( Not sure if could though http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gif )
I guess we could take a tally of where the Elfaholics most likely to attend live, and figure out what would be the easiest location for all of us to get to?
If we do go the DisneyWorld route, ( subliminal http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ) or any other place for that matter, I guess the biggest $$ hurdles would be Travel, Hotel, Food for the duration of the Con, and 'funny money' for whatever it is we wanna do for fun! (Amusement Park, Convention, Movie premiere)
I'm all for starting a pool, and I may actually have a bud or two down here (If we go the Orlando route) that could give us an employee-type discount for certain Hotel chains! (I'll definitely look into that)
Whatever we decide i'll do my best to start setting aside some 'moolah'.
Also if the 1st MonCon's in FL (subliminal http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) I'll funnel as much $ as I can into the travel fund for my fellow attendees!
( It wouldnt be a true MonCon without our Canadian and overseas Elficionados http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif )
Its going to be tricky, but if we can pull this off....!
It'd be like a Nightcawler-fan, REAL WORLD meets ROAD RULES, once in a lifetime Adventure that we'll be talking about for years to come!
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BAMF!
Okay...here's some realistic, educated guess numbers...to go to a Florida MonCon, you'll need:
about $300-450 for your round trip plave ticket.
about $50-75 per night for hotel, although more than likely we can set it up so that you can room with one of us other psychos and that'll be cut in half, and BAMF has offered to let some people shack up with him.
about $15-50 per day for food and drink...that stuff is expensivito! If you completely resist eating at the parks, then you'll be able to scrape by relatively cheap, with a few runs to the supermarket.
about $5-40 per day for transportation around Orlando...I figure we can share a rental mini van or two, depending on how many of us show up! (if you want your own car down there, then it'll be $40 or more per day)
about $10 a piece for some blue hair dye, although if you have dark hair it'll be more than that, because we'll have to lighten it first. GO BLONDES!
about $20 a piece for our custom, really nifty, extra cool, incredibly snazzy, VERRRRRRY spiffy MonCon shirts!
about $150-205 for passes to the Disney parks
about $95 for passes to Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios.
however much money you've got to spend on cool junk!!
So that comes to between $645 and $950...but I'd be willing to do that to meet all ya and have a buncha fun!
Blue hair dye? Uh, is it okay if I get a wig? http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/tongue.gif Those estimates sound pretty good actually. I stayed in Orlando for the FBLA competition, and I sure do remember how expensive it is! But I could probably save up the money. I'm currently getting disability checks for $353 per month, so if I don't spend any of it, I'm sure to have enough come Christmas. T-shirts sound cool. Actually, riding home yesterday, I came up with an idea for a shirt!(listening to Metallica to boot!) If you don't already have an idea and looking for some suggestions, I can draw the design and send it over e-mail if you like! Just be patient, I just gotta remind myself, the semester's almost over...it's almost over...it's almost over....
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Actually, riding home yesterday, I came up with an idea for a shirt!(listening to Metallica to boot!) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Metallica! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Yeah! Don't know why I felt a need to comment on this. Oh well. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif
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Cool! All ideas for shirts and stuff will be considered, and we can have a vote! BAMF had an idea or two, and I have too, so we'll probably have many choices. Bamfette, just post it up here on this thread of on a new shirt thread, whatever. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
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Cool! All ideas for shirts and stuff will be considered, and we can have a vote! BAMF had an idea or two, and I have too, so we'll probably have many choices. Bamfette, just post it up here on this thread of on a new shirt thread, whatever. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
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