Anime Detour 2008

[wondersaiyan]

*thinks about how 26 hours is about the total driving time for ZC and herself just to see y'all in person since we love you all so much* ;D

sephirothx said:

So coupled with the 3 1/2 hour drives for detour is about 26 hours of total driving (yes I know ZC and WS have done longer trips, but I'm not used to doing first-hand long distance driving yet)

So I'm still very willing to drive to detour, but I'll just raise my hand and say that if I can get around it I'll take it.

At least your driving times are spread out over two different trips and two different weekends....
WIMP!



lol, j/k

And as far as not being used to doing first-hand long distance driving goes...no better way to get used to it than by doing it! When ZC and I made the trip last year for Detour, I did all of the driving both ways after not driving AT ALL for over a year. And before that I had only driven in areas I knew extremely well...Basically back and forth from Mooly and a weekly trip to my mom's place. I am a way cautious person for things like long trips, and I get really nervous...but I did fine, obviously, since we made it up there in one piece

YOU CAN DO IT!!!



3 1/2 hours one way is long distance? Pfft.... *has flashback of when ZC and WS drove 3 1/2 hours to pick up a bud for Otakon last year...and notes that it was 3 1/2 hours in the opposite direction of Otakon.....7 hour bonus road trip *

[The Waffle King]

if needed, i could still drive. I should be getting an oil change pretty soon anyways. i just hope we can get a little more crazy in the vehicle if i do.

*remember looking over to crono, then back to the two quiet people he didnt know*

......

*silence*

[Sephiroth X]

*poke*

i was in that car waffles ;_;

[AltruisticCrono]

*points to an open farm field that has large tires in it*



Hey Waffles, that's where the farmers burry their tractors.

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The car ride home from Detour...
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See? He burried his truck, too!

[Monochrome Rainbow]

HEY GUYS!! I have some good news. I might be getting a new car shortly so I could take some people to Detour. I'm looking at getting a 2004 Chrysler 300M Special. 4 door, heated leather seats, the works. So if I do get this, I can drive to Detour again this year.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Okay guys. I can drive to Detour. I will be getting my new car tomorrow afternoon.

[AltruisticCrono]

Wheee. You'll have to show us sometime.

btw...

February 2008
14: As of this morning, Registration is CLOSED. We have reached our capacity limit for Anime Detour 2008! While this is a good thing; this is also a bad thing. If people were thinking about attending, but were delayed, we will miss you. We do hope you consider attending in 2009.

Remember, your registration notification cards should arrive in March. So, your cancelled check/credit card slip is your receipt until then. Any further registration questions should be sent to the registration email address on the contact page.

See the registration page for badge pickup at the convention.

This means some bad things for the MSTC people who waited forever for a decision (however, it was their complete loss for taking so long undecided or with no interest). Think on site registration would still be okay for them if we get any additional students?

I'll check with the group and see if there was anyone left interested in the trip. At this time, I can assume we will only get funding for at most two hotel rooms.

[The Waffle King]

i'll send out an email and see how they reply about it. but if this is the final verdict, we probably wont need more than 2 rooms.

crono, with the situation at hand, can i get the "final" mstc head count?

EDIT

woops, forgot to look at the rest of the AD page. send out an email that i just answered for myself. so here it is:

no more registration. not even at the door. critical mass has been reached. this means that any mstc club members that didnt register already can no longer do so and wouldnt be able to get a badge at the door. those who have pre-reged are the only ones going i guess :\

so i guess that's it, what's are final count crono?

[The Waffle King]

check first post for update on attendees

[SqiKy kLeen]

umm... I registered way back when it was $30... <.<

Oye, I gotta find a way to keep in touch with everyone more often.

[The Waffle King]

woop, fixed. sorry, my memory starts to fail after 5 hours of homework and it being 2 am.

that brings our running total to 8 people, perfect for 2 rooms.

[Sephiroth X]

what about space for my split personalities? .....

[The Waffle King]

sorry, they never registered

[Sephiroth X]

waffleking said:

sorry, they never registered

.... DAMNIT

[AltruisticCrono]

*Updates with bad news*

It came to my attention on Friday that there were two people from MSTC who actually registered. TWO.

During the semester it appeared that 5 MSTC students (includes me) were going and that would be okay to set aside 2 hotel rooms for 5 people. Apparently, two didn't have the money to register and were "going to this weekend" on his credit card. Not only that, he was originally registered, but canceled it (and never told me) because he needed money. Side note - In all sincerity, I would have paid for him if he asked... because it would save us all money in the end.

(Summary) Because one student canceled his registration a while ago, we are reimbursed one hotel room and probably $60 of gas.

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I can hardly understand why the club's members wouldn't want to go to a convention... especially since most of their fees would be covered. Since the start of 2008, I sent a total of 4-5 mass emails reminding people of Anime Detour (and the fun that could be had), but it seems no one was interested. Everyone member knew since last semester.

I am at loss for words and we now have to figure out how to pay for one of the rooms.