Alice In August!
There, I decided. I'm doin' it.
Particularly after looking into it and being able to afford it (after upcoming CONvergence estimate(s) and all)...
hilariously, the car rental for late Friday to (?) Monday will be [after tax, pre-insurance] the same amount as a taxi one-way to the Graedog would've been... and - good gods! - 20$ cheaper than the Graedog itself!
(WTF?! I still don't get why Graedog would be more expensive round-trip than renting a car - it's fragged up, seriously! And at least with a rental car I'm a little less reliant on the whole "good gods, how will I get there and time this right?" type situations that've come up with prior Graedog trips... and I don't HAVE to take an overnight trip if I don't want to - which I would've had to with Graedog.)
So I bought the tickets (heh) and got the confirmation on car rental. I'll have to call right after work tomorrow to setup the free pick-up/drop-off with the car rental *grins*... it's free for my area, so I'm not gonna bitch one bit!
I suppose I should look into the whole "place to stay" thing since I'm making a weekend out of it and sleeping in a rental car just doesn't sound like loads o' monkeyfun to me.
Wonder what hotels are near the venue? It'd be perfect if there's one close by... and affordable!
Helsyeh - Alice in August!!
-thom / Wolfox
There, I decided. I'm doin' it.
Particularly after looking into it and being able to afford it (after upcoming CONvergence estimate(s) and all)...
hilariously, the car rental for late Friday to (?) Monday will be [after tax, pre-insurance] the same amount as a taxi one-way to the Graedog would've been... and - good gods! - 20$ cheaper than the Graedog itself!
(WTF?! I still don't get why Graedog would be more expensive round-trip than renting a car - it's fragged up, seriously! And at least with a rental car I'm a little less reliant on the whole "good gods, how will I get there and time this right?" type situations that've come up with prior Graedog trips... and I don't HAVE to take an overnight trip if I don't want to - which I would've had to with Graedog.)
So I bought the tickets (heh) and got the confirmation on car rental. I'll have to call right after work tomorrow to setup the free pick-up/drop-off with the car rental *grins*... it's free for my area, so I'm not gonna bitch one bit!
I suppose I should look into the whole "place to stay" thing since I'm making a weekend out of it and sleeping in a rental car just doesn't sound like loads o' monkeyfun to me.
Wonder what hotels are near the venue? It'd be perfect if there's one close by... and affordable!
Helsyeh - Alice in August!!
-thom / Wolfox