dressari (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dressari) wrote,@ 2006-03-28 11:45:00 |
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Amtrak SUCKS!
Yes they damn well do very much, well I decided to head back to Baltimore again a day early before I leave on my flight out of the states, I called up Midgee and Dave and asked if I could stay that day and they said it would be alright. Now getting there again wasn't alright it turns out that the two stations that are in Baltimore are in a line one after the other. This wouldn't have been much problem IF whoever used the damn tanel on the train had stated which of the two stations we were at. BUT NO! Instead they just said Baltimore station on the tanel... so I got off... AT THE WRONG STATION. I was supposed to get off at BWI but instead got off early at Penn station instead, which caused trouble in me trying to call Dave and Midgee to let them know where I was, fumbling with directions and the road traffic we eventually meet up and make our way back to the collage campus... what a pain in the ass.
So anyway the convention was good, large, interesting, probably not totally what I was expecting but it was good fun, especially from the angle I had it. Oh no not only did I get to attend the convention but thanks to knowing a few people on the personal level I was also considered a dealer for the table we were at, I eventually over took dealer duties for the artist of Isabel Marks and her husband Terrence Marks (www.namirdeiter.com), I managed to help by giving away some fliers and sell a few books for them, it was awesome to be able to help out like that as well as transporting all their stuff and setting up shop for them. In the mean time I also managed to get to meet Bill Holbrook the artist and writer of www.kevinandkell.com, and I also got to have dinner with him which was quite an experience. Amist all that I think I found some new interests in book and webcomics and I also had the pleasure of shaking hands with Uncle Kage as well as getting to speak with him, a very nice fellow I hope to one day see him at one of the anthrocons or ConiFurs.
After the convention I got to try something else as well, certinaly something thats difficult to try in England. Firing off a .45 6 round revolver chambered pistol and a .22 long range hunting Rifle. The kick on that .45 was awesome to say the least and I'm told my accurcary with the guns are pretty decent. I even have the videos to prove the shootings :3 BE WARNED DEAR BROTHER :P
So in any case I'm going home today, one part of me doesn't want to, but another part saying it wants to because of all the debts I have, it's going to take a while to pay them off but it wont stop me from coming to the states again, I may try again for the end of this year, perhaps hitting up just one or two places for a couple of weeks again.
Thats all I got for now, see you on the other side of the ocean again.
Yes they damn well do very much, well I decided to head back to Baltimore again a day early before I leave on my flight out of the states, I called up Midgee and Dave and asked if I could stay that day and they said it would be alright. Now getting there again wasn't alright it turns out that the two stations that are in Baltimore are in a line one after the other. This wouldn't have been much problem IF whoever used the damn tanel on the train had stated which of the two stations we were at. BUT NO! Instead they just said Baltimore station on the tanel... so I got off... AT THE WRONG STATION. I was supposed to get off at BWI but instead got off early at Penn station instead, which caused trouble in me trying to call Dave and Midgee to let them know where I was, fumbling with directions and the road traffic we eventually meet up and make our way back to the collage campus... what a pain in the ass.
So anyway the convention was good, large, interesting, probably not totally what I was expecting but it was good fun, especially from the angle I had it. Oh no not only did I get to attend the convention but thanks to knowing a few people on the personal level I was also considered a dealer for the table we were at, I eventually over took dealer duties for the artist of Isabel Marks and her husband Terrence Marks (www.namirdeiter.com), I managed to help by giving away some fliers and sell a few books for them, it was awesome to be able to help out like that as well as transporting all their stuff and setting up shop for them. In the mean time I also managed to get to meet Bill Holbrook the artist and writer of www.kevinandkell.com, and I also got to have dinner with him which was quite an experience. Amist all that I think I found some new interests in book and webcomics and I also had the pleasure of shaking hands with Uncle Kage as well as getting to speak with him, a very nice fellow I hope to one day see him at one of the anthrocons or ConiFurs.
After the convention I got to try something else as well, certinaly something thats difficult to try in England. Firing off a .45 6 round revolver chambered pistol and a .22 long range hunting Rifle. The kick on that .45 was awesome to say the least and I'm told my accurcary with the guns are pretty decent. I even have the videos to prove the shootings :3 BE WARNED DEAR BROTHER :P
So in any case I'm going home today, one part of me doesn't want to, but another part saying it wants to because of all the debts I have, it's going to take a while to pay them off but it wont stop me from coming to the states again, I may try again for the end of this year, perhaps hitting up just one or two places for a couple of weeks again.
Thats all I got for now, see you on the other side of the ocean again.
